The breakage of the stitches starts within 2 weeks of the stitching but if you want the complete stitches to disappear then the process of hydrolysis or the enzymes in our body do that in a period of 60 days and therefore it approximately takes up to 2 months for the stitches to get dissolved.
Boston Celtics draft Larry Bird with the 6th pick of the NBA Draft. June 9, 1978. Drafted sixth overall as a junior-eligible by the Celtics, behind Mychal Thompson (Portland), Phil Ford (Kansas City), Rick Robey (Indiana), Micheal Ray Richardson (New York), and Purvis Short (Golden State).
In the 1991 NBA Draft, the University of Nevada Las Vegas was represented by three first-round picks: Larry Johnson (1st pick), Stacey Augmon (9th pick) and Greg Anthony (12th pick). Each of these players chose to wear #2 in their rookie season to honour their college coach Jerry Tarkanian, who once wore #2.