Lebron, please hand in your #23 jersey so the benchwarmer can have it

[Prince James]

In my player i make a SG and choose 23 as my jersey number, i get picked up by the cavs and lebron loses #23! What is with that??? Players dont give up their number, even Shaq couldnt get 32 because someone else had it when he joined the Cavs, so why do I, a bench warmer, get #23 and lebron, the star player on the team, loses it.

I realize this is a minor detail but if realism was the primary goal in this mode then they screwed up here.

[mems1224]

you bought it? lol

maybe bron wanted a new number **** idk. how many of us can say we would ever see kobe without a number 8?

[boomhauertjs]

Quote: Originally Posted by Prince James

In my player i make a SG and choose 23 as my jersey number, i get picked up by the cavs and lebron loses #23! What is with that??? Players dont give up their number, even Shaq couldnt get 32 because someone else had it when he joined the Cavs, so why do I, a bench warmer, get #23 and lebron, the star player on the team, loses it. I realize this is a minor detail but if realism was the primary goal in this mode then they screwed up here.

Uh, nobody on the Cavs had #32 when Shaq joined the team (Joe Smith who wore it last year was a free agent). He wanted to go back to #33.

[JkA3]

That's just not right. 23 is apart of his brand. That's like Jordan giving up 23 to Shawn Bradley if he joined the Bulls.

[Cr0ss0ver]

That's weird cuz i'm on the Knicks and me and Nate Robinson have the same number. I had to change mine cuz his didn't change.

[DC]

They should allow the "My Player" to buy the jersey number from the person that already has it

Things that should be taken into consideration:

1. Tenure witht eam
2. Overall rating

Higher combination of both = higher price tag.

[left4dead]

Quote: Originally Posted by JkA-3

That's just not right. 23 is apart of his brand. That's like Jordan giving up 23 to Shawn Bradley if he joined the Bulls.

23 was NEVER part of his brand, he stole it from MJ. That # will always belong and be associated with Jordan. Yet people criticize Kobe for trying to "Be Like Mike." Atleast Kobe didn't rip off his number (like that pseudo MVP in Cleveland).

Maybe IF he ever wins a chamionship, he deserves to wear it. Until then...he's just another good, athletic player overhyped by the media who hasn't won jack and who pads his individual stats and is concerned more about moiney and fame than winning a title.

[Altimus]

Quote: Originally Posted by DC

They should allow the "My Player" to buy the jersey number from the person that already has it Things that should be taken into consideration: 1. Tenure witht eam 2. Overall rating Higher combination of both = higher price tag.

Only reason they should allow this if you're a all-star or close to it.

[DC]

Or the sorrier you are, the more you have to pay then. Take those 3 things into consideration.

[Ruff Ryder]

I had the same issue. I was drafted by the Knicks, but I picked number 33. For some reason, Wilson Chandler went from number 21 to number 44 and Tony Douglas went from 23 to 16. Maybe because I picked a retired number. It's stupid that you can't edit players in My Player mode, and I don't care about editing ratings, just basic information.