Who rocked it before .....

[croatiantwins]

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Kobe, Dirk, Allen .... oh no wait!! [emoji54]....
Shea, Brian & Fred!!
Number 3, 8 and 41 for example are retired (or soon to be retired) numbers from our favourit players and as soon as they are hanging from the roof nobody will ever be able to rock them for that team again! But what anout those guys who had them before??? Our hobby is so beautiful and interesting that you are able to collect everything and just anything... and i am more that "anything" guy so i asked myself who had those big numbers before!
Chicago Bulls #23 .... oh thats rowland Garrett !! I thought its kinda interesting to show a small part of one of my side pc's


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maybe you have some cards in your collection that are fitting that theme too ;-)

-kiki




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[Deadshot]

Cool thread idea! Here's a fun one for you...

Cazzie Russell wore BOTH 32 and 33 for the Lakers before Magic and Kareem did.

https://live.staticflickr.com/431/32239731155_908640fd11_z.jpg

[RogerGodahell]

The best players in NBA history to wear each jersey number
http://www.espn.com/sportsnation/post/_/id/12992832/best-players-nba-history-wear-jersey-number

[gomiamigo]

Alvin Robertson was a beast. Quadruple-double man!

[ThoseBackPages]

This is an incredible idea Kiki!

Well done Brother! :)

[Sribb43]

Brian Howard #41 on the Mavs...those were some very dark years growing up as a Mavs fan.

[Beavers98]

This is really cool. Good Idea.

[lietuvalabas]

i often thought of this, especially the doug christie and dana barros. funny thing it barros back in his sixers days looked a decent amount like iverson imo

[arashY]

nice idea. here's an easy way to see which players wore the jersey #'s before the HOF player

https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/LAL/numbers.html

[Harper]

Imma flip it on ya... in the 70s bulls had a competitive team, with bob love, jerry Sloan, Chet walker, and norm van lier. Well when the bulls decided to retire bob love and jerry Sloan’s numbers, norm was slighted. Despite broadcasting for games for years, norm never got recognition from the franchise. He decided to “curse” the number 2.

https://img.comc.com/i/Basketball/1974-75/Topps---Base/140/Norm-Van-Lier.jpg?id=86a31db1-b229-477b-9cbe-f80bba9ae1ca&size=original (https://www.comc.com/Cards/Basketball/1974-75/Topps_-_Base/140/Norm_Van_Lier/1387242)
1974-75 Topps - [Base] #140 - Norm Van Lier
Courtesy of COMC.com (https://www.comc.com)

Bc number 4 was retired for Sloan, harp chose 2 when he first came over. His stats dropped SIGNIFICANTLY on joining the bulls even before Jordan came back.

https://img.comc.com/i/Basketball/1994-95/Fleer-Ultra---Base/218/Ron-Harper.jpg?id=b11ff6e1-2776-4865-9b15-cb2d78822154&size=original (https://www.comc.com/Cards/Basketball/1994-95/Fleer_Ultra_-_Base/218/Ron_Harper/1433504)
1994-95 Fleer Ultra - [Base] #218 - Ron Harper
Courtesy of COMC.com (https://www.comc.com)

Harp changed his number and then joined the rotation as a starter...

https://img.comc.com/i/Basketball/1994-95/Flair---Base/193/Ron-Harper.jpg?id=a76b5764-41ee-482b-b907-45a17baf54e9&size=original (https://www.comc.com/Cards/Basketball/1994-95/Flair_-_Base/193/Ron_Harper/1438206)
1994-95 Flair - [Base] #193 - Ron Harper
Courtesy of COMC.com (https://www.comc.com)

Since there has been a plethora of young studs who busted for one reason or another....


https://img.comc.com/i/Basketball/2000-01/EX---Base---Rookie-Memorabilia/125/Khalid-El-Amin.jpg?id=edfe5bfe-6519-4cd5-a45c-5f4b9188f245&size=original (https://www.comc.com/Cards/Basketball/2000-01/EX_-_Base_-_Rookie_Memorabilia/125/Khalid_El-Amin/1560816)
2000-01 EX - [Base] - Rookie Memorabilia #125 - Khalid El-Amin /1500
Courtesy of COMC.com (https://www.comc.com)

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2001-02 Fleer Exclusive - [Base] #148 - Eddy Curry
Courtesy of COMC.com (https://www.comc.com)

https://img.comc.com/i/Basketball/2005-06/Topps-Chrome---Base---Black-Refractor/160/Tim-Thomas.jpg?id=20e9330f-5c27-4350-8978-01ebfacb9a89&size=original (https://www.comc.com/Cards/Basketball/2005-06/Topps_Chrome_-_Base_-_Black_Refractor/160/Tim_Thomas/1706897)
2005-06 Topps Chrome - [Base] - Black Refractor #160 - Tim Thomas /399
Courtesy of COMC.com (https://www.comc.com)

https://img.comc.com/i/Basketball/2006-07/Fleer---1986-87-Fleer-Design/123/Thabo-Sefolosha.jpg?id=fef3f3d1-e060-4995-97f8-651f83a79ecf&size=original (https://www.comc.com/Cards/Basketball/2006-07/Fleer_-_1986-87_Fleer_Design/123/Thabo_Sefolosha/3452292)
2006-07 Fleer - 1986-87 Fleer Design #123 - Thabo Sefolosha
Courtesy of COMC.com (https://www.comc.com)
https://img.comc.com/i/Basketball/2016-17/Panini-Totally-Certified---Fabric-of-the-Game-Materials/48/Jerian-Grant.jpg?id=c93fc712-8d47-4376-a729-0eb19db139ba&size=original (https://www.comc.com/Cards/Basketball/2016-17/Panini_Totally_Certified_-_Fabric_of_the_Game_Materials/48/Jerian_Grant/11904447)
2016-17 Panini Totally Certified - Fabric of the Game Materials #48 - Jerian Grant
Courtesy of COMC.com (https://www.comc.com)
https://img.comc.com/i/Basketball/2018-19/Panini-Court-Kings---Base/46/Jabari-Parker.jpg?id=7d60b796-98dc-4abf-9e6f-a59152cf82c1&size=original (https://www.comc.com/Cards/Basketball/2018-19/Panini_Court_Kings_-_Base/46/Jabari_Parker/14122810)
2018-19 Panini Court Kings - [Base] #46 - Jabari Parker
Courtesy of COMC.com (https://www.comc.com)

[Hallco]

Neat thread! These are a couple I personally collected and remember off the top of my head

Many years before Giannis. it was this guy(pretty obvious one):

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And I had a huge collection of this guy when Jayson Tatum may not have even been a thought:

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