Saturday, 11 April 2020

2020 Adventures in Repacks: Part 15.4 - Basketball Cubism

1992 Hoops - Gundars Vetra - Wiki tells me he was the first Latvian to play in the NBA. Cool!
1992 Stad. Club - Rod Strickland
1993 Hoops 5th - Blair Rasmussen
1990 Fleer - John Salley
1994 Finest - Clifford Robinson - Still unpeeled!
2013 Hoops - Trevor Booker
2016 Hoops - Jarrett Jack
2011 Hoops - Sam Young
2016 Donruss - Ivica Zubac - I swear, the font made me wonder "Who the heck was Juica Zubac"?
1990 Fleer - George McCloud - If I have a card of CHIEF yesterday, I might as well complete the Pod People set with a MCCLOUD!
1992 Stad. Club - Tony Bennett
1995 E-XL - Tracy Murray - An original Raptor, and probably the first to have two separate stints with the team.
1990 Hoops - Divac/Marciulionus
1995 Coll. Choice - Antonio Harvey - Again, proof you can have a fun card that features bench players.
1990 Hoops - Bill Wennington
2003 Victory - Mike Bibby
2018 Hoops - Mike Bibby
1994 UD - Charles Oakley
1994 UD - Duane Causwell
1989 Hoops - Will Perdue
1992 Stad. Club - Paul Pressey
1994 Skybox - LaPhonso Ellis/Tom Gugliotta
1999 UD - Chris Crawford
2001 Maximum - Joe Smith
2000 Tradition - Kenny Thomas - Keep the Tradition cards coming! (Actually, this is the last one in this)
2009 Prestige Bonus Shots Orange /300 - Chris Paul - Pretty good player to land a numbered parallel.
1993 Stad. Club - Rumeal Robinson
1989 Hoops - Reggie Theus
1993 Fleer - Ron Harper
1996 Hoops - Jayson Williams
1996 Coll. Choice Spanish - Nick Anderson
1989 Hoops - Charles Oakley
1993 Skybox - John Stockton
1993 Hoops - Steve Smith - Has there ever been a more intense concentration on dribbling?
1990 Fleer - Dana Barros
1992 UD - Tim Perry
1990 Hoops - Willie Anderson
1992 Ultra - Buck Johnson
2018 Hoops - Julius Erving - Gotta scan a Dr. J appearance!
1992 Stad. Club - Mike Sanders
2002 Fleer Platinum Finish /100 - DeShawn Stevenson - With the Hawkins from Day #1 being /99, this wasn't even the lowest numbered card in this.
2015 Prizm - Matthew Dellavedova
1995 Coll. Choice Platinum Player's Club - Rex Walters - The final parallel in this. My scanner remains filthy.
1990 Fleer - Byron Scott
1991 UD - Negele Knight
1992 Stad. Club - Morlon Wiley
1993 Fleer - Kenny Anderson
1992 Fleer - Ledell Eackles
1990 Hoops - Danny Manning
1993 Fleer - Donald Royal
1994 Ultra - Jim McIlvane
1993 Stad. Club - Terry Mills
1994 UD - Bill Curley
1991 UD - Ron Anderson
1993 Hoops - Ron Anderson - If I get back-to-back cards of the same player in any of these, I'm scanning both of 'em. Even if it looks like he's blocking his own teammate on one.
1997 Score Board Rookies - Kobe Bryant - Unlicensed Kobe mojo!
1991 UD - Alvin Robertson
2014 Hoops - Russell Westbrook
1989 Hoops - Phil Jackson
1996 Hoops - Zan Tabak - Another original Raptor!
1990 Fleer - Thurl Bailey
1994 UD - Monty williams
1997 Z-Force - Calbert Cheaney - Trippy!
1994 Hoops - BJ Armstrong
1993 Stad. Club - LaBradford Smith
1991 UD - Kevin Johnson/John Stockton
2016 Donruss - Stanley Johnson
2015 Contenders - Gordon Hayward - Random NCAA card!
2016 Optic - Norman Powell - That's a great way to end this - a Raptors card.

So, there's your repack. And it was probably the best of the 3 for lots of surprises and unexpected cards as I went through this.

Friday, 10 April 2020

2020 Adventures in Repacks: Part 15.3 - Basketball Cubism

2003 Finite - Kobe Bryant - Now that's a great way to start with a numbered Kobe. In terms of COMC value, probably the best card in this.
1990 Hoops - Bob Weiss
1990 Hoops - Robert Parish - CHIEF!
1999 SP Top Prospects - Arthur Lee - The second hit in this cube. Lee never played a game in the NBA, but had a good career overseas.
1999 Hoops - Charles Oakley
1996 Coll. Choice - Mario Elie
1993 Hoops - Charles Smith
1994 UD - Chris Gatling
1990 Hooops - Karl Malone
1993 Skybox - Lucious Harris - Gotta scan a card of a guy named Lucious.
1992 Skybox - Mookie Blaylock
1996 Coll. Choice - Checklist
1993 Hoops - Anthony Avent
1994 Ultra - Kevin Willis
1996 UD - Joe Dumars - Much like ghastly designs weren't exclusive to baseball with 1995 Fleer, game-dated photos weren't exclusive for UD baseball.
1992 UD - David Wingate
1997 Ultra - Dean Garrett
1994 Stad. Club - Gary Payton
1991 UD - Magic Johnson
1993 Ultra - John Salley
1994 UD - Ken Norman
1989 Hoops - Otis Smith
1993 UD - Rumeal Robinson
1994 UD - Kevin Gamble

2008 Topps Signature /2325 - Spencer Hawes - Another numbered card.
2001 Playmakers - Shawn Marion
1999 UD - Antawn Jamison
1994 UD - Rockets Team
1989 Fleer - Blair Rasmussen - A nice '89, and a nice look at the skyline uniforms.
1994 UD SE - Sean Rooks
1992 Ultra - Alonzo Mourning - Not a bad rookie to get.

2009 Prestige Orange /300 - Jeff Teague - Also one in numbered form. And he still saw action this season.
1990 Hoops - Kevin Willis
1994 Hoops - Latrell Sprewell

2003 Tradition - Shandon Anderson - Another nice attempt at a Heritage-ish design.
1992 Ultra - Rolando Blackman
2013 Hoops - Tiago Splitter
2016 Donruss - CJ McCollum
2012 Prestige - Jameer Nelson
2015 Donruss - Kyrie Irving - Again, these borders are so great in this release.
2017 Hoops - Myles Turner
2016 Hoops - TJ Warren
1993 UD - David Benoit
1993 UD - Donald Hodge
1996 Choice - Shawn Bradley
1996 Topps - Detlef Schrempf
1999 Topps - Joe Smith
1990 Hoops - Mark Jackson - I was not expecting to come across this in any repack product any more after the (in)famous courtsiders were identified. At least I can use the 'true crime' label again.
1996 Skybox - Loy Vaught
1992 UD - Magic Johnson
1990 Hoops - Bob Thornton
1989 Hoops - Tree Rollins
1992 Stad. Club - Mark Randall
1992 Topps - Glen Rice
1990 Fleer - Rick Mahorn
1992 Stad. Club - Dale Ellis
1994 Stad. Club - Grant Long
1990 Hoops - John Morton
1992 Ultra - Richard Dumas
1989 Hoops - Morlon Wiley
1992 Skybox - Scott Brooks
2004 Showcase - Bob Sura - Probably the shiniest card in the repack.
1992 UD - Gerald Wilkins
1990 Hoops - Rolando Blackman
1989 Hoops - Jack Sikma
1990 Skybox - Paul Pressey
1993 Fleer - Frank Brickowski
1992 Stad. Club - Jeff Grayer
1994 UD - Dominique Wilkins
2018 Hoops - Darius Miller
1990 Fleer - Robert Hansen - He's listed as Bobby on his other cards. Given what you'd get when you search 'Robert Hansen' today, that's for the best.
1992 UD - Frank Brickowski
1990 Skybox - Antoine Carr
1991 UD - Bernard King
1993 Ultra - Doug Christie
1989 Fleer - Vern Fleming - And there you have it.

Only one more post left from this cube.

Thursday, 9 April 2020

2020 Adventures in Repacks: Part 15.2 - Basketball Cubism

1990 Fleer - Muggsy Bogues - Always a fun player to start off with.
1992 UD - Avery Johnson
1990 Fleer - Tyrone Corbin
1992 Stad. Club - Adam Keefe
1997 Scoreboard - Tony Battie
1993 Fleer - Anthony Bonner
1992 UD - Fred Roberts
2009 National Treasures /99 - Connie Hawkins - Much like the Cup card in the hockey cube, I was not expecting anything from such a high end set in this - base card or otherwise.
1996 Ultra - Jason Kidd
1990 Hoops - Jerome Lane
1989 Fleer - Kiki Vandeweghe - 1989 Fleer was about as old as the cards in this got. Gotta love saying a name like Kiki Vandeweghe.
1992 Hoops - Bill Fitch - Coach card!
1990 Fleer - Gerald Wilkins
1996 Coll. Choice - Dennis Rodman
1999 Skybox - Byron Russell
1992 Topps Gold - Terry Cummings - Random parallel!
1994 Fleer - Lloyd Daniels
1990 Hoops - John 'Hot Rod' Williams
1990 Topps - Vernon Maxwell
2014 Hoops - Harrison Barnes
2016 Hoops - Brandon Knight
2013 Panini - Tyler Hansborough - The Raptors content in this quarter.
1989 Hoops - Ralph Samson
2012 Hoops - Mike Brown
1992 Hoops - Bob McCann
1992 Topps - Jon Koncak
1994 Coll. Choice - Derrick Coleman
1991 Hoops - Loy Vaught
1990 Fleer - Byron Scott
2018 Hoops - Justin Jackson - Alternate uni!
2006 UD - Carlos Arroyo
2000 Tradition - Lamar Odom - This will be about as close as I'll get to Heritage in this.
2006 Fleer - Al Jefferson - Random Celtics card.
1993 UD - Lionel Simmons - How to make an interesting card out of someone sitting on the bench.
1994 UD - AC Green
2000 Tradition - Anthony Peeler - I'll probably scan all these Tradition cards.
1989 Hoops - Tod Murphy
1994 Hoops - Vin Baker
1993 Ultra - Terry Dehere - Great photo - I love how the ball is completely against the black background.
1996 Hoops - Antoine Carr
1993 UD - Dwayne Schintzius
1989 Hoops - Nate McMillan
1990 Hoops - David Wingate
1991 UD - Alaa Abdelnaby
1991 UD - Billy Owens/Larry Johnson
1989 Hoops - Roy Tarpley
1993 Fleer - Donald Royal
1992 Stad. Club - Chris Smith
1993 Fleer - Harold Miner
1989 Fleer - Ledell Eackles
2003 Topps - Chris Webber
1990 Skybox - Detlef Schrempf
1992 Fleer - Rex Chapman
1994 Ultra - Carlos Rogers
1990 Fleer - Derrick McKey
2007 Stad. Club - Mehmet Okur - Probably my favourite photo in the bunch - most of the backboard photos are vertical.
2010 Contenders - Sasha Vujacic - Always a favourite design of mine with the ticket motif.
1993 Hoops - Stanley Roberts
1993 Fleer - Sam Mitchell
2009 Prestige Light Blue /999 - Eric Maynor - Another numbered card.
1996 Hoops - Shawn Respert

1992 Topps - Walter Palmer - How not to have an interesting photo of someone sitting on the bench. Walter looks completely bored with everything.
1993 Hoops - Dennis Scott
1995 Fleer - Reggie Miller - Again. Hideous 1995 Fleer designs weren't limited to baseball.
1994 UD - David Robinson
1990 Skybox - Olden Polynice
1993 Fleer - Dale Davis
1992 Topps - Harold Miner
1993 Fleer - Larry Krystowiak
1991 Skybox - Reggie Theus
1995 Metal - Eric Montross
2015 Prizm - Jarrett Jack - And there's the end of this group.