While he wanted to give his No. 23 to Anthony Davis, just recruited by the Los Angeles Lakers, LeBron James will finally keep the same number of jersey next season.

Anthony Davis can already pack the welcome gift that LeBron James gave him when he arrived in Los Angeles. While the "King" had given him his number 23 and expected to resume the No. 6, he wears with Team USA and had the Miami Heat, the interior All-Star surprised everyone by posting on his account Instagram a photo of him under his new jersey with ... number 3. A flip-flop that, unofficially, would have been decided for commercial reasons.

If officially, the request for change of number would have been made after the deadline of March 15, it is actually Nike who would have opposed that "LBJ" plays next season with another number in the back. According to Yahoo! Sports, the official equipment supplier of the NBA, who is also the sponsor of the star winger of the Lakers, would still have to sell a too large stock of jerseys flocked his name and No. 23..

Only one year after the transfer of the triple NBA champion to L.A., from Cleveland, the loss of profit would have been several tens of millions of euros for the mark at the comma. It would also have been a serious problem for fans of the Californian franchise and LeBron James, who would probably have taken bad to see their jerseys "Elu" already outdated. But this would only be a partial postponement because, a priori, the change will take place well in 2020.

Picture on Instagram here