#2 Kobe Bryant
Kobe Bryant spent the entire 20 years of his NBA career with the Los Angeles Lakers. Then, how come he makes this list? Kobe is the only player on this list who has two of jerseys retired by the same team.
Byrant was drafted by the Charlotte Hornets in 1996. But, in one of the craziest NBA Draft day trades, he was traded to the Los Angeles Lakers. Kobe for the first part of his career with the Lakers wore number 8 jersey.
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Paired alongside another NBA Legend in Shaquille O' Neal, the two formed one of the greatest center and guard duo since Magic Johnson and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar joined forces in the 1980s. The duo dominated the league for three years which led to Kobe winning three championships in a row.
Ten years into his career, Kobe decided to change his jersey number to 24 in which he retired. Wearing this jersey, Bryant was named the 2008 NBA MVP. He also helped the Lakers reach three straight NBA Finals and led them to win two of them. He was named the Finals MVP in both of them.
Kobe had some unbelievable performances in both these jerseys as a Laker. So after he decided to retire, there was a never-ending debate as to which jersey should the Lakers retire. To end this dispute, Lakers decided to retire both number 8 and number 24, a well-deserved honor for one of the greatest Laker and one of the best to have ever played the game.
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