Because when he came back from his first retirement from Basketball (when he was playing Baseball), his original number, 23, had been retired.
23Michael Jordan wore #23 for most of his NBA career. He wore #45hen playing Minor League Baseball. When he returned to the NBA, he briefly wore #45 as his#23ad been retired. He returned to his #23 month later.
Because that's the number he wanted. Jordan wanted to prove he was at least half as good as his brother Larry, who wore #45 in high school, and continuously beat Michael in one on one as children.
#23 - Chicago Bulls, Washington Wizards#45 - Chicago Bulls (1994-95 season only)#12 - Jordan wore this number for one night, due to his #23 jersey being stolen before the game.#9 - USA Olympic basketball team (1984, 1992)
don't find any 1911 45's serial number ending with a letter. ???
Only Bob Gibson comes to mind... he might be the most dominant starting pitcher of all time. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Gibson DaveJ
Derrick Character is number 45 for the lakers
Michael Jordan played with the jersey numbers 23 and 45.
23 and 45
Michael Jordan is number 23 because he wanted 45 but his brother took it so he divided 45 by 2 and that was 22.5 which rounded up to 23 so that is why he is 23.
Michael Jordan idolized his brother. He thought he had half his skills. His brother wore 45. Half of that is 22.5. Round that off and that's 23. When Jordan came back to the Bulls after his first retirement, he briefly wore the number 45 before going back to #23 in the 1996-97 season.Michael Jordan idolized his older brother Larry who wore 45. Michael wanted to be half the man Larry was so divided 45 by 2 and rounded it up to 23.See the Related Links for an interesting article on the matter.
He chose it in High School. He came into the team and wanted to be number 45 but it was taken by his older brother, so he split in half and settled with 23.
23 , but he also wore 45.
23 , but he also wore 45.
his number was 45
Michael Jordan's number was 23, for olympic dream team he was worn 9 and after the retirement he used 45 for quite some time..
Michael Jordan was #23 with the Bulls.
23 and 45