Jersey Numbers Imply Position of Players
Kobe Bryant, #8: Kobe`s first jersey number was 24 when he was in high school. New louboutin boots Hot Piece for December Then he changed his jersey number to 33 for his father was once in that number. Blue Style of louboutin After joining NBA, as No. Protect Christian Louboutin Sale on Birthday 33 jersey has been retired with Jabbar,he had to change to 8,and this is because the number he wore when he participated in the Adidas ABCD camp earlier was 143(1 +4 +3 = 8). Now he has changed to No.24, because he wants to go beyond Jordan.
Gilbert Arenas, 0: Arenas was in NO. 25 jersey when he was in high school. But in University of Arizona, the #25 jersey number will belong to Steve Kerr forever. He chose No.0 for a reason that someone regards that he had no chance to show on the stage when in school team; to all's surprise, his average stage time is 32.1 minutes when he's on The Wildcat.
Marcus Banks,No.3:He wears the No.3 NBA jersey all his life because he believes that 3 means "Father,Son and Holy Ghost trinity." As #3 jersey in Celtics had retired (Danis Johnson), he had to change his jersey number to 11 till he was traded to Timberwolves.
Mike Bibby,No.10: Bibby began to wear No.10 since he was in high school,and this is because DIME(10 cents) also means "beautiful assists" in English.
Andrew Bogut,No.6:Bogut wore No.4 jersey at first.But the No.4 Jersey in the Bucks has been "unofficially crowned".It is permanently possessed by Sydney Moncreiff,who is the third scorer of the team history.So this Australian draft pick has to choose the number on his first jersey in his childhood.
Paul Gasol,No.16:Gasol wore No.16 just because there was no choice for him.He was seen as a substitute in Barcelona at first,so he couldn't get the main numbers from No.4 to No.15.
Grant Hill, NO.33: Hill`s favorite NBA super star is Magic Johnson. So, when he started to play basketball, he chose 32 as his jersey number without hesitation. But he get to study in Duke university, he found No.32 has taken by Laitena. And the magician wore No.33 in his college, so did he.
Dikembe Mutombo,No.55: He would like to wear No.15 in the college, but the coach Thompson did not want his big man to wear a small number.He formulated that every inside player must choose the number more than 30.In this way, the number of"the mountain of Africa" changed from 15 to 55.
Paul Pierce, NO. 34: The reason that Pierce chose 34 as his jersey number is enough to create misunderstandings. When he was a second year high school student, there was only one jersey which can fit him because of his big size, and that was a #34 jersey. And he kept the number with himself from then on..
Rodman got his No.91 for reasons. When he was in the Pistons and Spurs he was No.10; later on he joint the Bulls. In order to remember his early days in NBA, he chose No.91 (9+1=10). Later, Rodman joint Lakers and chose the #73 NBA jersey. 7 plus 3 is also 10. But in the end, he joint Mavericks and chose 70 as his NBA jersey number. That number was no longer related to 10.
The most famous number is especially for Jordan's No.23. The reason he chose No.23 because his elder brother's is No.45. He always thought that he was just a little more strenth than the half of his brother.So when he chose his numbers, he chose a number which is a little more bigger than the half of 45 ---- 23. Jordan's jersey number has changed five times totally.