Do You Think the NBA Should Retire #23?
By elmiko
@elmiko (6630)
United States
November 16, 2009 4:52pm CST
Theres been mention the NBA might retire Michael Jordans Jersey#. I have no problem with seeing #23 retired by all teams. Lebron James says hes even going to change his Jersey# out of respect for Jordan. Another mention is the NBA is thinking about changing its logo to update its image. The player that is outlined on the current NBA Logo is Jerry West who played back in the 60s and early 70s. I personally would rather see Michael Jordans Image Outlined on the NBA Logo rather than seeing his Jersey# retired by the whole league.
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11 responses
@elmiko (6630)
• United States
8 Dec 09
i don't think the jersey should be retired by all teams. at first i didn't mind the idea of it happening but i think hes been glorified enough. the idea of every team and the nba retiring the jersey altogether is just going over the top. hes already just got put in the hall of fame this year so his jersey is there.
@skrzynip (4)
• United States
17 Nov 09
OK I like the idea for the Logo. But the #23, that number changed the game as we know it now. i feel he opened the game of basketball to a new level, including the rest of the world. I am all for both ideas. the only problem i see is what about the rest of the players that were at his level, like Larry Bird, and others
Also this is the first time i have seen James take the right step and not think about just him self.
@elmiko (6630)
• United States
18 Nov 09
when i think about it now i think its going too far just to retire a basketball jersey# by all teams. i really don't think the nba should go that far no matter how great an nba player is. i think it goes over the line too much. most people already believe jordan is the greatest basketball player ever. isn't that enough? if not i would be happy with him being on the new nba logo as hes easily better than jerry west and west himself thinks jordan should be on the nba logo anyway.
@jambi462 (4576)
• United States
16 Nov 09
Well I don't know there have been players that have been better then Michael Jordan that haven't had there number retired. Bill Russell won eleven NBA championships with Boston and his number is retired for all teams. Wilt Chamberlain was also an amazing player and his number is retired either. I guess if they are going to start permanently retiring people's numbers Michael Jordan is a good start but they'll start running out of numbers if they retire to much. Lol.
@multicoloured (86)
• China
20 Feb 10
agree with you, it is not necessary to respect the great man in this way, image outline may be a good choice
@rhayde29 (126)
• Philippines
17 Nov 09
i think that number should'nt be retire...well for most,, like basketball,, the number is memorable to everyone,,,and it gives inspiration to others especially the young ones that played basketball....its their dream to accomplish the said achievements..like Kobe...he switch number coz he know that he accomplish what he has to do in his career for now ^^
@xuliwei123 (155)
• China
2 Jun 10
It is better not to do this for the league,lf it become ture,there will no number to use!
@elmiko (6630)
• United States
2 Jun 10
well if it got to that point it would probably take a good 500 years as Michael Jordan type players don't come around often. the league could always go to 3 digit numbers for players. i would feel sorry for the person who got the jersey#666. that wouldn't happen. i'm just crazy.
@stephcjh (38473)
• United States
17 Nov 09
I honestly do not think they should retire the number 23 at all. that is my favorite number. I am sure it will be a favorite for alot more people to follow also. I think it should remain available for other people.
@echomonster (2226)
• Greenwood, Mississippi
16 Nov 09
I don't really think #23 should be retired by the whole league. Michael Jordan was definitely an unbelievable player, but it seems silly for teams he crushed to be retiring his jersey! It kind of defeats the purpose of retiring jerseys...it's supposed to be about individual teams honoring their legends. I do agree with you that Jordan would make a great new logo. He is the best basketball player to have played in my lifetime for sure so it would seem fitting. However, I understand why people might want to keep West just for tradition's sake. Otherwise people will want to change the logo every few decades...in 20 years, people will be saying, "Make LeBron the logo!"
@ladym33 (10979)
• United States
17 Nov 09
Since that is a popular thing to do in the NBA and a high honor I would say yes, they should retire that number in honor of Michael Jordan who was obvioiusly one of the best players to ever play in the NBA I think it is only right to retire his number and keep it his special number for all time.
@TremendousMachine (779)
• Canada
17 Nov 09
On the radio, the skeptics were saying it's just a ploy by Nike to sell more LBJ #6 jerseys and that he's disrespecting Julius Irving and Bill Russell, who both wore #6.
Bill Russell only won 11 championships in his 13 years playing.
@bounce58 (17387)
• Canada
16 Nov 09
It'll be great if the NBA retired #23! It will be like the NHL retiring #99.
The only problem is, if they did this, they open the door for problems in the future. Sooner or later, other players would also want their numbers retired in the league. Who will be the judge of that? Who will decide if they should consider retiring the number?
