For the second straight year Kobe Bryant has the top selling NBA jersey in China. For those who are not aware, China has a huge passion for the NBA where names like Kobe and LeBron are household names. This is why NBA Commisioner David Stern has set up NBA China offices, has a dedicated NBA China website and is intent on capitalizing off this month’s “Redeem Team” USA Basketball Team and their quest for Gold. Official NBA merchandise is sold in over 30,000 locations in China. Although Yao Ming is easily the most prominent NBA Chinese player, his jersey popularity is dwarfed in comparison to Kobe, KG, and even teammate Tracy McGrady.
According to Brand Week, as of Aug 12th the Top 10 selling NBA jerseys in China are as follows:
1. Kobe Bryant (Los Angeles Lakers)
2. Kevin Garnett (Boston Celtics)
3. Tracy McGrady (Houston Rockets)
4. Paul Pierce (Boston Celtics)
5. Allen Iverson (Denver Nuggets)
6. Gilbert Arenas (Washington Wizards)
7. LeBron James (Cleveland Cavs)
8. Dwayne Wade (Miami Heat)
9. Dwight Howard (Orlando Magic)
10. Yao Ming (Houston Rockets)
People don’t aspire to be the big man. You just can’t. Wearing the kicks and rocking the jersey isn’t going to make me 7’2″ tall.
My Lakers on top once again. NO wonder they making such a big deal about the team this year. It always comes down to the money
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Yao is only number 10 in his home country?? How is that right?
Yea I was surprised that even McGrady was outselling Yao. That’s his own teammate there! But M@ has a good point. No one wants to be the big man. Unless you were Shaq during the Magic days
Anyone know how this matches up with the U.S.?
i thought Shaq was the biggest superstar in China? Also funny to see Yao ming in 10th place.