LeBron To Honor Jordan By Not Honoring Him

If LeBron really wanted to honor his area code, he'd refuse to wear it.

LeBron James has some crazy ideas and is it just me or should he not be allowed to talk?  He had a disastrous off-season from a PR standpoint, what with his refusal to shake hands and talk with the media after being eliminated from the playoffs and his role in the confiscating of a tape that showed him being dunked on by a college player.  I actually like LeBron, and I guess not allowing him to talk wouldn’t solve all of the problems he gets himself into, but what if we confined him to the basketball court?  We just want to see you dunk, big man.  I’m not interested in your crazy schemes.

Unfortunately, he’s still free to talk nonsense and his latest foray has resulted in him asking every player in the NBA who wears the number 23 to give it up. You know, to honor Michael Jordan.

If you see 23, you think about Michael Jordan. You see guys flying through the air, you think about Michael Jordan. You see game-winning shots, you think about Michael Jordan. You see fly kicks, you think about Michael Jordan. He did so much, it has to be recognized, and not just by putting him in the Hall of Fame.

Obviously, James is right.  Jordan was such an influential icon, there should be a way that every talented could pay homage to him.  Maybe they could all, I don’t know, WEAR HIS NUMBER!

Read the block quote again.  LeBron thinks that being reminded of MJ constantly isn’t recognizing his greatness?  I guess all those crucifixes I see aren’t honoring Jesus’ memory, either.  We should really stop using crosses all together.  That’d show God how much we love him.

I understand the whole retiring numbers idea, but isn’t it much more of an honor if your number becomes synonymous with identifying the best player on the court?  Like number 10 in soccer, generally if you see someone wearing #23 in basketball, you can assume he’s the star.  Or has a giant ego.  Usually both.

Here’s an actual quote from the AP story, “[LeBron] believes players should pay tribute to Jordan for the Hall of Famer’s impact on the game.”  Isn’t that exactly what they’ve been doing?  Were they wearing his number to insult Jordan’s impact on the game?

And James’s personal solution will be to switch to number 6, which is Jordan’s Olympic number.  So, let’s honor him by not wearing his number.  But I’m definitely stealing one of his other numbers.  But, LeBron has other reason’s for liking number 6.  Mainly, that he’s always idolized Julius Erving.  Apparently, he’s just not quite fond enough of Dr. J to want to make people stop wearing his number.

Tags: basketball, LeBron James, Michael Jordan, NBA

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