Talk:Number 24, Kobe Bryant/@comment-101872-20060427110112

I agree with you Xtinct, he probably would have taken 33, but Kareem already had it, which is understandable. But why wouldn&quot;t he take #24 right away then? Did someone else have it when Kobe joined the Lakers? (I couldn&quot;t find a 1996 roster, so I&quot;m not sure if they did or not). Like I said in the article though, someone has it now anyway, it&quot;s not like the number just randomly opened up. Maybe they will take the average of the two numbers, and retire #16 as Kobe&quot;s.