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LongIslandKnicksFan
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11/10/2006  2:47 PM
Is it just me, or did anyone else notice he's not wearing #8 anymore? I believe I saw a pictue of him with 42 I believe? Anyone know the story behind this?
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11/10/2006  2:51 PM
lol 24 man 24!!!!! your late!!!
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11/10/2006  2:51 PM
:( ! Any reason as to why it was changed?
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11/10/2006  2:53 PM
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11/10/2006  2:53 PM
Its 24 now - his number from his first couple years at Lower Merion (High School), wanted 33 to honor his father, but its retired for Kareem.
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11/10/2006  2:54 PM
yea he gave stupid reasons i dont erally remember.. he wore 24 in high school..
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11/10/2006  2:59 PM
its obvious he changed it cause he loves Jack Bauer
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11/10/2006  3:09 PM
23 + 1.

All jokes aside, he wore it in high school, apparently it was Mike D'Antoni's number in Italy and Kone thought highly of him as a kid and it's supposedly a reminder that this is the second-half of his career and to live his life to the fullest 24 hours a day.
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11/10/2006  4:05 PM
Only reason for the change was his jersey sales are lacking behind other stars and this is a way to increase the sales
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11/10/2006  4:08 PM
After 7 years & 40K+ posts, banned by martin for calling Nalod a 'moron'. Awesome.
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11/10/2006  4:16 PM
Could be for image reasons as well. Maybe trying to start a new era in his life. #8 is the beef with Shaq & the rape charge days. #24 could be him trying to be a team player and lead his team to a championship by himself.

TMS your saying money but I don't get how he would get more money wearing #24 and not #8. Did he strike a deal with someone?
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11/10/2006  4:25 PM
i meant in terms of selling more jerseys... everytime a player switches #'s, his fans have to go out & buy the new jersey... how many kids out there have #45 Jordan jerseys that they don't wear anymore?
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11/10/2006  4:34 PM
He did it for Jersey sells image repair. Wade has had the top selling jersey for 2yrs now, he plays with Shaq and Kobe is just a jealous little twit. The number he chose may have meaning but why he switched is a flat out joke.
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11/10/2006  4:34 PM
Posted by LongIslandKnicksFan:

Is it just me, or did anyone else notice he's not wearing #8 anymore? I believe I saw a pictue of him with 42 I believe? Anyone know the story behind this?

Yes, I think some people actually noticed... you almost had it though.
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11/10/2006  5:52 PM
I thought it was his 3 titles times his orignal number lol.
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