i was watching a pre-season game and thought I saw kobe with a diffrent number
2006-10-31 16:05:27 · 16 answers · asked by donkillum210 1 in Sports ➔ Basketball
He changed to 24. It was one of the numbers he wore in high school (the other being 33, which was his dads number when he played pro ball, but Kobe couldn't have that number with the Lakers because it belonged to Kareem and was retired). He wanted to make the change to signify the start of the second half of his career.
And it has nothing to do with Michael Jordan, people who keep saying that need to lose that delusion.
2006-10-31 16:30:27 · answer #1 · answered by ccmonty 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Kobe didn't play any pre-season games because of his knee injury. He changed his number to 24 so he could get a new fresh start with a new fresh team. Some think that he only did it for the money, but thats not true.
2006-11-01 02:02:18 · answer #2 · answered by Levon728 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He's 24 because it's his high school number. He wanted it to be like his second-half of his career. And I like to point out about Kobe using the number 24 being more good than Jordan than 1. It has nothing to do with it. LeBron is 23 and no one makes a buzz about it.
2006-11-01 03:38:52 · answer #3 · answered by ncoy_tx 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Kobe switched his number to 24 for a reason he really has not specified clear enough! I saw an interview on ESPN and he pretty much did not give a good answer
2006-11-01 02:59:55 · answer #4 · answered by jesse r 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
like everybody else have answered, #24. the original idea of putting on #8 was because his favorite player in when he was little was Mike Antoine or something like that. He was playing Mike's team, the Phoenix Suns, on the first round of playoff last season and thought that it would be a time for a change (maybe he just doesn't like Mike anymore because the Suns defeated the Lakers)
2006-11-01 02:46:10 · answer #5 · answered by Suey 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its #24 and Its marks New Beginning for him.
2006-11-01 02:05:03 · answer #6 · answered by tfoley5000 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He changed it so all of the suckers who spent their life savings buying a #8 jersey now have to buy a #24 jersey.
2006-11-01 13:35:49 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
He is number 24 now. He wants to be one better than MJ
2006-11-01 00:09:58 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
his new number is 24 because "its his high school number". i don't think he wanted to change it. i think it had some thing to do with nike or one if his sponsers. a player that great wouldn't change their number, i mean when you think of 8 don't you think of kobe and vice-versa.
2006-11-01 01:37:14 · answer #9 · answered by sandyclaws08 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
24 for his old high school number.
2006-11-01 02:16:06 · answer #10 · answered by prekkoy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋