LeBron #6?

  LeBron James says he is going to change his number to six from 23 in honor of Michael Jordan.  James states that 23 should be retired all over the NBA because of the greatness Michael Jordan, who is widely considered the greatest basketball player of all-time.  

The only problem with this gesture is that he is going from 23 to six and six is the number of the greatest winner in NBA history, Bill Russell.  Russell appeared in 13 NBA finals as a Boston Celtic winning 11 of them and winning atleast one as a player/coach, which is unheard of these days. 

Of course, honoring Jordan is something that the NBA should probably do.  In fact, it had been bantered around to change the NBA logo to the Jordan logo.  But shouldn't Russell be honored?  Russell won five more titles than Jordan.  Of course, these titles come in a different time and it seems competition was much greater in the time of Jordan because Russell was one of the tallest players in the NBA at that time at 6'9."  Russell is not to blame for this he played the competition that was put in front of him and absolutely dominated it.  Russell is one of the greatest rebounders of all-time, but his greatest attribute is being a great leader of men for this Russell should be honored.  

In my opinion James is doing the right thing but if he is going to change his number six is not the number that he should change it to.  My suggestion is 2 because by the time he is done he will be considered the 2nd greatest player of all-time.