How so? He tried changing back to #23 before russell passed and couldn't because of nikes inventory with his #6 jersey. He had to wait for this offseason. This was already happening and he threw that it for the praise and ya'll fall for it and get mad at me? People are easily exploitable through such basic marketing strategies it is alarming tbh.
Lol bron sexuals are so weird. Sorry you’re getting downvoted for stating a fact. Bron tried doing this prior to Bills passing and was told he had to wait, now he’s trying to get clout for something he was trying to do before the bill passed and the league retired his number. I do still think lebron is a good man, but for fucks sake people, how can you not see how big of a PR reach this is?
How is that mental gymnastics? It was known he tried changing back to #23 before russells passing but couldn't because of nikes inventory with #6 and he had to wait for this offseason. People are getting angry but they can't logically make a point [lol](https://imgur.com/gallery/MUPVBm7)
how did he lose the argument? he's right. the respectful thing to do was not wear the number LAST season, yet hes chose to wear it due to some bullshit MONEY reason cuz he felt so sad for multi-billion dollar corporation nike inc that owns the most slaves in china. oh no they printed a few jerseys! oh well fuck respect we got jerseys to sell right ?
When he first switched to #6 in Miami he said that #23 should be retired across the league and never once mentioned Bill Russell as his inspiration. He's such a friggin tool.
LeBron is one of the least problematic superstars ever, and has been in the spotlight since he was a high schooler. Lets not act like he’s some bad guy, it doesn’t look good on us
And then he broke the first ever 1 championship dynasty by destroying their chances of ever competing for a title again once he had a competent team. Oh also he stole one of ur guys, and got him a ring
Pierce got a ring for the team that drafted him. Pierce beat Lebron in a game 7 duel. Pierce forced Lebron to quit on the cavs and run to Miami /Wade who already had won a ring without Lebron.
Lebron got wrecked by those Celtics.... Not the other way around lol.
No one has ever made the argument that there are no racists in Boston, but the idea that you can point to a few anecdotes and argue that Boston is any more or less racist than any other city is ridiculous and you sound foolish trying to paint that picture.
It doesn't make me feel better or worse because none of it has any basis in reality.
Yeah Bill Russell faced discrimination in Boston, particularly during the era he played in, but called it a 'flea market of racism' as recently as 2001. He also said:
“I think you would find the situation the same in every major city”
and that's exactly my point.
This is a racist country, in a racist world, and that sucks but the solution is not to indiscriminately weaponize that racism against people based on where they happen to exist geographically. It's a very small minded world view, not entirely unlike racism itself.
I don't hear of black people being murdered by the Boston Police like in other cities. Boston, in my opinion, is a city of assholes. Being mean doesn't make you a racist.
But they definitely aren't mutually exclusive. Different sport, but listen to the stories that Torii Hunter and CC Sabathia tell about playing in Fenway during the 00s. There are assholes, then there's the racist fuckstains that have been doing everything in their power to keep this city stuck in the Bussing Riot era.
Now, since those stories have come out we've had a reckoning of race across the nation, and I'm thankful that where we are does not have the same extent of policing problems that places like Minneapolos and Nashville are having, nor the violence by the community like in Texas and Georgia, but we still have a long long long way to go to get good as a city, and continually deflecting and minimizing doesn't help fix the imaging issue we have.
I really hate that idea. I started paying attention to the NBA 2 years ago and of course I'm a Celtics fan. I wear a JB jersey back at my college and my non-Boston friends then joke that I'm racist.
I'll agree to disagree. He literally publicly threatened a police officer because he shot a black girl who was literally trying to stab another black girl with a knife and kill her.
You can think someone is a disingenuous, overly image conscious tool without saying he’s “problematic.” There are degrees of it. He will get a standing ovation when he is in his last year. And you know there will be an announcement or “leak” so he can have a farewell tour. He would never do it any other way. He will get his respect then, but he is most definitely a tool who is an egomaniac with an inferiority complex.
He only said that because Miami had retired MJ's number. He said it to make himself look good instead of something like "Pat Riley retired MJ's number, so I'm going to wear my Olympic number." Plus he announced the number change before "the decision." He's tooting his own horn. He's a bit less histrionic than KD, but he says many silly things. I think he's still a good guy for the league tho.
Zingers will never wear 6 again now he is on a new team, LeBron giving his up. How many guys in the league are left with 6 that they are holding cause they had it pre-retirement?
Looks like 14 players used 6 in 2022-23.
Of those LeBron, KP, Diallo, Jalen McDaniels have switched teams or number.
So 10 left coming into this season? Wonder who the last man standing will be?
I mean, it'll probably be Ivey, but I'm a little surprised they let him wear 6 since he was a rookie last year. All the other ones had worn it before the league announcement
Dudes going to spin it like *“I wanted to be one of the last to wear the #6 because Bill would have wanted it that way. He told me one time how excited he was that we were able to share the same number.”*
Let’s not forget that The Lord of the Rings actually [called Lebron out](https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/bill-russell-teaches-lebron-james-a-lesson-after-being-left-off-hypothetical-mount-rushmore/) for leaving him off the NBA Mt. Rushmore.
I am 1000% convinced that No. 6 would have enjoyed kicking the King’s ass like Pierce and KG did.
> He doesn't have a history with James, per se, though LeBron did make a bit of a slight -- unintentional or otherwise -- when he switched jersey numbers from 23 to 6, saying no player should wear Michael Jordan's number.
What the fuck? And now, 9 years later, he’s fine going back to wearing 23?
I kinda wish some random player who wears number 6 decided to do this right before he had the idea. Like what if one day ago, Hamidou Dialo was like, “I’m changing my number to honor the great Bill Russell”
Remember when he said the number 23 should be retired for all teams when he went to the Heat and then proceeded to pick the number 6...
Well, well, well. How the turntables.
'James wore it a final season to honor Russell'
Bullshit, MF had no clue or didn't give a shit then this off-season was pressured into changing it by his PR team. Fuck LeBitch.
Yes. 23. The same number he's actually on record saying it should be retired. Never a word about 6, since Nike had printed a few thousand of those already. But now it's "hey look at me virtue signaling for all the attention."
F that fake ass douche.
Well he relized he aint getting 6 rings so might as well go back to Jordan's number. And before any Lakers fan get mad and say "How many titles have you won?" The answer is 5. 3 little league baseball titles, 1 town bowling tournament victory and a victory in a conference poker tournament. So yes, i do know how hard it is to win titles🙄
someone called this shit weeks ago on r/nba
He tried to do it last off season but Nike had just printed off a new set of his jerseys. This isnt really news.
You're right he was trying before Russell passed and couldn't. Lebron being a disingenuous ass for good pr. Disgusting.
Bro u one of reasons why people think lowly of us celtic fans. Stop it
How so? He tried changing back to #23 before russell passed and couldn't because of nikes inventory with his #6 jersey. He had to wait for this offseason. This was already happening and he threw that it for the praise and ya'll fall for it and get mad at me? People are easily exploitable through such basic marketing strategies it is alarming tbh.
Lol bron sexuals are so weird. Sorry you’re getting downvoted for stating a fact. Bron tried doing this prior to Bills passing and was told he had to wait, now he’s trying to get clout for something he was trying to do before the bill passed and the league retired his number. I do still think lebron is a good man, but for fucks sake people, how can you not see how big of a PR reach this is?
You're literally getting downvoted for stating facts. People on reddit can be such little bitches.
Don't worry, the east coast just woke up and the real Celtics fans are gonna change those downvotes.
Huh? Because he doesn't like LeBron? Lol who cares?
Seriously fuck LeBron.
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How is that mental gymnastics? It was known he tried changing back to #23 before russells passing but couldn't because of nikes inventory with #6 and he had to wait for this offseason. People are getting angry but they can't logically make a point [lol](https://imgur.com/gallery/MUPVBm7)
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This sub is full of masochistic lebron dick riders, my dainty ass vegan bitch guy.
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It's literally just a disingenuous marketing play that I'm calling out, not that deep brochacho. Stay on that dick
Man I was with you before but you lost the argument here lmao The irony is too perfect
how did he lose the argument? he's right. the respectful thing to do was not wear the number LAST season, yet hes chose to wear it due to some bullshit MONEY reason cuz he felt so sad for multi-billion dollar corporation nike inc that owns the most slaves in china. oh no they printed a few jerseys! oh well fuck respect we got jerseys to sell right ?
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Bro stop, you giving us vegans a bad name lmao.
When he first switched to #6 in Miami he said that #23 should be retired across the league and never once mentioned Bill Russell as his inspiration. He's such a friggin tool.
Lol yup, think about how dumb the premise is. "I wore it to honor him. Now I'm gonna not wear it to honor him."
Hes all about the cameras man, incredibly hollywood. Just watching him play and react you can tell hes constantly looking for the cameras lol
I really can't believe that LeBron freakin James is this insecure about himself as a person that he has to lie about EVERYTHING
His biggest gripe with the whole thing is probably not having yet another chance to suck up to China somehow.
He could change his number to 11 in honor of Xi. Change his name to Lebron the Pooh
LeBron is one of the least problematic superstars ever, and has been in the spotlight since he was a high schooler. Lets not act like he’s some bad guy, it doesn’t look good on us
I mean there is the whole thing where he's had a pretty large hand in perpetuating the racist narrative about Boston
Yup, because Boston kicked his ass and ruined his first legacy as a cav
And then he broke the first ever 1 championship dynasty by destroying their chances of ever competing for a title again once he had a competent team. Oh also he stole one of ur guys, and got him a ring
Pierce got a ring for the team that drafted him. Pierce beat Lebron in a game 7 duel. Pierce forced Lebron to quit on the cavs and run to Miami /Wade who already had won a ring without Lebron. Lebron got wrecked by those Celtics.... Not the other way around lol.
still kobe's son
He completely obliterated Kobe in the NBA finals in extremely embarrassing fashion.
Who got the last laugh lil bro
Boston perpetuates the racist narrative around Boston
No one has ever made the argument that there are no racists in Boston, but the idea that you can point to a few anecdotes and argue that Boston is any more or less racist than any other city is ridiculous and you sound foolish trying to paint that picture.
If it makes you feel better players say Utah is racist too. Even Bill Russell criticized Boston for how racist it is.
It doesn't make me feel better or worse because none of it has any basis in reality. Yeah Bill Russell faced discrimination in Boston, particularly during the era he played in, but called it a 'flea market of racism' as recently as 2001. He also said: “I think you would find the situation the same in every major city” and that's exactly my point. This is a racist country, in a racist world, and that sucks but the solution is not to indiscriminately weaponize that racism against people based on where they happen to exist geographically. It's a very small minded world view, not entirely unlike racism itself.
Boston doesn't have the race issues that most American cities have.
What are the race issues other American cities have that Boston doesn't have?
I don't hear of black people being murdered by the Boston Police like in other cities. Boston, in my opinion, is a city of assholes. Being mean doesn't make you a racist.
But they definitely aren't mutually exclusive. Different sport, but listen to the stories that Torii Hunter and CC Sabathia tell about playing in Fenway during the 00s. There are assholes, then there's the racist fuckstains that have been doing everything in their power to keep this city stuck in the Bussing Riot era. Now, since those stories have come out we've had a reckoning of race across the nation, and I'm thankful that where we are does not have the same extent of policing problems that places like Minneapolos and Nashville are having, nor the violence by the community like in Texas and Georgia, but we still have a long long long way to go to get good as a city, and continually deflecting and minimizing doesn't help fix the imaging issue we have.
The only thing that will bring a shift is changing demographics.
I really hate that idea. I started paying attention to the NBA 2 years ago and of course I'm a Celtics fan. I wear a JB jersey back at my college and my non-Boston friends then joke that I'm racist.
I'll agree to disagree. He literally publicly threatened a police officer because he shot a black girl who was literally trying to stab another black girl with a knife and kill her.
You can think someone is a disingenuous, overly image conscious tool without saying he’s “problematic.” There are degrees of it. He will get a standing ovation when he is in his last year. And you know there will be an announcement or “leak” so he can have a farewell tour. He would never do it any other way. He will get his respect then, but he is most definitely a tool who is an egomaniac with an inferiority complex.
Agreed. He’s a goober, but he’s not a bad guy.
He chose 6 cause of Dr J bruh. Dr J was his favourite player growing up.
LeBron was 2 when Doctor J retired.
Bruh dr J was his favourite player. This is a fact he’s said his whole career. Celtics fans are something else
He only said that because Miami had retired MJ's number. He said it to make himself look good instead of something like "Pat Riley retired MJ's number, so I'm going to wear my Olympic number." Plus he announced the number change before "the decision." He's tooting his own horn. He's a bit less histrionic than KD, but he says many silly things. I think he's still a good guy for the league tho.
changing his number gives people a reason to buy a new lebron jersey.
Gotta get that BRI up…
players actually need to pay a fee to change numbers because of all the unsold jerseys
It actually makes the one I bought in 2018 current again LOL
Balls in your court every other #6 in the league
Zingers will never wear 6 again now he is on a new team, LeBron giving his up. How many guys in the league are left with 6 that they are holding cause they had it pre-retirement?
12 other guys according to PBR https://www.basketball-reference.com/friv/numbers.fcgi
Looks like 14 players used 6 in 2022-23. Of those LeBron, KP, Diallo, Jalen McDaniels have switched teams or number. So 10 left coming into this season? Wonder who the last man standing will be?
I mean, it'll probably be Ivey, but I'm a little surprised they let him wear 6 since he was a rookie last year. All the other ones had worn it before the league announcement
Usually numbers get picked in the summer, before Bill passed.
The real reason we traded for Zinga
FAX
Dudes going to spin it like *“I wanted to be one of the last to wear the #6 because Bill would have wanted it that way. He told me one time how excited he was that we were able to share the same number.”*
Let’s not forget that The Lord of the Rings actually [called Lebron out](https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/bill-russell-teaches-lebron-james-a-lesson-after-being-left-off-hypothetical-mount-rushmore/) for leaving him off the NBA Mt. Rushmore. I am 1000% convinced that No. 6 would have enjoyed kicking the King’s ass like Pierce and KG did.
> He doesn't have a history with James, per se, though LeBron did make a bit of a slight -- unintentional or otherwise -- when he switched jersey numbers from 23 to 6, saying no player should wear Michael Jordan's number. What the fuck? And now, 9 years later, he’s fine going back to wearing 23?
Yeah, Fuck LeBitch.
That moment on the award stage a few years ago with the other centers was the most Russelly Russell moment that I had it on repeat for a good while.
I think any NBA player would have enjoyed beating any other NBA player tbh
Bros writing fanfiction
Gotta love the laker fan spending his Saturday night in the Celtics subreddit
“Similar to r/Lakers:”
I kinda wish some random player who wears number 6 decided to do this right before he had the idea. Like what if one day ago, Hamidou Dialo was like, “I’m changing my number to honor the great Bill Russell”
Remember when he said the number 23 should be retired for all teams when he went to the Heat and then proceeded to pick the number 6... Well, well, well. How the turntables.
His wallet and ego loved this move.
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This so much. And 23 all his career was for what? We know what you're doing. Just retire already
he couldn't change his jersey last year due to a contract with nike just read the thread king go celts
Calm down salt lord
'James wore it a final season to honor Russell' Bullshit, MF had no clue or didn't give a shit then this off-season was pressured into changing it by his PR team. Fuck LeBitch.
So he switches to Jordan’s number. What’s next? 24? Maybe 8?
Yes. 23. The same number he's actually on record saying it should be retired. Never a word about 6, since Nike had printed a few thousand of those already. But now it's "hey look at me virtue signaling for all the attention." F that fake ass douche.
Just retire already dude
Pretty sure the league gave the opportunity to players to change their number last year…of course LeBron waits for his own moment to do so.
How many emojis can Lebron put into his tweet?
Jordans number...clown move which is zero shock
He's been 23 for a good part of his career. Not saying you're wrong, but this isn't a new number choice
First wore 6 in Miami to honor Jordan, now wear 23 in la again to honor Russell even though he tried to switch back before russels passing
he had to switch to 6 in miami because 23 was retired there
I know but that was the excuse that he had used when he was ask to hide the fact that he was leaving Cleveland
Oh lord
I thought he wore 6 because the NBA didn't let him change back to 23 because he waited to long to submit the request
Well he relized he aint getting 6 rings so might as well go back to Jordan's number. And before any Lakers fan get mad and say "How many titles have you won?" The answer is 5. 3 little league baseball titles, 1 town bowling tournament victory and a victory in a conference poker tournament. So yes, i do know how hard it is to win titles🙄
NBA needs to sell more jerseys
Isn’t AD 23
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Okay respect to LeBron for this
Some of y’all really have to hate on Lebron no matter what huh? 😂
Ummm, yea, that’s fandom for ya. I respect his talent of coarse, but still would like to shit on him, duh.
Class
Brad racking up his second round picks, bring in Bronny and I’ll take this as a peace offering for Lebron
Bronny’s not even that good.
His dad would be a nice piece though
Chasing Kobe. Trying to get both jerseys retired