2007-01-23 10:58:16 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Basketball
it's all about marketing...dont you think he's made a killing with jersey's selling with his new number 24?
2007-01-26 19:37:09 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
He is a nice guy. He was making it easier on referees. Do you realize that most people have numbers with digits 0-5 on their jerseys? You rarely see a 6-9 digit on players numbers.
The reason: Most referees want to use one hand when they are calling out fouls. They will signal "2" "3" with their fingers. If a player has a number "8" it makes it awkward.
Now, I do not know if this is the case with Kobe. He may have wanted to make it easier on the referees. Maybe he wanted to symbolically change his game.
2007-01-23 19:03:41 · answer #2 · answered by xanthan8 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i thought i remember hearing on espn when it first came about that 24 was his hs number.. i could have heard wrong.. but i also heard he's wanting get a fresh start, and a new number was a way do do it.. 8 goes into 24 also, 3 times.. but i think it was his high school number.. maybe he wanted to start over w/ a fresh start.. like hs..
2007-01-23 19:10:30 · answer #3 · answered by uppidycon 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Bryant said on TNT that he wanted #24 as a rookie, but it was unavailable, as was #33, retired with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. He said the switch to 24 signified the start of the second half of his career. Bryant took number 8 after his favorite Italian league player, Mike D'Antoni. Bryant grew up watching D'Antoni as a star point guard in the Italian league, where his father, "Jelly Bean" Bryant, also played.
2007-01-23 20:53:07 · answer #4 · answered by ROD M 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because it was his HS number but if you ask me, the real reason is so he can make more money. i mean everyone has the #8 one so nobodies buying kobe jerseys, so he changed it so everyone has to buy a new one.
2007-01-23 19:20:15 · answer #5 · answered by what? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
alright you ready for this. this is the truth also no b.s , sources out of los angeles have told me that he chose number 24 because he wanted to be "1" ahead of jordan. i'm not lying either that's the truth.
hope i helped
2007-01-23 19:04:17 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cuz some brothaz got a hit set up on him an he tryin to hide.
2007-01-23 19:02:11 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Who cares. All Kobe cares about is himself, his stats, and if there is going to be another girl at his hotel to assault.
2007-01-23 19:02:19 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i really want to know as well. i heard he wanted to "start over" get out of the shadows but there has to be a real reason out there!
2007-01-23 19:01:33 · answer #9 · answered by da_chief_one 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I heard it was so they could retire his number early.
2007-01-23 19:09:25 · answer #10 · answered by Sam M 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋