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Trey burke jersey number?

zbone said:
It's not who signed first picks up a number. It's the player with more years in the league picks up first. Even if the player comes mid-season he may choose already taken number if he wishes as long as he's been longer in the league.
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I thought that last year. You used to be able to change numbers whenever you wanted, and there was also a league rule the player with most years in the league got to choose if two players wanted the same number. When Polynice joined the Jazz he wanted #0 but Ostertag had #00; you can't have #0 and #00 on the same team, so Polynice pulled rank and got #0, Ostertag changed to #39. A lot of times, a player who really wanted a number could 'buy' it off the veteran, but a few years ago the league decided to change the rules on jersey number changes (presumably jersey suppliers and sellers were complaining).

Now you have to give notice during the season before if you want to change your number before the new season starts. If a new player joins a team, he has to take an available number. That's why Marvin Williams had to change from the #24 he had with Atlanta to the #2 and Mo Williams went from his preferred #25 to #5 when they joined the Jazz. Foye was originally going to take another number but when Howard wasn't re-signed he was able to take #8.

When LBJ was with Cleveland he applied to change from #23 to #6, then when he went to South Beach he still wanted #6 but that was Mario Chalmers' number. However, Chalmers had already given notice to the NBA he was changing to his preferred #15, so #6 was available.

So Carroll has #3 and per league rules, unless he told the league last season he was changing, he can't give it up, even if he wants to.
 
Hotttnickkk said:
So that he can turn into DWill 2.0? Are you feeling alright today bro????
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No. I was not a fan of DWill so I want to have good associations with #8 and I don't want to remember DWill. Same with #5. I wanted Kanter to take this number so they see that they can be easily replaced... A new era with better potential. I hated Boozer and DWill amd that's why I want other guys to take their numbers...
 
underKANTER said:
No. I was not a fan of DWill so I want to have good associations with #8 and I don't want to remember DWill. Same with #5. I wanted Kanter to take this number so they see that they can be easily replaced... A new era with better potential. I hated Boozer and DWill amd that's why I want other guys to take their numbers...
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Let's just forgive and forget man... let those numbers go....
 
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