Random Wax: 2024-2025 Donruss Basketball

 24-25 Donruss: Jayson Tatum, on this smooth looking Magicians insert, only played 16 regular season games after coming back from injury.  He's only 27, and with Jaylen Brown now a 76er, the team is his again.  No reason to think he won't get back to his past self and Boston will continue to be a top team in the East.

Two key Oklahoma City Thunder players who helped the Thunder to their first championship in OKC just two years ago.

Youngsters.  McCain is also a member of the Thunder now.  Great X-Pectations are nice looking cards.  Donovan Clingan should be a big part of any future success the Trail Blazers will have.  He averaged a double-double last season.

Kyle Lowry was a star in Toronto for 9 seasons and helped bring them their only championship in 2019.  They will retire his number this upcoming season after he retired in the offseason.

Some good-looking photos.

Jamal Murray, on a Holo Green Laser Parallel, earned his first All-Star apparance this past season.  Easy to forget he missed the entire 2021-2022 season due to an ACL injury.

BREAKDOWN:

30 – Total Cards

4 – Rated Rookie

2 – Holo Green Laser Parallel

1 - Magicians

1 – Great X-Pectations

Random Wax: 2024-2025 Donruss Basketball

24-25 Donruss:  Wemby had a great third season and helped the Spurs take a big leap forward this year.  We get him here on a Magicians insert.

Domantas Sabonis is on a Holo Green Laser Parallel.  KAT and the Knicks have had a really good season.  Feels like he has some ups and downs but he's so talented and maybe the best shooting big man we've seen.

Zach Edey only played 11 games this season, but he looks like he'll be a good center when he can stay healthy.

Big man love.  Dereck Lively is the only player still on the team shown.  Nurkic was in Utah this season while Horford played for the Warriors.

Jalen Johnson really took a leap this year.  He averaged 22/10/7 for the Hawks this year shooting 35% from deep.

Tyrese Maxey is one of the top guards in the NBA.  I'd be very surprised if he isn't an All-NBA selection this year.  DeMar DerRozan is now 16th on the NBA's all-time scoring list passing Tim Duncan and Oscar Robertson amongst others.

BREAKDOWN:
30 – Total Cards
5 – Rated Rookie
2 – Holo Green Laser Parallel
1 – Magicians
1 – Great X-Pectations

Random Wax: 2024-2025 Donruss Basketball

24-25 Donruss:  Giannis is such an amazing player.  He is 31, 2X MVP, 9X All-NBA, 5X All-Defensive, and a Defensive Player of the Year winner.  His talents really are freakish.  He is so athletic and at his size he is almost unstoppable when he gets going downhill.  This card is one of two Holo Green Laser Parallels I pulled. 

This is a pretty good Donruss set and a great pull in this pack.  Shai is having another amazing year while Anthony Edwards, Georgia Bulldog alum, is having maybe his best season in the NBA.

Alex Sarr has taken a nice leap forward this season averaging 19 PPG for the Wizards.

Kristaps Porzingis has helped the Hawks to a winning record this season and challenging for a playoff spot in the competitive Eastern Conference.

Payton Pritchard is having a career year with Boston with plenty of playing time available as the Celtics deal with injuries and traded off key players in the offseason.

Jamal Murray is having a great year and may get his first All-Star nod.  He's averaging 24 PPG shooting 46% from three.

BREAKDOWN:
30 – Total Cards
5 – Rated Rookie
2 – Holo Green Laser Parallels
1 – Bomb Squad

Random Wax: 2024-2025 Donruss Basketball

24-25 Donruss:  I'm a big fan of Domantas Sabonis as well as his dad.  He's led the league in rebounding for the last three seasons and is just so solid and consistent at the center position.  He's also averaged over 7 assists per game over those same three seasons.  He's just does really good things at the center position and he's a lot of fun to watch.  Not sure if the Kings turn a corner this season but I'll be rooting for them.

Nice pull in this pack.  You can never argue with James, Cunningham or AD pulls.

Kyshawn George had a solid first season in Washington averaging 8, 4, and 2 as a rookie.

I love Star Wars nerd Brook Lopez.  He's a Clipper now and he should be a great asset off the bench for Los Angeles while no longer having to be a starter.

More great players.  Joker is the most fun player to watch. He never ceases to amaze me when I see him play.  Even with a lack of inserts, I have no arguments with this pack.  Lots of fun and star power.

BREAKDOWN:
30 – Total Cards
5 – Rated Rookie
2 – Holo Green Laser Parallel
1 – Great X-Pectations

Random Wax: 2024-2025 Donruss Basketball

24-25 Donruss:  Anthony Edwards just finished his 5th NBA season and is talked about as a future face of the league.  He's gotten better every year and has a tenacity to his game and personality that lends itself to fans.

Jarrett Allen had another excellent season for the Cavs defending the rim and led the league hitting 70% of his shots.  The Cavs won 64 games this season, best in the East before losing to the Indiana Pacers in the Eastern Conference semifinals.

Zaccharie Risacher averaged 12 points a game in his rookie campaign and made the All-Rookie Team.  That Klintman is a Holo Green Laser Parallel.

Lots of rumors of the Celtics making moves as Boston looks at not having the injured Jayson Tatum next year.  They have new owners, were number three in payroll this season and are projected to have the biggest payroll next year.

James Harden surprised many with another good year in LA.  The former 3X scoring champ averaged 22 pints and almost 9 assists per game for the Clippers at age 35.  

BREAKDOWN:
30 – Total Cards
5 – Rated Rookie
2 – Holo Green Laser Parallel
1 – Bomb Squad

Random Wax: 2024-2025 Donruss Basketball

24-25 Donruss:   Shai Gilgeous-Alexander may well be the MVP this season.  He led the league in scoring as well as free throws and fields goals per game, while shooting 51% from the field and 37% from deep.

All three of these players helped get their teams into the second round.  Tatum and the Celtics have struggled while Edwards and Haliburton, and their respective teams have done well.

That Nikola Topic is a Holo Green Laser Parallel.

Under contract through the 2025-2026 season, Austin Reaves will likely not take his player option for 2026-2027 ($14M) and will look to secure a big payday with LA or another team.  By then LA should be in the midst of rebuilding around Luka, so it'll be interesting how this plays out.

Good pack of cards and a good pull.  I'm really enjoying the playoffs.  We've had some surprises and some really good games.  Fun time of the year.

BREAKDOWN:
30 – Total Cards
5 – Rated Rookie
2 – Holo Green Laser Parallel
1 – Franchise Features

2024-2025 Donruss Basketball Blaster

24-25 Donruss:  These are hitting the shelves, and I couldn't resist.  Wemby is out for the year but it sounds like he'll be on track to start next year.  He was the favorite for Defensive Player of the Year before going out with the injury.

Really nice pull in this box.  Lots of key players in the upcoming playoffs.  Can't wait.  I like this year's design.  It feels like Donruss and while not perfect is pretty good.  I do think they could have put the team logo in the triangle to gain back a little space up top.

That Salaun is a Holo Purple Laser Parallel #/99 while Bronny is on a Holo Green Laser Parallel.  None of these three have made an impact on the NBA yet.

More youngsters.  There's really not much to The Rookies cards but I like it.  I also like Great X-Pectations which has #1 pick Zaccharie Risacher.  I'm not sure what he'll be in the NBA but I like this card.

I think of shooters when I think of Bomb Squad, but I won't complain about big guys on them.  Good look to these inserts.

Some nice photos.  And nice hair on Scoot.

The backs are bland but at least there is some color.  Donovan Mitchell maybe defines Franchise Feature.  Bland insert which needs something to snazz it up.

Kawhi is healthy and the Clippers play really good defense.  Not sure they can make any noise in the playoffs, but they have been a surprise team this season.  Ja does conjur up some magic on the floor.  I like the look and colors on that Magicians insert.

BREAKDOWN:
90 – Total Cards
16 – Rated Rookie
3 – Holo Green Laser
2 – Bomb Squad
1 – Magicians
1 – The Rookies
1 – Franchise Features
1 – Great X-Pectations
1 – Holo Purple Laser #/99