I don't think it always matters what year the jerseys came in (for example the Shaq jersey... Nike still made them even though he never really wore it--but in this case Van Exel was still on the Lakers that season and wore Nike).
There are a number of cases where jerseys were made of a player...
I knew the seller of the AK47 was American, just pointing that out since bjede seemed to have a heightened suspicion of "Chinese" sellers.
That Chengzheng guy with the Kobe 24 is Canadian and saying he's suspicious because of his name is like saying watch out for people named Johnson, Smith...