Originally Posted by
Reddevil
I may be mistaken, but this is the way I see the jersey number situation:
Retired
4 J.J. Redick
10 Dick Groat
11 Bobby Hurley
22 Jason Williams
23 Sheldon Williams
24 Johnny Dawkins
25 Art Heyman
31 Shane Battier
32 Christian Laettner
33 Grant Hill
35 Danny Ferry
43 Mike Gminski
44 Jeff Mullins
Current
3 Tyler Thornton
5 Mason Plumlee
15 Josh Hairston
20 Andre Dawkins
21 Miles Plumlee
30 Seth Curry
34 Ryan Kelly
51 David Mayer
52 Todd Zafirovski
3, 4, 5, 10, 11, 15, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 43, 44, 51, and 52 are not available.
1, 2, 12, 13, 14, 40, 41, 42, 45, 50, 53, 54, and 55 are available.
1 (unlikely), 2 (Nolan), and 12 (Kyle) I’m assuming are doubtful to be chosen.
This leaves only 10 numbers for incoming recruits. It has been discussed in other threads, but maybe it is time, or close to time to “honor” numbers as opposed to retiring them. It would also be nice to change the rules to allow numbers 6-9.
FWIW I believe Gbinije wore 15 in HS.