Jeanie Buss says Lakers will retire LeBron's number.

[Hey Yo]

https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/lakers-jeanie-buss-says-lebron-james-number-will-be-retired-after-he-makes-the-hall-of-fame/

[sdot_thadon]

Rightfully so, added a chip to their collection.

[Johnny32]

Lol he's going to have two numbers retired and a statue in LA. Get ****ed again Garter Snake Bryant fans.

[Wally450]

:applause:

In b4 people cry about AD.

[tomtucker]

What a ****ing joke that is...... he will only have spent a couple of seasons there!

Really diminishes the true Laker legends like Magic and Kobe and their jersey retirements!

Lebron is a ring chasing journeyman.
Only place his jersey should be retired is in Cleveland.

Very disappointed with the Lakers and Miss Buss.

Miami better not do the same moronic crap!

[Johnny32]

LeBron left a championship contender to join a lottery team...twice.

Hurrr, ring chaser, durrr.

[bison]

Kobe stood for competition and integrity. What a way to spit on Kobe’s legacy to have a fraud’s jersey hang next to his.

[ShawkFactory]

Kobe stood for competition and integrity. What a way to spit on Kobe’s legacy to have a fraud’s jersey hang next to his.

Kobe was very lucky to have been a part of the Lakers. Let's not act like he persevered through all of this crazy adversity.

[Full Court]

Kobe was very lucky to have been a part of the Lakers. Let's not act like he persevered through all of this crazy adversity.

Let's not pretend like Lebron did either. No Mickey Mouse bubble, no LA chip.

[SouBeachTalents]

Kobe was very lucky to have been a part of the Lakers. Let's not act like he persevered through all of this crazy adversity.
In fact after having a dream setup of playing for the leagues marquee franchise, with a top 10 player of all time in his prime for 8 seasons, then adding Phil as coach, after just a couple of seasons where he wasn't on a championship contender, he demanded to be traded :lol Put Kobe in Charlotte, Cleveland, Minnesota etc, there's a zero percent chance he's staying on those squads. He had a better setup than 99.9% of players ever did to start his career, won 3 championships, and still demanded to be traded. Kobe being some loyal player is a total myth.

[RRR3]

Lil bisy having a massive tantrum :roll:

[1987_Lakers]

What a ****ing joke that is...... he will only have spent a couple of seasons there!

Really diminishes the true Laker legends like Magic and Kobe and their jersey retirements!

Lebron is a ring chasing journeyman.
Only place his jersey should be retired is in Cleveland.

Very disappointed with the Lakers and Miss Buss.

Miami better not do the same moronic crap!

Didn’t Wilt only play like 5 seasons with the Lakers? Was past his prime for pretty much all of it as well.

[Axe]

:applause:

In b4 people cry about AD.
Cheers to him ragdolling your team in the playoffs during his 2nd stint with the cavs.

[Axe]

What a ****ing joke that is...... he will only have spent a couple of seasons there!

Really diminishes the true Laker legends like Magic and Kobe and their jersey retirements!

Lebron is a ring chasing journeyman.
Only place his jersey should be retired is in Cleveland.

Very disappointed with the Lakers and Miss Buss.

Miami better not do the same moronic crap!
They already did retire his #23 rt the very same year he got drafted into the league. :pimp:

[ShawkFactory]

Let's not pretend like Lebron did either. No Mickey Mouse bubble, no LA chip.

Did I say Lebron did? Don’t invent arguments people haven’t made.

Yes Kobe was a competitor of the highest degree, no question. But Lebrons team-hopping has people thinking that Kobe was some warrior for sticking it out with the same team his whole career. It was the fvcking Lakers :lol

Not a good comparison.

[Jasper]

https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/lakers-jeanie-buss-says-lebron-james-number-will-be-retired-after-he-makes-the-hall-of-fame/

franchise legacy crap

[tomtucker]

LeBron left a championship contender to join a lottery team...twice.

Hurrr, ring chaser, durrr.

bullshit.... Heat lost to the spurs in the finals... then immediately Lebron jumped ship, back to Cleveland, because they recently had multiple top first round draft picks.

He knew they were about to be good.

He would never have gone back to Cleveland had they been a crap team at that time.

[tomtucker]

Kobe stood for competition and integrity. What a way to spit on Kobe’s legacy to have a fraud’s jersey hang next to his.

Absolutely...... this is beyond ridiculous.

Lebron will never be a Laker in mine and many Laker fans eyes.

Still look so ****ing weird seeing him in that uniform.

doesn't feel right at all!

At least it's the awful banana peel yellow, and not the glorious real Lakers Gold uniform that Kobe and the rest of the Laker greats wore.

[tomtucker]

They already did retire his #23 rt the very same year he got drafted into the league. :pimp:

oh right, thanks... that moronic shit! how lame.
and number 6 is retired league wide.

so nothing for lebron in miami..... great!

[tomtucker]

Did I say Lebron did? Don’t invent arguments people haven’t made.

Yes Kobe was a competitor of the highest degree, no question. But Lebrons team-hopping has people thinking that Kobe was some warrior for sticking it out with the same team his whole career. It was the fvcking Lakers :lol

Not a good comparison.

And it was the ****ing Heat!

they had a great team..... but bitch lebron saw the number 1 picks go to cleveland.... and he bolted!

trying to make it sound like he moved for his hometown.... such bull!

[sdot_thadon]

Absolutely...... this is beyond ridiculous.

Lebron will never be a Laker in mine and many Laker fans eyes.

Still look so ****ing weird seeing him in that uniform.

doesn't feel right at all!

At least it's the awful banana peel yellow, and not the glorious real Lakers Gold uniform that Kobe and the rest of the Laker greats wore.

Seems like you forgot, Kobe almost went to the Clippers coming off a Finals loss with 3 hof'ers, asked for a trade to the bulls in 2007 and really only didn't go because HE couldn't get the player he wanted in the trade outcome. So basically the only reason you didn't watch his career play out in Chicago instead of winning the Lakers 2 more rings was his inability to control his destiny, something Lebron would later do famously and effortlessly.

[r15mohd]

And it was the ****ing Heat!

they had a great team..... but bitch lebron saw the number 1 picks go to cleveland.... and he bolted!

trying to make it sound like he moved for his hometown.... such bull!


but your premise is he ring chases, isnt it? he would have stayed with the Heat if that's his M.O.since they were just in the Finals

[Johnny32]

bullshit.... Heat lost to the spurs in the finals... then immediately Lebron jumped ship, back to Cleveland, because they recently had multiple top first round draft picks.

He knew they were about to be good.

He would never have gone back to Cleveland had they been a crap team at that time.

Desperate fat pathetic retard. The first four words that came to my mind while reading this post. Don't quote me again...loser.

[ShawkFactory]

And it was the ****ing Heat!

they had a great team..... but bitch lebron saw the number 1 picks go to cleveland.... and he bolted!

trying to make it sound like he moved for his hometown.... such bull!
Dude I’m not talking about Lebron. Keep up.

This is about people acting like Kobe was brave for staying with the Lakers. The most prestigious and greatest franchise in the last 60 years of American sports. Please..

[Full Court]

Jeanie Buss has always been a shameless Lebron slurper. Everyone else knows that during Lebron's entire tenure with LA, it's been no AD, no playoffs / no Lebron, no dead weight.

[SATAN]

Desperate fat pathetic retard. The first four words that came to my mind while reading this post. Don't quote me again...loser.

:oldlol:

[Full Court]

Desperate fat pathetic retard. The first four words that came to my mind while reading this post. Don't quote me again...loser.

Bitch fit.

:roll:

[Jasper]

jeanie B is just a ho

[Full Court]

bullshit.... Heat lost to the spurs in the finals... then immediately Lebron jumped ship, back to Cleveland, because they recently had multiple top first round draft picks.

He knew they were about to be good.

He would never have gone back to Cleveland had they been a crap team at that time.

Exactly. Only Bronie fluffers can try to somehow spin Lebron's jumping ship and team stacking to be some kind of noble thing.

:biggums:

[And1AllDay]

last 20 years only 2 goats ever won lakeshow a fmpv

dat man kobe
dat man bran

thats if from 2003 to 2023 over the last 20 years.

[Bawkish]

Jack Nicholson deserved much better than Bron

[Session]

I am not going to simply compare the trajectory of Kobe and LeBron, but equating the importance of one and the other in the Lakers should be punishable by jail.

Let each one decide which of the two seems better, but for one reason or another, Kobe played his entire career in the Lakers, LeBron arrived in the twilight of his career, without super powers and with the most serious injuries of his entire professional career. .

Kobe gave his life on the court for this franchise, LeBron arrived as part of his plan to do business in a large market.

I am a fan of both players, but it seems ridiculous that they are compared in importance in Lakerland.

If you had to remove the jersey of each player who has won a ring in the Lakers, the numbers would have been finished, we are talking about one of the most successful teams in the entire NBA.

[rawimpact]

He's a top 10 player of all time, has made an impact on the league for two decades so this is the right thing to do. I don't think his banner should be hung though. I would think guys like Pau have made a bigger impact to the lakers themselves but that's just my .02