OT - mazel tov to Mark Cuban

[Adam]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

And part of that is there is a part of society that was not offended by his actions either. There are a lot of factors. Not trying to figure them out either, but a hated guy does not usually lead in jersey sales. I do not remember Kobe being at that point when he had is little trouble.

Peace

Yeah, I don't know that he's "hated" outside of Cleveland. But I also don't think he'd be at the top of the jersey charts if he hadn't changed teams; Kobe has never changed teams, so his fans never needed to update their wardrobe.

[APG]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

Yeah, I don't know that he's "hated" outside of Cleveland. But I also don't think he'd be at the top of the jersey charts if he hadn't changed teams; Kobe has never changed teams, so his fans never needed to update their wardrobe.

Kobe Bryant changed jersey numbers from 8 to 24 in the 2006-2007 NBA season.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by AllPurposeGamer

Kobe Bryant changed jersey numbers from 8 to 24 in the 2006-2007 NBA season.

Shows how closely I follow.

Not quite the same as changing teams, but it's similar.

[APG]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

Shows how closely I follow.

Not quite the same as changing teams, but it's similar.

Kobe had led jersey sales every year since the number change until this year when LeBron changed numbers/team jersey.

[grunewar]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

Yeah, I don't know that he's "hated" outside of Cleveland. But I also don't think he'd be at the top of the jersey charts if he hadn't changed teams; Kobe has never changed teams, so his fans never needed to update their wardrobe.

Technically, four men are tied with the most teams played for in NBA history: Chucky Brown (played from 1989-2002), Tony Massenburg (1990-2005), and Jimmy Jackson (1992-2006) were all on the active rosters of twelve different NBA franchises. Tony Massenburg has also had two separate terms with two teams, and as well as playing on two European teams, and thus could arguably be called the most well-traveled of the three men.

Recently Joe Smith (1995-present) debuted with the Lakers which is his 12th NBA team.

Wow, "their fans" must have had to shell out a lot!