Changethethought™

In honor of the 10th anniversary of the NBA Store’s flagship location in Manhattan, the NBA has unveiled a list of the top-selling basketball jerseys from the past 10 years. The list is as follows:

1. Michael Jordan
2. Kobe Bryant
3. Allen Iverson
4. Lebron James
5. Shaquille O’Neal
6. Tracy McGrady
7. Dwyane Wade
8. Jason Kidd
9. Vince Carter
10. Tim Duncan

Number 1 is Michael Jordan. Of the past 10 years, he only played in the league for three of those years, and yet his jersey still is # 1. Other thoughts about the list (both my thoughts and those of Darrin Rovell’s from CNBC); Shaq has played on 3 teams since 1998 (and a year or so earlier the Magic, which makes 4) and he comes in at #5.  Lebron has only been in the league for 5 years and is already the #4 selling jersey in the past 10 years. And Kobe and AI (#’s 2 and 3), despite run-ins with the law, still sell well.

In other MJ news, Nike iD now lets you customize your own pair of Jordan’s - the Jumpman Team Elite iD. They’ll cost ya $140 but are fully customizable. I’ve never been a fan of any of the Jordan sneakers (I prefer the Nike Dunk Low CL Pantone-inspired kicks) and other non-Nike brands, but the fact that you can now customize your own J’s is pretty cool. Although at that point, you can’t really call them Jordan’s anymore since he really didn’t wear or design your customized kicks.

Photo from Flickr.

written by Adam Lorber | tags: Michael Jordan, NBA, Nike