Strange to see 24 & 24 in the rafters together

Mamba Venom · Post #1 » by **Mamba Venom** » Sun Jun 5, 2011 2:02 am

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?

hermes · Post #2 » by **hermes** » Sun Jun 5, 2011 2:19 am

two 24's? your freaking me out

Wavy Q · Post #3 » by **Wavy Q** » Sun Jun 5, 2011 2:44 am

Inception

torontosfynest · Post #4 » by **torontosfynest** » Sun Jun 5, 2011 3:08 am

The name kobe and shaq will still be on the retirement banner lol

wilhelmthe1st · Post #5 » by **wilhelmthe1st** » Sun Jun 5, 2011 3:19 am

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"

doozyj · Post #6 » by **doozyj** » Sun Jun 5, 2011 3:37 am

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.

Pablo Escobar · Post #7 » by **Pablo Escobar** » Sun Jun 5, 2011 4:29 am

naw Lakers won't retire 8/24 they aren't into the gimmicks

Basketball Fan · Post #8 » by **Basketball Fan** » Sun Jun 5, 2011 4:55 am

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)

Imadogg · Post #9 » by **Imadogg** » Sun Jun 5, 2011 5:01 am

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)

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Post #10 » by **Slava** » Sun Jun 5, 2011 5:31 am

Jetset · Post #11 » by **Jetset** » Sun Jun 5, 2011 5:38 am

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)

Post #12 » by **TyCobb** » Sun Jun 5, 2011 5:43 am

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.

DEEP3CL · Post #13 » by **DEEP3CL** » Sun Jun 5, 2011 7:27 am

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.

Shamizy · Post #14 » by **Shamizy** » Sun Jun 5, 2011 7:43 am

Are there any players that have had two different #'s retired for the same team?

SashAlex · Post #15 » by **SashAlex** » Sun Jun 5, 2011 7:50 am

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)

Zis iz nat serious !

Doormatt · Post #16 » by **Doormatt** » Sun Jun 5, 2011 8:02 pm

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"

So Gutta · Post #17 » by **So Gutta** » Sun Jun 5, 2011 8:24 pm

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

Doormatt · Post #18 » by **Doormatt** » Sun Jun 5, 2011 8:27 pm

#8 will be a jersey someone can wear in the future only if they get kobes permission/consent.

So Gutta · Post #19 » by **So Gutta** » Mon Jun 6, 2011 1:37 am

BTW, can someone please fix the title of this thread. It makes no sense.

Pablo Escobar · Post #20 » by **Pablo Escobar** » Mon Jun 6, 2011 2:39 pm

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 :lol: