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22, 45, 99: How these Utah Jazz players picked their jersey numbers

Kristin Murphy

Thabo Sefolosha, Donovan Mitchell and Grayson Allen pose for individual portraits at different photography stations during Jazz Media Day at the Zions Bank Basketball Center in Salt Lake City on Monday, Sept. 24, 2018.

SALT LAKE CITY — When Thabo Sefolosha joined the Utah Jazz two years ago, like all players, he had the chance to choose his own number.

Well, sort of.

The problem was, the two numbers he had worn throughout his NBA career, 2 and 25, were both already taken by Jazz players Joe Ingles and Raul Neto. So Sefolosha had to decide on a new number and chose No.