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Thursday, April 12, 2018

Year: 1999-00

Set: Upper Deck (Rate)

Card: #140 Michael Jordan


“ Upper Deck made way too many Jordan cards after he retired. The 1999-00 season alone saw subsets in the Flagship (this one), Victory, Ultimate Victory and probably some other set I can't even think of at the moment. And that's not even counting the all-Jordan sets that they cranked out year after year. I actually have more cards of him in my collection from the time periods when he retired than I do during his playing days, I believe. Too many, and it made pulling a Jordan card an annoyance instead of the thrill it once was. I'm actually sort of glad Panini doesn't have his license, because I know they would just do the same thing- as it is any sets they stuff historical players into generally go back no further than the Bird/Magic era save the token appearances of Wilt Chamberlain and George Mikan. And yet, it doesn't stop me from adding them to my collection- Jordan is one of only two people with more than 1000 different cards in my collection. I need this one, too. ” -Billy Kingsley

“ I heard he was pretty good... ” -trauty

“ All hail the King of Hoops. ” -captkirk42

“ I think they put so much on the front that they ran out of ink and couldn't put anything on the back. The front is just overwhelming with so much going on. The back on the other hand, maybe because of the white on white writing, and no stats, and a faded picture looks so bland. ” -davidhandberry

“ The GOAT! End of discussion. ” -carthage44

“ Great photo. Like the card would love it without all the background text. Should have used more of the reddish color on the back. ” -mattdamick

“ Jordan may be great, but the card sure isn’t. ” -IfbBirdsCards

“ The front vertical writing mixed with the horizontal makes it just too busy for me. The back is classic UD style. But it is Jordan in his Bulls threads so that makes it all better. =) ” -ranfordfan

“ ahhhh ! There's a spider on my BASKETBALL !! ” -uncaian

“ What the heck is wrong with the back? Yup, name twice on the front, same with "air of greatness". Lot of thought went into this design. ” -NJDevils

“ Everything else aside, this man was the single reason I watched basketball. When he retired (for real retire), he took the poetic grace of the sport with him. I tried to keep watching, but it was no use. And all of the hoopla (see what I did there?) at the time about Kobe being the new star of the NBA after Michael left was dead wrong. After watching Micheal play, watching Kobe play was like watching a man walk over a minefield of Legos. I like this card! Hi Billy! lol ” -Doe MG

“ GOAT ” -Bargunmaster

“ Not often you get someone who may be the greatest at their sport as RCOTD. I like it. A lot going on, but I like it. ” -muskie027


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PapaG321

Posts: 1698
Joined: Mar 2018
Thursday, April 12, 2018 6:24 AM

bargunmaster summed it up pretty much. Is there such a thing as a "bad" MJ card?? The only negative is as Billy reports with the industry continually inundating collectors ad infinitum...


   

BSwagger

Posts: 1558
Joined: Jul 2017
Thursday, April 12, 2018 9:25 AM

I like the layout of the front of that card. It has nice eye appeal. Not a fan of the back. Some small blurb about one game. I like statistics on the back.


   


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