Another one of my side collections is my collection of Asian players who have made it to the best league in the world. Most of them are from China, teammates of Yao Ming, such as Yi Jianlian, Sun Yue, Mengke Bateer and Wang Zhizhi. There's also the Michael Jordan of Japan, Yuta Tabuse who player a couple of games in the Suns jersey and Ha Seung Jin of Korea who have lasted good 3 years in the league before being demoted to the NBDL and eventually out of the US. The latest addition features Taiwanese American Jeremy Lin who fought discrimination and stereotype throughout his college career to make the NBA last year... anyway, here are their cards:
04-05 SP Authentic RC Extra Limited - a pretty rare parallel of this rookie card, I am still looking for many of his rarer cards which I believe are sitting in people's junk piles
01-02 Upper Deck Flight Team RC Gold - not really that rare, 50 copies in the world, but once again I believe most are in junk piles or have reached the incinerator long ago. I need another 14 of his cards (mostly parallels) to finish this collection, any help would be much appreciated.
08 Topps eTopps - the worst Asian player (in my opinion) to have made the NBA, mainly due to marketing purposes.
10-11 Playoff Contenders Patches Rookie Ticket - Mr Lin's autos have been selling quite well, this one features a piece of manufactured patch
10-11 Prestige RC 210 Draft Picks Rights Autograph - one of his first 2 RC autos that were released
10-11 Absolute Memorabilia RC Spectrum Signature Gold - more Lin auto
10-11 Rookies And Stars Longevity RC Signature - more Lin auto
07-08 Topps Co-Signers RC Autograph - a pretty consistent performer in my opinion, let's hope he will get some reasonable playing time in Dallas
07-08 Topps Luxury Box Rookie Relic Autograph Gold - a rarer version of a neat looking RC auto jersey card
07-08 Topps Trademark Moves Trademark Relic In The Paint Blue - a low numbered patch that is quite hard to find
10-11 Classics Blast From The Past Jersey Prime - a many colored patch that would have been really really nice if the window is bigger
Overall, the cards presented may not be that exciting but many of these are quite rare and made great additions to my PC. Thanks for looking!!
04-05 SP Authentic RC Extra Limited - a pretty rare parallel of this rookie card, I am still looking for many of his rarer cards which I believe are sitting in people's junk piles
01-02 Upper Deck Flight Team RC Gold - not really that rare, 50 copies in the world, but once again I believe most are in junk piles or have reached the incinerator long ago. I need another 14 of his cards (mostly parallels) to finish this collection, any help would be much appreciated.
08 Topps eTopps - the worst Asian player (in my opinion) to have made the NBA, mainly due to marketing purposes.
10-11 Playoff Contenders Patches Rookie Ticket - Mr Lin's autos have been selling quite well, this one features a piece of manufactured patch
10-11 Prestige RC 210 Draft Picks Rights Autograph - one of his first 2 RC autos that were released
10-11 Absolute Memorabilia RC Spectrum Signature Gold - more Lin auto
10-11 Rookies And Stars Longevity RC Signature - more Lin auto
07-08 Topps Co-Signers RC Autograph - a pretty consistent performer in my opinion, let's hope he will get some reasonable playing time in Dallas
07-08 Topps Luxury Box Rookie Relic Autograph Gold - a rarer version of a neat looking RC auto jersey card
07-08 Topps Trademark Moves Trademark Relic In The Paint Blue - a low numbered patch that is quite hard to find
10-11 Classics Blast From The Past Jersey Prime - a many colored patch that would have been really really nice if the window is bigger
Overall, the cards presented may not be that exciting but many of these are quite rare and made great additions to my PC. Thanks for looking!!
Looks like a Luc Longley kind of build!
