Favorite cards by team, one team at a time in alphabetical order. Share yours as well.

[thesportcardking]

Did something along these lines in a discord a year or so ago and figured it may be fun here as well. I am going to go in this order every day or two with a new team.
76ers
Bucks
Bulls
Cavaliers
Celtics
Clippers
Grizzlies
Hawks
Heat
Hornets
Jazz
Kings
Knicks
Lakers
Magic
Mavericks
Nets
Nuggets
Pacers
Pelicans
Pistons
Raptors
Rockets
Spurs
Suns
Thunder
Timberwolves
Trail Blazers
Warriors
Wizards
ABA/Defunct Teams
I will probably post 5ish cards per team or so but there is no limit or minimum. Just figured it may allow for some sharing amongst the members outside of the mailday thread. If no one cares I will leave it where we left off but hopefully it will take off and we can see some cool cards that are tucked away in our collections. I am going to lump together teams that have changed names or cities but did place an additional category for defunct teams that would otherwise be omitted.

[thesportcardking]

Syracuse Nationals
1946–1949 (NBL)
1949–1963 (NBA)
Philadelphia 76ers
1963–present

[AbraCalabro]

Dude, SICK patches and I love the idea.

76ers stuff



As you can see I don't have much stuff for the 76ers, however this is one of my favorite cards, the photography here is just great.
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ALSO I'd like to pop things off with a bang and a bold statement.

[thesportcardking]

The image on that Bradley is pretty cool. Your custom artwork is... unique? Lol

[darz90scardz]

The image on that Bradley is pretty cool. Your custom artwork is... unique? Lol

You’ll have to forgive his Seattle Supersonics allegiance.

[SacKingsCards]

Love this idea. Been a while since the discord one and perfect for the boards.

All those beautiful patches are the stars (no pun intended) of those sixers cards. Something about those old, faded colors is just awesome.

The photos on that Bradley perfectly highlight his freakish arms and height haha I look forward to all the photography that’ll be featured on your cards!

[SacKingsCards]

My only two Sixers cards that are not base and unnumbered parallels. I lost the AI for a while, so thanks for inspiring me to find it!

[thesportcardking]

I don't recall seeing a /25 version of those. Pretty cool, thanks for sharing.

[thesportcardking]

Milwaukee Bucks
1968–present



Was a hard one to trim down for me, kept wanting to put 5 Oscar cards in but also wanted variety.

[AbraCalabro]

Milwaukee Bucks
1968–present



Was a hard one to trim down for me, kept wanting to put 5 Oscar cards in but also wanted variety.

Oooooooooooffffffffffffffff dude that Malone card, 10/10

The Oscar Exquisite is sweet too, but that Sole of the Game: fire emoji x10

[SacKingsCards]

Great batch of Bucks cards! For me, the Eminence and Exquisite dual are the stars. I'm not the best with 70s basketball, but it's cool seeing Kareem and Havlicek paired on that card. I'm assuming the Bucks beat the Celtics to win their championship?

[thesportcardking]

Milwaukee Bucks
1968–present



Was a hard one to trim down for me, kept wanting to put 5 Oscar cards in but also wanted variety.

Oooooooooooffffffffffffffff dude that Malone card, 10/10

The Oscar Exquisite is sweet too, but that Sole of the Game: fire emoji x10

Im a sucker for any of the legends Sole of the Game cards. As a Moses collector that one was a must have. One of the more SP'd guys too.

Great batch of Bucks cards! For me, the Eminence and Exquisite dual are the stars. I'm not the best with 70s basketball, but it's cool seeing Kareem and Havlicek paired on that card. I'm assuming the Bucks beat the Celtics to win their championship?

Thank you, the Eminence card is a highlight of the Panini era to me. From the initial release only that subset used blue ink. I like the product design but not the bulky gold ink most of the time.

As for the Finals, the Celtics beat them in 1974. It was Oscar's final game. They won their title a few years prior in 1971 against the Bullets. I'm unsure I would have purchased it if it were a Celtics loss card.

[thesportcardking]

Chicago Bulls
1966–present



This one was a little harder for me. I don't have a ton of Bulls cards I really like. Took a little more thought than the first two but happy with the variety within these choices.

[AbraCalabro]

^^^^^ SICK Rose and Pippen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Did you recently pick up that MJ auto, or have you had it for a while?

[thesportcardking]

^^^^^ SICK Rose and Pippen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Did you recently pick up that MJ auto, or have you had it for a while?

Thanks dude! I've had the Jordan for a little under 2 years.

[AbraCalabro]

^^^^^ SICK Rose and Pippen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Did you recently pick up that MJ auto, or have you had it for a while?

Thanks dude! I've had the Jordan for a little under 2 years.

Sweet. I need to land one for my PC at some point - thoughts on them ever going under 5 figures ? lol



23_Michael Jordan

186_Scottie Pippen

266_Dennis Rodman

243_Luc Longley

356_Dennis Rodman_SJ

[thesportcardking]

Nice photography and foil on those.

They can be had under 5 figures. I traded into that one at a show, was able to move cards i had little into and got cash back. Believe it was at a 6-6500 evaluation. I dont really care for MJ but obviously needed one in the collection. That one fit the bill for me and trading was the perfect storm.

[AbraCalabro]

Nice photography and foil on those.

They can be had under 5 figures. I traded into that one at a show, was able to move cards i had little into and got cash back. Believe it was at a 6-6500 evaluation. I dont really care for MJ but obviously needed one in the collection. That one fit the bill for me and trading was the perfect storm.

Wow, 6-6.5k is actually doable, thanks for the insight and congrats dude. Sounds like it was a sweet deal for sure.

I'm not a huge MJ guy myself and I'm not doing a HOF collection, but it's just an essential for me - we chatted elsewhere about this, but I want to go in the direction of GU and also autos as well. Is it weird the MJ auto (and it has a patch) I want the most is a Wizards card? May just have to settle for a nice Bulls on card.

[SacKingsCards]

Thank you, the Eminence card is a highlight of the Panini era to me. From the initial release only that subset used blue ink. I like the product design but not the bulky gold ink most of the time.

As for the Finals, the Celtics beat them in 1974. It was Oscar's final game. They won their title a few years prior in 1971 against the Bullets. I'm unsure I would have purchased it if it were a Celtics loss card.

Ahh, thanks for the history lesson. Unfortunately, I don't quite understand the luxury of being able to purchase cards from your team's highlights or victories.

I agree about Eminence. To me, it's their best high end product design wise by far. I think Flawless, Immaculate, and NT all have their positive features, but all in all Eminence gets as close to Exquisite as anything Panini (or other manufacturers) have produced. Probably because of the extensive use of etched holofoil.

[SacKingsCards]

Chicago Bulls
1966–present

This one was a little harder for me. I don't have a ton of Bulls cards I really like. Took a little more thought than the first two but happy with the variety within these choices.

Sweet. I need to land one for my PC at some point - thoughts on them ever going under 5 figures ? lol

Love that these features are so representative of your guys' collections. They feel very consistent with the types of cards you guys seem to like (not to put words in your mouth), but I guess that makes sense

Nice photography and foil on those.

They can be had under 5 figures. I traded into that one at a show, was able to move cards i had little into and got cash back. Believe it was at a 6-6500 evaluation. I dont really care for MJ but obviously needed one in the collection. That one fit the bill for me and trading was the perfect storm.

Definitely surprised not to see more MJ in your collection as a whole! Is that because you're not a fan of his or do you think his stuff just isn't worth their value for your collection?

[SacKingsCards]

I'm falling behind! My brother has been in town this week so I haven't been at home as much to do card things. Here are my Bucks, and I guess I'll use this as an opportunity to talk about how much I love Giannis. Obviously an incredible player, but wants to stay in Milwaukee his whole career (I'm so pro-loyalty) and has been humble from what I've seen. Just seems to embody the spirit of the Dirks and Duncans of the previous generation and I love that. That to say that I like to pick up Giannis stuff when I can. Crusade silver made the list because I pulled it myself so that vaults into a personal favorite.

[AbraCalabro]

well, guess I'll post some Cavaliers stuff

9798_Flair_Showcase_Row 0_Legacy Collection_6_x100

9798_SPAuthentic_Profiles3_P21_x100

1998_SPx_Grand Finale_9_x50

9899_Fleer_Brilliants_20_24KTGold_x24

9899_Upper_Deck_Quantum Super Powers_PS5_Gold_x50

9899_Upper_Deck_Forces_F15_Gold_x25

9899_SP Authentic_Sign of the Times_SH

36_Shawn Kemp /350

188_Shawn Kemp TF /50

9899_Hoops_Prime Twine_8_x500

9899_Upper_Deck_Game Jersey_GJ2_black

9899_Upper_Deck_Game Jersey_GJ2_blue

9899_Skybox Molten Metal_Titanium Supernatural Fusion_42F_x250

9899_Skybox Molten Metal_Titanium Supernatural Fusion_42F_x40

9899_Fleer_Tradition_101c_Classic61_x61

9899_Skybox Premium_Star Rubies_90_x50

9899_Skybox Premium_Star Rubies_211_x50

9899_Skybox_EX Century_29_Essential Credentials Now_x29

9899_Skybox_EX Century_29_Essential Credentials Future_x62

9900_Fleer_Tradition_Game Breakers_9_x100

9900_Flair_Showcase_51_Legacy 2000_x20

9900_Topps Chrome_Apparitions_A7_x100

9900_Topps_Gold Label_Red Label_58_x25

1819_Panini Flawless_P-SKP_x17


There's more stuff, but I'm getting too lazy to copy paste more links lol - enjoy.


...and just for the sake of variety:

46_Terrell Brandon

R.I.P.
76_Bobby Phills

[SacKingsCards]

Dangit, Abra! I was hoping to post my Bulls before anyone moved on. Obviously, phenomenal set of Cavs cards. I've told you before that both the quality and quantity of your Kemp collection is unrivaled that I'm aware of. Do you know of any other big Kemp collectors? What are you after in terms of adding to your Kemp collection, if at all?

Here are my Bulls:






I feel only two MJs is decent enough variety. And forgive me for my frankness, but man that 18-19 Points in the Paint is one of the best inserts Panini has put out there.

[AbraCalabro]

Dangit, Abra! I was hoping to post my Bulls before anyone moved on. Obviously, phenomenal set of Cavs cards. I've told you before that both the quality and quantity of your Kemp collection is unrivaled that I'm aware of. Do you know of any other big Kemp collectors? What are you after in terms of adding to your Kemp collection, if at all?

Here are my Bulls:






I feel only two MJs is decent enough variety. And forgive me for my frankness, but man that 18-19 Points in the Paint is one of the best inserts Panini has put out there.

lol my bad

I love that MJ Living Legends by the way, got one in a BGS 8.5, had it since I was a kid.

[SacKingsCards]

Thanks man, yeah that's a great card. Love me some two photo cards