Guess I should be glad that I haven’t bought a Webster jersey yet.

Weak sauce Marty… Weak sauce…

Count me in the Dwight James camp…. Fugedaboudit!
LeBron, thanks but no thanks. Where did this come from?
Of all the causes someone in James’ position could focus attention to. Pathetic.

which is an idea I find offensive for everyone but the Bulls, let’s honor him by retiring the number of points he scored in his career, which leads everyone in history except for Karl Malone and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. I hereby declare that no NBA player shall ever wear the number 32292 again.

I think we can keep it informal in most arenas. No need to hang a jersey. We’ll just take a moment of silence to commemorate the moment now. There, done. Charlotte next, right?

—Dave

Jordan’s jersey hanging in the Rose Garen? nope.

ouch. that hurt to say, but. this’ll do it for me, n I"m that fickle when it comes to things like this.

1. really?

then Martell needs to watch some old game film and either remember or see for the first time what was taken from portland by the number 23.

Burn Martell. Only a 40 point explosion will get you forgiven for this……

……….* walks off hanging and shaking his head.

• Did LeBron actually demand that nobody wears #23 from here on out, or did he just say he wouldn’t continue to wear it and all the sports media pundits just jumped onto it “well, he’s the only great player to still wear it, so why not retire it for everyone?”
• He wants to honor MJ by not wearing #23, but honor Dr. J by wearing #6. Mhm, okay, nice logic. Apart from Erving wearing #32 for much of his career.
• If the Blazers retire Jordan’s #23, the Bulls should retire Bowie’s #31. Makes no sense? Exactly

For one thing, it’s not everyone’s opinion Jordan was the greatest player of all time (it’s certainly not mine). For another he was/is a first class jerk, and a whiner and a pouter if he didn’t get his way. And have we forgotten his first class hall of fame acceptance speech?

Trade Martell. We need players with a spine. I’d suggest Cleveland for his destination; there he could ask LeBron for a free pair of his shoes on a daily basis and together they could swoon over the fact that there are no #23’s in sight.

But it’s not like he broke some historic barrier like, say, Jackie Robinson. If we were to retire Earl Lloyd’s number 11, I don’t see how that would be a problem. I’ve got to agree with Jaynes on this one.

Now everyone is saying “baaaaaaaa” like sheep. Trick, please.

and give no credit to Jordan for picking it.

Not the first time for Martell.

so i was debating whether or not to comment…i guess i did.

Honoring Jordan our enemy?

Doing what Lebron says? Especially when Lebron takes a slice at West while doing it?

Jordan rode the media coattails of Bird/Johnson. He was their successor.
He was great at a lot of things, but definitely not even the greatest basketball player in the NBA ever.

There was a moment this week that would be exactly like us retiring Jordan’s jersey: They were all standing around waiting for the new cast member to arrive when Lutz (the pathetic writer) walked in and the hot intern Cerie looked disappointed and asked, “Is that the new cast member?” He then said “I’m Lutz. I gave you that car I won.” If we retired Jordan’s number we’d be like the guy giving gifts to a hot girl who doesn’t even think about him.

doesn’t follow through with LeBron’s request by “honoring” his boy MJ in the RG.

What an idiotic idea.

I don’t know where to start. LeBron’s marketing team needs to get it together, I know this is someone’s “brilliant” idea to show he whole world King James’ deep appreciation for MJ and the history of the game, but get over yourself.

He also was allowed to palm the ball so that Mr. Stern would have his marketing superstar. I know the MJ fans will be all over me for this but go back & watch MJ tapes it is comical! I love basketball & enjoyed watching Magic, Larry & yes MJ but no number has ever been retired by the league & that is how it should stay. Leave that to the individual teams.

At the roulette table, instead? After all, he has given so much to the casinos around the world?

In the words of Bugs Bunny, "Ooooooo I’m Dying!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Please somebody inform Martell how totally against this the Blazers fans are!!

Uugh, I think I need a whole bottle Malox tablets just to keep from throwing up!!

Don’t Do It !!!!! Don’t Do It !!!!! Don’t Do It !!!!! Don’t Do It !!!!! Don’t Do It !!!!! Don’t Do It !!!!! Don’t Do It !!!!!

AAAARRRRRGGGGGGHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(I know, I know – Hey LaMarvelous – Stop messing around and tell us what you really think……)

I DID!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Nobody dominated the Blazers like #23. A 23 should hang in the rafters to remind Blazers fan of that dominance.

It’s a great idea, and the players should voluntarily do this.

As for Dwight Jaynes, I call BS> Jordan loved Chicago, and he indicated that he was happy he didn’t get drafted by Portland because he was happy where he ended up. That’s hell and gone from ripping Portland. Unless you’re completely paranoid.

what do they care what michael said about the trailblazers back in 1992 when they were born?

“Marty, don’t let Jordan beat us twice! Keep 23”

…or something like that

They could just change the name of an award (say the MVP), or create a scoring title award with his name.

The MLB retired Jackie Robinson’s number, not Babe Ruth’s. Jordan was a transcendant player, and everyone respects him for that already. Shut up LeBron, go get your coach fired so I can actually enjoy watching you play.

hanging in the RG

I’d personally never pick the number 23 and always thought it was slightly lame to do so, but retire his number for all teams? No.

- In my opinion, he wasn’t the best player in the history of the NBA. That would be Chamberlain, followed possibly by Kareem.

- He was the best INDIVIDUAL player of his time, but not the best BASKETBALL player. Those would be Bird and Magic. Those two didn’t just isolate and score — they orchestrated their teams and made their teammates champions. There’s a reason the Bulls couldn’t beat them.

- The league manipulated the rules and the refereeing so Jordan could win. Today, the rules and referees are a mess.

- The NBA became boring under Jordan rules. Every team ran isolation plays so its star could go one-on-one. The team game was abandoned, except by a few smart teams like Portland and San Antonio, who kept the flame.

- Off the court, Jordan never lifted a finger for anyone but himself. He was politically unaware, never saying a word that might hurt his endorsement earning potential. He was the anti-Jackie Robinson.

- His endorsements encouraged poor kids to spend $100-plus on (or even kill for) sneakers. He used his athletic image to push McDonald’s and Coca-Cola, helping turn the country obese. In terms of his real effect on people, he was an anti-athlete.

I don’t think the guy has any integrity. In my opinion.

While Michael Jordan may be the greatest player ever and definitely the greatest player of his era, his number should not be retired by the entire NBA. Reason being, why doesn’t the NBA retire Bill Russell’s #6? He is a top 5 player ever and he has more championships then MJ. Russell also paved the way for future NBA stars like LeBron said MJ did. Why doesn’t the NBA retire Magic Johnson’s 32? He might have been the greatest player of all time and he was surely the best player of the 80’s. He showed that 6’8 guys can handle the ball and run a team. He changed the game and was as, if not more innovative than MJ. So MJ’s number is retired by the Bulls and the Heat for whatever reason and it needs to stay that way. If the league retires MJ’s number, there’s a list of players numbers the NBA should retire as well.