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PGDynasty24
11-23-2009, 06:55 PM
Who are the most popular American players over there?
badfish22
11-23-2009, 07:04 PM
not kobe. everyone hates him.
cobbler
11-23-2009, 07:16 PM
not kobe. everyone hates him.

Yeah.... as supported by his jersey being the #1 seller in America and Asia. :bang
L.I.T
11-23-2009, 07:21 PM
In the Philippines, I would probably say Kobe and LBJ.
SamoanTD
11-23-2009, 07:25 PM
I think its pretty much kobe and lebron everywhere
wanggi
11-23-2009, 07:38 PM
not kobe. everyone hates him.


Not everyone. They said the Asian rapists worship Kobe Bryant.
badfish22
11-23-2009, 07:45 PM
Yeah.... as supported by his jersey being the #1 seller in America and Asia. :bang

They buy the jerseys to light them on fire.
Darthkiller
11-23-2009, 08:02 PM
brandon jennings !
Bukefal
11-23-2009, 08:21 PM
In Europe probably;

Kobe
Lebron
Gasol
Parker
Nowitzki
Wade
Garnett
mogrovejo
11-23-2009, 08:24 PM
Michael Jordan.

Among active sportsmen, it's probably Lance Armstrong.
wanggi
11-23-2009, 08:57 PM
Yeah.... as supported by his jersey being the #1 seller in America and Asia. :bang

Most of human beings like to follow blindly.
Allanon
11-23-2009, 09:31 PM
In Europe probably;

Kobe
Lebron
Gasol
Parker
Nowitzki
Wade
Garnett

This looks about right. I was surprised that KG has quite an international fan base.

Add in Yao and Yi
Xylus
11-23-2009, 09:41 PM
I would think McGrady would be up there, at least in China.
Danny.Zhu
11-23-2009, 09:44 PM
In China, maybe (including non-Americans)

Yao Ming
Kobe
Tmac
Yi Jianlian
AI
Duncan
Lebron
Garnett
Wade
Carter
Manu

And recently Aaron Brooks......
wanggi
11-23-2009, 10:03 PM
In China(Taiwan):

Cubby (15-Time NBA World Champions).
sefant77
11-23-2009, 10:04 PM
Michael Jordan.

Among active sportsmen, it's probably Lance Armstrong.

Armstrong in Europe?

No.
NuGGeTs-FaN
11-23-2009, 10:10 PM
is there any proof that people who buy KoME's jersey don't just burn it?
ginobili's bald spot
11-23-2009, 10:12 PM
Michael Jordan.

Among active sportsmen, it's probably Lance Armstrong.

:lol Nice answer moron.
TDMVPDPOY
11-23-2009, 10:51 PM
tiger woods > all currently
Sotongball21
11-23-2009, 10:52 PM
IIRC,
In China, anyone in the rockets.
In Singapore, kobe.
In The Philippines, heard they have a huge spurs fan base.

Not too sure about the rest.
duhoh
11-24-2009, 12:40 AM
hey battier has a shoe deal in china
Danny.Zhu
11-24-2009, 12:49 AM
hey battier has a shoe deal in china

But also: Landry, Artest, Vujacic, Kidd, Mutombo, Love, Darnell Jackson, Sonny Weems, Baron Davis, Damon Jones, Chuck Hayes and Shaq......
ezau
11-24-2009, 01:08 AM
Kobe jerseys are worn by most inmates in China. Most of them having rape cases filed against them
Chieflion
11-24-2009, 01:11 AM
From Asia: Kobe Bryant. No question. People who don't watch basketball even know the guy's name at least. Yao Ming and Yi Jianlian obviously. I think Dwight Howard is pretty famous around these parts too because of the Superman gimmick dunk, (All-star weekend was shown for people who have access to ESPN). Rockets players are huge in China. So you know McGrady has fans.
alamo50
11-24-2009, 04:06 AM
Dude, it's not another world over here.
eisfeld
11-24-2009, 06:59 AM
Most popular probaly Kobe, Iverson and Wade. The latter two mostly due to fashion because some dumbass decided it's hip if you're below 20, listen to hip hop music and wear an Iverson jersey even though most the guy's wearing his jersey know shit about basketball and Iverson himself. Well, that's at least true for Middle-Europe.

In the early years of the century was definitely a battle between Shaq and Kobe and even though King James is on everyone's radar right now I see only very few Cleveland and LeBron fans here.

In the 90's it was not even close. Jordan, Jordan, Jordan... he made wearing basketball jerseys and having fan stuff fashionable. Even young pre-schoolers were running around with Bulls stuff back then even though they had nothing to do with basketball.

If I had to put up a list right now for the whole of Europe it would probably be like this.

#1 Jordan
#2 Kobe
#3 Iverson
#4 Wade
#5 Garnett
#6 Stoudemire
#7 Duncan
#8 T-Mac

I left out players like Yao, Dirk, Manu and other international players on purpose since the original question was about Amercian players.
endrity
11-24-2009, 01:35 PM
In Europe Kobe is by far number one, and I think Iverson had a strong following as well. LeBron isn't quite there yet.

From the European players I think Dirk is highly regarded, being the only European MVP ever and for leading a bunch of amateurs with Germany's national team. Italians love Ginobili though from his time there. He is quite the hero over there.
sonic21
11-24-2009, 01:43 PM
a few years ago, Iverson and Tmac would have been on the list but now everyone knows that iverson is a bitch and tmac a pussy.

american

1-kobe
2-lebron
3-wade
4-howard
5-duncan

non-american

1-dirk
2-manu
3-gasol
4-Rudy
5-nash?