In this series, we will count down the days until the Lakers first regular season game on October 28th. Each day we will discuss who wore that number best, and who wears it now or who wore it last.
We're getting ready for a brand new season of Los Angeles Lakers basketball, so to count down the days we'll be looking at the best Lakers to wear the number. We'll continue at 6 days until the regular season begins, with a Laker Fan favorite.
After his second year in Los Angeles with the Lakers, Eddie Jones changed his number from 25 to 6, as the Lakers were going to retire #25 for Gail Goodrich during the 1996-97 season.