I have to say that is a great idea.
I'm sick of all the crappy players wearin the # 23 and thinking they are god lol.

Think of it as an everlasting tribute to Michael Jordan people.

He wouldn't want idiots who disrespect the game to wear his old jersey number.

If thats the case, you would then have to retire other legends numbers

like

Bird #33
Magic #32
Wilt #13
Bob Cousy #14
Kareem #33

Come on .....thats the biggest load of rubbish i have ever heard

No PLAYER is that great to have his number retired worldwide

I think he'd probably think less of someone suggesting that another couldn't wear a number as a tribute or through personal preference. It's all basketball. Currently it's also all school holidays, but oh well.

Warne wore #23 too! :-)

WARNEY- HEY IM FINISHED SCHOOL, I WAS JUST WONDERING WHAT EVERY ONES THOUGHTS WERE.

I am not in favour of a worldwide 23 retiring. I wanted 23 when i started, MJ helped make basketball popular. But a leaguewide NBA retiring i think should be enacted... there's no other number you react to like 23 'oh he's trying to be Jordan' etc...

Maybe anyone wanting to wear #23 should phone and ask you personally... then you can judge them individually, and not have to make sweeping generalisations.

Im sure MJ would be much happier with the squillions of $$ that he makes from singlet sales.

Hahahahahahaha... what a thought provoking post - who gives a #### if some homeboy/MJ wannabe is wearing #23... OH i know - probably someone who deep down wishes they had it -... If some dumass wants to do that - good luck to them - it`s just a number - maybe we can contact the International Numbers Commission to retire 23 from all uses in that case... People will have to stop sticking their tounges out on the court soon as well???

Also we should retire layups, dunks, jump shots, driving to the hoop...because no one can do it as good as Jordan......

From what I understand the only thing like this ever done was all NHL Hockey teams retired #99 as a tribute to Wayne Gretzky

story below

NHL Retires #99
Prior to Wayne Gretzky's final game, April 18, 1999, NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman set a precedent and declared that there would never be another player to wear number 99 in the league. The announcement only confirmed what everyone already knew in their hearts -- there would never be another Wayne.

As Ice hockey is really only a North American sport it is do-able Basketball as a true international sport why would the NBL/ABA or social retire 23 for a player that never played it this country.

I would support the retirement of #10 in honour of Andrew Gaze and hope that would filter to all grades of Australia Basketball. The only draw back is FIBA number requirments at International competitions.

a number dosent make a player.....the player makes the number......

Kool just wanted a good friendly argument and its what it is.

I believe the NBA should do it.

let the kids who want to wear MJ's number, wear it.

Man when i started playin the game....MJ's 23 wasnt even a option

As a PG, i went straight for No7

The Great "KJ" Kevin Johnson of the Phoenix Suns

The Kid was a gun....and he had massive hops to go with it

I still remember him dunking over Eaton of the Jazz

We should retire the black and white umpires tops because I'm sick of all these arrogant umpires thinking they are top sh*t by wearing the same coloured top as Bully.

Yogee,while we're at it, lets also retire shooting the ball through the hoop becuae no one does it as well as MJ. The retirement of a number is the most stupid thing I have ever heard. MJ doesn't have ownership of that number that no one else is allowed to use it. Who cares, what level their game is at, number 23 is just another number like all the others.

Sure, Cedric Ceballos was a great player, but was he really good enough to warrant a world wide ban on his number?

I personally think that #23 ought be retired from all fields of endevour. Honestly, who ever uses it anyway?

i.e. the square root of 529 is approximately equal to 24.

(Mod: There've been a few good posts in this thread (I laughed at the Cedric Ceballos one), but this one gets the ball. Classic!)

Fez, if you remember KJ then you should remember his best dunk being on Hakeem from the baseline.

LOL u ppl are classic, come to think of it I wear 21, Dominique's no. if n e # should be retired it should be his, I mean he beat MJ in the 1988 dunk contest i do believe

Let's retire all numbers, then all players can have a letter of the alphabet. Or another alternative is a shoe, thimble, dog, cart etc as in monopoly games. How silly!

I do TR, but his dunk on Eaton was just as good

Apart from him, Mr "Killer Crossover" Timmy Hardaway's number wouldve been my second preference...lol