Whenever he retires, LeBron James will leave behind a strong legacy with NBA championships in three cities—Cleveland, Miami and Los Angeles.
It already seemed certain that the Cavaliers and Heat would retire James’s No. 23 and No. 6 jerseys, respectively. In an interview with Sportskeeda‘s Mark Medina, Lakers owner Jeanie Buss confirmed that his number will be going up in the rafters next to legends like Kobe Bryant, Magic Johnson and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
“The standard for having your jersey retired as a Laker is when a player is inducted into the Hall-of-Fame. I have absolutely no doubt that LeBron will make it into the Basketball Hall-of-Fame,” Buss said. “When he does so, then we will retire his jersey. Knowing that he will make it into the Basketball Hall-of-Fame, he will have his Lakers jersey retired, no doubt about it.”
