My first NPN win! My first NPN entry as well! I don't consider rookie cards that are part of the base set to be NPN elligible (IE, inserts), but I am not going to complain about getting it, either! Especially as my primary focus is base cards- it is my favorite aspect of the hobby and I view inserts (including relics and autographs) as an nice added bonus, not the driving factor in collecting like most people.

It is my first card of Jimmy Butler as well...in fact, currently my only card of him, but he's still new to the league. Arrived December 2012.

Another rookie, this time autographed, arrived to me as an NPN win on 2/5/13, which brightened up a not too pleasent day- it's the anniversary of my father's death from cancer.

This was only my second NPN attempt, and my second win. Not bad!

I had taken a break from the NBA side of the hobby in 2006, got my feet back into it in September 2011, and started really collecting again in 2012...so this is also the first NBA Autograph card added to my collection since sometime in 2006! That's a pretty long break...

The card front is wood, and unfortunatly it's curved since I got it...but all wood cards tend to do that.

My 4th NPN attempt, and my third win! Again, it's a base card and not an actual insert, but I don't mind that at all as the base sets are what I like the best anyway! This one is from the Retired Players subset from Absolute Basketball, and carries serial number 272/499. Like all the cards in this set, it looks better in person than as a scan.

This Elite Series insert from Elite arrived to me either the day before, or the day after, my first redemption from Panini- although it was only in May, I no longer remember the exact order!

2012-13 Panini was the first box of Basketball cards I had opened since September 2006! I did it in March 2013.

A new season brings new NPNs, and the first 2013-14 set has given me my first NPN of the year. It arrived on January 30th. This is an insert set I hadn't had any of either, before it arrived!

Been a while since I won an NPN. 2015-16 Hoops is a favorite set of mine, so I was happy to win one of the inserts from the set- even if it did arrive with a banged up bottom left corner.