Jersey Numbers Next Year

[throatybeard]

Nonetheless, it's interesting that, broadly speaking, the big guys have taken "guard numbers" but mostly the guards haven't taken big numbers.

I wonder if, one day, the Dukes and Carolinas and other programs with a lot of retired numbers will pressure the NCAA to lift the 6-9 ban. The officials in the NBA seem to manage without signaling fouls with only one hand.

I wonder if there's some inherent prestige in the single-digit numbers. I heard an interesting anecdote when Jeter announced his upcoming retirement. When he was starting out, somebody in spring training wanted to just assign him some high number in the regular course of things, like sixty-something, and Showalter, or someone, said no, give him a single digit because he's going to be great. This sounds like the sort of story that's either fabricated or embellished, but it doesn't matter, because it's truthy even if it isn't accurate.

Also note the importance of the number 10 in soccer.

I played center on my HS basketball team. (I'm six even. That's how small our school was). It wasn't a Bible school, but we played all the little Baptist Bible schools. Our archival at the time I was a senior was the Douglas County (GA) home-school association. The year I was a senior, the principal issued us crappy t-shirt "jerseys." Coach told us if we wanted to, we could go, with our own money, to the screen printing joint uptown in Carrollton, and get a black jersey with white numbers. But, he warned, "you have to keep your same number. I can't put five 23s on the court at the same time."

[mattman91]

I really wish the 6-9 digits were allowed...dumb rule.

[rasputin]

Nonetheless, it's interesting that, broadly speaking, the big guys have taken "guard numbers" but mostly the guards haven't taken big numbers.

I wonder if, one day, the Dukes and Carolinas and other programs with a lot of retired numbers will pressure the NCAA to lift the 6-9 ban. The officials in the NBA seem to manage without signaling fouls with only one hand.

I wonder if there's some inherent prestige in the single-digit numbers. I heard an interesting anecdote when Jeter announced his upcoming retirement. When he was starting out, somebody in spring training wanted to just assign him some high number in the regular course of things, like sixty-something, and Showalter, or someone, said no, give him a single digit because he's going to be great. This sounds like the sort of story that's either fabricated or embellished, but it doesn't matter, because it's truthy even if it isn't accurate.

Also note the importance of the number 10 in soccer.

I played center on my HS basketball team. (I'm six even. That's how small our school was). It wasn't a Bible school, but we played all the little Baptist Bible schools. Our archival at the time I was a senior was the Douglas County (GA) home-school association. The year I was a senior, the principal issued us crappy t-shirt "jerseys." Coach told us if we wanted to, we could go, with our own money, to the screen printing joint uptown in Carrollton, and get a black jersey with white numbers. But, he warned, "you have to keep your same number. I can't put five 23s on the court at the same time."

There's certainly single-digit prestige for the jerseys of the Yankees; all single digits have been retired except for 2 (which obviously is about to be retired for Derek), and 6 (which will eventually be retired for Torre). I'm discounting single 0. Perhaps there has been a Yankee to wear it, but it's not Yankee-like.
1-Billy Martin (this is a stretch)
3-Babe Ruth
4-Lou Gehrig (first number to be retired in any sport)
5-Joe DiMaggio
7-Mickey Mantle
8-jointly for Yogi Berra and Bill Dickey
9-Roger Maris

[Dev11]

There's certainly single-digit prestige for the jerseys of the Yankees; all single digits have been retired except for 2 (which obviously is about to be retired for Derek), and 6 (which will eventually be retired for Torre). I'm discounting single 0. Perhaps there has been a Yankee to wear it, but it's not Yankee-like.
1-Billy Martin (this is a stretch)
3-Babe Ruth
4-Lou Gehrig (first number to be retired in any sport)
5-Joe DiMaggio
7-Mickey Mantle
8-jointly for Yogi Berra and Bill Dickey
9-Roger Maris

The Nationals broadcasters have made reference in the past to guys getting single digit numbers. Last year in spring training, Anthony Rendon wore #6 despite not having played above A yet. He started the season in AA and then was called up in May. He's been probably the best offensive threat on the team these first couple of weeks, while still playing out of position at second. They made similar chatter this year about Zach Walters, who was wearing #4 in the spring and got a September call-up last year.

[cbarry]

I would expect Tyus to wear #1, a la Kyrie. I also fully expect Parker to enter the NBA Draft to allow this situation to occur, but that has been discussed ad nauseum on another thread.

Now that Grayson Allen has tweeted that he will wear #3, I fully expect Tyus Jones to wear #5. I also fully expect Rodney Hood to enter the NBA Draft to allow this situation to occur.

[DukieInKansas]

Nice work, but I was forced to make a correction. See bolded part below.

Based on this correction, I believe Rodney Hood should get a new number and the chart should be updated to: 5 - Technical Foul - out of commission (D. Ewing)

[hurleyfor3]

It will always be Singler's #12 to me.

Singler's and Wojo's to me.

You made Thomas Hill cry.

[Duvall]

Now that Grayson Allen has tweeted that he will wear #3, I fully expect Tyus Jones to wear #5. I also fully expect Rodney Hood to enter the NBA Draft to allow this situation to occur.

And that is exactly what has happened.