LeBron's "retire 23" was all orchestrated.

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oiprocs

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When I heard this, the first thing that came to mind was that he wanted to disassociate himself from Jordan.

When Kobe receives comments about comparisons to Jordan, he shows respect for him but has always maintained that he plays his game and doesn't want to be cast in Jordan's shadow.

This is what LeBron wants, and wearing 23 is preventing him from doing that. Wearing 23 may be paying tribute to Jordan, but that's more appropriate for non-superstars. LeBron knows he has to have a number of his own, so that one day people will be buying his number, and not Jordan's.


Just another reason why I dislike LeBron. Fantastic athlete, superb b-ball player, but as a person he's so marveled with personal stature and "becoming a global icon". Kobe has a lot of negative qualities as well, but his greedy stays on the basketball court. He wants titles and nothing else, no world domination bullshit.
 

Patt

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I personally think your theory is a bit overblown, but I do hate the fact that one of LeBron's stated goals is to become the world's first athlete billionaire. He'll never catch Tiger on that front though.

Just. Play. Basketball.
 

KentState

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Well, that made up conspiracy changed my mind. What's your theory on the steroid conspiracy in MLB?
 

KentState

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I personally think your theory is a bit overblown, but I do hate the fact that one of LeBron's stated goals is to become the world's first athlete billionaire. He'll never catch Tiger on that front though.

Just. Play. Basketball.

I don't know, Tiger is randomly ramming his car into trees in the neighborhood.
 

oiprocs

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Well, that made up conspiracy changed my mind. What's your theory on the steroid conspiracy in MLB?
Baseball sucks. I tune in to the World Series when one team has a chance to win, and even then I'm just cruising in at the 7th inning.

You posted in the first thread about this two weeks ago: http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2023655

Your theory might warrant a new thread if it was more than just your theory...
Oooh, what color panties was I wearing that day? :wub:
 

hdeck

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he just wants to sell more jerseys by changing his number. simple economics.
 
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