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What's in a number? Why Trail Blazers players chose the jersey number they wear

As a kid, Moe Harkless wore No. 4 in every sport he played. But when he was drafted by the Orlando Magic, things changed. “That’s the only place I couldn’t have it,” he said. “Arron Afflalo had it when I got there.” So Harkless was elated when he landed in Portland and it was available. “It’s my favorite number,” he said.

Shortly after the Portland Trail Blazers drafted him in 2012, Damian Lillard revealed on Twitter that he would wear No. 0 in the NBA.

Why?

'Grew up in Oakland, college in Ogden, and my NBA team is in Oregon,' Lillard wrote.