“When I first came in at 8, is really trying to ‘plant your flag’ sort of thing,” Bryant told ESPN in 2017, shortly before the Lakers retired both of jersey numbers 8 and 24. As for why he ...

NBA star LeBron James was seen wearing a Columbus Blue Jackets Stadium Series jersey at the Los Angeles Lakers game last ...

But with Anthony Davis gone to the Mavericks, the next question for the Lakers becomes whether or not they choose to retire his jersey number ... Davis averaged 24.8 points, 11.0 rebounds ...

While James has a few more gray hairs this time around, he's still performing at an elite level while wearing a number that ... No. 23 with the Lakers before the 2023-24 NBA season, still wears ...