-do you think he is a fan of the tv show 24?
-do you think he changed it because 24 is one number greater than jordan's number which is 23?
-do you think he changed it because he thinks 24 would give him better luck and 8 was unlucky?
-what do you think?
2006-09-19 03:18:32 · 12 answers · asked by Eternal Law 2 in Sports ➔ Basketball
because he wanted to why ask why?
2006-09-19 05:46:02 · answer #1 · answered by C live 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Kobe changed his jersey to start the second half of his career sort of like a fresh start. All the drama of Shaq, the Colorado case, etc will end with the number 8. He chose the number 24 to show his hard work ethic which is 24 hours a day. Saying that he works 24 hours a day and 7 days a week. Kobe and Odom is 24/7. It also helps if changing your number will also increase your jersey sales.
2006-09-20 07:48:02 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Bryant began his career at Lower Merion High School in Ardmore, Pa., wearing No. 24. But by 1996 -- the year he led the school to the state championship -- he had switched to No. 33, the number his father Joe "Jelly Bean" Bryant wore in high school.
When Bryant came into the league, he couldn't take the No. 33 because it had been retired seven years earlier by the Lakers in honor of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
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.
2006-09-19 03:31:56 · answer #3 · answered by Alex 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
oh its just one of my attention-seeking antics. you know me. i like to be on the spotlight all the time and i like to be talked about.
i have been desperately trying to be like mike and i try to copy the things that he's done like number-changing and all that crap. maybe i'll consider baseball in the future haha. but first i gotta win more scoring titles so that i'll be more like mike.
as for the 24, i think you kinda got it right. 24 is one up to his 23. i want to be like mike but at the same time, i want to be better than him. badly. i know you guys don't agree with me but i am better than him. i am the best.
2006-09-20 05:23:25 · answer #4 · answered by KOBE BRYANT 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
because Kobe hates Mike D'Antoni.
2006-09-19 05:18:10 · answer #5 · answered by kula o 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because Jack Bauer threatened him with the Siberian towel torture if he didn't.
2006-09-19 05:33:01 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think he wants to make more money. It's all about selling MORE JERSEYS and that means more $$$.
2006-09-19 09:55:51 · answer #7 · answered by Buypcdirect 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
*rolling my eyes*
You must watch Pardon The Inturruption because this is exactly what they were talking about and the ORDER in which it was said!
2006-09-19 03:26:22 · answer #8 · answered by yaiyai 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
he can do whatever he feels like doing,who fricken cares that he changed numbers
2006-09-19 05:10:17 · answer #9 · answered by ki_kompton 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
he retired his number to the nba beacuse now no one can wear it
2006-09-19 06:43:39 · answer #10 · answered by clev23james 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋