Lebron will wear number 23 next season !!!!!

[red1]

only fitting. that 32 rumor was ridiculous

[dubeta]

Forget GOAT, now MJ wont even be the greatest #23 ever

[KBaller33]

I feel dumb for making fun of people who were still wearing the Cleveland LeBron jersey 2 months ago.

[Soundwave]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUwitHvclwc#t=195

[moe94]

Lebron is literally erasing the memory of the last 4 years. Why back to 23?

Therefore, he still haven't won a ring.

[Angel Face]

I thought he wouldn't wear 23 ever again... Oh wait, it's Lebron

[Rake2204]

I am glad LeBron James opted to go with 23. It does a lot for the sake of continuity. I wouldn't have liked to see #6 in Cleveland, because I'd like for Miami things to stay in Miami. And another number would have looked weird to me. Happy to see him go this route.

[wakencdukest]

This is some stupid shit. Riley should un-retire #23 right now.

[Im so nba'd out]

[QUOTE=Ca$H]

Pretty surreal watching that in hindsight.[/QUOTE


Riley really put the plan into action last November. During a Cavs visit to Miami, Riley arranged a get together with Michael Jordan and James. Jordan, who was in town to do some Nike work with Wade, at the time did not own a majority of the Bobcats.

During the meeting, Riley talked to James about how more modern players should pay homage to Jordan. Riley always had led this effort, retiring Jordan's No. 23 in the rafters at AmericanAirlines Arena even though Jordan never played in Miami.

The Cavs knew about it, and while it seemed like it could be classic tampering, they decided not to make an issue of it -- mostly because the meeting technically wasn't about free agency.

That night, James and Wade staged another strong individual battle. But the Cavs won when the Heat didn't have enough down the stretch, a common problem with Miami's roster last season. After the game, and after seeing Jordan and Riley sitting together courtside, James made an emotional statement on the court that he was going to ditch jersey No. 23 out of respect to Jordan. In fact, he felt all players should stop wearing No. 23.

http://www.cleveland.com/cavs/index....iamis_cou.html

[JohnFreeman]

Only player that will be in the Top 10 to not be the best player to wear a certain number. Lawls.

Shaq and hakeem?

[9erempiree]

I am glad LeBron James opted to go with 23. It does a lot for the sake of continuity. I wouldn't have liked to see #6 in Cleveland, because I'd like for Miami things to stay in Miami. And another number would have looked weird to me. Happy to see him go this route.

Like I said before, Lebron went back to zero rings. The dude wants to forget about Miami and Cavs fans won't bring up his rings.

Zilch rings.