LEBRON JAMES HAS THE
MOST POPULAR NBA JERSEY WORLDWIDE
Checking out this release by the NBA... I thought that it was very revealing that Derrick Rose was near the top of every list in spite of not playing a single minute the past season. I don't buy NBA jerseys as much as I used to. In fact, I rarely buy one now as I prefer football and hockey jerseys. So what are the most recent NBA jerseys that I have? James Harden (Houston Rockets), Pau Gasol (LA Lakers), Chris Mullin (retro Golden State Warriors), Jeremy Lin and Carmelo Anthony (New York Knicks), and Kevin Durant (Oklahoma City Thunder). I have a bunch of Kobe Bryant jerseys from his original #8 to the first run of #24.
I love it how the NBA also had its own list for the Philippines. That's further indication of how big a NBA market we've become.
NEW YORK, Oct. 3, 2013 – The National Basketball Association
(NBA) today released its global list of top-selling jerseys for the 2012-13
season. Two-time NBA champion LeBron James of the Miami Heat took the No. 1
spot for the first time with the most popular jersey worldwide. The 2010-11 Kia
NBA MVP Derrick Rose of the Chicago Bulls earned the top spot in China, Latin
America and Europe, and placed No. 2 on the overall list. The Los Angeles
Lakers’ Kobe Bryant, the Oklahoma City Thunder’s Kevin Durant and the Miami
Heat’s Dwyane Wade round out the top five. The rankings are based on
adidas global sales for the 2012-13 NBA season. The announcement comes
ahead of NBA Global Games 2013, one of the most ambitious international game
schedules in league history, which tips off on Oct. 5.
The list features nine players on NBA
Global Games rosters: Rose, Bryant, Durant, former Los Angeles Lakers and
current Houston Rockets center Dwight Howard, the Brooklyn Nets’ Deron
Williams, the Lakers’ Steve Nash, the Thunder’s Russell Westbrook, former
Boston Celtics and current Nets forward Kevin Garnett and the Nets’ Joe
Johnson.
A total of 12 NBA teams will play 10
preseason and regular-season games in 10 cities in seven countries as part of
the 2013-14 NBA Global Games schedule. This represents the most NBA teams
to play internationally in a single season in the history of the league.
NBA Global Games tips off on Oct. 5 in Istanbul, Turkey, followed by
games in Bilbao, Spain (Oct. 6); Manchester, England (Oct. 8); Manila,
Philippines (Oct. 10); Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Oct. 12); Taipei, Taiwan (Oct.
13); and Beijing (Oct. 15) and Shanghai, China (Oct. 18). Regular-season NBA
Global Games will take place in Mexico City (Dec. 4) and London (Jan. 16).
This is the seventh season adidas has
served as the official uniform and apparel provider of the NBA.
Top 15 Selling Jerseys Worldwide for the 2012-13
season:
1. LeBron
James, Miami Heat
2. Derrick
Rose, Chicago Bulls
3. Kobe Bryant,
Los Angeles Lakers
4. Kevin
Durant, Oklahoma City Thunder
5. Dwyane Wade,
Miami Heat
6. Carmelo
Anthony, New York Knicks
7. Dwight
Howard, Los Angeles Lakers*
8. Deron
Williams, Brooklyn Nets
9. Blake
Griffin, Los Angeles Clippers
10. Rajon Rondo, Boston Celtics
11. Steve Nash, Los Angeles
Lakers
12. Chris Paul, Los Angeles
Clippers
13. Russell Westbrook, Oklahoma
City Thunder
14. Kevin Garnett, Boston
Celtics*
15. Joe Johnson, Brooklyn Nets
Top 10 Selling Jerseys in the United States for the 2012-13 season:
1. LeBron
James, Miami Heat
2. Derrick
Rose, Chicago Bulls
3. Kobe Bryant,
Los Angeles Lakers
4. Kevin
Durant, Oklahoma City Thunder
5. Carmelo
Anthony, New York Knicks
6. Dwyane Wade,
Miami Heat
7. Dwight
Howard, Los Angeles Lakers*
8. Deron
Williams, Brooklyn Nets
9. Blake
Griffin, Los Angeles Clippers
10. Rajon Rondo, Boston Celtics
Top 10 Selling Jerseys in China for the 2012-13 season:
1. Derrick
Rose, Chicago Bulls
2. LeBron
James, Miami Heat
3. Kobe Bryant,
Los Angeles Lakers
4. Jeremy Lin,
Houston Rockets
5. Kevin
Durant, Oklahoma City Thunder
6. Dwyane Wade,
Miami Heat
7. Blake
Griffin, Los Angeles Clippers
8. Ricky Rubio,
Minnesota Timberwolves
9. Steve Nash,
Los Angeles Lakers
10. Chris Paul, Los Angeles
Clippers
Top 10 Selling Jerseys in Latin America for the 2012-13
season:
1. Derrick Rose,
Chicago Bulls
2. Kobe Bryant,
Los Angeles Lakers
3. LeBron
James, Miami Heat
4. Kevin
Garnett, Boston Celtics*
5. Tim Duncan,
San Antonio Spurs
6. Dwight
Howard, Los Angeles Lakers*
7. Amar’e
Stoudemire, New York Knicks
8. Dwyane Wade,
Miami Heat
9. Dirk
Nowitzki, Dallas Mavericks
10. Kevin Durant, Oklahoma City
Thunder
Top 10 Selling Jerseys in Europe for the 2012-13
season:
1. Derrick
Rose, Chicago Bulls
2. LeBron
James, Miami Heat
3. Kobe Bryant,
Los Angeles Lakers
4. Kevin
Garnett, Boston Celtics*
5. Pau Gasol,
Los Angeles Lakers
6. Carmelo
Anthony, New York Knicks
7. Rajon Rondo,
Boston Celtics
8. Kevin
Durant, Oklahoma City Thunder
9. Dwight
Howard, Los Angeles Lakers*
10. Blake Griffin, Los Angeles
Clippers
Top 10 Selling Jerseys in Philippines for the 2012-13
season:
1. LeBron
James, Miami Heat
2. Derrick
Rose, Chicago Bulls
3. Kobe Bryant,
Los Angeles Lakers
4. Dwyane Wade,
Miami Heat
5. Kevin
Durant, Oklahoma City Thunder
6. Blake
Griffin, Los Angeles Clippers
7. Carmelo
Anthony, New York Knicks
8. Dwight
Howard, Los Angeles Lakers*
9. Steve Nash,
Los Angeles Lakers
10. Rajon Rondo, Boston Celtics
*Denotes players who
changed teams after the 2012-13 season.
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