05.16
Join Beckett Basketball‘s Brian Fleischer and Chris Olds as they rip into boxes of 2012-13 Panini Past & Present in this latest edition of Box Busters.
What will they find inside? Watch and find out …
Need a checklist or OPG for Past & Present? Click here.
05.16
Join Beckett Basketball‘s Brian Fleischer and Chris Olds as they rip into boxes of 2012-13 Panini Preferred in this latest edition of Box Busters.
What will they find inside? Watch and find out …
Need a checklist or OPG for Preferred? Click here.
05.16
Join Beckett Basketball‘s Brian Fleischer and Chris Olds as they rip into boxes of 2012-13 Momentum in this latest edition of Box Busters.
What will they find inside? Watch and find out …
Need a checklist or OPG for Momentum? Click here.
05.06
Posted on May 6, 2013 – 3:10 pm | Author: chrisolds
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By Chris Olds | Beckett Basketball Editor
It’s a busy time in the NBA with the postseason marathon ongoing and the awards season generating headlines beyond the court.
On cardboard, it’s just as busy with several new products arriving and stars making their own pushes with strong performances. (Need a checklist or OPG for one of the 541 basketball sets already made this year? Click here.)
Here’s the latest Beckett 20 Questions on cards and the court. Tell us what you think about the state of cards today, its stars and more with your votes and the comments below.
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See the remaining 19 questions … after the jump.
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05.04

By Susan Lulgjuraj | Beckett Football Editor
Leon Sandcastle is not the first fictional character to appear on a card.
In 1993, Michael Jordan abruptly retired from basketball, but the man wasn’t done playing – at least that was the message Nike put out with its own commercial that featured Johnny Kilroy, Jordan disguised as a different basketball player.
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05.03

By Chris Olds | Beckett Basketball Editor
Earlier this week, it was announced that a treasure trove of early Kobe Bryant memorabilia was headed to the auction block, consigned to Goldin Auctions by Bryant’s mother, Pamela.
On Thursday, Kobe Bryant filed a cease-and-desist order saying the items are his and that he doesn’t want them sold, according to a story by the Philadelphia Inquirer.
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05.02

By Chris Olds | Beckett Basketball Editor
Simply put, there is now more demand for his autographs.
On Monday, NBA veteran Jason Collins became the first active player in a major American sport to announce that he’s gay, and since that time his limited number of certified autographs has skyrocketed — at least relatively speaking — as they have gone from unsold online auction fodder to as much as $100 on eBay.
In particular demand are his 2001-02 SPx autos, which have gone from unsold auctions at $1 to consistent sellers at $20 or so — and more for the rarer Spectrum verison.
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