I also found the gold refractor and decided to include it in the PC! The shine from 04-05 was crazy great. I love the in game action shot on the front, and that they again used a different image on the back for each rookie was great!

I've been adding Shaun Livingston rookies to the PC, I found this one and swoopped it up! Back then, photography was important, I loved that the topps set was all draft day or summer league image variations and they used a different image for the front then they did for the back for each card ...

Quick shout out to the rookie of the year front runners! While Cooper Flagg was the shoe in, injuries and team record don't help his story. VJ Edgecomb surprised everyone early and maintained, even if only just. But Kon "the Kon Man" Knueppel came out, surprised everyone and keeps on surprising ...

Had to take a second a send a quick shout out to Luca Doncic for his 60 point night. Congrats on the continued success! It shines just like the xfractors of old!

Donruss Optic Checkerboard, I believe this parallel was short printed to around /25 was a retail exclusive in 18-19!

Jamal Crawford had ...

Yes, it was from the Donruss Choice mini box, I pulled it the year it was released. Rookies make up a huge percentage of my total PC. I enjoyed ripping Topps Chrome for years and always saved the rookies. Now, 30 years later, I have them sorted by year and broke into other sets to primarily collect ...

Shout out to the Hornets who, only recently, managed to get there ticket sales above their merch sales for the first time in franchise history! Marking this occasion is a Lamelo Ball Donruss Holo Black Laser 1/1. As a Degenerate Wax Ripper, I found this one as the last card in a box I had to ...

Shout out to the Hornets who, only recently, managed to get there ticket sales above their merch sales for the first time in franchise history! Marking this occasion is a Lamelo Ball Donruss Holo Black Laser 1/1. As a Degenerate Wax Ripper, I found this one as the last card in a box I had to ...

Here is a recent pick up from the dubs! Brandin "Podz" Podziemski came to the Warriors from Santa Clara University and has had an active role is advancing the team and his own skill set.

This card offer an awesome throwback to the 90's die cut xfractor (shout out '97-'98 finest) while paying its ...

Love the Showcase and absolutely get it, these are for the puriests out there! Love the youth in these cards when they still exist as raw, pure potential!

Here is someone people forget about but was a headliner of the same draft as Livingston, Ben Gordon cards are overlooked today. Circa 2005, that was the rookie you were hoping to grab out of your next Skybox EXL pack!

Below is his Essential Credentials Now Rookie /74

Thought I would start something fresh around what I always considered to be the best part of collecting basketball cards, and that's the 60 player draft classes!

Topps Finest in 04-05 had autograph rookie cards in the base set but featured colored refractor, xfractors and colored xfractors, and ...

Just grabbed my first ever Flawless patch!

Dennis Johnson is the Man!

I thought it would be nice to have a rolling mailday thread for everyone to share their cardboard and memorabilia pickups. So please feel free to share your pickups.

Here is my addition to the thread.

2012-13 Flawless Gold patch /10 of Isaiah Thomas. You really can’t beat a jumbo game used ...