With the NBA's top 75 at 75 it dawned on me that I basically had no KG in my collection, so decided to grab some low end offerings just to see what some cards looked like in hand and to at least be able to say I had something of each of the top 75.
I can't believe you took time to put these cards in a mailday section....
00-01 Topps No Limit - The Wolves blue jersey against this backdrop made it look like KG was playing in the Mariana Trench with SpongeBob. Not sure why I picked it up, but why not I suppose...
00-01 Fleer Tradition - Courting History - an insert for players looking to put themselves into the history books. Nice up close colour action shot against a faded sepia backdrop. Has a comparison to the Big O on the back as both being well rounded players, so had to pick it up.
99-00 Skybox Premium Majestic - Was keen to have a look at the matte finish, and it;s just not my cup of tea , nice enough design and love the fonts used but nothing really pops - really flat and muted, but I shouldn’t be so surprised for a matte card.
99-00 Topps Stadium Club Chrome True Colors - One word for these cards - vivid! In hand these colours are about as lucid as it gets - true colors indeed! the truest blue and green you'll ever see....
00-01 Upper Deck Hardcourt Court Forces - Some real serious bling to these cards and nicely put together - kind of like Prizm before there was prizm but with the nicer holofoil finish. Surprised they’re so cheap tbh.
00-01 Upper Deck Encore - Upper Realm - Nice glean and finish to these cards which changes from a yellowish green to a reddy brown, but really have to get it in the right light. but on the whole is a little dark. Great action shot though - throw it down big fella!
99-00 Upper Deck Retro NBA Fast Forward - Love this all chrome / foil type finish and the intricacies with the card design really stand out under lights.
00-01 Upper Deck Game Jersey Edition - Touch the Sky - Nice subtle shimmer through the middle and the pic matches the name of the insert with LG literally doing his bst to touch the sky - great pic! Some really nice unique celtic / rune type font at the top of the card.
96-97 Fleer Franchise Future - Second year KG with the embossed player image and confetti foil background make for the birthday cake of all basketball cards. Conceptually great, execution lacked a bit..
99-00 Upper Deck Gold Reserve Gold Strike - A nice bit of kit, the gold foil really is a nice touch - looks like a much more higher end product.
98-99 Upper Deck Encore - Driving Forces - Not sure why, but really drawn to the bluish purpley shimmer on this card and ballzy Upper Deck logo prominently featured on the front of it seems to work well too. Has that nice futuristic matrix hexagonal hologram thing going for it. In a bunch of cards my eye tends to be drawn to this for some reason.....
00-01 Upper Deck Encore Vertical Forces - Subtle shimmer, great colour scheme and design which works really well with the T-Wolves jersey.
02-03 Topps Verticality - Love everything about this insert, the finish, the font, the awesome pics. Set chase mode - enabled!
00-01 Upper Deck Hardcourt Thriller Instinct - This card did a lot of things right - the debossed hardcourt parquetry background, holofoi court markings and nice full action shot front and centre, Quite underappreciated imo.
99-00 Fleer Tradition - Masters of the Hardwood - Nice player embossed action shot with the player silhouette in the background which adds yet another level of depth. A lot of effort went into these so always surprised they don't get more hobby love.
00-01 Fleer Showcase HIStory - really well executed concept with the biography / history angle and the small die cutting of the three book spines to emphasise that bookshelf or library feel. really hard to find many of these in good nick.
00-01 Upper Deck Slam - Air Supremacy - Sick, sick, sick acetate inserts which again, might be up for set chase consideration.
97-98 Skybox Z-Force - Super Boss - Not just a boss, but a super boss, which tends to sum up KG's attitude both on and off the court. Nice embossed player image and finish. Golden parquetry ftw!
97-98 Topps Stadium Club Triumverate Luminous - Die cutting insanity - and yes, those lightning bolts are die cut out of the card too. Highlighting on the card for the electric blue lightning and orange on the logo really, stand out in a good way and it makes it a top shelf and highly desired card. Obviously extremely condition sensitive but definitely one worth getting hold of in hand if you can. The attention to detail on these cards is some next level cardistry...
The Jersey Cards
09-10 SP Game Used Combo Materials /499 with DIrk Nowitzki - Great card with two of all time great PFs who came to define an era. Both champions in their own right but like chalk n cheese in many others.
09-10 SP Game Used Combo Materials /499 with Ray Allen - My favourite KG card with Ray Ray as they captured that title for the Cs in 2008 and brought high level basketball back to Beantown and the start of the BIg 3 era. Let's not mention the whole Ray Ray Miami Heat drama....
The Scribble - errr, no autos yet, a fella has to know when to stay in his lane.
...and that in its entirety is my very low tier KG collection, 95% of which has been picked up very, very recently.
Thanks for stopping by and having a look and a read, make sure to share your maildays folks!
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I can't believe you took time to put these cards in a mailday section....
00-01 Topps No Limit - The Wolves blue jersey against this backdrop made it look like KG was playing in the Mariana Trench with SpongeBob. Not sure why I picked it up, but why not I suppose...
00-01 Fleer Tradition - Courting History - an insert for players looking to put themselves into the history books. Nice up close colour action shot against a faded sepia backdrop. Has a comparison to the Big O on the back as both being well rounded players, so had to pick it up.
99-00 Skybox Premium Majestic - Was keen to have a look at the matte finish, and it;s just not my cup of tea , nice enough design and love the fonts used but nothing really pops - really flat and muted, but I shouldn’t be so surprised for a matte card.
99-00 Topps Stadium Club Chrome True Colors - One word for these cards - vivid! In hand these colours are about as lucid as it gets - true colors indeed! the truest blue and green you'll ever see....
00-01 Upper Deck Hardcourt Court Forces - Some real serious bling to these cards and nicely put together - kind of like Prizm before there was prizm but with the nicer holofoil finish. Surprised they’re so cheap tbh.
00-01 Upper Deck Encore - Upper Realm - Nice glean and finish to these cards which changes from a yellowish green to a reddy brown, but really have to get it in the right light. but on the whole is a little dark. Great action shot though - throw it down big fella!
99-00 Upper Deck Retro NBA Fast Forward - Love this all chrome / foil type finish and the intricacies with the card design really stand out under lights.
00-01 Upper Deck Game Jersey Edition - Touch the Sky - Nice subtle shimmer through the middle and the pic matches the name of the insert with LG literally doing his bst to touch the sky - great pic! Some really nice unique celtic / rune type font at the top of the card.
96-97 Fleer Franchise Future - Second year KG with the embossed player image and confetti foil background make for the birthday cake of all basketball cards. Conceptually great, execution lacked a bit..
99-00 Upper Deck Gold Reserve Gold Strike - A nice bit of kit, the gold foil really is a nice touch - looks like a much more higher end product.
98-99 Upper Deck Encore - Driving Forces - Not sure why, but really drawn to the bluish purpley shimmer on this card and ballzy Upper Deck logo prominently featured on the front of it seems to work well too. Has that nice futuristic matrix hexagonal hologram thing going for it. In a bunch of cards my eye tends to be drawn to this for some reason.....
00-01 Upper Deck Encore Vertical Forces - Subtle shimmer, great colour scheme and design which works really well with the T-Wolves jersey.
02-03 Topps Verticality - Love everything about this insert, the finish, the font, the awesome pics. Set chase mode - enabled!
00-01 Upper Deck Hardcourt Thriller Instinct - This card did a lot of things right - the debossed hardcourt parquetry background, holofoi court markings and nice full action shot front and centre, Quite underappreciated imo.
99-00 Fleer Tradition - Masters of the Hardwood - Nice player embossed action shot with the player silhouette in the background which adds yet another level of depth. A lot of effort went into these so always surprised they don't get more hobby love.
00-01 Fleer Showcase HIStory - really well executed concept with the biography / history angle and the small die cutting of the three book spines to emphasise that bookshelf or library feel. really hard to find many of these in good nick.
00-01 Upper Deck Slam - Air Supremacy - Sick, sick, sick acetate inserts which again, might be up for set chase consideration.
97-98 Skybox Z-Force - Super Boss - Not just a boss, but a super boss, which tends to sum up KG's attitude both on and off the court. Nice embossed player image and finish. Golden parquetry ftw!
97-98 Topps Stadium Club Triumverate Luminous - Die cutting insanity - and yes, those lightning bolts are die cut out of the card too. Highlighting on the card for the electric blue lightning and orange on the logo really, stand out in a good way and it makes it a top shelf and highly desired card. Obviously extremely condition sensitive but definitely one worth getting hold of in hand if you can. The attention to detail on these cards is some next level cardistry...
The Jersey Cards
09-10 SP Game Used Combo Materials /499 with DIrk Nowitzki - Great card with two of all time great PFs who came to define an era. Both champions in their own right but like chalk n cheese in many others.
09-10 SP Game Used Combo Materials /499 with Ray Allen - My favourite KG card with Ray Ray as they captured that title for the Cs in 2008 and brought high level basketball back to Beantown and the start of the BIg 3 era. Let's not mention the whole Ray Ray Miami Heat drama....
The Scribble - errr, no autos yet, a fella has to know when to stay in his lane.
...and that in its entirety is my very low tier KG collection, 95% of which has been picked up very, very recently.
Thanks for stopping by and having a look and a read, make sure to share your maildays folks!
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