The last time LeBron James wore a No. 23 jersey with the Lakers, the team won the 2020 NBA championship. That isn’t the primary reason he’s going away from No. 6 again in purple and gold, but the city of Los Angeles will just have to hope this shift yields the same results.
The No. 6 jersey James wore for the Lakers last season was grandfathered in when the NBA retired Bill Russell’s No. 6 league-wide, but according to his agent Rich Paul (in a statement to Dave McMenamin of ESPN), James will once again go back to his original No.