Amare Pulling a Kobe

[cdt]

The fresh start Amare Stoudemire hopes to make next season doesn't stop at the knees.

Stoudemire, never shy about proclaiming his potential for greatness, will be wearing a new jersey in 2006-07 -- No. 1 -- after a '05-06 season in which he was limited to three games because of two knee surgeries.

ESPN.com has learned that Stoudemire formally applied to the league before the March 3 deadline to change his jersey number from 32 to 1 starting next season. For a player to change numbers without being traded, he must have worn the same number for at least four seasons and complete the application process.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2459075

Basically going to kickstart his jersey sales because everyone will want the new Number 1 jersey. I think if I was in the NBA I'd roll with 9 or 26

 

[highplainsdrifter]

Could be about jersey sales. Maybe he wants a fresh start after missing out on last season. Maybe its a psychological thing too.

I think if I was in the NBA I'd roll with 9 or 26

Ive thought about this before too. I like 8 and 22

 

[Troy Wingate]

1, 23 or 32 for me

 

[TrueCavsFan23]

mine has always been 24.

 

[kevolution]

what a douche.
My opinion is the same as it was for Kobe's # change. I really dont like/hate Amare either way but this ish is getting annoying.

 

[beauf5]

I almost just bought a Amare jersey. Good thing i didn't, I went with a T-Mac retro instead.