1990-91 HOOPS DENNIS RODMAN ALL-STAR
DENNIS RODMAN IS A WEIRDO AND I LOVE HIM. COMPLETELY RESPECT SOMEONE WHO WOKE UP ONE DAY AND THOUGHT "I'M GOING TO GET EVERY REBOUND IN THE WORLD" AND GOES OUT AND DOES IT. OK SO NOW HE'S THE UNOFFICIAL AMBASSADOR TO NORTH KOREA AND IS PALSY-WALSY WITH TRUMP, BUT EVERYTHING IS SO GODDAMN STUPID RIGHT NOW WHO CARES.
REEEEBOOOOOOOUNDSSSSSS!!!!!!
RODMAN WAS AN ALL-STAR ONLY TWICE WHICH SEEMS STUPID. NO DEFENSE ALLOWED IN THE ALL-STAR GAME I GUESS. ALSO MINDBLOWING: THE WORM PLAYED FOR THE MAVERICKS??? I HAVE NO RECOLLECTION OF THIS. I NEED A BASKETBALL LEGENDS SET OF EVERY HALL OF FAMER WITH THEIR WEIRDEST TEAM. DOMINIQUE WITH THE MAGIC. PARISH WITH THE HORNETS. MCGRADY WITH THE HAWKS. THE WEIRDNESS INJECT IT INTO MY VEINS
ALSO THESE ALL-STAR CARDS ARE A PAIN IN THE ASS FOR A JUNK WAX SET. NO MORE BUYING UP BOXES CHEAP DUE TO THE MARK JACKSON SHENANIGANS EITHER
1996-97 TOPPS FINEST SHAWN KEMP
SHAWN KEMP IS A SIX TIME ALL-STAR BUT NOT IN THE HALL OF FAME LIKE DENNIS IS. MY BRAIN INSISTS TO ME THAT SHAWN HAS BEEN INDUCTED THOUGH AND ONE DAY MY BRAIN MAY BE RIGHT. NOT RIGHT NOW THOUGH BUT HE WAS REALLY GOOD WHEN I WAS PAYING A LOT OF ATTENTION TO THE NBA AND THAT COUNTS FOR SOMETHING. SHAWN'S WTF HE PLAYED WITH THEM TEAM IS: THE ORLANDO MAGIC. ALTHOUGH THOSE CAVS UNIFORMS HE HAD TO WEAR ARE AN ABOMINATION. UGH. SUPERSONIC FOR LIFE
I TRIPLE CHECKED SHAWN'S BASKETBALL-REFERENCE PAGE AND I STILL DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT 11.9 AVG STAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE. ALL THE OTHER CAREER BEST STATS FIT FOR THIS CARD BUT THAT ONE. POINTS PER GAME WOULD BE 19.6, REBOUNDS 11.4. THE ONLY ONE THAT FITS IS FIELD GOAL SHOTS PER GAME WHICH IS A VERY ODD STAT TO ATTACH TO 'AVG'. I WAS SO UPSET BY THIS THAT I COMPLETELY FORGOT TO COMPLAIN ABOUT THE BRONZE-SILVER-GOLD RARITY GIMMICK IN THIS SET. I MEAN IT'S BETTER THAN THE BASEBALL SET BECAUSE THE SILVER AND GOLDS ARE SEGREGATED TO THE HIGHER NUMBERS IN THE SERIES UNLIKE THE TRAINWRECK RANDOM-ASS BASEBALL SET BUT STILL
NO I HAVEN'T FREED THIS FINEST YET
2015-16 PANINI TOTALLY CERTIFIED
NOW THAT IT'S OVER AND DONE WITH JEFF TEAGUE WAS A REALLY DAN GOOD POINT GUARD FOR THE HAWKS. I NEVER APPRECIATED HIM BECAUSE I HAD BETTER MEMORIES OF GUYS LIKE DOC RIVERS, MOOKIE BLAYLOCK AND JASON TERRY. I ALSO ABANDONED BASKETBALL CARDS WHEN TOPPS LOST THE LICENSE SO I MISSED OUT ON CARDS FOR MOST OF HIS HAWKS CAREER. OF COURSE NOW WE HAVE TRAE WHO IS IMMEDIATELY THE BEST POINT GUARD IN HAWKS HISTORY SO NO REGRETS
ONE THING THAT FRUSTRATES ME ABOUT PANINI IS THAT SO MANY OF THEIR CARD DESIGNS ARE BORING AS HELL THEN SOMETHING LIKE THIS POPS UP WITH INSANE FOIL ETCHING AND IT'S LIKE, OH YEAH THEY ACTUALLY CAN DESIGN A GOOD LOOKING CARD IF THEY WANT. IS THIS A HIGH-END ISSUE? CAN'T BE THOSE ARE ON 700-POINT STOCK WITH ENAMEL GLAZING PRINTED WITH INK DERIVED FROM THE BLOOD OF ENDANGERED SQUIDS. STILL, A NICE LOOKIN' CARD WITH A COMPLEMENT FROM KING JAMES HIMSELF ON THE BACK
1995-96 UPPER DECK BASKETBALL HOLOGRAM SOMETHING OR OTHER GLENN ROBINSON
WHEN I SAW THIS CARD IN THE DIME BOX I HAD NO IDEA WHAT IT WAS AND NOW THAT I HAVE HAD THE TIME TO DO SOME RESEARCH ON IT I STILL HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THE HELL IT IS. IT'S GOT A 94-95 DESIGN BUT IT'S FROM 95-96. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S AN INSERT OR A STAND-ALONE SET OR A REDEMPTION OR WAS SOLD ON QVC. IT'S PROBABLY WORTH LESS THAN A DIME WHATEVER IT IS ESPECIALLY WITH THE BIG DING ON THE LOWER LEFT CORNER. BUT WHEN YOU SEE AN ODDBALL HOLOGRAM CARD IN A DIME BOX, BY GUM, IT'S PRACTICALLY IMMORAL NOT TO SNAP IT UP
NUMBER ONE OVERALL PICK BY THE BUCKS, PLAYED PRETTY WELL FOR A WHILE, HAD ONE GOOD YEAR WITH THE HAWKS, WON A TITLE WITH THE SPURS AND FELL OFF THE FACE OF THE EARTH. OH JESUS, HIS KID PLAYED FOR DETROIT THIS YEAR, I'M SO DAMN OLD
2007-08 FLEER CHRIS BOSH 61-62 RETRO
AYYYY GEORGIA TECH GUY. THERE WAS ONCE A TIME WHERE I LIKED PLAYERS BECAUSE THEY WENT TO A LOCAL COLLEGE, NOW THEY BARELY PLAY COLLEGE BALL. AND WHY SHOULD THEY SINCE THE NCAA IS RIPPING THEM OFF. I HONESTLY HAVE NO MEMORY OF BOSH AT TECH OR TORONTO. TO ME HE'S THE GUY WHO SAW LEBRON AND DWAYNE AND WAS ALL "YEAH THAT'S A GOOD PLACE TO BE". AND WHY NOT?
I LOVE THIS FLEER SET AND NOT JUST BECAUSE THERE ARE THREE, COUNT 'EM, THREE RETRO INSERT/PARALLEL SETS. 61-62. 87-88 AND 86-87 ROOKIE. 224 RETRO CARDS FOR A 235 CARD BASE SET FUCK YEAH. I WISH PANINI WOULD ABSORB UPPER DECK LIKE THE GIGANTIC ALIEN BLOB THAT THEY ARE SO THEY COULD START SWIPING ALL THE COOL RETRO DESIGNS. 80S FLEER, 90S HOLOGRAMS, 00S... WELL NOT A LOT OF GREAT OPTIONS IN THE 00S EXCEPT RETRO REHASHES
RETRO RETRO AWWWWW YEAAAAAAAAHHHHHH
YOU MAY THINK THAT THIS POST ENDS WITH A RAPTORS CARD BECAUSE THAT'S WHO I'M PULLING FOR IN THE FINALS. THIS IS NOT CORRECT ALTHOUGH JEREMY LIN WITH A RING WOULD BE FANTASTIC. I AM ROOTING FOR WHATEVER OUTCOME EVENTUALLY CONVINCES KEVIN DURANT TO SIGN WITH THE HAWKS SO HE CAN PLAY WITH HIS BUDDY TRAE. 4 GAME WARRIOR SWEEP AND KEVIN GETS BORED AND TRIES TO WIN A TITLE ELSEWHERE TO PROVE HIMSELF? GREAT. A HEARTBREAKING LOSS IN GAME 7 PROMTING A WARRIORS' BREAKUP? SURE, FINE. I MEAN, REALISTICALLY THE HAWKS WILL BE LUCKY IF VINCE RE-SIGNS BUT A GUY CAN DREAM RIGHT
4 comments:
That 1995-96 Glen Robinson hologram looks so familiar. I have cards similar to that one, but they're foils, not holograms.
Was super curious so I headed over to Beckett and COMC. Looks like your hologram is a Special Edition Hologram that was inserted into French, German, Italian, and Japanese packs of 1995-96 Collector's Choice International. The foil ones I'm familiar with are from the 1994-95 Upper Deck packs.
@Fuji aha no wonder I couldn't find them if they were inserted into Collector's Choice
I have a ton of those foil cards and maybe have already shown them off in a previous post
Shawn Kemp was a beast... A BEEEAAAASSSTTTTT!!!! I have a small collection of his as well, cards as a Supersonic always take precedence. Dennis Rodman is a knucklehead, but he sure was good at grabbing balls :)
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