Welcome To Becoming A Card Guy Big Cat - You'll Never Top My Basketball Card Collection
So you think you're a card guy now, eh Big Cat?
Let me show what a real basketball card collection looks like. I grew up collecting basketball cards in the mid to late 90s living in the Chicago area chasing Jordan inserts. That's right fools. My childhood card collecting prime was during the best basketball dynasty of all time with the greatest player of all time to chase cards of. And it was also at the boom of rare insert cards with sick technological designs. I had no idea how great I had it. Now adays they've gone obnoxiously overboard with about seven million "one of one" cards and other nonsense.
You see - back in the day, ripping packs was our prepubescent lotto scratchers. And you could read all the odds for every insert on the back of the packs. Some might be rinky dink 1:2 or 1:6 packs. But then you got the good stuff. Roundball Royalty might be 1:36 and the ever rarer Roundball Royalty Refractor 1:144 or some shit. The rush was real and it proves that I've been a gambler well before age 18. Try 9 or 10 years old, bitches.
Anyway - I'm not here to play around. I'm equipped to call out anyone at Barstool's basketball card collection. Let me find the ole mini padlock key made out of solid Christmas tree ornament hanger metal and stunt.
1970 Topps Chet Walker (Likely PSA grade: 4, Value: probably a lot just didn't look it up)
Pro tip card collectors - a little painters tape at the top helps keep the card from sliding out and getting damaged without getting stuck like scotch tape or packing tape.
There's a lot going on here. I bet you weren't ready for it. But that's Chet's game. The button down short sleeve starter jacket paired with the short shorts that don't match. The pose of an alien who just took over a human's body and is still trying to figure out the controls on the limbs. And to top everything off, the index finger and thumb pinchers on his left hand.
This might have been just a bad photographer on LSD in the 70s. Let's give Chet a second chance.
1971 Topps Chet Walker (Likely PSA grade: mild dog chewed, value: can't even pretend)
Nope. We cant. Still getting the hang of those limbs. At least we hid the lobster fingers. Full disclosure - this card isn't mine. Will put on my to get list.
Scrummages through musty cardboard…
1973 Topps Garfield Heard (Likely PSA grade: moldy bathroom tile, value: moldy bathroom tile)
God bless the good ole days before Canva background remover. There's a story behind this card. I don't know what it is, but this card gets my mind racing about how the decision was made to photograph Heard in the communal shower of some dated (even for the 70s) high school locker room. Where exactly are you about to shoot that ball, Garfield? I don't know what happened here. Maybe the Topps photographer forgot to get one of him at the game so he hounded him down in the locker room afterwards when the gym was closed. Whatever the case may be, we should probably get that scummy brown line of mold tested at the trim of the tile.
1990 Hoops Ill Wennington (Likely PSA grade: little uncentered, value: unknown)
Before you loose all the drool from your mouth - no, this is not Ill Wennington's rookie card. It's his second year. But let this card be a reminder that his moves could even deke the card cutting machines. That's saying something. With that being said - he's no Will Pe.
Self-reminder. I still need to send this card in for grading just to see what they do with centering. Might have to go Beckett because they give the centering sub score.
Let's move on from my Bulls players collection.
1994-95 Stadium Club Clearance Weatherspoon (PSA grade: 10W-30)
Random reminder - give that oil a quick check if it's been a while since your last change. I don't know what else to say other than this is the most disturbing card I've ever seen. Who took this photo? A card company or a private informant fishing for blackmail?
Speaking of digging up evidence….
1990-91 Hoops Mark Jackson
The ole Menendez brothers card. The funny part of this card is that it's easily the most valuable Mark Jackson card.
1996 Score Board Ray Allen
Safe to say - Ray is getting there. As the saying goes, one ball in the net is worth two in the face. I don't know who that is getting posterized by a layup but that poor guy got done dirty here.
1993-94 Jud Buechler Stadium Club 1st Day Issue
Jud Beuchler - 90s Bull for life.
At first I thought Jud was on defense deploying the rare jumping box out surf move, but that doesn't make sense given the context. You got Kemp going for the contest and a young Sprewell above the arc where only an offensive player would be. Jud is on offense here. Yes - this is what Jud's follow-through looks like on a shot that has 0.000000 percent change of even making it above the rim for a chance to go in. But it's all worth showing off the Reebok Pumps!
And now. Our feature presentation…
The Rambis collection
Let's bring this home with a few other odd balls.
You can never have too many Rich Kings. This concludes my show and tell basketball card collection. Welcome to being a card guy Big Cat.
BONUS - Better believe I have football and baseball collections as well:
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