Today, the Lakers officially announced that James will give up the No. 6 shirt and wear the No. 23 shirt in the new season. According to his agent Richie Paul, James’s move was out of respect for Bill Russell.
Last year, after the death of NBA star “The Lord of the Rings” Bill Russell, the League permanently retired No. 6 jersey for Russell, and James became one of the last players in the league to wear No. 6 jersey. So who was the owner of the last No. 6 jersey of each team in the league before? Lao Zhen took the big family to take stock today.
Eagles: The last one wearing the No. 6 shirt was Louis Williams
Team basketable nets: The last one wearing the No. 6 jersey was little David Duke.
Celtics: Bill Russell was the last one wearing the No. 6 jersey.
Hornets: The last one wearing the No. 6 shirt was Jay Mike Daniels.
Bulls: The last one wearing the No. 6 shirt was Caruso
Knights: The last one wearing the No. 6 shirt was Moses Brown
Lone Ranger: The last one wearing the No. 6 jersey is Porzingis
Nuggets: The last one wearing the No. 6 jersey was little Jordan.
Piston team: the last one wearing the No. 6 shirt was Diaro.
Warriors: The last one wearing the No. 6 shirt was smayiragic
Rockets: The last one wearing the No. 6 jersey was little Kenyon-Martin
Walker: The last one wearing the No. 6 shirt was Stephenson.
Clippers: The last one wearing the No. 6 shirt was Moses Brown.
Lakers: The last one wearing the No. 6 shirt was LeBlanc James.
Grizzlies: The last one wearing the No. 6 jersey was Lofton
Heat: The last one wearing the No. 6 shirt was LeBlanc James.
Bucks team: the last one wearing the No. 6 jersey was lucaville dosa.
Timberwolves: The last one wearing the No. 6 shirt was Jordan MacLaurin.
Pelicans: The last one wearing the No. 6 shirt was Tyrone Wallace
Knicks: The last one wearing the No. 6 shirt was grammes.
Thunder team: the last one wearing the No. 6 shirt was Jerry Williams
Magic: The last one wearing the No. 6 jersey is the gorilla Ewing
76ers: The last one wearing the No. 6 jersey was Dr. J Owen
Suns: The last one wearing the No. 6 shirt was Walter Davis.
Pioneer: The last one wearing the No. 6 jersey was Keon Johnson
Spurs: The last one wearing the No. 6 shirt was Alfred Johnson
Kings: Bob Bolong finally wore the No. 6 jersey.
Raptors: The last one wearing the No. 6 shirt was Corey Joseph
Jazz: Alexander Walker was the last one wearing the No. 6 jersey.
Wizards: The last one wearing the No. 6 jersey was Porzingis
Among the active players, there are little David Duke, Caruso, little Jordan, Lofton, grammes, Jerry Williams, seven people, including Keon Johnson, are still wearing the No. 6 jersey (James changed to No. 23, little Kenyon-Martin Clippers number undecided, and Porzingis changed to No. 8).