LeBron James: From 23 to jersey no. 6

After LeBron James announced of its moving to Miami Heat, now he will change his number from 23 to jersey number 6.

It was reported that James filed papers on changing his number when he was still in Cleveland Cavaliers.

James wanted to change his number as a respect to Michael Jordan who has been an great player in basketball.

James' number choice was confirmed by Ira Winderman, of South Florida Sun Sentinel.

On the other hand, Mario Chalmers of Miami Heat, whose originally wearing jersey number 6, also wanted to change his number to 15, so everything is up to James' decision anyway.

LeBron James will move to Miami Heat

LeBron James

After a long talks and speculations on where a two-time MVP player LeBron James is going, finally, he ended up the rumors on his live interview on national TV. James announced that he will move to Miami Heat.

He wanted to play with Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh, and joining in Miami made it possible.

James said, “I can’t say it was always in my plans, because I never thought it was possible but the things that the Miami Heat franchise have done, to free up cap space and be able to put themselves in a position this summer to have all three of us, it was hard to turn down."

“Those are two great players, two of the greatest players that we have in this game today.”

Wade, Bosh and James were teammate at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.