Innholdsfortegnelse for 2025-08 i Beckett Basketball

A shift in the sports card world took place from 2008 to 2009, and that is when Panini got into the basketball market. The card manufacturer went from Baby Looney Tunes and Hannah Montana Album Stickers in ‘08 to Artist’s Proof, Inscriptions, Jam Masters, Block Party, and Legends of the Game immortalizing the NBA’s best. The “Jam” line, especially the Artist’s Proof, is a smaller subset that holds up years later as a fun insert to collect. Jam Masters, Jam Masters Glossy, and Jam Masters Artist’s Proof were smaller in print run size with each only highlighting 10 players: Tim Duncan, Shaquille O’Neal, Dwyane Wade, LeBron James, Kobe Bryant, Danny Granger, Nate Robinson, Chris Bosh, Kevin Durant, and Chris Paul. The print runs for Jam Masters and Jam Masters Glossy…

Afresh face in the NBA in 1967, the Seattle SuperSonics ran wild in the Western Conference until ownership moved the franchise in 2008. Over the decades, the Sonics had different runs of standout teams winning six divisional titles, three conference titles (1978, 1979, 1996), and one NBA Championship (1979). Along the way, the team produced fantastic talent while drafting future Hall of Fame players. Going over 41 years and 250 draft picks, a Top 5 rookie card class is selected. Whether the games attended by fans were at the Seattle Center Coliseum or Key Arena, the Kingdom, or the Tacoma Dome, the people of Emerald City and within the state of Washington loved their team, even the first squad that went 23-59. Just the Beginning The Sonics laced up their…

Of the thousands to play the game at the highest level, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s seat at the table places him among the NBA’s all-time elite. When speaking about Willis Reed, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Wilt Chamberlain, Bill Walton, Moses Malone, Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, Michael Jordan, Hakeem Olajuwon, Shaquille O’Neal, Tim Duncan, Kobe Bryant, Dirk Nowitzki, LeBron James, Stephen Curry, Giannis Antetokounmpo, and Nikola Jokic, Gilgeous-Alexander must now be mentioned. Dating back to the 1968-69 season when the NBA Finals MVP became an award, SGA is just the 18th player in the history of the game to win regular season and postseason Most Valuable Player honors in the same year. The road to the mountain top for Gilgeous-Alexander was anything but easy. Growing up in Hamilton, Ontario, Gilgeous-Alexander moved to Chattanooga (Tenn.) for…