20 Amazing Kobe Bryant Facts You Should Know

Kobe Made History When He Retired His Numbers 

In Kobe Bryant’s basketball career he wore two jersey numbers for the LA Lakers. The first jersey he wore was number 8. This number was from all the numbers added up from Adidas ABCD Camp, 143 (a basketball camp he attended), and he wore the same number while playing basketball in Italy.  

He then switched his jersey number to 24 during the 2006 to 2007 season, as this was the number he wore in Lower Merion high school. His change of number was explained by the fact that he first chose the number 8 to show he was new and had to prove his worth. The number 24 was more of a way of showing that he had grown up and became older and wiser – he had more life experience. Kobe made NBA history as the first player to retire two different numbers from the same NBA team.