Lakers Nation Reacts: Which Number Should Kobe Get Retired?

It’s been a debate for a long time, but with the recent jersey retirement of Shaquille O’Neal at Staples Center it’s resurfaced once more – which number, eight or 24, should the Lakers retire in honor of Kobe?

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Bryant played the first decade of his career wearing number eight, winning three championships and having his most memorable moment, scoring 81 points on Toronto, while wearing the single-digit numeral. Bryant switched to 24 prior to the 2006-07 season, and went on to win two more championships and his only two NBA Finals Most Valuable Player awards while rocking that number.

This morning we polled Lakers Nation to ask what the fans want to see once the Lakers do hang Kobe’s jersey in the rafters. The results were relatively one-sided.

Here are some of your responses to the poll, and the reasons for those decisions.

I guess we’ll wait and see.

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