What's your player number, and is there a meaning behind it?

[The Jayster]

The only numbered jersey I have is from my local field where they print special runs for members, especially when a contingent of said members travels to a big game event. So one year I decided to get one and asked for '00' as my number. When I received it, they told me that owing to a quirk of the system it wouldn't print '00' and printed instead '0'. I laughed my ass off, gracefully accepted it and have been proudly wearing it since.

Incidentally the name on my jersey right above my big ass '0' is 'Uncle Jay'... yeah I'm in my 50's.

[El Gringo]

#32 - greatest Laker ever -MAGIC JOHNSON
Started my love of basketball

Besides, who wouldn't want a magic johnson ? Sleeping with upto 300 women a year.
if it wasnt for the HIV, he'd be at Wilt "the Stilt" Chamberlain number of 10,000 ladies bagged

[Trbo323]

So it's a long story but

23

Match 23 is my birthday

Long story over

[talfuchre]

TLDR

[chplnstone]

8, for the number of arrows in a chaos symbol (a la elric of melnibone)
chplnstone is short for chaplain john stone, persona when i was in a pirate crew years back, rank & a play on my last name (johnston)

[I Missed On Purpose]

13 its always been my favorite number and happens to be my birthday

[ATBen]

#2... For obvious reasons.

[RAZRBAKK]

Normally I go with 11 because I'm a big DH fan, but on my MCB jersey I went with 86 for my love of Toyota sports cars.

[SSP]

#5. It’s been a constant all my life. Used to be 555 in motocross and same for road racing until I earned my way to just 5. 🫶🏼

[MaxRebo]

#68, for 2 reasons. 1. It's the number I wore for high school and college football. 2. It's the punchline to an off-color joke. (It goes, " My favorite sexual position is the 68; it's like the 69, but only you do me, and I owe you 1.")

[Maxwell]

#1

I got back into paintball last year and tried out for a team. Vibe was super weird in general but the owner/player/coach asked me what number I wanted. I said I don’t care just give me something not taken. He said just pick anything, so I went #5 being a McNabb fan growing up. “Well we already have a 5”. Already being frustrated with this dufus for a million reasons I decided I’d count up from 1 and take whichever one I get. I got 1.

My buddy gave me SOOOOOOO much shit for being #1 when I told him my number. Calling me a cocky little shit etc. so I had to just double down and make it my number at the next team we played for.

[NONOBLITUS]

# 340. As I have owned a 72 Plymouth 340 Duster since 1990.

[coyote]

40

Pat Tillman wore 40 in the NFL. He enlisted after the 9-11 attacks, was killed on deployment by friendly fire and his cause of death was covered up.
I wear his number to honor his sacrifice.

[THE_Incredible_Hulk]

23 after my baseball super hero the late great Ryno.

[vijil]

68

Was my IP address back in the days of lugging CRTs to LAN parties

I use it for anything where I need a number, nut just PB

[Handy]

13

It's my Birthday, and people seemed to avoid it because of bad luck.