Kool rookie cards for my kid

Hey yall, quick little story. I'll start with 2 quick questions for yall...

1. When you were 5, who were the best (with hindsight) rookie draftees that year?

For me it's the '84 draft freaks: Hakeem, MJ, Barkley, Stockton.

2. Would you have loved it if your parents got you a bunch of RC's or cool bball cards for Christmas and Bday gifts, even if they were cheapies?

So on Christmas morning, my kid opens up a little presentation box that had in it:

1. DRose base Prizm refractor
2. Rubio base Prizm refractor
3. ADavis Prizm Team USA insert
4. BKnight Prizm base auto
5. MKG Cracked Ice
6. Marquis Teague 1/1 printing plate from Leaf
7. Jae Crowder 1/1 printing plate from Leaf
8. Dion Waiters State Pride on-card base from Leaf
9. Tyler Zeller so money /25 auto from Leaf
10.Terrence Jones Rookie roll call 8/49 auto
11.Marquis Teague Rookie roll call /199 auto
12.Jimmy Butler threads on-card auto
13.10-11 prestige JLin base /999, but graded PSA10

And yep all the cards are sleeved, loaded and bagged, and my kid knows not to open, bend, drop, play with 'em. They're "special" cards that get packed away in the little display box and get put away safely and nicely.

Man if my parents hadda given that kinda stuff to me each Christmas and BDay since a lil chap, I'd be cheerin' and be able to hand em down to my kids, or sold em in times of need or sell and reinvest yknow?

It wasn't too expensive an event, (apart from the "real" card that never came in the mail in time [JLin totally green ] and the reason why I first decided to do this), but it did take a lot of thinking and hunting.

And I'll do it all again come BDay time, and next Christmas for any kid I have in the future.

Hey euge, a good idea I did for my son is to spell his name with sp by the letter patch autos looks sweet framed

Aww sick idea!

I got my 3 yr old a new folder and a whole bunch of new base/inserts of his favourite players
(jordan, lebron, rose, melo, kobe, durant etc) My son has never heard of these rookies so he has no interest in their cards.

He plays with his cards EVERYDAY. Re arranging them, sorting them out into teams, sets etc, even trading with me.
Takes his folder wherever he goes. Basically enjoying the hobby the way i believe a kid should.

I couldnt imagine it being too much fun for 3 or 5 yr old to not be able to play with cards he was given.
I could care less if he damages them. They're his cards. Plus hes always asking for more anyways lol

Answer to question 1

Lew Alcindor ( Kareem Abdul Jabbar ) and yes I have a rookie card of his

Answer to question 2

My parents used to buy packs of scanlens footy cards for me , wish I knew where they were now as the saints cards would go very well in my saints pc

Awesome idea man, what a lucky kid.

I got my partners son into collecting cards mainly Pokemon and MJ, bought him a few tins for Christmas so he got all the RARE EX cards.

Got my daughter into GU and collecting Rookies.

Might do this with them for their every birthday I reckon and get them 2-3 decent cards every year but get me back interested in the hobby.

Agree with Clarence I also give them some scrub cards just to enjoy and play with.

nino_013 said:

I got my 3 yr old a new folder and a whole bunch of new base/inserts of his favourite players
(jordan, lebron, rose, melo, kobe, durant etc) My son has never heard of these rookies so he has no interest in their cards.

He plays with his cards EVERYDAY. Re arranging them, sorting them out into teams, sets etc, even trading with me.
Takes his folder wherever he goes. Basically enjoying the hobby the way i believe a kid should.

I couldnt imagine it being too much fun for 3 or 5 yr old to not be able to play with cards he was given.
I could care less if he damages them. They're his cards. Plus hes always asking for more anyways lol

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Lol yes bro I couldnt agree more. Thats why my kid has all the base of a classics and prizm bust I did lately. Scatters 'em all over the floor, looks for matching names or teams or doubles whatever. Absolutely loves 'em, asks what teams they are and says things like "daddy who's this one"..i say "that's kevin love mate" or whoever it is.n Seems to be a TWolves fan too, nice.

As for the 'special one's though, I'm trying to teach how to treat things different, how to hide them and so on. I was always a collector since knee high to a grasshopper, my first thing was stones from different beaches or rivers I'd been too. No doubt my kid is a collector too. Stoked.