LeBron James to give up the number 23 and wants everyone else to do the same
Cleavland Cavalier all-star forward LeBron James has decided to give up his current number 23 and instead go with the number 6 out of respect of of former Chicago Bulls and Washington Wizards guard Michael Jordan.
From Brian Windhorst of the Cleveland Plain Dealer:
James wants to lead a movement to get every player who wears No. 23 in the league to give it up as a tribute to Jordan.
“I just think what Michael Jordan has done for the game has to be recognized some way soon,” James said. “There would be no LeBron James, no Kobe Bryant, no Dwyane Wade if there wasn’t Michael Jordan first.”
“He can’t get the logo, and if he can’t, something has to be done. I feel like no NBA player should wear 23. I’m starting a petition, and I’ve got to get everyone in the NBA to sign it. Now, if I’m not going to wear No. 23, then nobody else should be able to wear it.“
So if LeBron James decides not to wear a number, nobody should wear that number? I guess this is what happens when you are incapable of winning a championship. You have to resort to spearheading a movement to honor a former player of one of your team’s biggest rivals.
The game winning jumper Michael Jordan made over the Craig Ehlo in game five in the first round of the 1989 NBA playoffs is somewhat legendary. It even has it’s own Wikipedia entry. LeBron James now wants to honor the player that 20 years ago killed his team’s championship hopes? Classy.
Contrary to what LeBron James might think, there was an NBA before Michael Jordan. To think players like Kobe Bryant or Dwyane Wade wouldn’t have a league to ply their craft in if it wasn’t for Michael Jordan is just silly.
And Michael Jordan has a logo, it’s just not on NBA uniforms. He has his own line of clothing with a logo of himself spread out with a ball in his hand. I guess LeBron James is referring to the fact that the NBA logo features the likeness of Jerry West, not Michael Jordan. Does he have a problem with Jerry West being the logo?
I would say that LeBron James is shafting his fans by making them go out and buy another jersey with his name on it. He’s not making the number switch till next season and we all know that LeBron James will probably be wearing a New York Knicks next year anyway.
The Los Angeles Lakers are NBA champs
The Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Orlando Magic, 99-86, last night to win the 2009 NBA Championship, 4 games to 1. It makes the 15th NBA title for the Lakers and the fourth title for Kobe Bryant and Derek Fisher. It’s also the first title for Bryant and Fisher without Shaquille O’Neal.
Maybe you’ve heard of him. Shaquille O’Neal. He’s a really big guy that likes to pretend he’s a cop.
This makes the 10th NBA championship for Lakers Coach Phil Jackson, one more than Boston Celtics Red Auerbach.
Stay classy Denver
Nothing like taking an alleged sexual assault against one of your own and turning it into fodder to be used against the other team’s star player.
I’m not sure what this Nuggets fan will do with her t-shirt now that the Nuggets season is finally over.
Kobe Bryant was never convicted of raping 19-year old Katelyn Faber in a hotel room in Cordillera, Colorado back in 2003. Mostly that’s because Faber kept on changing her story as to what happened that night. She also refused to testify against Bryant in criminal court after she reached an out-of-court settlement with Bryant in civil court.
Terms of the settlement were never made public. [Photo: Deadspin]
Could someone please do Shaquille O’Neal a favor and kindly tell him how his rectum tastes?
For some unknown reason NBA superstar Shaquille O’Neal is curious what his rectum tastes like. In fact, he wants fellow NBA superstar and former Lakers teammate Kobe Bryant to taste it and tell him what exactly it tastes like. I’ve got to say I find the request to be extremely troubling. Why would someone want to know what their ass tastes like?
Somethings are much better left not knowing.
Also, why would he want Kobe Bryant to be the one to find this information out? This would require Bryant to place his tongue on O’Neal’s rectum. I would think O’Neal being the rabid heterosexual man — he has fathered five children to two women — that he would not want another man to place his tongue on his body.
That includes his rectum.
I’m not sure if the NBA has any rules against players tasting the body parts of other players. If there’s not a rule in place against it, there should be. Hopefully NBA David Stern will weigh in on this matter.
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