it is because his father's favorite number is 45, he just want to duplicate half of his fathers accomplishment, so half of 45 is 22.5, it cant be so he decided to round it off so its no. 23. That was the beginning of HIS AIRNESS.
His older brother wore 45 and he was hoping to be half as good as him.
his brothers number was somwhere around 46 so mj split it in half and choose 23.
His brother wore the # 45 and Jordan thought that 23 was half of 45
Trinute to his brother- in- law. It was right on dd scratch off
people chose it for him
45
21
the number the greatest player wore 23
Steve Nash
Tracy Mcgrady
34
the basketball player!
Reggie Miller!
scott wolf
Len bias
Nick Horvath had the number three jersey before Greg Paulus
There is no record that any player has ever worn the number 9 jersey for the Gonzaga Bulldogs menÕs basketball team. Another notable jersey number, the number 12, was retired after worn by John Stockton from 1980 until he was drafted in the NBA in 1984.
Tim Duncan is 6'11"