All NBA teams on their uniforms this year will sport a patch with No. 6, to honor the memory of the great Bill Russell. As already known, the league has also decided that – once the players currently in business with the No. 6 on their shirt (the better known LeBron James) will finish their careers – no other player will ever wear the n ° 6, who will end up being associated only and only with Russell. Faced with this decision Alex Carusowho wears the n ° 6 to the Bulls, he had decided to change his number starting from the next championship, (DeAndre Jordan in Denver instead did the opposite, choosing to keep the 6 with the same motivation: to honor Bill Russell). Only the NBA itself intervened to prevent Caruso from carrying out his plan. The reason? His Bulls jersey is among the 75 bestsellers in the entire league, and for this reason the change was not possible with such short notice. “I wanted to do it as a gesture of respect towards his figure and all that he has embodied. He was one of the pioneers of this game as well as a great activist on racial issues: a fantastic person in all respects. I don’t know anyone who has ever had anything negative to say about him, ever. ”
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The idea of immediately abandoning the 6 to pay homage to Russell, however, must wait but perhaps only a year: “I’ll try again at the end of the season“, says Caruso. But, if he stays with the Bulls, he can’t go back to the number already worn by the Lakers, because the 4th in Chicago is retired for Jerry Sloan. And then he will have to find a new solution.
