I
came across an interesting card when I was posting my write up about Steve Nash’s
retirement. This card is one of those that when you pull it you are full of
excitement and then you flip it over and you feel the let down wash over your
body.
So
you pull it and you see Bird, Dr. J and LeBron James and you think “Hell Yes!”
Six relics and the first three are awesome, this is when you start thinking
about who could be on the back side. Could it be Magic Johnson, Kobe or maybe
Derrick Rose and that is when you flip it over and you hear
OK,
Pierce had just won an NBA Title and Boston was looking good and all things
considered Pierce has had a very good career and a possible Hall of Fame enshrinement
but he doesn’t seem to belong with the three on the front.
Beasley
and Mayo were the #2 and #3 picks in the 2008 NBA Draft so Upper Deck was
playing the odds by putting them on the card but both players, while decent,
have had attitude and off-court issues. Both players have moved around in their
young career (three teams for Mayo and 4 teams for Beasley including 3 stints
with Miami and one season in China) and they have been role players at best,
they will never be the face of a franchise or a power player leading a team to
the playoffs let along the NBA Finals.
I wish companies would not create relic and autograph cards that pair a prospect and
superstar/HOFer together. There may be initial secondary value but it devalues the cards if the prospects do not pan
out. I know it is a chance with any player and the companies do not have a
crystal ball so it is all a roll of the dice, but this is why it is not wise to
join them together in the first place.
The auction ended without selling with the starting bid set at $43.21 plus $2.32 shipping. This was an overstretch by the seller, I really think that a card like this would possibly sell if the starting bid was set in the $10-15 range and even then might finish at the $20 mark.
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