quick question, used to be 8 now hes 24..? why?
To show that it takes dedication 24/7.
Seriously, that's what he said.
Seriously, that's what he said.
Little late for asking this questions. Any ways, here is what Wikipedia said:
wikipedia wrote:
Late in the season, it was reported that Bryant would change his jersey number from 8 to 24 at the start of the 2006-07 NBA season. 24 was Bryant's first high school number, before he switched to 33.[5] After the Lakers' season ended, Bryant said on TNT that he wanted 24 as a rookie, but it was unavailable, as was 33, retired with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Bryant wore 143 at the Adidas ABCD camp, and chose 8 by adding those numbers. He had also worn number 8 as a child in Italy,[6] as a salute to Mike D'Antoni, who was one of his early idols and wore number 8 as a professional basketball player in Italy. He mentioned some more reasons about his number switch, one to signify the start of the second half of his career.