Comments on: Heat Honor Jordan; LBJ To Wear # 6?

By: bduigs

bduigs — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:28:13 +0000

It won’t be a #6 Cavs jersey, it will be a #6 Knick jersey. A fresh start in a new town with a New Jersey (no pun int). Dr. J wore #32 for the New York Nets and switched to #6 when he went to Philly.

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

By: InTheLou

InTheLou — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 05:58:41 +0000

I beleive every mathimatical utilization of players have been used in 10 games. DNP Hughes, then he is number two in steals (still has speed and defense), everytime he breaks a sweat, you pull him. No five players have played 15 minutes together to get a flow, pure coaching failure.
Duhon, why would you play him all these minutes and give yourself a four man scoring team? The blame will fall on D’Antonio soon, not the players. Too many teams great streak starts, then he changes the whole backcourt to loss momentum. Hey, we need a win now, who gives a darn who is playing, stop giving Duhon all these minutes, can’t you see what the stats are and the defense is worse. Hughes, Douglas and Robinson can handle the point till he gets his shot back in practice, not when we are 1-30. Walsh will probably take the fall, but D’Antionio should at least get some bad press, this is too easy.
Why does Harrington not start, Hughes is your best defender, but you don’t use him to finish a game? Too many players learning to play with each other during the first ten games, no flow, moral is down, but two to three games could have been won. Coaching is awful, Hill bring s you back, then you yank him and change three more players. Why in the hell do you play Duhon when he ain’t duing anything. Lee looks tired, except after a 8 minute break. Duhon can handle the bench a game or two, let’s play with five guys who can hit 10 points. Over coaching, ruining his own teams moral. Tonight was a must win, schedule is worse now, why in the hell you play Robinson and Douglas so much? I am thowning in the towell.
Lebron? Won’t work, he isn’t coming here with this cast or D’Antonio. Way worse than Cleveland, if the winning thang has any truth. Hughes took him to the finals, Duhon is not going to.

By: HaS

HaS — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:29:13 +0000

Jackie Robinson wasn’t even the 1st African-American player to play in the majors that title belongs to Moses Fleetwood Walker.

I think they will retire Jordan’s number in most if not all arenas after he dies.

By: HaS

HaS — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:22:29 +0000

Maybe if he died.

By: GMan

GMan — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:59:33 +0000

All: I can take the losses, the off season missteps, marbury sitting on the sidelines playing Scorcese, i can even take the fact that LaBron ain’t never coming here, but if #23 is ever hung in our house, i will blow my brains out!

By: walsh4x400

walsh4x400 — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:12:13 +0000

This is crap. Lebron isn’t changing his jersey out of respect for Jordan. He’s changing it to make more money from new #6 Cleveland Cavs, Lebron James jerseys. Just like Kobe did in LA.

By: vinrummy

vinrummy — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:08:19 +0000

I think that this Michael Jordan retirement ceremony thing is something we’re probably going to be seeing in a lot of arenas in the next few months/years. And it’s going to be taking place in arenas with little to no fanbase (Nets, Grizzlies, Bobcats, Heat, etc.)….Basically any arena where the fans have so little pride in the team.

It wouldn’t surprise me if down the road, the NBA pushes to have #23 retired in the rafters of every arena. It would be a tribute thing, kind of in the same way that all MLB teams have retired the #42 in honor of Jackie Robinson–NOT TO SAY THAT JORDAN’S LEGACY IS IN ANY WAY COMPARABLE TO ROBINSON’S. I guess the more appropriate analogy would be like how the NHL has retired #99 in honor of Wayne Gretzky. But have they put the #99 in the rafters of every NHL town (Because I know almost nothing about hockey I wouldn’t know)?

In any case, MJ’s number being retired would seem totally unnatural in places like New York, Boston, Detroit…and Utah (haha).

By: Chris Alvino

Chris Alvino — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:06:07 +0000

Haha… yeah that would’ve been funny…

By: JASONHAYES

JASONHAYES — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:44:35 +0000

I guess this means Toney Douglas would’nt have to give up his Jersey. lol

By: josh h

josh h — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:13:35 +0000

Makes no sense, they retired a Jersey of a player from ANOTHER team! I guarantee Jordan felt really out of place there. I just dont understand why they did this?

We should have retired #31 once Jerome “cash money” James was traded.