NEW YORK, April 19, 2005 – The Miami Heat’s Shaquille O’Neal, Houston Rockets’ Tracy McGrady and Cleveland Cavaliers’ LeBron James lead the NBA’s list of most popular player jerseys based on sales at the NBA Store on Fifth Avenue in New York City and the NBAStore.com since the start of the 2004-05 NBA preseason. The Los Angeles Lakers, New York Knicks and Chicago Bulls top the league’s list of most popular team merchandise. Reebok is the official on-court apparel provider for the NBA.

The top 25 best-selling player jerseys and top 10 best-selling teams are listed below in order:

Top 25 Players: 1. Shaquille O’Neal 2. Tracy McGrady 3. LeBron James 4. Stephon Marbury 5. Kobe Bryant 6. Allen Iverson 7. Carmelo Anthony 8. Vince Carter 9. Dwyane Wade* 10. Steve Francis 11. Tim Duncan 12. Ben Wallace* 13. Paul Pierce 14. Kevin Garnett 15. Yao Ming* 16. Amare Stoudemire* 17. Emeka Okafor* 18. Jason Kidd 19. Dirk Nowitzki* 20. Allan Houston 21. Kyle Korver* 22. Steve Nash* 23. Jamal Crawford* 24. Ray Allen* 25. Chris Webber

Top 10 Teams: 1. Los Angeles Lakers 2. New York Knicks 3. Chicago Bulls 4. Miami Heat + 5. Philadelphia 76ers 6. Cleveland Cavaliers 7. Boston Celtics 8. Denver Nuggets 9. Houston Rockets + 10. New Jersey Nets

Ten players are new to the season-end top 25 player jersey list compared to 2003-04 season-end list (as indicated by *).

Two teams are new to the season-end top 10 team merchandise list compared to 2003-04 season-end list (as indicated by +)