These 12 NBA Superstars Changed Their Jersey Numbers...Why?
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U showed Rik Smits I thought u where going show him
Iverson wore 6 during All Star Game in Philly. Tribute to Dr. J
I thought nash #10 was going to be here
@@GarkKahn Lakers retired 13 for wilt chamberlain
Ok
TBH Rodman made strange numbers look cool
Yea then Rondo then Westbrook and now Luka
@@zzz.tyrone what did westbrook rock? i know 77 is a bit weird but i don’t think 4 is weird lmao
@@Isaac-mk3wj 0 I think he was like the first superstar other than maybe Gilbert Arenas
@@yahyajama8233 ah that’s interesting. wouldn’t have guessed
He did
Sounds like Arenas choose #9 to match his favorite gun caliber 9mm.
He wanted all the 😤
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My thoughts exactly xD
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Barkley's choice of 32 is a nice and classy gesture, especially when you remember some players reactions to Magic's announcement and the overall perception of AIDS back in 1991-1992. It's obviously not "much" but still, good on Chuck.
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I always find the backstory of a jersey change very interesting
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Especially Anthony Davis
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@@JustAnAverageJoe12 nice
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Wow Carlemo used to be #15 and now it’s Nikola Jokic. I guess if you want to be one of the greatest Nuggets, just wear #15
Wonder who’s jerseys gonna be retired
I actually heard that the real reason why he wore number 7 was because of his son's birthday, March 7, 2007
@@DA45X Maybe they can do a double retirement.
@@DA45X probably Jokic. The Nuggets don't give a fuck about Carmelo even though he deserves his number to be retired.
@@DA45X i think it’s totally possible to retire both
bit of honorable mentions.
Luka Doncic from #7 to #77: Luka throughout his time with Real Madrid always wore number 7, but when it came to his jump to the NBA. He had to switch because Dwight Powell was already wearing 7, and 77 was the closest to his original number.
Aaron Gordon from #00 to #50: Aaron Gordon has worn number 00 during his time with Orlando, however during the 2021 trade deadline, he got traded to the Nuggets. When he go traded there...he chosed number 50 instead of number 00, he chose 50 in honor of his infamous match up with Zach Lavine in the 2016 dunk contest, as both men would get 50s across the board.
Russell Westbrook from #0 to #4: Westbrook has worn the number 0 throughout his time with OKC and his time with the Rockets. However after the trade that would sent him to The Wizards for John Wall, he would wear the number 4, the reasoning is because the number 4 was his high school number and his number during his time at UCLA. He wanted to wear the number 4 when he got traded to the Rockets but it was already being worn by Danuel House, so he stucked with the number 0
He wore #0 in UCLA
I think with Gordon, it was with his 2nd stint in the dunk contest as a jab to DWade..since then, none of the elite dunkers want to join the dunk contest anymore..
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I guess the only reason they didn’t have a replacement jersey for Jordan is because it was a road game, but even with that said it’s surprising no 23 Bulls jersey was available seeing how he was the biggest name in the sport by this point
An MJ 23 jersey wouldn't be hard to find even at a road game, it's the fitting MJ part that would be difficult
Couldn't they have just got one at the souvenir stand?
I think there would be a difference between a fan replica jersey and an actual jersey. The #12 spare jersey would at least be authentic material and fit. MJ wearing a fan jersey for a real game seems a bit tacky to me.
@@tqsuited lol no not much different if any. Looks better than wearing a stupid #12 jersey. Not like he’s some big center where no one would have his size.
@@BrentWoodSean38 Who cares about the number, it was just for one game. One for the history books.
People really didn't know why Jordan wore 45 when he came back until the last dance? Damn I'm old. It's mentioned in almost all his documentary like Above and Beyond or the iMax one.
I never knew he wore number 12 though!
@@utubebroadcaster really, it's a pretty popular story I'm surprised
I literally thought everyone knew the reason 😭 it was basically apart of the comeback storyline
I thought it was because the Bulls had already retired his #23 after he retired lol
I think he even said he wore 45 because of his brother in his hall of fame speech
In regards to Kobe: there was a book about the Suns in 2006, ":07 Seconds or Less" by Jack McCallum. He stated that Kobe chose 8 because his favorite basketball player in the Italian basketball league wore it, Mike D'antoni. Kobe grew up in Italy before moving back to the United States for his high school basketball career to start.
Anyhow. after D'antoni's Suns eliminated the Lakers from the Playoffs in '06 (LA blew a 3-1 lead) and in '07 (Amar'e was healthy and dominated LA, PHX won series 4-1), Kobe seethed about D'antoni and the Suns (Nash being called 'MVP' two years in a row when Kobe put up 81 & averaging 30+ ppg). This was also Kobe attempting to ha e success without Shaq and PHX/D'Antoni humiliated Kobe in back-to-back years, so he was very bitter towards the team, but especially the fact that he was honoring the coach of the team on his jersey every game.
So, he changed his number in 2008 to 24and Kobe said it was for his work ethic, which was for 24 hours a day. But, much speculation was said it was to no longer honor his childhood idol, Mike D'antoni, and the fact that 24 was one better than 23, MJ. He also wanted one more championship than MJ, but instead ended up with 5 instead of 6.
That's what I know. Sticking to it. Cao!
He changed it in the 06/07 season after he blew that 3-1 lead
I always thought 24 was chosen as it’s one more than 23… Makes sense to me.
Man I always thought it was: his number 8 x his 3 championships = 24
I really thought KD chose '7' cause it kinda resembles the scythe of the Reaper. 😅😅 After all, one of his nicknames were "Slim Reaper."
His best nickname that he never uses loo
I mean he said that he doesn’t even like the nickname
@@GoAt-zl8ts na he said he likes it now
I like your reason better than his. 'The Slim Reaper' is one of the best sporting nicknames of all time.
@@James40000 this sounds much cooler
Shaquille O'Neal.
-He wear no 33 in Cole HS and LSU for his favorite player Patrick Ewing (he mentioned in many shows that Pat Ewing is one of his favorite Center of all time.)
-When he got drafted to Orlando, he wanted to wear the no. 33 but his teammate Terry Catledge refuses the request of Shaq by wearing the no. 33 so he changed to no. 32
-When he got landed to Lakers in 1996, we all know the 33 and 32 are retired by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Magic Johnson. So he has no choice but to wore no. 34
-When Shaq traded to Miami in 2004, he wore no. 32 again because he know his former draft class and rival Alonzo Mourning will wore no. 33 and come back in the league after his Kidney Transplant.
-When he got traded to Phoenix in the middle of 2007-2008 season, he wanted to wore his no. 33 but Grant Hill is wearing the no. 33 and the 34 are retired by Charles Barkley. He got lucky to wore the no. 32 in Phoenix because Amar'e Stoudemire changed his no. from 32 to 1 in 2006.
-Then he signed with Cavaliers in 2009. Luckily no one is wearing the no. 33 so he choose to wear the no. 33
-When he got landed in Celtics in 2010, the 32 and 33 are retired by Kevin McHale and Larry Bird and Paul Pierce is wearing no. 34 and the no. 35 is retired by Reggie Lewis so Shaq decided to wear no. 36 because its the closest number to 33.
And its because of Nick Anderson, he went back to 23. Also stated in "The last dance". With Anderson insinuating that Jordan wasnt as good in 45 than he was in 23.
I'm surprised he didn't mention this in the video. It's probably the coolest reason why a player switched numbers. He lead the comeback after he switched at halftime.
correct me if i'm wrong. But its Bryon Russell told Jordan the he is not good as 23 when he came back
I am not sure but I think jordan wore the number 23 because 45 was the number of his brother, and he felt he was half as good as his brother
I thought the same and I read one of his biographies.
i heard he wore 23 since he wore 45 as a kid and wanted a change so he divided by 2 and rounded
Exactly, he aspired to be at least half as good as his brother.. which is 22.5, rounded up to 23.
I always thought Kobe changed to #24 to "1 up" Jordan. Jordan wore 23 at Bulls and 9 at team USA. Kobe donned 24 and 10 at team USA.
There’s a basketball card of Sam Vincent for the Magic with an image of him scoring on Jordan in the #12 jersey. Pretty cool card from 1990-91 NBA Hoops set.
If this video has a 2nd part, remember Aaron Gordon from 00 to 50.
And the reason why he wore that number when he went to Denver is because he'd lost on the slam dunk contest last year for the 3rd time and he should had won it for a score of 50 if DWade & Scottie Pippen didn't screw it up. 🤣
The real reason behind the 50 is because that's how often he hits his free throws.
You forgot to mention that the reason MJ switched back from #45 to #23 is because of the Nick Anderson talk right after the Bulls' Game 1 loss at the 1995 ECSF. Anyway, great content as always!
I always used to choose number 3 in NBA video games, because of Allen Iverson
Same because of DWade
and dwade
DWade is one of my favourite players ever. But I was playing NBA games while he was still in high school, so number 3 was because of Allen Iverson
@@minjod ye bro, when I played them McGrady was the God. But when I started to watch NBA regularly DWade was arguably the best player in the league. Between 06-09.
Sir Charles choose 4 (aside from Hakeem already wearing it) as he used it in the 1996 Olympics as well
Shawn Kemp also changed his jersey number from #40 in Seattle to #4 in Cleveland.
I wonder how much that original #12 MJ Jersey is worth these days?
You forgot shaq and he wore both number 32 and 34.
And also Russell Westbrook when he'd traded to the Wizard last year & switch it to #4 from #0 in order to dedicate his former teammate Nick Collision when both of them played at OKC Thunder.
If I remember correctly, he also wore 36 at some point.
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Great video! This video answered a lot of questions I had.
BULLS #23 with Jordan on the back is the most iconic Sport Jersey in History
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MJ also Went back from 45-23 because again, He felt weird playing #45 and not #23. And it's also weird that number gave him more Basketball powers.
Lol
Great video! love jersey numbers and the symbolism.
I honestly i think some Player simple change the Numbers because its retired or for whatever reason and later make Up a Story that fits in their legacy and Sounds cool.
The Rodman and d12 Story makes sense, we See It here in football (soccer)
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I wore 41 while playing basketball in middle school, even though I wanted to wear 27 but that number was not available. But honestly, if I continued playing basketball I would wear 41 especially because of the fact one of the best players of the league Dirk Nowitzki wore 41 and he is from Germany. Honestly, as someone who is part German myself, I would honestly model my game after him.
Dwight Howard should of stuck with the number 8 it really was a sad story and very symbolic to pick the number 💯
This video is amazing you should do more videos like this
Probably a fun fact, the 24 also meant shot clock had 24 seconds. So that's probably one of the reasons he changed his jersey (Kobe).
what meaning would that have? stop tryna sound smarter than u are
Kobe also wore #8 because he watched Mike D’Antoni who was his favorite player growing up overseas.
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If you take the 5 out of 35 you have 7 and 5 7x5=35 and the 3 stands for the big 3 on Brooklyn and Golden State.
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PG-13 is so iconic nickname especially in the playoffs.
I like hearing the stories behind why professional athletes' (across all sports) jersey numbers
I thought I heard Kobe once say that '24' was meant to be symbolic as the 'new Michael Jordan' because it's the next number after 23.
That moment where you can’t recall a single time you’ve heard someone call Kevin Durant KD35...that definitely took me off guard
the abbreviation/jersey number nickname they give literally every fucking player is so stupid anyway
Julius Serving wore 32 in the ABA with the Squires and Nets but switched to 6 with the Sixers because Billy Cunningham had 32.
Always chose between 13 and 3. 13 for Nash and also for "M" (first name). 3 for DWade and also for "C" (surname).
Never got to choose 8 or 24 even though I love Kobe because almost every team I played for had a Kobe fan who got that number first.
I thought the reason KG took number 5 was because he was drafted 5th overall by the twolves
I saw KD wear Toni Kukoc jersey while he was preparing for a comeback after injury and thought he chose 7 because of him.
Kyrie wore 11 in college but couldn't with the cavs so wore 2 because 1+1. So he switched back to 11 once traded
Damn Lebron looks up to Dr. J but Dr. J doesn't include him on his all time greats
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I've always been no. 10 thanks to Hanamichi Sakuragi and Dennis Rodman!
Finally, some list that includes Kobe, MJ and Lebron instead of top 10 players ever
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I'm pretty sure the reason Rodman couldn't have #10 on the Bulls is because that was Bob Love's number, who had retired by that point and I believe it was retired
yeah it was retired in '94, right before Rodman joined
At first i wore 13 bc. of James Harden (was a huge fan) then the Number 55 bc. of that Rodman thing with adding the numbers up (10). And in soccer i had number 3, bc. it's my lucky number :3
I wear number 5 because it's always been in my child hood, my name is also acem 5 so you see where it plays into everything
I thought derick rose will be here. Another great video sir.
a little theory of why kobe changed his number to 24: at the time he had 3 rings and he just multiplied is current number (8) by his rings and got 24 :)
Thats a good one. I just thought he picked 24 because its one up against MJ's 23
6:35 to add more
The worm choose 73 because of his 7 consecutive rebounds (1991-1998) and 3 championships in chigago (1995-1998)
The media gave Charles Barkley so much flak for changing his number to one that was retired by Billy Cunningham and his response to them will always be funny
14:22 I always wear 0 and have three reasons (just like Lillard) #1 always been a blazers fan so naturally I love dame #2 my best friend and brother in arms Owen #3 my brother being born in Oregon and my family living there for a while.
I remember when i 1st saw that 2k cover years ago , i was thinking who the hell is number 24 for the Lakers
I wish someone would one day wear something like 78 or 97. If someone in the league wanted to be remembered for something, they could choose a crazy number like that.
You forgot Shaq’s Celtics 36 number and the reason he changed it was because that’s how much he scored in 2 months
Michael Jordan wore 23 12 45 back 23
I didn't even know Arenas used to wear number 9.
Dennis Rodman's stories (particularly the #70) are interesting.
Gilbert picked number 9 for 9MM 😂😂😂
Shaq changed lots of numbers as well as a lot of teams.........I go a bit vintage as Bill Walton wore #32 playing for Portland and SD and #5 playing for Boston (at the time Celtics' #32 was Kevin McHale)
Please do best finishers in NBA history I would love it alot and I think other people will love it too
Idk why but when I was younger I really thought that it would be cool if the reasoning behind Kobe wearing 24 was that MJ wore 23 and because 24 is one higher than 23 Kobe wanted to show he’s better and can 1-up MJ
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In youth league-college football i played WR so i used 81 in hs in homage to Amani Toomer being a 3rd gen NYG fan, he was my favourite player growing up. Youth league- Highschool basketball i used 13 because my father was a rolling stone and i was my moms first (1) and the youngest in some ghetto triplets for my father (3) plus i was born friday august 13th. So it was a duel meaning number.
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Have a feeling Russ is gonna be on this list. (Came from the noti so didn’t see the thumbnail)
Edit: Russ ain’t on that list but it makes sense.
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Russell Westbrook's real number is no. 4
- Because that was his Jersey number when he was in High School. When he was playing in UCLA, he wanted the no. 4 but that was taken away by Aaron Afflalo.
-When he got drafted to OKC, he wanted again the no. 4 but the no. 4 was taken by Nick Collison so he stick with his number in UCLA which is the no. 0
-When he got traded in Rockets he wants again to wear the no. 4 but it has taken by Danuel House so he stick again with his UCLA/OKC jersey number 0
-So when he got landed in Wizards, Westbrook want a fresh start and luckily he wore the no. 4
@@christianoliverdeguzman4674 yea I do realise that. It looks weird these days tho to see Russ in 4 on an nba team. Considering I’m a Russ fan tho not surprised he chose it
A fer more:
Shaq - changed from 32 (ORL) to 34 (LAL) because it was retired for Magic Johnson. Also wore 36 in BOS because both 32 (ret. by McHale) and 34 (Pierce) were taken
Embiid - wore 24 for one game when Kobe passed
Yeah, most players before never chose a jersey number above 40 except Jordan after returning from baseball (45); David Robinson (50); Dikembe Mutombo (55) and George Muresan (77). Again, I said players before, not current.
Is this a bonus video? Lol like we getting another one today?
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Jackie Robinson inspired my jersey # in every sport I played, 42 is still my favorite number as well 💯
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I don't play on any team, but if I did I would pick 63, 29 or 92 because I grew up watching the late 90s bulls (chicago native), and Rodman was my favorite player on those teams so big numbers were also intriguing to me. Also I was born in '92, which is one off of Rodman's 91 for the bulls. The 29 comes from the day of the month I was born and 63 comes from subtracting 29 from 92.
I wore #13 when I returned to Basket in Junior High but that was because it was the number that was given to me, and a couple of years later when I entered High School, the Basketball team let us choose our names due to getting new kits and I remember that I choosed 13, 33 and 39. 13 because it was my number in those prior years, 33 because it was 3 two times and number 3 is my favorite number and 39 because it was 3(favorite number) and 9, which is my day of birthday. Also, 39 is 13 x 3 and, years later, I discovered that 39 is Miku in Japanese. The team gave me 39 due to the other two numbers being elected by teammates and that sticked with me until today, where I wear this number with pride(especially since the double meaning with Hatsune Miku lmao)
No shaq? 32 34 33 & 36
It was destined for jordan wearing no. 23. It was 2-3 peat championships
Marcus Morris changed his number from 88 to 8 this season and I have no idea why
It's because of his twin brother and also #8 had already been retired by the late Kobe Bryant.
I saw a photo of Kyries dad playing basketball he wore # 11 as well
5:22 Didn't know Dwight has the same birthday as mine.
you missed one detail about Kyrie’s number change, which is that the Celtics had retired #2 for Red Auerbach, so he would’ve had to change it to something no matter what
What about Shawn Bradley wearing number 76 with the sixers?
Maybe the 9 in Gilbert's jersey meant 9 as in Tec-9
For one night Jordan was literally the "unnamed player" on the Bulls just like every video game in the 90s that didn't license his name. That's pretty funny.
Lebron wore no.6 because Wade's number was 3 so then he came 3+3 = 6 means theyre duo now in Miami
Every number is formed somehow. I always picked 24 or 7.
I never had a reason for 24. It was always given to me wore it in football, basketball, and a year in baseball.
And Brandon Roy was my favorite player so I chose 7 in middle school sports.
But, those two numbers are cool because you have to keep working hard 24/7.
Don't really care about numbers but I really really love the reasoning off why Garnet took number 5. It represents all 5 off us,all 5 players working together. Best number you can take right there.
Michael Jordan Back to Basketball wearing number 45 and took off 45 put on number 23 again
Kobe chose no.24 because he wanted to hold the ball for 24 secs