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					Originally Posted by Toren  I was watching the Nuggets v. Lakers game last night and I had never noticed this before but players are wearing what would be considered illegal numbers under high school rules.
 I noticed it when the official went to report a number and they had to do a 1 with one hand then they brought up two hands for the number 6.
 
 It looked weird and I didn't like it.
 
 So I'm assuming NBA players can wear any number they want?  or what's the rule there.
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 It's *always* been this way.  George Mikan wore 99, Julius Erving wore 6.