Basketball Jersey Guide – 2006 Top 10 NBA Jerseys

Basketball jersey sales for the NBA’s superstars can be a roller coaster ride -- riding high one moment and gone the next.  A lot depends on the publicity surrounding the NBA player and whether that PR is good or bad.

This is exactly what happened to Kobe Bryant, or more specifically, his No. 8 Lakers basketball jersey. Bryant’s jersey was one of the hottest selling NBA jerseys in the world. But last month, his jersey didn’t even land in the top 50. It had dropped to the #72 position.

For the year, Kobe’s basketball jersey landed in the top 10. But by the last week of the year, the jerseys slide continued all the way down to #90. The NBA jersey market can be very fickle.

The marketability of Bryant’s NBA jersey has been hurt by the significant amount of bad publicity he received over the past months. His alleged rape case, a feud with Shaquille O’Neal and Karl Malone, and prima donna attitude cost him a small fortune in NBA jersey sales.

On the flip side, Carmelo Anthony and LeBron James’ basketball jerseys are hitting on all cylinders. These two have the hottest selling jerseys for the month of December.

The Top 10 selling NBA basketball jerseys for December are:

1. Carmelo Anthony - Light Blue Swingman Jersey
2. LeBron James - High School
3. Carmelo Anthony - Rewind
4. Tracy McGrady - Swingman
5. LeBron James - Swingman
6. Carmelo Anthony - Denver Nuggets Blue Road
7. LeBron James - Cleveland Cavaliers
8. Allen Iverson - Philadelphia 76ers White
9. Michael Jordan - Rookie Swingman
10. Carmelo Anthony - Gold High School

 Source: SportsScanINFO