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Lakers will retire LeBron James’ number one day, says owner Jeanie Buss

Basketball
Published 28.07.2023
Lakers will retire LeBron James’ number one day, says owner Jeanie Buss

Los Angeles Lakers proprietor Jeanie Buss says the workforce will ultimately retire LeBron James’ jersey quantity.

The NBA’s all-time main scorer, James is sort of sure to obtain the identical honour with the Cleveland Cavaliers and Miami Heat each time he hangs up his sneakers.

Buss confirmed that James’ quantity will go up within the rafters alongside Lakers legends Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Magic Johnson and Kobe Bryant.

“The standard for having your jersey retired as a Laker is when a player is inducted into the Hall of Fame. I have absolutely no doubt that LeBron will make it into the Basketball Hall of Fame,” Buss stated in an interview printed Friday with Sportskeeda.

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“When he does so, then we will retire his jersey. Knowing that he will make it into the Basketball Hall of Fame, he will have his Lakers jersey retired, no doubt about it.”

The query for the Lakers will likely be which quantity — or each, as they did with Bryant (Nos. 8 and 24). James wore No. 23 when he led Los Angeles to its seventeenth NBA title in 2019-20. He switched to No. 6 for the previous three seasons however stated he’s reverting to No. 23 in 2023-24 out of respect to the late Bill Russell. The NBA has retired No. 6 league-wide to honour Russell.

“That’s a discussion for another time,” Buss stated.

James, 38, averaged 28.9 factors, 8.3 rebounds and 6.8 assists in 55 video games (54 begins) final season. He has averaged 27.4 factors, 8.1 rebounds and eight.0 assists in 278 video games (277 begins) in 5 seasons with the Lakers.