WHY DID KOBE CHANGE HIS JERSEY NUMBER?

[dappadonna]

Ode to Jamal Mashburn

 

[TheGreatShowtime]

Ken Griffey Jr was his favorite baseball player and Jeff Gordon was his favorite NASCAR driver, so he was paying tribute

 

[CarltonJunior]

swag kicking, dripping sauce everywhere owwww


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[InstantKlassik]

It was a combination of all the things people have mentioned in this thread. I kinda remember him listing multiple reasons as to why he changed it in a interview.

 

[FS4LFE]

Image repair.

 

[The God Poster]

literally all the media has been talking about all day is which "number" or which Kobe was better. And the whole drama has caused Lakers to retire 2 jerseys. Thats not normal.

be a drama queen brehs

 

[Damnshow]

shyt I dont know

 

[DoubleClutch]

 

[Donald Trumps Twitter]

Symbolized a new era in his career


The second act

 

[BXKingPin82]

Ode to Jamal Mashburn

 

[Reggie]

Bean claimed it was cause he liked the show 24 and was a fan of Jack Bauer. I'm more inclined to believe the 1 over Jordan theory though.

 

[010101]

mash a legend fukk hayes doe jahahahahaa*

 

[swyyyguy]

He wanted to be 3 times the player he was, he wanted that 1 over Jordan ? Who gives a fukk , Hes a GOAT and the first player to get two jersey numbers retired

But did he get his jersey number retired by a team he never even played for?

 

[chemicalsword]

probably for the number of cheeseburgers Shaq bust down before games.

nah, it was the number of karots he had to buy wife after the anal rape...

 

[28 Gramz]

It wasn't the rape shyt. He was wearing 8 four years later.