Also as to the people who are surprised by Pooh being top 10 in jersey sales still.... He has a HUGE following. For some it may be easy to forget with the recent emergence of certain superstars in the league / what have you done lately for me time frame we are in now but Derrick was THAT DUDE when he was on the court.
His size + Athleticism and sheer power and craft at finishing at the rim was the first of its kind we've seen from the PG position. He was doing what Russy is doing now (minus the Triple Doubles) before Russy. Not to mention he was the hometown Kid and #1 pick. Youngest MVP Ever, had no problem with going up against the big bad Miami Heat dolo basically. Boozer was inconsistent, and his starting 2 was Keith Bogans :x , albeit an *** whooping in 4-1 series that first year (I was there live for all games |I ) he put the team on his back and made stuff exciting and interesting.
I moved from Chicago down to Miami in 2014 and still to this day he is the jersey I see the most down here whether it be Bulls or Knicks he's got a large following. The Chicago Bulls jersey is iconic cause of Mike.. That #1 Rose though just looks so good, a lot of foreigners have that red bulls #1, crazy how often I see it down here. Also people just want to see other people bounce back and do well. The injuries ******* suck but it happens, it's happened to plenty of people before him and it will unfortunately continue.