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re: What happens when, one day, a team like the Lakers retires all Jersey numbers?
Posted on 7/22/19 at 11:02 am to theunknownknight
Posted on 7/22/19 at 11:02 am to theunknownknight
i hate the idea of retiring numbers
just retire the jersey
just retire the jersey
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Posted on 7/22/19 at 11:08 am to theunknownknight
The Sacramento Kings, Trailblazers & Pistons have more numbers retired than the Lakers as well. The Lakers are very selective .
Not even George Mikans number is retired nor HOF/ ex League MVP Bob McAdoo ( who won 2 rings as a Lakers role player).
Not even George Mikans number is retired nor HOF/ ex League MVP Bob McAdoo ( who won 2 rings as a Lakers role player).
Posted on 7/22/19 at 11:11 am to I Bleed Garnet
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Maris outside of 61 was a dud
he won back to back MVPs, and he played in 7 world series in a 10 year span
Posted on 7/22/19 at 11:14 am to I Bleed Garnet
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Ya i didn’t realize those guys weren’t in the hall
I guess I’m blinded by it because they just all won a couple titles with them
I'm not really arguing that they weren't/aren't deserving.
Though in a thread about running out of numbers, your criteria for retirement better be pretty high. For the Red Sox it used to be ridiculous:
1) In the HoF
2) Finished career in Boston
3) 10 years in Boston
That's still the general requirements, though they've made exceptions.
Posted on 7/22/19 at 11:17 am to TigerintheNO
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he won back to back MVPs, and he played in 7 world series in a 10 year span
Yea take that back.
I’m Wrong.
Posted on 7/22/19 at 11:34 am to I Bleed Garnet
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But you don’t think they should have retired any of those?
Outside of Maris really, i think that’s fine with all those other guys
Bernie and Mattingly deserved to have their numbers retired. The others do not in my opinion. Jersey retirements should be exclusively for HOF caliber players outside of a few exceptions.
Posted on 7/22/19 at 12:02 pm to Bench McElroy
Just asking
Why not Elston Howard or Munson
They are have pretty retirement worth achievements
Why not Elston Howard or Munson
They are have pretty retirement worth achievements
Posted on 7/22/19 at 12:27 pm to theunknownknight
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What happens when, one day, a team like the Lakers retires all Jersey numbers?
They can start using irrational and imaginary numbers and such.
Substituting numbers for names by way of explanation:
"Pi inbounds the ball to the Square Root of Two, who lobs it to 23i for the tomahawk dunk."
Posted on 7/22/19 at 12:39 pm to sugar71
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The Sacramento Kings, Trailblazers & Pistons have more numbers retired than the Lakers as well. The Lakers are very selective .
Wait until the Warriors retire the number of everyone who played on their 3 recent championship teams.
Posted on 7/22/19 at 12:48 pm to Rep520
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Wait until the Warriors retire the number of everyone who played on their 3 recent championship teams.
Posted on 7/22/19 at 1:34 pm to theunknownknight
This sounds like a bad stand up bit you heard.
Posted on 7/22/19 at 3:22 pm to VermilionTiger
quote:You're thinking of college basketball - no digit can be higher than 5. This is to make it easier for a ref to signal a foul...only five fingers per hand
Pretty sure NBA numbers don’t go past 55
No number limits in the NBA
Posted on 7/22/19 at 6:56 pm to Knownothing
quote:this... For example if the Lakers have Mikan retired... Nobody in 2150 will know who he is. There's a lot of other questionable number retirements too, not just old ones... Nick Collison by the Thunder comes to mind, but it will be ironic if his number stays retired and the Thunder never retire any of Durant, Harden, or Westbrook, all MVPs who played for them
Realistically they'll unretire numbers at one point.
Posted on 7/23/19 at 5:28 am to Wayne Campbell
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I feel like the Yankees would be a better team for this question. They've already retired about twice as many numbers as the Lakers. They'll retire anyone's number.
My first thought, too.
The Yankees literally don't have an unretired single digit number left, save for 0 which Ottavino dusted off this year.
I'm a lifelong Yanks fan, but there are a few numbers I'd argue that shouldn't be retired.
Posted on 7/23/19 at 6:12 am to VermilionTiger
You would be correct for high school and college basketball, but not for NBA.
In college and HS, there are no digits above 5, so no 6-9, 16-19, etc. In the NBA, there is no such rule, hence examples like James 6, Maravich 7, Bryant 8, etc.
In college and HS, there are no digits above 5, so no 6-9, 16-19, etc. In the NBA, there is no such rule, hence examples like James 6, Maravich 7, Bryant 8, etc.
Posted on 7/23/19 at 6:14 am to LCLa
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You would be correct for high school and college basketball, but not for NBA.
In college and HS, there are no digits above 5, so no 6-9, 16-19, etc. In the NBA, there is no such rule, hence examples like James 6, Maravich 7, Bryant 8, etc.
I actually think in the NBA when a player wears those numbers
They have to pay a fee.
Posted on 7/23/19 at 6:17 am to I Bleed Garnet
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actually think in the NBA when a player wears those numbers
They have to pay a fee.
??????
Posted on 7/23/19 at 6:28 am to chalmetteowl
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??????
It could be just a myth that was told to me by some baw on here
That when a guy changes his number to a number like say 77 or 8
He has to pay a small fee
Posted on 7/23/19 at 7:29 am to theunknownknight
The real question is, what about a college basketball team? Like, look at a program like Duke. They have retired a ton of numbers, and in college basketball you aren’t allowed to have any numbers that exceed the number of fingers on each hand.
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