After first floating the idea in November, LeBron James(notes) will be following through on his plan to honor the greatest basketball player of all time, Michael Jordan, by changing his uniform number from 23 to 6. The paperwork for the change was filed Monday, just in time to beat the Wednesday deadline.
"I've done it," LeBron told the Cleveland Plain Dealer. "I already sent it in. I'm going to be No. 6." Now, the league just has to approve the switch, which they will because LeBron's new jersey is sure to be a best-seller, just like when Kobe Bryant(notes) switched from 8 to 24 or Andray Blatche(notes) from 32 to 7. Okay, that last one might not have had jerseys flying off shelves.
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If it seems like TSS is pro-LeBron, we are. Well, at least Gotty™ and myself are. I mean, why not? He’s a freak of nature who commands you to watch whenever he’s playing, regardless of alliance. He’s a captivating figure, and, I may be going out on a limb when I say this, one of the most physically dominating athletes of all time. Not the “greatest,” but just one person who is so much better physically than the rest of his counterparts (à la Jim Brown, Tiger Woods and MichaelPhelps). That and he’s forced statisticians to insert a new category into their columns for his now patented blocks, also known as the “chase-down-block” or “CD.”