1994 SkyBox USA Basketball: Always enjoy cards of the Team USA basketball teams. This one from 1994 covers the '94 team that took home the FIBA Championship going 8-0. LJ came off the bench but played well in his limited minutes. LJ had been in the league a few years and was a star on the court and off the court with his Grandmama commercials.
No action shots of the guys in their USA jerseys which really is a shame. That's what we want - to see these guys in action in their USA jerseys on cards. The uni is a clean classic look. The card design is good. The USA Basketball logo looks nice in the different iterations of subsets and overall the player photos are the stars of the card fronts.
A couple of inserts and the back of a card. The Mourning photo shows how the design can take away from a nice photo. Nothing you can do about it I guess unless you zoom out which may work against it just as much.
Pulled a Nique card so that was a big plus. He was third in scoring on the team. Shaq was the star of the team as would be expected. Fun pack. Not the crazy great '92 Team USA but this team was still a dominant iteration none the less.
BREAKDOWN:
10 – Total Cards
10 – Total Cards
2 - NBA Rookie
2 – International
1 - Checklist
1 – Magic On
2 – International
1 - Checklist
1 – Magic On
1 - Trademark Move
1 – International Rules
1 – International Rules
