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Hmm, now everyone will have to re-buy his jersey. I see what you did there.
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- LeBron James fans, get ready to make some room in your closet for No. 6 jerseys.
James told The Plain Dealer on Monday that he's filed the paperwork with the NBA office to switch his jersey number from No. 23 to No. 6 next season. He had to make the decision this week, the deadline to make the request to the NBA is Wednesday.
James first brought up the idea in November, saying he wanted to give up No. 23 out of respect to his hero, Michael Jordan. At that time he said he was "50/50" on switching to No. 6, his Olympic number and the day of the month his first son was born. That now seems to be 100 percent.
"I've done it," James said. "I already sent it in. I'm going to be No. 6."
The NBA does not have to fulfill the request, players who don't change teams have to apply to change their number in March before the previous season. However, the wave of new jersey sales the switch promises to trigger would likely be too enticing for the league to turn down.
In 2006, Kobe Bryant requested his number to be changed from No. 8 to No. 24. The NBA approved the move and Bryant's jerseys quickly shot to No. 1 in sales across the world. James has been in the top three in jersey sales in the U.S., China and Europe in recent years but hasn't enjoyed the top spot for several years.
Player do not directly benefit from merchandise sales, however. It goes into a league-wide pool that is distributed to teams and then players based on seniority.
Jordan, of course, also pulled such a move. He switched to No. 45 for part of a season when he came out of retirement for the first time with the Chicago Bulls.
Other than playing for Team USA, the last time James did not wear No. 23 was during his freshman year of high school when he wore No. 32 because a senior was wearing 23.
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Hmm, now everyone will have to re-buy his jersey. I see what you did there.
now its officially filed for application. god bless you and your injuries
They'll have to do that when Lebron ditches Cleveland anyway.
Bryant's PR team did a great job of switching his rape number to new one, wiping the slate clean.
It's symbolic
Bryant went from 24 to 8 because he decided to lower his shots attempts by 16/game.
Same thing with Lebron when it comes to the number of steps that he takes when he is crabwalking.
He wants to retire number 23 to honor Jordon, but switches to Julius Erving and Bill freakin' Russell's number.
sons the NBA is in on this. they probably offer their star players a bonus check for changing numbers. knowing damn well fans will have to buy more jerseys.
KingCrab
what the are you talking about?
Lebron didnt want MJ to be the second best 23 ever. That's honor my friends.
Donnie Walsh just ed the Knicks worse than Zeke did
6 is a damn ty number. No matter how much better Lebron is than MJ or how many ships more he wins. 6 still gonna be a ty number
Is his new number the allotted number of steps before he'll be called for travelling next season?
Change it to zero until such time as he actually wins something besides a popularity contest.
Crazy that he tried to use Jordan as the reason for changing his number when we all know it's about the money.
I predicted that Kobe would go back to Number 8 before he retires from the Lakers. He'll make up some lame sentimental reason why he chose to go back to 8 but we all know it's to resell more Jerseys. Book it!
Kobe should just do 23 to piss off Lebron. lol
You just didn't see my post did you?
I decided to disregard your post because you posted Kobe went from 24 to 8...You just didn't see my post did you?
You didn't get itI decided to disregard your post because you posted Kobe went from 24 to 8...
I said 24 to 8 on purpose, referring to his shots/game; Kobe said he would shoot less, but that hasn't really changed
Cynicism
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