The recent death of Bill Russell has made NBA stars and fans particularly sad, and today the NBA officially announced that all teams in the league will retire the No. 6 jersey in honor of Russell.
Only players currently wearing the No. 6 shirt will be allowed to continue wearing the No. 6 shirt, but no new No. 6 shirt will be born.
It can be said that the great number 6 will never be printed on a new jersey again. 、
Below, let's take stock of the numbers of the jerseys that NBA superstars like to wear.
1st place No. 6
In ancient times, Julius Owen, Bill Russell, Willie Knowles, etc. were all superstars of the No. 6 jersey, while there were 25 players in the league wearing the No. 6 jersey in the 2021-22 season, including LeBron James, Kristaps Porzingis, Alex Caruso and others. Number 6 jersey. Look at James, Julius Irving, Bill Russell 3 people can reflect the greatness of the No. 6 jersey.
2nd place No. 21
Why the No. 21 jersey can be ranked second, mainly consider Duncan and Kevin Garnett, and the No. 21 jersey has many superstars, such as Dominique Wilkins, Butler, etc., from these people can know why the No. 21 jersey can be ranked second.
3rd place No. 23
The No. 23 jersey was originally a mediocre number, but because Jordan wore this number, it became the greatest number in the NBA, without a certain degree of self-confidence, did not dare to wear this number, representing superstars such as James, Jordan, Davis, Green and others, look at Jordan and James can see the strength of this number. However, at present, James has changed to wear the No. 6 jersey.