This kind of bothers me.

MaTH716 · #1 03-02-2010, 10:07 AM

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=4958324

This is probably just old age setting in, but I have a real problem with this. All these kids (adults if you are the type to rock NBA jerseys

) are going to want new Lebron jerseys with the #6 on it. So these kids (or most likely their parents) are going to shell out the cash for these jerseys which have a very good chance to be obsolete in a couple of months if Lebron should ditch Cleveland. Why can't he just wait until next season to make the change. I would have no problem with it then, because he will be in the first year of a long term deal. But this just seems like greed to me, camouflaged as a nice gesture to Mr. Jordan.
Maybe I'm wrong or just cranky this morning, but the NBA should do the right thing and not approve the switch till next season. But I seriously doubt that they will leave all that cash on the table especially when people are going to have to buy brand new #6 Lebron knicks jersey next season.

Antitrust32 · #2 03-02-2010, 10:24 AM

you are 100% correct... just doing it to sell more jersey's.. I'm sure the owners of the Cavs want it to happen so they will make more money of merch b4 King James dipsets.

Antitrust32 · #3 03-02-2010, 10:37 AM

nevermind.. the change says it would start next season. no biggie then. He'll probably be with another team.

MaTH716 · #4 03-02-2010, 10:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Antitrust32

nevermind.. the change says it would start next season. no biggie then. He'll probably be with another team.

I saw that too, but I considered that the article meant that the Cavs fans hoped that he would still be in a Caviliers uni next season. When MJ changed his number from 45 back to 23 that was in the midst of the season (I believe it was going into the playoffs).
Like I said, if he wants to change it for next season, I have no problem with it. Obviously if he makes the change this season, thats where the problem lies with me.

Cannon Shell · #5 03-02-2010, 01:25 PM

On the scale of troubling issues this is ranked minus 18.

Danzig · #6 03-02-2010, 01:28 PM

this doesn't bother me at all. if people buy a new jersey because of the change, that's their problem. i'm not concerned my ovie jersey has an 'a' instead of a 'c'.