Is Kobe really changing his number to 24?
606647
Yes but don't be suprised if he changes back if he's not doing well in that #. I think it's stupid if you win 3 championships with a # then keep it.
511641
Frank H is right - it's not really that 24 was chosen - more like 12 was chosen.  The division is really arbitrary - the day could just as easily have been broken into 10, 40, or 1667 "hours".  \nMost old systems like that are based on the same numbers - a dozen eggs, a circle is 360 degrees, 12 signs of the zodiac, 12 months in a year, 12 disciples, 12 step program - oops, not that one....
440486
I think u r totally wrong when u say he is doing it for money. B/c he doesnt really need it,he has a nike contact and he is also one o the highest paid basketball player s in the NBA. Dunno y he is doing it, maybe he doesnt want to always be remembered as Kobe #8 for the rape. Besides 24 isnt a bad number, do u think MJ changed to #45 for marketing purposes? Besides, u could just wait till someone asks him why he wants to change his number and im sure he isnt going to say anything vaguely concerning money, b/c thats not a good reason to change your number. When u think of great players, u signify them with their number, KObe might just want to be 24 b/c he cant be 33. Would also like to say S0ng is a dumdum.
201019
I am sorry I can't tell you why they add-up wrong.But if you check different sources for stats as I did because of your question,you will see Kobie Bryant scored either 38,40,or43 pts. last-night. This must drive contest players and the fantasy players nuts.WONDER WHO KNOWS REAL STATS.\n                                   still confused also\n                                                 wythingco
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People say he's selfish because he is the leagues best scorer and every time you turn around he's hitting for 38,40,45,50.  If you look at it like this, Kobe gets criticized for his scoring, but when he does try to pass (like he did in game 7 against Phoenix) ever one says he chocked, or that he needed to step up.  But when he went for 50 and they lost game 6, everyone said he should have "passed more".  He leads his team by scoring and taking the big shots, as opposed to the way LeBron does it (by passing and setting his teammates up).  It seems to me Kobe will get slammed no matter what he does, people will always hate him because he is the best in the league.  Jordan went through this his whole career, its nothing new, and it will never change.  People will always find fault with Kobe's game.  For example, if he averaged 28 points and 7 assist next year I bet everyone would say that he has fallen off as a shooter, or that's he's not a great scorer anymore.  Its a catch 22 if you ask me.
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Kobe went for 62 in only 33 minutes. If I remember correctly, he asked out of the game in the 4th Quarter that the lakers were up bring in so as not to appear to be selfish:\n\nSTARTERS MIN FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A OREB DREB REB AST STL BLK TO PF PTS \nBrian Cook, PF 16 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 6 2 \nLamar Odom, SF 34 2-5 1-1 2-4 0 8 8 3 1 2 1 2 7 \nChris Mihm, FC 25 3-5 0-0 3-5 0 8 8 2 0 1 2 4 9 \nSmush Parker, PG 29 2-7 1-3 2-6 0 0 0 2 2 0 3 2 7 \nKobe Bryant, SG 33 18-31 4-10 22-25 3 5 8 0 3 0 2 3 62
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He wants to wear 5, as he did in HS and College.  In the NFL, RB's are only allowed numbers between 20 and 49.  New Orleans is trying to persuade the NFL to change the rules, relating his #5 to a Category 5 hurricane.  \n\nThat part is bogus, and the Saints are just trying to show that they are appeasing to their star.  He will end up wearing 25.
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Maybe, maybe not...I just think Lebron has more to ijmprove on like his jump shot.for me it's still not perfect. You can't slash to the basket everytime so you got to have versatility in your game. Well for me Lebron will not put the same number in the era of Jordan. A lot of players that played that era have retired when Lebron came into the picture. He will be left out iof that happened...Not even enter the playoffs
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Leone got the answer right.  Make sure to give him the 10pts.\n\nyou can hear a clip of '24' at amazon.com\nhttp://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0001FFIY2
807999
He's probably not going to because he's still recovering from his knee surgery. Some of the Lakers trainers are stating he won't play the whole week. It depends on how Kobe's feeling. Hope he comes back soon to kick ***.
336230
jordan wore number 12 in orlando, possibly during the 89-90 season. there is a 1990 nba hoops sam vincent basketball card with a picture of jordan wearing this jersey. the card was later changed because they didn't think they should show the top nba player wearing a different number than 23.
1070668
No.. Its was a bad call by Jerry Buss, he panicked when they failed to win a championship 2 yrs in a row evn by acquiring Malone and Payton,thinking Shaq and Kobes 3peat might rot , he chose to make the lakers self destruct..Thus sendng shaq to the heat and rebuilding around kobe.. But putting a Brown experiment and a soft girl like Odom alongside Kobe will never do.\n\nThe result? lakers are now just another NBA team..
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No, because he's going to realize that, while scoring all those points may be great, if he wants to win another ring, the Lakers need more quality players around him.  The dumbest thing Kobe ever did was running Shaq and Phil Jackson out of town.  Phil's back, but even he couldn't lead them past the first round.
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http://www.nba.com/news/kobe_81_index.html\nhere ya go!\nclick on the link that says-See every point: 81 points in 3 minutes-, it's over on the right side of the screen.\nhope this helps!
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I gotta say that Kobe will easily be in the top 10 by the end of his career.  He's already setting records and people don't even think he's peaked yet.  Comparing him to Shaq is unfair...  Shaq = most dominant player in the NBA, Kobe = best player in the NBA.  The only legit person I'd compare him to is Jordan (not that I think he's as good as Jordan).  Just compare the size of both guys and their game.  Kobe's still leading the league in points per game and most of the time he's double (or even triple) teamed.  He has already been nominated in the "next top 10" list during the all-star break, ahead of players like Wilkins or Iverson.  I'd bank on him even breaking top 5.\n\nMatt
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No, Bonds has 73.....\n\nBonds did not cheat technically.....it was not against baseball policy to use steroids until very recently.....so he technically did not break any rules.   Even if it is proven that he did knowingly take steroids his stats should not be erased......
710755
The number change does nothing but let the NBA market a whole new set of Kobe Jerseys... that is why he did it. Kobe may be the most talented play in the NBA but after his whole problems in Colorado I have no respect for anything about him other than his talent to play ball. What about Stoudemire? Once he heals and gets back into basketball shape the Suns are going to be monsters in the West. I believe that they will make it to the finals.