My basketball jersey collection got some fantastic additions this week. I now have in my possession, what I consider to be the 4 coolest NBA jerseys out right now.
You may have seen my previous post about buying cheap jerseys on Alibaba. My World Cup jerseys still aren't in yet (at least they've shipped), but my NBA jerseys managed to arrive here in the USA the day that I got back from vacation. That is less than 2 weeks since my order was originally placed.
Usually, shipments from Alibaba can take at least a month to receive here in North America. I think I got lucky with the seller shipping next day and the shipping companies not fumbling the package. The specific store that I purchased from is https://yufajinchukou.en.alibaba.com/. Although they didn't have quite the extended selection of players/teams, they did have the ones that I wanted most, and the quality is absolutely so great now that I've seen them in person.
You can see in the photos that I went with the following 4 jerseys:
- - LaMelo Ball's#2 Charlotte Hornets "City"
- - Ja Morant's#12 Memphis Grizzlies "Vancouver Throwback"
- - Dwayne Wade's#3 Miami Heat "Vice Nights"
- - Devin Booker's#1 Phoenix Suns "City"
I put them in order of which designs I like best, that Ball jersey is my new favorite jersey of all time. I totally love how they included the honeycomb pattern and it has my favorite colors with a flashy new player in the league.
The prices on Alibaba are insanely low. You can't find a cheaper place to purchase jerseys and they arrive nearly identical to regular-priced jerseys on NBA teams' official stores. I went with the swingman style, which has always been my favorite. The letters and numbers are stitched on nicely with these. On average I paid about $16/jersey, that is with the included cost of international shipping from Asia.
Here in the United States, you can expect the prices of basketball jerseys to be:
Replica jerseys $50-75
Swingman jerseys $80-160
Authentic jerseys $240-270
That means that for a price cheaper than a single swingman jersey here in the USA, I was able to get four jerseys. I spent only $63 in total, now that is quite some savings.
I was so freaking hyped to get these in and the fact that they are already here is pretty surreal. I took the notion of trying on each of them so I could share with you here just how badass these jerseys are. The total number of basketball jerseys in my collection is now up to 13.
I am curious though, do you agree with my thoughts that these are the coolest jerseys in the NBA? If not, which ones are better in your eyes? I'd love to know, leave a comment below.
Shoutout to @flowerbaby for helping me take these photos, despite being a VERY sleepy girl.