Yes, this is an old interview, but the reasons for their numbers havent changed. <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Some players base their choice of uniform number on superstition. Others have an interesting story behind their selection. In some cases, the number a player really wanted was taken, so they had to settle for whatever digits were available. Members of the Hornets were recently asked the same question: How did you choose your jersey number? Here were their responses: Brandon Bass (Number 33) "I had no other choice. I wanted number 30 because I?d had 30 since high school, but David West had it. I wanted number 1, but Kirk Snyder had it. So 33 was the only thing left." PJ Brown (42) "I wear 42 because of Pervis Ellison. As a freshman, he led the Louisville Cardinals to the NCAA championship in 1986. Also I was a big James Worthy fan and he was number 42. And Roy Tarpley with the Dallas Mavericks wore 42." Rasual Butler (45) "I knew that 45 would be a unique number, probably a big-guy number. When I was in high school, I was flipping through all the jerseys, and 45 just stuck out. Plus my life number is 9. I believe in numbers ? I?m a numerologist." Desmond Mason (24) "I was number 34 in college, and when I got drafted by the Sonics I wanted to be number 34, but when I got to Seattle, Jelani McCoy was 34. He said if I wanted it, I had to give him $10,000, so I just chose the next one down, which was 24." Bostjan Nachbar (10) "My first number was 7, but for a long time I was wearing 12. In Houston I had 9. Now I?m kind of stuck with 10. You?ve got to ask Big Shot (Hornets equipment manager David Jovanovic) why I got 10, because when I got traded here that?s the number he gave me. It makes sense, because 3 and 7 are my favorite numbers. " Chris Paul (3) "My dad, brother and myself all have the same initials. My dad is CP1, my brother is CP2 and I?m CP3. So it just fits." David West (30) "I?ve been wearing it since high school. For some reason I fell in love with the number 30. But I have no clue as to why. There is no mystery about it. I wore it in college and it was good to me in college, so I kept it in the NBA</div> <a href="http://www.nba.com/hornets/news/ith_uniform_numbers.html" target="_blank"> Source</a>
