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Kobe changed his number from 8 to 24 because he wants to surpass Michael Jordan's greatness. He added 1 point to 23 to make it 24 to make himself higher than Jordan.

Notice Kobe's Olympic jersey number. it's No. 10 and Jordan uses No. 9 every time.

He believes he is "greater" than the great one in Basketball. Its his form of motivating himself to become the greatest of all time.
It was Kobe's number in high school. When he was traded to the Lakers, # 24 wasn't available. Now Kobe thinks that he is more mature, and he switched his number to 24.

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Kobe changed his number from 8 to 24 because he wants to surpass Michael Jordan's greatness. He added 1 point to 23 to make it 24 to make himself higher than Jordan.

Notice Kobe's Olympic jersey number. it's No. 10 and Jordan uses No. 9 every time.

He believes he is "greater" than the great one in Basketball. Its his form of motivating himself to become the greatest of all time.
It was Kobe's number in high school. When he was traded to the Lakers, # 24 wasn't available. Now Kobe thinks that he is more mature, and he switched his number to 24.

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Kobe Bryant changed his number from 8 to 24. He actually wore the number 24 in high school, and wanted to wear it when he came into the NBA, however, it was unavailable at the time. Kobe was drafted in 1996.

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maybe cause its one over Michael Jordans 23... or has won 3 champion ship when he changed.... 3 x 8 = 24... but i dont know maybe cause its one over Michael Jordans 23... or has won 3 champion ship when he changed.... 3 x 8 = 24... but i dont know 24 was Kobe's number when he played high school basketball at Lower Merion HS, PA.

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Kobe Bryant changed his uniform number from 8 to 24 because 24 was the first number he wore at Lower Merion High School in Ardmore, Pa. He had changed it to No. 33 by the time he led the school to the Pennyslvania state championship in 1996. His father, Joe "Jelly Bean" Bryant also wore 33 in high school.

When Bryant joined the Lakers for the 1996-1997 season, he couldn't wear 33 because it had been retired in honor of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. So he chose No. 8 because it was the number he wore when he was a kid playing in Italy. He also had worn No. 143 at Adidas' ABCD Camp. The numbers add up to 8.

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Because he wore that number in high school

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Kobe Bryant announced that he was changing his jersey number from 8 to 24 in August of 2006. He has been with the Los Angeles Lakers his entire career.

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