Ron Artest's new number is....91!!!!!

[Fresh8]

or in rugby or AFL where the numbers are actually player positions

[Matt]

perhaps he just wants a crack at Madonna

[j.23]

anyone that would want a crack at madonna should face death by lethal injection

[alexboom]

what are the first two numbers you type on your phone in case of emergency?

with the #91, Artest makes of course a clear reference to Rodman, as no one else ever wear this jersey in NBA, and that you need an authorization from the NBA to get this kind of number (like #77, #56 ...)

[Lenkbron]

i think everybody should wear the number he wants to,as long as it isn´t retired...i hate this kind of discussion, he´s making this because of him and he because of him...boring

[_marsal]

LOL, man i like this ...haha, well afterall he is the only one who could "replace" rodman, so i think that's a good idea from ronnie

[Fresh8]

lol... its just a 'coincidence' that Artest is a very good defender and he gets heaps of techs and he repects Rodman. Oh- and someone said he wants Madonna.

Now he's taking 91... wats not to speculate on?

[Nick]

he should start changeing his number to however many techs he received the previous season.

Can't, the numbers don't go any higher than 99

[thaKEAF]

I like it better than 23, there's quite a few people with that.

[Sauru]

better than that stupid pr stunt the 76ers pulled by haveing bradley, who is 7'6", and plays for the 76ers,wear number 76. it was lame as all hell.

[[Q]]

seems like artest changes his number every year.. 15.. 23.. now 91.. hopefully in 06' it'll be 69, that'd be hilarious

I don't think the NBA will allow it.. when he was with LA he tried it but they wouldn't let him so he picked 73... (i think cuz 7+3=10)
in dallas he had 70, just one above 69

[j.23]

seems like artest changes his number every year.. 15.. 23.. now 91.. hopefully in 06' it'll be 69, that'd be hilarious

I don't think the NBA will allow it.. when he was with LA he tried it but they wouldn't let him so he picked 73... (i think cuz 7+3=10)
in dallas he had 70, just one above 69

what the hell? are you serious? there's restrictions other than 00 and 100? .. that's just retarded

[Colin]

you have to get premission to use a number over 55, and Rodman was the guy who tried that in LA in case you couldn't figure that out.

[Sauru]

get a right player, with the right last name, and slap 69 on his back and you will see his jersey fly off the shelves. kinda how the satan jersey for the devils sold so well.

[Fresh8]

why is 00 restricted?

[Incubus]

I`d say it has everything to do with his ego.

[point-guard]

rodman is the best..he said that he studied MJ's shot..to grab those rebound..and btw..i think u guys are talking but this...if not..heres ur chance to see it

[allamerican08]

Aperantly Rodman wore muber 10 because he player Black Jack and 10 was a significant number. (not sure though, i dont play the game) everywhere he went he would have 10, one way or another.
When he got to LAL he wanted 69, he said Jerry WEst made him a jersey of 69 but he was not allowed to play in it. So, like u said he took the next one up 70.

NBA is the only L in the world where u r allowed there funny numbers. such at 76, or 77 or 1,2,3.
Usualy its :. Numbers one and two are illegal, as is any number with a digit greater than five. Legal numbers are either double zero or zero (both cannot be used), three, four, five as single digits, then 10 through 15, 20 through 25, and so on through 55. The reason is that officials have only five fingers on each hand with which to signal to the scorer the number of the player who committed a foul, and one or two fingers indicates the number of free throws. Three-digit numbers are illegal

[NNpF]

I don't mind him wearing #91, but on a Pacer's jersey it looks so ugly. It will look better on a Kings jersey when he gets traded for Stojakovic.

[Sauru]

did the nba actually ban 00? if so i totally missed it. i know we got 00 retired up in boston.

[#12]

Aperantly Rodman wore muber 10 because he player Black Jack and 10 was a significant number. (not sure though, i dont play the game) everywhere he went he would have 10, one way or another.
When he got to LAL he wanted 69, he said Jerry WEst made him a jersey of 69 but he was not allowed to play in it. So, like u said he took the next one up 70.

NBA is the only L in the world where u r allowed there funny numbers. such at 76, or 77 or 1,2,3.
Usualy its :. Numbers one and two are illegal, as is any number with a digit greater than five. Legal numbers are either double zero or zero (both cannot be used), three, four, five as single digits, then 10 through 15, 20 through 25, and so on through 55. The reason is that officials have only five fingers on each hand with which to signal to the scorer the number of the player who committed a foul, and one or two fingers indicates the number of free throws. Three-digit numbers are illegal

How do you know all this??? please tell me more, its interesting

[[Q]]

did the nba actually ban 00? if so i totally missed it. i know we got 00 retired up in boston.

doesn't Greg Ostertag wear 00? and i think ERic montross used it too

[Sauru]

i think you are right, so it probably is not restricted. i didnt think so but someone in this thread said it was.

[GloveGuy]

did the nba actually ban 00? if so i totally missed it. i know we got 00 retired up in boston.

doesn't Greg Ostertag wear 00? and i think ERic montross used it too

It is not banned, as you can see...

[Andrew]

John Paxson once joked about changing his number to 99 so that the referees would call him for fewer fouls. I'm sure other players have made similar jokes.