Comments on Time To Keep Score: LeBron's Jersey Number

He should just wear 81 so he can keep the number w...

2009-11-18T13:37:08.397-08:00

He should just wear 81 so he can keep the number when he attempts to wash the memories of all Browns fans everywhere of Kellen Winslow, Jr.

Dr. J has a house in Saint George, maybe he will l...

2009-11-17T06:42:08.550-08:00

Dr. J has a house in Saint George, maybe he will let us stay there for training camp Adam.

Until Lebron quits basketball after winning 3 titl...

2009-11-16T20:18:39.711-08:00

Until Lebron quits basketball after winning 3 titles because of weird gambling allegations and goes on to stink up the minor league baseball circuit (but buys the cruddy team a bus while he is there) only to come back to basketball and win 3 more titles (posterizing Bryon Russel (or is it Byron?) along the way, then he will never be the next Jordan.

Oh and then after his fifth retirement he will need to buy a stake in a crappy NBA team (just don't ask Rush to go in on that with you LBJ)get a divorce, put on some weight and give a really long, sort of insufferable Hall of Fame Speech. And then have some sycophant artists create your image out of illuminated Gatorade bottles.

And since Dr. J is remotely related to all of this, I'll share a secondhand anecdote about him: A friend of mine was playing in one of those celebrity golf disasters and was teamed up with Julius. During the day the group was asking each other about themselves, you know, normal stuff about their jobs and families, and so forth. My friend asked the Doc about his family. The brief conversation went something like this:

"Mr. Erving, how many kids do you have?"

"I don't really know."

Here's my two cents. LeBron should have checked #...

2009-11-16T16:14:13.190-08:00

Here's my two cents. LeBron should have checked #23 at the door back in 2003. I understand the reasons kids wear the numbers of their favorite players. He wore the number well for St. V-St. M. Hang it up.

I think LeBron would rather be known as his own guy, and perhaps now that he's seen his "brand" potential he's realizing that he ought to seperate himself from His Airness. I like the move.

I think he should pick his own unique number and make it great.

Its too bad #25 is retired in Cleveland because he could "one-up" Kobe for his mockery.

Thanks for weighing in SB. RG, well played bro! I...

2009-11-16T15:05:52.212-08:00

Thanks for weighing in SB.

RG, well played bro! I like that idea. MJ couldn't win with that number...or at least not while he had baseball legs.

I repeat, it is just a number, who cares. I own r...

2009-11-16T15:03:14.304-08:00

I repeat, it is just a number, who cares.

I own red, no one else can use red, oh and the letter b too, no one can use it either.

He should have chosen 45. He could have made THAT...

2009-11-16T14:07:42.616-08:00

He should have chosen 45. He could have made THAT number great.

If we need any more evidence of just how little Ob...

2009-11-16T10:46:49.539-08:00

If we need any more evidence of just how little Obama has done in his first year, it's how much more excited we all are to talk sports than chime in on yet another "Look at what Obama's trying to do now" post.

I can't argue with a kid like LeBron, or any other player in the NBA his age or younger, growing up idolizing Jordan, always wearing 23, keeping that number as a pro. I think the "I've always worn this number and, to the extent that it's available, will continue to do so" trumps most any arguments.

Where LeBron's making this weird is twofold: 1) His self-described global icon goal and the degree to which he relishes his "the next Jordan" status, and 2) His bizarre change of heart/desire to seem profound about it.

So, no problem with his wearing 23. Bigger problem with the fact that this is again a topic.