{"id":265367,"date":"2021-05-17T02:02:10","date_gmt":"2021-05-17T02:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=265367"},"modified":"2021-05-17T02:06:38","modified_gmt":"2021-05-17T02:06:38","slug":"the-intriguing-story-behind-michael-jordans-jersey-number","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/the-intriguing-story-behind-michael-jordans-jersey-number\/","title":{"rendered":"The Intriguing Story Behind Michael Jordan’s Jersey Number"},"content":{"rendered":"

Number 23 is one of the most commonly used numbers for jerseys, not just in the NBA but all of the sports, and it is all due to one person, Michael Jordan. Like many other things, Jordan started with this jersey number right from the start of his NBA career, and eventually, other players followed. The 6 time NBA champion rocked this number for the duration of his career with the Chicago Bulls.\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Now Jordan had also worn no. 45, but that is due to some other significance. And no, I\u2019m not talking about his Washington Wizard<\/a> days. But today, we will have a look at why Michael Jordan chose to wear number 23 at the back of his jersey.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jordan has worn the number 23 from an early age of high school. He had the same number when he played at Laney High School.<\/a> However, Jordan\u2019s elder brother Larry was also on the same team with 45 as his jersey number.<\/span><\/p>\n

Now upto this point, Jordan and his brother Larry both always wore the number 45 but there eventually came a time in Jordan\u2019s life where he had to bow down. And who would\u2019ve thought this would\u2019ve been the best decision he had ever made. Jordan<\/a> halved the number, which came to 22.5 but rounded it off to 23. Jordan believed that doing so gave him magical powers, and I don\u2019t know about that, but what he did from there on out was truly magical.<\/span><\/p>\n