Lebron Finally Changes His Lakers Number to #6

Updated: June 9, 2021

This has been in the works for a few seasons but it is finally happening. Lebron James will finally change his Lakers number 23 to number 6 for the 2022-23 NBA season.

#6 is also the number James will wear in Space Jam so it makes some sense. I guess. Lebron is always going to do something to stay in the headlines so if we didn’t talk about #6 he probably would announce he’s buying the Pelicans and relocating them to Mars as the Toon Squad or something. I wouldn’t rule that out by the way.

In all seriousness, I dislike when athletes change jersey numbers because it totally screws the fans who invested in their original jersey. Some of us cannot drop hundreds of dollars on jerseys every year because our favorite players changed their minds. This is more of a shot at the NFL’s new single digit number guys and not Bron for those wondering.

Good luck to James with his #6, hopefully he will match that jersey number in NBA titles.

First look: LeBron James will change his Lakers jersey number to No. 6 next season after donning the number in his new movie “Space Jam: A New Legacy.” pic.twitter.com/VZksn1qVCy

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) June 9, 2021