Animated story of selling jersey numbersfrom @bwood_33

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Would you believe I made over a $100,000 switching jersey numbers early in my career? Well, that's exactly what happened. I wasn't always number 33. My rookie year, I actually started out as number three. Fast forward to my second year in the NBA, we draft Juan Dixon. Number three has special meaning to him. He said, big fella, I got 15 bad for you. You switched numbers. I said, say less. It don't mean that much to me. I took the money. I switched to number double zero. Two years later in free agency, we signed Gilbert Arenas. The NBA has a strange rule at this point. You can't have have zero and double zero on the team at the same time. So Gilbert Arenas now has to buy a number from me. I called my mom. I said, hey, ma. I think I bad make some more money selling jersey. She says, Brendon, you can't sell your jersey. You already sold it one time. Your fan base identifies with you now as being double zero. You can't sell it. I said, Ma say yes. I got you. You're right. Gilbert comes in with a strong-arm. Big fella, I got 30 bands for you. I know you sold it to Juan for 15. I got 30. I said, nah, man. I told my mom I'm not selling the jersey. He doubles down the next day. I got $50 for you. I said, man, I told my mother I'm not selling the jersey. The following day, I got $75,000 if you switch Jersey numbers. No he's piqued my interest. Before I good even say no, he calls me on the phone. Thirty minutes later, I got a $100 if you switch Jersey numbers. I said, you got yourself a deal. But the problem is I still gotta call my mom and tell her that I sold the number. I get on the phone, I call my mom, said, ma, you're gonna be best? But I sold the jersey. She said, what? Did we talk about this, Brendon? I said, yes, we did. She said, you disappointed me, son. I said, I know, ma. She said, well, let me ask you this. I said, what? She said, how much did you get for it? I said, a $100,000. She said, well, I would have sold it too, baby.