NBA RCs I missed

I've made an interesting foray back into basketball cards over the last month. I still feel very uninformed. I didn't collect basketball cards from about 1998 onward. 

And I'm not going to start, really. I'm not going to buy packs or boxes. I am very uninformed on the current market. Outside of a bunch of much-appreciated Knicks from Cards on Cards, I have no idea really what is what over the last 20 years.

But I've admired many careers of basketball players that have started since I no longer collected basketball. My enjoyment of the NBA never went away. I just put my focus on baseball cards.

So while bored over the last few weeks, I've decided to pick up some basketball rookie cards, just to keep in my rookie card stash. In most cases, it's the low end brand. I'm not looking at these as an investment or anything. There is no Stadium Club Beam Team Shaq here. Just a few lower end RCs of guys I wanted to own.

In no particular order:

Donovan Mitchell is a great player. Playing in Utah doesn't really help his card appeal (uninformed opinion). But he's really good. And so are the Jazz. He was the Rookie of the Year in 2017-18 and made his first All-Star game this past year. He's averaging over 24 PPG this year. 

Kevin Durant! I'm not his biggest fan. He's so good, but so sensitive. And he seems really irritable. But he's one of the best players the league has ever seen, and it's awesome that his RCs are Sonics cards. I wanted a regular Topps, but got a better deal on whatever that card above is.

This sweet Shaq was actually acquired in a trade from Vrooomed. I sent him a newer Brendan McKay, and he shot me this Shaq. I have fond memories of this card. My friend and I used to sneak into his Dad's bedroom to oogle this card, which was kept in his desk drawer. We also found some magazines there, which were not Becketts.

Anthony Davis! ZZ's main basketball squeeze. This dude is an amazing player. Part of me hopes the Lakers make it to the Finals so the world can appreciate AD on the main stage. I wanted his regular old Hoops RC, but I found this in a lot of Davis cards that was cheaper than if I had bought this card on its own. I don't know why that is sometimes, but it's true.

A couple T-Macs! He's a Hall of Famer. Did you know that?

A couple of Jason Kidds. He's a Hall of Famer too. Blocking Muggsy Bogues is mean.

I chuckled when I bought this Duncan RC. It's one of the most affordable ones he has, and everything about the design of this card is so un-Duncan.

I do not like Paul Pierce. The whole Boston thing. And he's a giant faker, like when he got wheeled off the court in a wheelchair and then came back 5 minutes later. But he will be a HOFer. And this card cost $1. So I bought it. He and Vince Carter have some pretty cool RCs in Topps flagship.

I'm not sure who I'll pick up next. Maybe Beal and John Wall? I have a Zion, luckily. And I doubt I'll ever snag a LeBron or Curry. Those are in Trout territory.