<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Bryant arrived at the No. 8 for two reasons. It was the number he wore when he was a kid playing in Italy. It also tied into the number he wore at Adidas' ABCD Camp, 143. The numbers add up to 8.</div>LINKThats the article from ESPN.
I know Ive heard the ABCD camp one before on several occasions (the math works , I checked it with a calculator haha jp)..It could be both perhaps, I dont know, but I have heard more than once that it was originated from his ABCD camp number..
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Lakaboy42 @ Apr 25 2006, 08:50 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>He was 33 in high school, this is just some stupid rumor not unlike the millions floating around last year that Kobe would change his number.But this would be crazy, seeing how 42/24 is my lucky number.</div>WOW its a sign of the apoclypse! jk.8 is his legacy, but nobody too famous has worn 24.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (LUD @ Apr 26 2006, 03:09 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>8 is his legacy, but nobody too famous has worn 24.</div>Six NBA teams have retired the number: the Boston Celtics (Sam Jones), Golden State Warriors (Rick Barry), Houston Rockets (Moses Malone), New York Knicks (Bill Bradley), Philadelphia 76ers (Bobby Jones) and Phoenix Suns (Tom Chambers).
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (LUD @ Apr 25 2006, 11:09 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>WOW its a sign of the apoclypse! jk.8 is his legacy, but nobody too famous has worn 24.</div>Rick Barry?? Moses Malone??Two of the many great players this league has seen..
To answer your questions, it's both theories. Kobe got drafted and couldn't use his #33, his dad's number, so instead he chose 8 because it was his idol's number and it was his number at the ABCD camp combined.
This is reminiscent of Jordan changing his number. Bottom line, he'll be remembered as number 8 and I bet he returns to it, just like Jordan did with 23/45. I don't get the number change, but oh well.
Jordan's was weird..He had 45 to begin with but he wanted half of it for some reason which came out to 22.5..He rounded it up to 23 and it became his number..
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (hoopskidd5 @ Apr 25 2006, 08:24 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Jordan's was weird..He had 45 to begin with but he wanted half of it for some reason which came out to 22.5..He rounded it up to 23 and it became his number..</div>His older brother was 45, and he wanted to be half as good as him supposedly growing up, so he chose 23.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Rok @ Apr 25 2006, 10:31 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Or Kobe is one upping Jordan with 24. :shifty2:</div>Yeah I noticed that...Just never mentioned it.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Lakaboy42 @ Apr 25 2006, 11:31 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>His older brother was 45, and he wanted to be half as good as him supposedly growing up, so he chose 23.</div>Yeah something along those lines, I dont remember the exact story..His olympic number was 9 which was 4+5, also originating from that original 45 number..
