Maybe for James and the Heat, his hard work will pay off, and he can get the title he has been chasing since coming into the league. When the New York Knicks saw this No. After being traded to New York and starting with a fresh jersey number, Carmelo Anthony instantly helped the Knicks to become relevant again in the Eastern Conference. Now playing alongside Amar'e Stoudemire, the two will make a great duo in the league.
If the Knicks are able to add a player like Chris Paul or Deron Williams when they become free agents, they will be better able to challenge the big three of the Celtics and the Heat in the East. After the surprise trade that sent him out of Utah , All-Star and fan favorite Deron Williams was able to find a new home in New Jersey. Although it remains to be seen if he will stay with the Nets when he becomes a free agent, he is the best player to be known by No.
Even though he is arguably the best point guard in the league, he has made the most news this offseason by making plans to play in Turkey if the lockout continues. I wonder if Besiktas will allow him to wear the number eight and how you say it in Turkish.
Six players who wore number nine last season averaged more than 10 points per game. With some of the rising stars sharing this number, it was a tough call to make. Tony Parker makes the list in this spot not only due to his play this last season but for leading his team to a great record in the Western Conference when the Spurs were not expected to be that good.
If you add last seasons level of play to his three All-Star appearances and his three NBA titles with San Antonio, Parker becomes the best candidate for this position.
The jersey No. Last season in the NBA the best No. Even though his offensive production dipped a little bit, Lee played well with his new team, and he will only continue to improve as he gets more comfortable in the Bay Area.
Lee will most likely continue his high level of play and could return to being a league All-Star as he was in Yao Ming, the most dominating player to ever wear No. Brook Lopez of the New Jersey Nets is the best current player to wear the double ones. Playing in New Jersey, Lopez quietly put together a third good season in a row and has seen his statistics rise each year.
Now that he has some help from All-Star point guard Deron Williams, there is a good possibility that his statistics will increase even more.
If the Nets can find a way to keep Williams, he could make the other players in New Jersey better, and both can help the team to improve. After the lockout, Orlando had better figure out a way to keep Howard around. If that means adding players to support him, or paying him the maximum that they will be able to, they will have to do it, so they don't lose Howard the way that the Cleveland Cavaliers lost LeBron James.
Don't try to tell Phoenix Suns fans that the No. After a couple of seasons in Phoenix and six years in Dallas, Nash returned to the Suns where he has had his best statistical seasons. At age 37, many expect Nash to start to slow down but the two-time league MVP and seven-time All-Star had one of his highest assist totals last year with He ranks sixth on the all-time assist list.
Augustin may not actually be the best player to wear the No. An argument can be made for several players, and no real superstar has chosen this number. For a player who some expect to lose his starting job to rookie Kemba Walker at some point during the next season, it is now or never for Augustin to improve his play and keep his job and continue to develop in the NBA.
While Carmelo Anthony wore this number for 50 games with the Denver Nuggets last season, he is already on the list at No.
Of the players who were left after taking Anthony out of the running, Al Horford wins the distinction of being the best No. Horford put up good numbers last season and has been able to improve in each of his NBA seasons. He is a two time All-Star and was named to the All-Rookie team.
He quietly does a good job at the center position for a Hawks team that has several other good players and has several other offensive options. Even though only four other players even wore the No. After being involved in two very lopsided trades in his career and being traded for his own brother, Gasol has found a home with the Lakers.
He is responsible for helping Kobe Bryant to win two more NBA championships and is one of the most athletic offensive big men in the game. Gasol was the Rookie of the Year in , and has been a four time All-Star.
He is also the best player in league history that comes from Spain. In , the Los Angeles Lakers drafted a very big year-old who had a lot of good basketball potential. After working with Hall of Famer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Andrew Bynum has not exactly set the world on fire with his play but is the best player that wore No. Having endured injury problems for several seasons, and playing in a crowded front court, Bynum did well last season to help the team where he could. Unfortunately for Bynum, Laker fans are still waiting for his play to match up to the potential that he has had since he has been in the league.
The No. Over the years, there are a lot of players who have worn it, but none of them are superstars. Some of them are not even names that most fans would recognize. Last season was no different with only five players suiting up in Omri Casspi gets the honor of the best current player in this number, but it is by a bit of default with none of them being that great.
Hickson and a future draft pick. Perhaps he can put up better numbers in Cleveland and be a part of the positive rebuilding process for the Cavaliers. Like the previous number, 19 is not that popular of a jersey number among players today. Of the six players who wore it at all, only four wore it for more than 25 games last season.
He spent the last season in Sacramento with the Kings but was traded on draft night to the Milwaukee Bucks in a three-team trade for John Salmons and Jimmer Fredette.
We will have to wait to see which number he chooses with the Bucks, but if he sticks with 19, he has a good chance of being the best at that number next season as well. The best to wear No. Not only is he one of the Big Three in Boston, he broke the all-time mark for three-point shots made last year when her surpassed Reggie Miller for first place.
At age 36 and after 15 seasons in the league, Allen is still going strong. He is still a very good shooter and an outside threat that defenses must plan for. Tim Duncan of the San Antonio Spurs is one of the best power forwards in league history and the best current player at that number. Last season he and the Spurs exceeded expectations and ended the season in the top spot in the Western Conference. While some expect Duncan to be on the decline, he is still a great player in the league, a perennial All-Star and one of the good guys of the NBA.
With the career that he has had, he can truly say that he has done all that he possibly can in the NBA. Hickson, Wilson Chandler, Greivis Vasquez. Willie Naulls wore the number 71 for part of a season after going to the San Francisco Warriors. He had the best season of any player wearing the number He averaged 11 points, 6. Jason Kapono is the only player to wear the number 72 in NBA history. So far, he's only worn it for one year. He averaged 5. Dennis Rodman played one season with the Los Angeles Lakers and chose the number 73, which had never been worn before.
He didn't play in many games for the Lakers, either. Much like most of the numbers now, the number 76 was never worn before. It's understandable why Bradley chose, it seeing how he's 7'6", but it didn't bring him much luck. His best season wearing the 76 jersey came in when he averaged 9. Vladimir Radmanovic is not the only player to wear the number 77, but he certainly is the best and longest tenured of them all.
Seattle is where he made a name for himself. He then went on to wear the number seven and 10 before reverting back to 77, when he came to the Golden State Warriors. His best season wearing the number 77 came in when he averaged 12 points, 5.
Chris Webber is the only NBA player ever to wear the number 84, which seems to be a recurring theme with the numbers as they got up. Webber only wore the number for one season with Detroit. Nicolas Batum is the second player ever to wear the number He's played two seasons so far with the Portland Trail Blazers.
He's an excellent defender, can shoot the three, and has made Rudy Fernandez expendable, since he's better than Fernandez. In his career so far, he's averaged 6. Clyde Lovellette is the only player to wear the number 89, which he did in his rookie year, then changed his number. Drew Gooden is the only player in NBA history to wear the number He's worn it for the majority of his career, but he's also worn zero and nine.
His best season wearing the number 90 jersey came in , when he averaged Dennis Rodman makes the list again, thanks to not having much competition or being the only one to wear the number. Only one other player has worn 91 and that was Ron Artest for a year. Rodman wore it for three years, while with the Bulls. His best season came in , when he averaged 5. Also, he was a member of three championship teams while wearing the Deshawn Stevenson was traded to the Mavericks last year, where he tried to shake off his bad year by switching to the number That didn't really help him, but he did become the only player to wear the number.
He averaged 2 points, 1. Ron Artest did make the list for wearing the number He is the second player ever to wear the jersey and he wore it three times longer than the only other player, P. His best season wearing the number 93 came in , when he averaged Ron Artest makes the list again because, when he joined the Rockets, he chose the number There was one other player to wear the number 96, but he didn't even come close to the season that Artest had in his only year in Houston.
Another Falcon player with no picture. Chet Aubuchon played just one season and averaged 2. George Mikan revolutionized the center position with his hook shot. He was the NBA's first dominant post player and his numbers reflect that. Lillard out vs. Nuggets with lower abdominal pain. Portland Trail Blazers. Harden drops 39 in Nets win: 'I'm getting there'. Brooklyn Nets.
Gobert, Turner among 4 fined in Jazz-Pacers fray. Utah Jazz. Blazers prez McGowan steps down after 9 years. NBA experts: Which early-season surprises are here to stay? Charlotte Hornets. John Wall had previously worn the number 2 jersey when he played for the Washington Wizards. However, when John Wall moved to the Houston Rockets he changed his jersey number to 1. I used to wear No.
Both Lamelo and Lonzo Ball both wear the number 2 jersey. Kwahi Leonard is also another player who wears the number 2 jersey, Kwahi has worn the number 2 jersey for the whole of career. Anthony Davis wears the number 3 jersey however, prior to joining the Lakers Davis had worn the number 23 jersey. The number 23 is obviously worn by LeBron James at the Lakers therefore, Davis had to choose another number and went for the number 3.
Andre Drummond wears the number 3 jersey with the Cleveland Cavaliers however, during Drummonds tenure at the Detroit Pistons he wore the 0 and nuber 1 jersey. This will also explain why Caruso twitter handle is ACFresh Victor Oladipo wears the number 4 jersey for the Indiana Pacers.
However, during his time with the Orlando Magic and the Oaklahoma City Thunder, Oladipo actually wore the number five. The reason for this is that Edmund Sumner had worn the number five jersey since joining at the same time as Oladipo. During Redicks time at the Orlando Magic he wore the number 7 jersey. Following his move to the Milwaukee Bucks , Redick wore the number 7 jersey.
Redicks tenure at the La Clippers saw him pull on the number 4 jersey, followed by the number 17 jersey at the Philidelphia 76ers. Redick opted for the number 4 jersey when he signed a two year contact with the Philidelphia 76ers.
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