The late Kobe Bryant will be honored during the Dodgers' Lakers Night on Sept. 1 with special Black Mamba-inspired jerseys featuring No. 8 and No. 24.

He appeared in eight All-Star games with his first number and ten after the jersey swap. He won a scoring title in each number and scored 16,777 points repping No. 8 and 16,866 points wearing No. 24.

Jackson was the last player to wear #24 before Bryant Kobe originally wanted to change his number after the Purple and Gold traded Shaq in 2004. However, KB and the Lakers missed the 2005 deadline ...

On April 26, 2006, Kobe Bryant announced his plan to change his jersey number from #8 to #24. At the time, Kobe was the biggest name in the league, finishing off an outstanding individual regular ...

It starts with Corey Borner, who suffered a spinal cord injury in a 2009 game for DeSoto High School (Texas) and was ...

Kobe wanted to change his jersey number after the Lakers traded Shaquille O'Neal in 2004. He was also coming off the back of sexual assault charge which was dropped in the same year and Bryant had ...

Bryant played in the NBA between 1996 and 2016. He was a part of the LA Lakers for the full 20 years. Bryant wore the number 8 and number 24 jerseys during that period. The jersey recently ...

The unveiling date is a nod to Bryant and his daughter Gianna — Bryant wore number 8 and 24 jerseys as a Laker, and Gianna wore a number 2 jersey during her time playing youth basketball.

When late Los Angeles Lakers Hall of Fame shooting guard Kobe Bryant changed his jersey number from eight to 24 during the 2006-07 season, he explained it at the time as "growth" from his prior ...

Kobe Bryant will be the first player in NBA history to have two different numbers retired by the same team when his No. 8 and No. 24 jerseys go into the rafters Monday night.

As the Los Angeles Lakers prepare for life without Kobe Bryant when the 2015-16 season ends, the front office is facing a conundrum when it comes to which of the future Hall of Famer's jersey ...

Why Kobe Bryant Changed Jersey Numbers and the Special Meaning Behind No. 24 and No. 8 Kobe Bryant wore both numbers throughout his legendary 20-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers ...