BLACK FRIDAY COMC PICKUPS - PART 45: SET FAIL

 WE'VE HIT THE SECOND GINORMOUS POST OF THE COMC BLACK FRIDAY BINGE. AS STATED BEFORE, I REALLY REALLY WANTED TO KNOCK OUT SOME SETS AND THE TWO BIG ONES I WAS CLOSEST TO COMPLETING WERE 1976 TOPPS BASEBALL AND 1979-80 BASKETBALL. THE 1976 CARDS WERE TOO SPENDY BUT 70S HOOPS ARE CHEAP. I ONLY NEEDED ELEVEN CARDS TO COMPLETE THE SET SO HERE WE GOOOOOOOOO

A WHOLE BIG PILE OF 1979-80 TOPPS BASKETBALL CARDS

#14 BERNARD KING

HALL OF FAMER WHO COULD HAVE BEEN EVEN BETTER IF NOT FOR A HORRIFIC LEG INJURY IN THE MIDDLE OF HIS BEST SEASON. HIS CARDS ARE ALL UNDERRATED BUT I AM GLAD I ALREADY HAVE HIS 78-79 ROOKIE

#32 GAIL GOODRICH

ANOTHER FORGOTTEN HALL OF FAMER. GAIL WON TWO TITLES WITH UCLA AND ANOTHER WITH THE LAKERS WHILE PUTTING UP 20 A NIGHT FOR MOST OF HIS CAREER

#44 REGGIE THEUS RC

REGGIE WAS A SCORING MACHINE AND TWO TIME ALL STAR FOR CHICAGO, ALTHOUGH I REMEMBER HIM FOR THAT ONE SEASON IN ATLANTA WHERE HE DIDN'T GEL WITH NIQUE AND MOSES. THIS ROOKIE CARD WAS THE ONE I WAS MOST CONCERNED I'D HAVE TO PAY A PREMIUM FOR, BUT I GOT THIS ONE FOR NINETY-FIVE CENTS PROBABLY THANKS TO ALL THAT SNOW ON THE IMAGE

#66 JACK SIKMA

ANOTHER HALL OF FAMER WHO WAS A BIG PART OF SEATTLE'S ONLY NBA CHAMPIONSHIP. JACK WOULD FIT IN WELL WITH TODAY'S BIG GUYS AT CENTER WHO LOVE TO CHUCK UP SOME THREES

#68 BILL ROBINZINE

THE GUY WHO TOOK THE BRUNT OF DARRYL DAWKINS' BACKBOARD SHATTERING DUNK, ROBINZINE WAS A GOOD REBOUNDING POWER FOWARD

#116 CHARLES JOHNSON

A SOLID GUARD WHO WON TITLES WITH GOLDEN STATE AND WASHINGTON

#120 RICK BARRY

HALL OF FAMER, ROOKIE OF THE YEAR, ABA LEGEND, TWELVE TIME ALL STAR, ALL STAR MVP, FINALS MVP, NBA CHAMPION, AND UNDERHAND FREE THROW SHOOTER. ALSO CO-STARRED WITH DR. J IN THE GREATEST COMIC AD EVER

#126 LEON DOUGLAS

A BIG TOUGH CENTER WHO HAD A LONG CAREER PLAYING IN EUROPE AND LATER BECAME A COLLEGE HEAD COACH

#127 JOHN LUCAS

PLAYED POINT GUARD FOR 14 YEARS BEFORE GOING INTO COACHING. LUCAS IS CURRENTLY AN ASSISTANT FOR HOUSTON

#132 BOBBY JONES

THE FIFTH HALL OF FAMER OF THE BUNCH, JONES IS ONE OF THE BEST DEFENDERS EVER AND WON A CHAMPIONSHIP AND THE FIRST SIXTH MAN AWARD WITH THE 76ERS IN 1983 

FIVE OUT OF TEN CARDS WERE HALL OF FAMERS AND I GOT THEM ALL FOR UNDER EIGHT BUCKS. WAIT, DIDN'T I SAY I NEEDED ELEVEN CARDS FOR THE SET? YEP, I GOOFED. THE LAST CARD I NEEDED TO COMPLETE THE THING WAS JAMAAL WILKES. I HAD HIS CARD OPEN IN A TAB AND FORGOT TO BUY IT. SO NO COMPLETE SET FOR ME. WHILE I CAN'T SHOW OFF THE SET I CAN SHOW OFF ALL THE COMPLETED PAGES, SIX IN ALL!

I DON'T HAVE THE SET, BUT I STILL HAVE THE CHASE. NOW I NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT VINTAGE HOOPS SET TO COMPLETE NEXT