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Strange to see 24 & 24 in the rafters together
Posted: Sun Jun 5, 2011 2:02 am
by Mamba Venom
I thinkk its going to be strange to see #24 and #34 in the rafter together someday. Those 2 numbers never played together but they won three championships together.
32-33-34 retired. 22-24-25 retired.
Thoughts?
Re: Strange to see 24 & 24 in the rafters together
Posted: Sun Jun 5, 2011 2:19 am
by hermes
two 24's? your freaking me out
Re: Strange to see 24 & 24 in the rafters together
Posted: Sun Jun 5, 2011 2:44 am
by Wavy Q
Inception
Re: Strange to see 24 & 24 in the rafters together
Posted: Sun Jun 5, 2011 3:08 am
by torontosfynest
The name kobe and shaq will still be on the retirement banner lol
Re: Strange to see 24 & 24 in the rafters together
Posted: Sun Jun 5, 2011 3:19 am
by wilhelmthe1st
Is #8 not going to be retired...?
edit: also, just a thought. they should should retire #8 before kobe retires. then after he does, replace it with #24, and have #8 either stay retired, or 'unofficially' retired aka if some rookie comes into the league gets drafted by the lakers and is like "I want #8" they say "lol pick again"
Re: Strange to see 24 & 24 in the rafters together
Posted: Sun Jun 5, 2011 3:37 am
by doozyj
Kobe will be the only player to have both numbers retired when all said and done. By the end of his career he will have owned every Laker record and has done enough playing under either number.
Re: Strange to see 24 & 24 in the rafters together
Posted: Sun Jun 5, 2011 4:29 am
by Pablo Escobar
naw Lakers won't retire 8/24 they aren't into the gimmicks
Re: Strange to see 24 & 24 in the rafters together
Posted: Sun Jun 5, 2011 4:55 am
by Basketball Fan
Why not just add 24+8 and divide by 2= 16(yeah I know its Gasol's number but I don't see him retired here)
Re: Strange to see 24 & 24 in the rafters together
Posted: Sun Jun 5, 2011 5:01 am
by Imadogg
Basketball Fan wrote:Why not just add 24+8 and divide by 2= 16(yeah I know its Gasol's number but I don't see him retired here)
w t f
Re: Strange to see 24 & 24 in the rafters together
Posted: Sun Jun 5, 2011 5:31 am
by Slava
Re: Strange to see 24 & 24 in the rafters together
Posted: Sun Jun 5, 2011 5:38 am
by Jetset
Basketball Fan wrote:Why not just add 24+8 and divide by 2= 16(yeah I know its Gasol's number but I don't see him retired here)
Re: Strange to see 24 & 24 in the rafters together
Posted: Sun Jun 5, 2011 5:43 am
by TyCobb
Basketball Fan wrote:Why not just add 24+8 and divide by 2= 16(yeah I know its Gasol's number but I don't see him retired here)
If you subtract 8 from 24, you get 16. Also, 2(4) + 8 = 16.
Sixteen makes the most sense to me to retire in Kobe's honor. Solid, outside of the box, thinking.
Re: Strange to see 24 & 34 in the rafters together
Posted: Sun Jun 5, 2011 7:27 am
by DEEP3CL
KB24_ILLMATIC wrote:naw Lakers won't retire 8/24 they aren't into the gimmicks
It may seem like a gimmick ILLMATIC, but they're going to actually do it. They've put #8 off limits to new players.
Re: Strange to see 24 & 24 in the rafters together
Posted: Sun Jun 5, 2011 7:43 am
by Shamizy
Are there any players that have had two different #'s retired for the same team?
Re: Strange to see 24 & 24 in the rafters together
Posted: Sun Jun 5, 2011 7:50 am
by SashAlex
Re: Strange to see 24 & 24 in the rafters together
Posted: Sun Jun 5, 2011 8:02 pm
by Doormatt
wilhelmthe1st wrote:Is #8 not going to be retired...?
edit: also, just a thought. they should should retire #8 before kobe retires. then after he does, replace it with #24, and have #8 either stay retired, or 'unofficially' retired aka if some rookie comes into the league gets drafted by the lakers and is like "I want #8" they say "lol pick again"
Only if Buss actualy says "lol"
Re: Strange to see 24 & 34 in the rafters together
Posted: Sun Jun 5, 2011 8:24 pm
by So Gutta
DEEP3CL wrote:KB24_ILLMATIC wrote:naw Lakers won't retire 8/24 they aren't into the gimmicks
It may seem like a gimmick ILLMATIC, but they're going to actually do it. They've put #8 off limits to new players.
I disagree that they will retire 2 numbers for Kobe. I think they're just making it off limits just in case they decide to go with #8 over #24... He does have 3 chips with 8, and only 2 with 24
Re: Strange to see 24 & 24 in the rafters together
Posted: Sun Jun 5, 2011 8:27 pm
by Doormatt
#8 will be a jersey someone can wear in the future only if they get kobes permission/consent.
Re: Strange to see 24 & 24 in the rafters together
Posted: Mon Jun 6, 2011 1:37 am
by So Gutta
BTW, can someone please fix the title of this thread. It makes no sense.
Re: Strange to see 24 & 34 in the rafters together
Posted: Mon Jun 6, 2011 2:39 pm
by Pablo Escobar
DEEP3CL wrote:KB24_ILLMATIC wrote:naw Lakers won't retire 8/24 they aren't into the gimmicks
It may seem like a gimmick ILLMATIC, but they're going to actually do it. They've put #8 off limits to new players.
True DEEP I didn't know they didn't allow 8 to be worn by others, seems like Kobe will have 2 jerseys and a statue
