The origin of Kobe Bryant's No.8 jersey has been reported for a long time. Black Mamba once admitted through ESPN that No.8 represents the beginning and progress. This is the number where he started playing in Italy. He entered Adi's ABCD training camp with the ranking of 143 (1+4+3=8).
Of course, Kobe is not as good as McGrady. He beat Odom from 178 to 1 in training camp.
When Kobe changed his No.24 jersey, Lakers fans had all kinds of speculations! The most talked about are the following three kinds of guesses.
23+ 1 better than Jordan! This interpretation, which has been mentioned the most in the past, seems to be a bit insufficient at the cultural level from the current point of view! As far as Kobe is concerned, he is actually unwilling to talk about surpassing Jordan, which is really naive.
There are 24 hours in a day and 24 seconds in each round. Cherish every second! This is Kobe's "official" description of No.24 after he officially retired after playing for the Lakers for 20 years!
However, ESPN put forward another point: put yourself in the other's shoes. If Kobe has given No.24 a definition of perfection and positive energy, he won't have to wait until 10 years later to announce it.
The answer given by ESPN is: Kobe uses No.8 as the starting point, then No.24 is the turning point!
Kobe Bryant didn't want to pin his hopes on O 'Neal at the beginning of the 2002-03 season, when he was 24 years old! This is the turning point for Kobe to become a high school star. He wears number 24, and with the Eagle County incident, the attribute of number 24 represents maturity. He entered another era in the 24th year of his life.
And Kobe's first explanation for changing the number also points to this sentence: start over and focus on the numbers that mean a lot to me!
Of course, why is it not the theme of Kobe's career to change from the 8 th to the 24 th? In the words of Clippers guard Beverly, Kobe should enter the goat, because he taught contemporary people what is hard work and responsibility!