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Talk about marketing leverage for a guy who is making noises about a trade. No. 24 has been the best-selling jersey since the start of the season, according to Internet purchases and sales at the NBA store in NY. The Miami Heat's Dwyane Wade ranked second and the Cleveland Cavs' LeBron James was third. The last time the Lakers star held the top spot was during the 2002-03 season - before the sexual assault charge. The league didn't provide sales numbers. Bloomberg
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Mark Lacter created the LA Biz Observed blog in 2006. He posted
until the day before his death on Nov. 13, 2013.