Young players’s jersey outsold Los Angeles superstar Kobe Bryant and current leading MVP candidate LeBron James of Miami Heat based on NBAStore.com and other retailers. For the first time in his career Chicago Bulls superstar Derrick Rose occupied the number one spot of the NBA jersey sales ranking, surprisingly the first Taiwanese-American NBA player Jeremy Lin of New York knicks located in number two spot.
The sales ranking started in April 2011, time when Jeremy Lin was still unknown and undrafted. The birth of “Linsanity” and his fame started whe he carries the unmanned New York Knicks in several games in mid-February. From that time his presence in the court inspired not only New Yorkers but millions of millions people around the world and started buying his gear, his Asian heritages draws international sales to NBAStore.com and other retailers enough to dropped Kobe Bryant, Lebron James, and his teammate, All-Star Carmelo Anthony.
Top 15 most popular NBA jerseys:
1. Derrick Rose, Bulls
2. Jeremy Lin, Knicks
3. Kobe Bryant, Lakers
4. LeBron James, Heat
5. Carmelo Anthony, Knicks
6. Dwyane Wade, Heat
7. Dirk Nowitzki, Mavericks
8. Kevin Durant, Thunder
9. Blake Griffin, Clippers
10. Rajon Rondo, Celtics
11. Amar’e Stoudemire, Knicks
12. Ray Allen, Celtics
13. Paul Pierce, Celtics
14. Dwight Howard, Magic
15. Chris Paul, Clippers
Mike D’Antoni resignation as New York Knicks head coach and Carmelo Anthony back to the line-up, Linsanity started to diminish and a season-ending knee surgery had some stores bargained his gear.
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