Random Wax: 2023-2024 Hoops Winter Holiday Blaster

23-24 Winter Basketball:  Happy Thanksgiving!  No denying Trae Young's talent. He's averaged 25 PPG and almost 10 APG for his career.   The Hawks have made one appearance in the Eastern Conference Finals with Young leading the charge.  Still hoping they can get things figured out this year and make a good run in the playoffs.

2023-2024 Hoops is a solid design and we get a Winter variation as seen here.  All three of these guys are on new teams - Warriors, Spurs, 76ers - respectively.  The Spurs have taken their game to a new level.

Speaking of the Spurs, the largest reason for their success is Wemby.  He's having a career best year and again is the early season favorite to be the Defensive Player of the Year.

We need a better background on these Rookie Greetings cards but the snowflakes really do help the look.

A couple of Skyview inserts and the perplexing Pure Players insert.  No complaints about my pull on these though Ja has had a rough start to his season.

All three of these are really good young players in the league.  The Murphy III and Green photos are nice.

More youngsters including a Rookie Sweaters Relic.  That Coulibaly Arriving Now is a Holo Parallel.

Great to see Nikola Jokic on this Dynamos insert.

We'll end it with Hoops Tribute that includes another Wemby sighting and a retired great.  I really liked my pull in this blaster.  Everybody have a great holiday!

BREAKDOWN:

90 – Total Cards

16 – RC

5 – Hoops Tribute

4 – Arriving Now

2 – Skyview

2 – Rookie Greetings

1 - Dynamos

1 – Holo Parallel

1 – Pure Players

1 – Retired Great

1 – Purple Parallel

1 – Rookie Sweaters Relic

2023-2024 Hoops Winter Holiday Blaster

 23-24 Hoops: Happy New Year!  Perfect time for a winter blaster of Hoops.  Great photo on this LeBron card to start us off.  

Hoops doesn't go overboard with the snow on cards.  I wish they'd do more.  Make everyone know right away what they have in their hand.  Think Topps Holiday cards.  Can't tell if the snow is more pronounced this year over last year.

Youngsters in the set.  No Wemby.  None of these rookies are putting up much in the way of stats but it's still early in the season and their careers.

Jerami Grant has been excellent as a Trail Blazer.  Unfortunately, there isn't a lot working around him right now.  Still a lot of promise in Portland though.

That James Harden is a Holo Parallel.

Three Hoops Tribute inserts which are a nice looking design.  Two current greats in Steph and KD while Dwyane Wade is the retired great in the pack.  Really miss when we'd got more retired greats in Panini sets.

Desmond Bane was one of the few things going for Memphis before Ja Morant came back from suspension.

Don't care for Dynamos.  Pure Players are growing on me.  Arriving Now is bright but I'll take any Scoot Henderson I can get.

I pulled an auto which is always appreciated.  Leaky Black, what a name, isn't doing anything yet but there's always hope.  Glad to have found these.  Fun blaster.  I enjoyed.  I wish a great New Year for everyone.

BREAKDOWN:
90 – Total Cards
16 – RC
5 – Hoops Tribute
4 – Skyview
2 – Arriving Now
2 – Rookie Greetings
1 - Dynamos
1 – Holo Parallel
1 – Pure Players
1 – Retired Great
1 – Purple Parallel
1 – Hot Signatures Rookies Green Parallel