{"id":919735,"date":"2026-10-04T01:36:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-04T01:36:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/919735\/"},"modified":"2026-10-04T01:36:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T01:36:11","slug":"lebron-james-reason-for-wearing-no-9-jersey-at-76ers-practice-revealed-in-new-nba-rumors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/919735\/","title":{"rendered":"LeBron James&#8217; Reason for Wearing No. 9 Jersey at 76ers Practice Revealed in New NBA Rumors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">LeBron James has been wearing No. 9 on his jersey during his first week of practice with the Philadelphia 76ers, a decision that reportedly has to do with a franchise icon. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">According to <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong mui-mlpnpn\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JakeLFischer\/status\/2106460304632950811\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Jake Fischer<\/a> of The Stein Line, James chose to wear No. 9 rather than his traditional practice number of No. 6 out of respect for Hall of Famer &#8220;Dr. J&#8221; Julius Erving, whose No. 6 is retired by the 76ers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">Playing in a game-type atmosphere with the Sixers for the first time, James turned some heads with his unexpected number choice:<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">James will wear No. 23 for the 76ers in actual games like he has for much of his career, and he previously wore No. 6 with the Miami Heat and Los Angeles Lakers, as well as at the Olympics.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">The only other known instance of LeBron donning No. 9 came during the 2004 Summer Olympics, which was the last time the United States men&#8217;s basketball team failed to win the gold medal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">After spending the past eight seasons with the Lakers, James signed with the Sixers during the offseason in an effort to chase a fifth career championship.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">As a 22-time All-Star, four-time NBA MVP, four-time NBA Finals MVP and the NBA&#8217;s all-time leading scorer, James is already one of the greatest players in the history of basketball.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">However, if he can help bring the Sixers their first championship since 1983, it would add another rich layer to his legacy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LeBron James has been wearing No. 9 on his jersey during his first week of practice with the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":919736,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[49,48,459,82],"class_list":["post-919735","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/919735","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=919735"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/919735\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/919736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=919735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=919735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=919735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}