24-25 Totally Certified: Donovan Mitchell and the Cavs are trying to carry their great regular season into the postseason. Tonight is game 2 of their series with the Heat. They are up 1-0 in the series. Mitchell had 30 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists and 4 steals in game 1. I hope they can make a deep run in the playoffs this year.
Found these at Target and I like them. It's a simple design but looks good in hand. Not quite a "shiny card" card like Prizm or Chrome, these are nice and flat with the foil backgrounds. Closer to Illusions. It looks like the Mitchell is different from these two cards, but it isn't.
We find youngsters in different formats. I really like the Portraits card. Rock the Rim is a pretty nice insert as well.
The backs are fine for what they are. Color, logo, write-up and minimal stats. Here we have a retired great, veteran and rookie. I hope we get career stats on the NBA cards when Topps takes back the license which I think is for the 2026-2027 season.
Fun cards. If I find myself in a Target again, I'll pick up more of these. There are 25 Legends in this set including Dwyane Wade.
BREAKDOWN:
10 – Total Cards
3 – RC
1 – Portraits
1 – Rock the Rim
1 – Retired Great
1 – Bronze Mirror Parallel
10 – Total Cards
3 – RC
1 – Portraits
1 – Rock the Rim
1 – Retired Great
1 – Bronze Mirror Parallel
I think Panini has too many of these "solo player with a funky background" releases. Still look nice though, thanks for showing them off!
ReplyDeleteAlways fun and I agree with you.
DeleteI wonder if there is a second card of Salaun that completes his portrait. If not... that's an interesting call by Panini.
ReplyDeleteThat would be pretty cool.
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