No.33

This is for practice game, so I could choose uniform number this time. I would like to tell you why I chose no.33. In fact, it was hard for me to choose this number, because there were many choices I wanted; for example no.5 (Jason Kidd), no.6 (Dr. J, Bill Russell), no.7 (Pistol Pet) no.11 (Isiah Thomas), no.12 (John Stockton), no.31 (Reggie Miller), no.32 (Magic Johnson, Karl Malone, Shaq) no.33 (Larry Bird, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Patrick Ewing, Scottie Pipen), no.34 (Charles Barkley), no.44 (Jerry West) and more (I cannot say everything). In spite of I decided no.33 as final decision lastly; I was suffering between no.32 and no.33 till the last. No.32 and no. 33 is famous for symbolical basketball uniform number and many basketball players in the U.S want to get them for showing respect and admire for many great basketball players like player who are written above.(I just heard, so I do not sure about it is right or wrong), One I know is about Jason Kidd. Because he had great respect for Magic Johnson, he put no.32 for uniform when he was in high school.
Well…there were two big reasons that I chose. One reason was Larry Bird. Compare to Magic Johnson, Larry was unsung basketball hero in the background instead of gorgeous. Before I injured when I was playing with no pain, I did wanted to be like Magic, but now I want to be like Larry, why same as myself, Larry also was playing with pain (He had bad knees) yet he have kept playing and managed to obtain glory. Therefore, I do not want to quit playing basketball even have pain just like he have done. That I want to be a basketball player like Larry Bird was one reason. Another reason was not only Larry both also Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Patrick Ewing who had beautiful arc and ball rotation, and perfect follow through with their shoots. I cannot say anything about their shooting except “Beautiful! ” I wish I could shot like them so I decided to take their shooting style for a model. That’s why I chose no.33. By the way, however, I thought that is regrettable to abandon no.32. Therefore, I asked Yummy to get no.32 and she accepted that nicely, BUT she could get no.32 because of company’s fault, oops!