[TiepayWrary]

Does anyone know why exactly Kobe Bryant changed his number from 8 to 24?? not really a big deal I suppose (specially since im a Kings fan)...but It really doesnt make any sense to me whatsoever, people who don't even watch basketball know Kobe is number 8..why change? except of course the nba will get more sales for the new Kobe Jersey

[WenPyclenoWex]

24 was his number in highschool.
33 was the number he changed to because 33 was his fathers number
8 was the number Mike D'Antoni wore, he chose that because he really looked up to him.
24 is the number he is going to wear now because its his number.

makes perfect sense. Plus this makes him 1 up over Michael Jordan.

[avappyboalt]

OOoo props to you..it does make perfect sense then, I didn't know it was his high school number.

[boXGWf04]

Damn that was going to be my number when I go to Reniassance High...

[cefunonge]

makes perfect sense. Plus this makes him 1 up over Michael Jordan.

hahah DAT'S OWNED!!!
24 is really 1 up from 23

[errolurberozy]

i think he should of stayed with #8.

[cookiemonster]

I think it has alot to do with money.think about how many people have the#8 jersey,when he changes people arent goin to want the old jersey there goin to want24

[Futfwrca]

yhea deffinetly stay to 8 he made that number his he should at least retire with that number like how jordam went from 43 to 23 his last year

[mussmicky]

yhea deffinetly stay to 8 he made that number his he should at least retire with that number like how jordam went from 43 to 23 his last year

Jordan never wore 43, it was 45. He also wore 12 once in a game because his jersey was stolen. lol

[MinisuipGaicai]

I also heard he changed to 24 because his number was 8 and he won 3 rings so 8 x 3 = 24.

[Theariwinna]

Its mostly marketing, when your on one team for your whole career, with one number the whole time, your jersey sales will eventually go down, so you got thousands of people running around with number 8 Bryant jerseys and only new comers buying new ones, it makes sense.

The fact that he actually picked 24 is because thats his old number, but the reason for the change is most likely money.

[carpartsho]

it makes sense why he wants to change his # and kobe and the lakers should have won the series when they were up 3-1 sad but the mvp is to good but i hope they do better than last year.

[fameintatenly]

I really liked number 8 better, he revolutionized that number. you think of 23 you think jordan, 34. you think shaq, and 8, you think of KOBE!!!! Anyways, Kobe is the best in the world, and he will dominate and lead the lake show to a 82-0 record this year.... I WISH

[KasaBalak]

I really liked number 8 better, he revolutionized that number. you think of 23 you think jordan, 34. you think shaq, and 8, you think of KOBE!!!! Anyways, Kobe is the best in the world, and he will dominate and lead the lake show to a 82-0 record this year.... I WISH

34 i thought of barkley....32 is more of shaqs number...he had it in miami and orlando. Had to use 34 in LA because Magic had 32 retired in LA.

[gechaheritt]

Here is what nba.com said...

From 8 to 24
There has been a lot of buzz going around about Kobe's switch to the number 24.

Kobe's response to questions about the switch has been that he wanted a new number for the second half of his career.

#24 was Bryant's first high school number, before he switched to #33. Kobe has said that he wanted #24 as a rookie, but it was unavailable, as was #33, retired with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

http://www.nba.com/lakers/news/8_2_24.html

[wheettebott]

hahah DAT'S OWNED!!!
24 is really 1 up from 23

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