Lakers, LeBron James jerseys still the most popular

John Karalis: NBA announces most popular jerseys of the year so far in the NBA store. 1. LeBron 2. Steph 3. Giannis 4. Durant 5. Doncic 6. Tatum Most popular team merch: 1. Lakers 2. Warriors 3. Bucks 4. Nets 5. Celtics
Source: Twitter @John_Karalis

What’s the buzz on Twitter?

Marc Stein @TheSteinLine
LeBron James, Stephen Curry, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Kevin Durant and Luka Doncic … those five sold the most jerseys in the NBA through the first half of 2021-22 season: pic.twitter.com/eD1BFRsVWU – 12:07 PM

John Karalis @John_Karalis
NBA announces most popular jerseys of the year so far in the NBA store.
1. LeBron
2. Steph
3. Giannis
4. Durant
5. Doncic
6. Tatum
Most popular team merch:
1. Lakers
2. Warriors
3. Bucks
4. Nets
5. Celtics – 12:04 PM

Cody Taylor @CodyTaylorNBA
The NBA and NBPA today jointly announced that LeBron James and the Lakers secured the top spots on the most popular jerseys and team merchandise lists on NBAStore.com for the first half of the regular season. – 12:02 PM

Justin Kubatko @jkubatko
📅 On this day in 2010, the @Los Angeles Lakers Kobe Bryant scored 31 points in a loss to the Cavaliers, reaching 25,000 career points in the process.
At the time, Bryant was the youngest player in NBA history to reach that mark (31 years, 151 days), a distinction now held by LeBron James. pic.twitter.com/IUH1EuUX94 – 12:01 PM

Eric Koreen @ekoreen
Full disclosure, I have a media All-Star ballot, due tomorrow, and here’s what I did with it
East
FC: Giannis, Durant, Embiid
BC: DeRozan, Young
West
WC: Jokic, LeBron, Gobert
BC: Curry, Paul (by a smidge over Ja) – 11:43 AM

Tony Mejia @MejiaDinero
Pacers beat LeBron’s Lakers and Steph’s Warriors on back-to-back nights minus Myles Turner in both games and all key cogs except rookie Chris Duarte missing at Golden State. By mandate, Rick Carlisle is now the greatest coach ever. Duarte is back in ROY race. These are the rules. – 1:01 AM

Connor Letourneau @Con_Chron
The latest All-Star returns have LeBron James, not Steph Curry, in line to be the Western Conference captain: sfchronicle.com//sports/warrio… – 5:40 PM

Kyle Goon @kylegoon
Last month, the Lakers made a philosophical change to embrace small ball. But it was designed to unlock the best version of LeBron James; Russell Westbrook was left to figure out his own role.
That laid the foundation for where the Lakers are now: ocregister.com/2022/01/20/how… – 5:01 PM

Micah Adams @MicahAdams13
If LeBron James finishes at the top All-Star vote-getter, it will be his 9th time doing so which would tie Michael Jordan for the most in NBA history.
LeBron’s All-Star voting leads:
2007, 2010, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 – 2:33 PM

Sam Quinn @SamQuinnCBS
Just had an interesting conversation: how many 2021-22 Lakers would you definitely want back on next year’s roster?
I have five definites: Bron, AD, Reaves, Monk and Stan.
Three maybes: Melo (age), Nunn (health), THT (would rather trade). – 2:31 PM

Kurt Helin @basketballtalk
LeBron James takes lead in NBA All-Star fan voting nba.nbcsports.com/2022/01/20/leb… – 2:31 PM

Ryan Blackburn @NBABlackburn
Ho hum, Jokić is back to having the highest Box Plus-Minus of all-time at +14.0.
1. Jokić, 2021-22, +14.0
2. LeBron, 2008-09, +13.2
3. MJ, 1987-88, +13.0
4. MJ, 1990-91, +12.0
5. Steph, 2015-16, +11.9
Jokić’s MVP season last year ranks 10th at +11.7. – 1:57 PM

Adam Zagoria @AdamZagoria
Latest NBA All-Star voting where LeBron leads everyone
KD is tops among Eastern frontcourt players but is out 4-6 weeks
James Harden and Kyrie are 4th and 6th among Eastern guards
Klay Thompson 4th among West guards pic.twitter.com/umTiPJehBF – 1:51 PM

Stefan Bondy @SBondyNYDN
Nets announce they’re hosting Chinese New Year’s Game, presented by Panda Express, when they face LeBron James and the Lakers on Jan. 25.
It’s the year of the tiger and Nets are selling this gear: pic.twitter.com/x06hTFsfgF – 1:27 PM

Jeff Zillgitt @JeffZillgitt
Third return of fan voting for NBA All-Star starters. Voting ends Saturday. LeBron James leads all vote-getters. pic.twitter.com/lJkFKsSJFz – 1:14 PM

Brian Mahoney @briancmahoney
LeBron James has blown by everyone to become the leader in votes received for the All-Star Game. Kevin Durant remains the leader in the East. – 1:10 PM

StatMuse @statmuse
All-Star vote leaders in the last 6 seasons:
2017 — LeBron James
2018 — LeBron James
2019 — LeBron James
2020 — LeBron James
2021 — LeBron James
2022 — LeBron James
He also was first in 2007, 2010, 2014. pic.twitter.com/LWE8tAaGwe – 1:08 PM

Mike Trudell @LakersReporter
* @LeBron James has moved into first overall after the latest All-Star returns with 6,826,449 votes: pic.twitter.com/HKVFw3OLJo – 1:04 PM

Michael Singer @msinger
Nikola Jokic is still 2nd in West frontcourt voting behind LeBron in the third fan returns. 5th in entire NBA. pic.twitter.com/piH6OxrbDT – 1:03 PM

Adam Wexler @AdamJWexler
Latest NBA All-Star fan voting: LeBron James now w/ the most votes. Stephen Curry, Kevin Durant, DeMar DeRozan and James continue to be the top vote-getters at their respective position groups. Voting concludes Saturday, Jan. 22. pic.twitter.com/1Xpp9pIu2B – 1:03 PM

Shams Charania @ShamsCharania
Lakers’ LeBron James leads all players in fan votes for the latest returns of the All-Star Game: pic.twitter.com/dwlcP9T0S1 – 1:02 PM

Tim Bontemps @TimBontemps
LeBron James has surged past Stephen Curry in the latest round of All-Star voting, which closes Saturday night at midnight. It’s looking likely that James and Kevin Durant will once again be All-Star captains. pic.twitter.com/yoPWtxPjOU – 1:02 PM

Chris Haynes @ChrisBHaynes
LeBron James now leads all players in the latest All-Star voting returns. pic.twitter.com/Sc60iG7HFp – 1:01 PM

Cody Taylor @CodyTaylorNBA
LeBron James now leads the NBA in the latest fan returns for NBA All-Star Voting, which concludes this Saturday, Jan. 22.
Stephen Curry, Kevin Durant, DeMar DeRozan and James continue to be the top vote-getters at their respective position groups. pic.twitter.com/7g7oYjuKlI – 1:01 PM

James Boyd @RomeovilleKid
On a night when LeBron James became the first player in #NBA history to eclipse 30,000 points, 10,000 rebounds and 9,000 assists, it was Caris LeVert who stole the show down the stretch.
“They told me that they need me in the fourth (quarter).” #Pacers indystar.com/story/sports/n… – 12:24 PM

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