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Can we get one of the Williams to wear #8?

Zulu

Zulu

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Since we now have two Williams on our team and it appears that josh Howard will not be coming back, can we please get one of them to wear #8 so I can rock my Williams jersey?
 
Mo #25
Marvin #24

So they will both have to change, unless we trade either Al or Paul!
 
Zulu said:
Since we now have two Williams on our team and it appears that josh Howard will not be coming back, can we please get one of them to wear #8 so I can rock my Williams jersey?
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Wow if your still hanging on to childhood hopes and dreams over an 80$ jersey, than there is bigger issues. Throw your nasty old historic d-will jersey away already! Or maybe we can convince one of them to wear #8 so you don't have to choke up 100$ for a new one.
 
Zulu said:
Mo #25
Marvin #24

So they will both have to change, unless we trade either Al or Paul!
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Mo came into the league in 03-04, AJ in 04-05.

Marv came into the league in 05-06, Millsap on 06-07.

The player who came into the league first gets first choice of jersey number, so it's the other way around - AJ and Millsap will have to change if Mo and Marv want to keep the numbers they played in since college.
 
Lakers_Slapper said:
Wow if your still hanging on to childhood hopes and dreams over an 80$ jersey, than there is bigger issues. Throw your nasty old historic d-will jersey away already! Or maybe we can convince one of them to wear #8 so you don't have to choke up 100$ for a new one.
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Easy, Tony.
 
No need to convince Mo and Marv .. DWill will be back! And the Jazz shall have 3 Williams in the lineup.
 
sorry dudes, but the Millers have an interest in MAKING SURE neither of them wears #8. Jersey sales are good for them.
 
Mantis said:
Mo came into the league in 03-04, AJ in 04-05.

Marv came into the league in 05-06, Millsap on 06-07.

The player who came into the league first gets first choice of jersey number, so it's the other way around - AJ and Millsap will have to change if Mo and Marv want to keep the numbers they played in since college.
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This is news to me. I always thought it was seniority on the team, and not the league that mattered.
 
StephenMaria said:
This is news to me. I always thought it was seniority on the team, and not the league that mattered.
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It's why Polynice was able to claim the #0 when he came here and Ostertag had to switch to #39 - Polynice came into the league first.

[There is an exception - if a trade occurs during a season. Then the newcomer has to change numbers, because league rules prevent a player changing numbers during the season unless he changes teams.]
 
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Mantis said:
Mo came into the league in 03-04, AJ in 04-05.

Marv came into the league in 05-06, Millsap on 06-07.

The player who came into the league first gets first choice of jersey number, so it's the other way around - AJ and Millsap will have to change if Mo and Marv want to keep the numbers they played in since college.
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wrong

teams eniority also counts.
if you are longer on the team you get to keep your number
 
mantis said:
it's why polynice was able to claim the #0 when he came here and ostertag had to switch to #39 - polynice came into the league first.

[there is an exception - if a trade occurs during a season. Then the newcomer has to change numbers, because league rules prevent a player changing numbers during the season unless he changes teams.]
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link?
 
Mantis said:
No, you're wrong. Team seniority means nothing.

In honor of you, missing. This is just stuff I know. Google it yourself.
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I think team seniority is a unwritten rule though. Some guy who comes in isn't going to demand a player on the team give up their number, unless they really want to make a bad first impression with their teammates.
 
Well, I did find this snippet:

NUMBERS GAME: Jazz faithful will watch intently this season in hopes of seeing improved play from center Greg Ostertag.

One change, though, seems quite clear: Those with their eyes on the big guy no longer will be seeing double. Ostertag has siwtched his uniform number from 00 to 39, a concession to the addition of off-season acquisition Olden Polynice.

Polynice, you see, wears No. 0. And since NBA rules prohibit players on the same team from wearing 0 and 00, one of the two had to chose a new number. Polynice, it seems, has seniority on Ostertag, prompting the mothballing of 00.
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Source: https://www.deseretnews.com/article/720924/Utah-expects-to-get-Chilcutt-signed-today.html?pg=all

But I remember a more lengthy article at the time, which went into more detail about the seniority rule.
 
Ha ha, when I googled "who gets first choice of nba jersey numbers", this thread was the first result.
 
I just thought of something. Regardless of number, how will Mo's and Marvin's names on their jerseys be differentiated as they have the same first two letters of their first names? Would it be acceptable to show up as Mo Williams and Ma Williams? What did the Nets do with Shawne and Sheldon Williams last year? I need pictures of their jerseys.
 
nightmare3983 said:
I just thought of something. Regardless of number, how will Mo's and Marvin's names on their jerseys be differentiated as they have the same first two letters of their first names? Would it be acceptable to show up as Mo Williams and Ma Williams? What did the Nets do with Shawne and Sheldon Williams last year? I need pictures of their jerseys.
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Hopefully Mo's is just "Mo". That would be awesome.
 
nightmare3983 said:
I just thought of something. Regardless of number, how will Mo's and Marvin's names on their jerseys be differentiated as they have the same first two letters of their first names?
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Instead of "M. Williams," the jerseys will read: "Scrub" and "Bust."

Just kidding.
 
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