I noticed that Keith Van Horn, who's worn #2 in the NBA for as long as I can remember, has changed his number to 44; that has to be due, at least in part, to the fact that that number was worn by Junior Bridgeman, and has since been retired by the Bucks. While #3 has not been retired by Portland, it is currently being used by Damon Stoudamire, so I can understand why Shareef Abdur-Rahim changed his number. What vexes me a little bit is that Rasheed Wallace, who used to wear #30, is now #36 in Atlanta, and that Tim Thomas and Nazr Mohammed, who used to be numbers 6 and 2 respectively, are now #5 and 13 on the Knicks. To the best of my knowledge, none of these player's old numbers have been retired by their current teams, nor are they currently being used by any of their new teammates; does anyone know why any of them changed their numbers?
Uhhh...Van Horn was: #44 with Utah #44 with the Nets #4 with the Sixers #2 with the Knicks. You must have a short memory.
I have recently been informed that I was wrong about Thomas' jersey as well; anybody know about 'Sheed?
Eh, I'm used to it; people don't like to reply to my threads around here. I think I'm discriminated against for being a Kings fan... EDIT - Or, maybe it's the teal... nah....
The teal? No way, I'm sure everyone loves the teal. Of course, I didn't know you were a Kings fan, so maybe it is the teal. Or, more likely yet, we don't know the answer to your number-changing questions, so we haven't responded. Just a theory.
