{"id":870105,"date":"2026-10-04T04:24:17","date_gmt":"2026-10-04T04:24:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/870105\/"},"modified":"2026-10-04T04:24:17","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T04:24:17","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\/us\/870105\/","title":{"rendered":"LeBron James’ Reason for Wearing No. 9 Jersey at 76ers Practice Revealed in New NBA Rumors"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

According to 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 “Dr. J” Julius Erving, whose No. 6 is retired by the 76ers.<\/p>\n

Playing in a game-type atmosphere with the Sixers for the first time, James turned some heads with his unexpected number choice:<\/p>\n

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

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’s basketball team failed to win the gold medal.<\/p>\n

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

As a 22-time All-Star, four-time NBA MVP, four-time NBA Finals MVP and the NBA’s all-time leading scorer, James is already one of the greatest players in the history of basketball.<\/p>\n

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…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":870106,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[355,99],"class_list":["post-870105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/870105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=870105"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/870105\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/870106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=870105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=870105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=870105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}