NBA has no particular rule for players to pick jersey numbers. You might have seen players Russell Westbrook, Jayson Tatum, Kevin Love, and more wearing #0 to Jae Crowder wearing #99. However, no jersey is more famous than Michael Jordan’s and LeBron James’ ‘23’ and Kobe Bryant’s 24. But, why is LeBron’s number 6 these days?
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James, after wearing #23 for a long time (apart from his 4 years in Miami) has gone back to his #6 jersey from the Heat days last year. Why you ask? A chain of Tweets by “Kicks” might have the answer for you.
The reason why LeBron James switched back to #6 from MJ-inspired 23
Fans might have wondered why would James switch back to 6 from 23 after a successful 4-year run with the Cavaliers and then another good run in his first 3 seasons with the Lakers wearing the same number.
His switching back to #6 had something to do with it being a lucky number for him in his personal life than #23 being Anthony Davis’ preferred number. These Tweets might explain it to you.
James himself had some insights into it
When he first switched to #6, LeBron told his reasons, and it obviously had nothing to do with the Devil like that above-mentioned conspiracy theory. But it was precisely what the latter part of that Tweet suggested.
“It’s always been a part of me, to be honest,” James explained. “Six has a lot of meaning to me, from my family and numbers and things of that nature to what I believe in and things of that sort, but my mentality doesn’t change.”
So, there you have it. It had nothing to do with the Devil or the fact that MJ tried to undermine his 2020 championship success with The First Dance, or any other conspiracies around it for that matter.
