2001-2002 Upper Deck Basketball: Another pack from the Amazon pack lot purchase. If you look at these and think you were looking at 1990-1991 Upper Deck you aren't the only one. They are very similar. Since I'm a fan of the 90-91 design I'm OK with that. I always liked Andrei Kirilenko (AK-47) but overall this pack won't wow most folks.
A Pau Gasol rookie? Not something you'll see every day. I've never seen this card before and it was a fun pull. Gasol was a 6X All-Star, 4X All-NBA, 2X NBA Champ, member of the All-Rookie Team and was Rookie of the Year. Outstanding career. Stephen Jackson won a championship with the Spurs in his third year in the league. I did not know that. He went on to a long productive career but will always be remembered for Malice in the Palace where he went into the stands and fought with fans.
Sam Mitchell was a guy I always liked. A role player he was just a guy who stuck with me.
The designs are overall good. Again it steals from past designs but if it works it works.
The backs have a subdued photo different from the front. Being Series II we are able to get photos of rookies in game action. The was a fun pack. The Gasol rookie is sweet and all the players bring back memories.
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