Lebron changing his number; Asks rest of league to do the same

"I just think what Michael Jordan has done for the game has to be recognized some way soon," James said. "There would be no LeBron James, no Kobe Bryant, no Dwyane Wade if there wasn't Michael Jordan first.

"He can't get the logo, and if he can't, something has to be done. I feel like no NBA player should wear 23. I'm starting a petition, and I've got to get everyone in the NBA to sign it. Now, if I'm not going to wear No. 23, then nobody else should be able to wear it"

Will C.J. change his number too?

*****UPDATE*****
CJ will change is number
http://espn.go.com/blog/truehoop/post/_/id/10635/c-j-watson-ok-with-giving-up-no-23-toney-douglas-not-so-sure

about 2 years ago philthiest 10 comments 0 recs |

Story-email Email Printer Print

Comments

Haha MJ's evil stare

probably kept bothering Lebron when they were in Miami last night. Why was Jordan there anyway?

by DubCurse on Nov 13, 2009 11:37 AM PST reply actions

Haha

Im sure C.J. will probably change his. Unless the NBA makes some sort of statement, which i dont really see happening. Then everyone will probably follow suit.

by Bleezy88 on Nov 13, 2009 11:44 AM PST reply actions

"There would be no LeBron James, no Kobe Bryant, no Dwyane Wade if there wasn't Michael Jordan first.

Was he their daddy?

Standing on the moon
Where talk is cheap and vision true
Standing on the moon
But I would rather be with you
Somewhere in San Francisco
On a back porch in July
Just looking up to heaven
At this crescent in the sky

by Skeptic con Urquell on Nov 13, 2009 11:44 AM PST reply actions

"Who is your daddy and what does he do?"

"Monta is the MAN." -Bob Fitzgerald

by WarriorForLife on Nov 13, 2009 11:46 AM PST up reply actions

What a self rightous SOB

If I don’t wear it, then nobody esle should either.
If I don’t congratulate an opposing playoff team for winning a series, then nobody else should either.
If I throw a tantrum when a call doesn’t go my way, then everybody else should too.

Anthony Randoph for Most Improved Player

by danielholl on Nov 13, 2009 11:51 AM PST reply actions

a bit of an exaggeration there, no? he’s got a lot of respect for MJ and thinks the league should retire his number. if he keeps bringing it up and making a big deal of it, then you can call him self righteous, but making one statement after a game about MJ being great doesn’t really bother me.

i don’t agree that no one should be allowed to wear 23 (save it for people who did something beyond athletic greatness, like baseball did with jackie robison and i’d like to see them do with roberto clemente), but why shouldn’t lebron be allowed to say what he thinks?

heart of a champion, will of the warrior.

by cap'n hack on Nov 13, 2009 1:04 PM PST up reply actions

This...

…is a nice concept, but only before he starts insisting everybody follow suit. The problem isn’t that he thinks, even, that people shouldn’t wear 23, it’s that because HE’S giving it up, surely everyone else should. It’s arrogance, plain and simple; appropriate, though, as it is a gesture in respect of a supremely arrogant predecessor.

by Zack Vank on Nov 13, 2009 2:15 PM PST reply actions

Well that's funny because he'll be wearing #6..

And that’s Bill Russell’s number. It’s not like it’s written somewhere in the book that jordan is the greatest, it’s an opinion. Why not retire 24 then, just because _ of people think that Kobe is better?

by Am22mO on Nov 13, 2009 11:48 PM PST reply actions