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Friday, November 5, 2021

Year: 1997

Set: SPx - Gold (Rate)

Card: #SPX11 Antonio McDyess

“ Getting some uncanny valley vibes from the hologram on the right... ” -pugchump

“ Great card! This dude could seriously dunk!! ” -tinyshogun

“ is there anything "better" than 90's hologram cards? lol ” -parsley24

“ Do not like this kind of die-cut UGH. Sorry for the negativity. ” -captkirk42

“ This card is just, well, too much. There's way too much going on, too many colors, designs, and even a hologram on the front. And that's only the front. The back is a bit better, but the shape of the designs where the stats/facts are put is unappealing to the eye. ” -BigBoyOnWheels

“ Whoa that hologram! It's like a trip without dropping a hit. ” -BuccaneersDen

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Billy Kingsley

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Joined: Aug 2011

Friday, November 5, 2021 8:13 AM

It's too bad that part of the card was cut off here. These were one card packs and a lot of them were damaged right out of the pack, especially the pointed edges of the X in the design.

The holograms on these cards actually moved when you turned the card. The player would generally go from a resting emotionless face to a grin. They are awesome in person but scan poorly.

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Billy Kingsley

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Friday, November 5, 2021 8:24 AM

One other thing, this is a 1996-97 release. I'm not sure why Upper Deck tried to force the baseball style one year only listing onto an NBA set, that's just wrong in every way, NBA sets should never be listed as single year. If you read the card backs in the first two SPx sets it's very obvious what year that they actually belong in.

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VERY slow trading due to health problems. Not transferrable so safe to trade with, just moving is painful and can't always access the cards.

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sahal694

Posts: 1075
Joined: May 2016

Friday, November 5, 2021 8:45 AM

One of the cards I have had in my collection since I was a kid is the Kevin Johnson card from the base set. My brother bought it for me. Corners are in pretty rough shape but still like that card. Also interesting that this card gives me the same type of nostalgia since I have fond memories of watching McDyess throwing down dunks from passes from Kidd watching the Suns back in 97.

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-Shannon

bigcountry98

Posts: 330
Joined: Jul 2020

Friday, November 5, 2021 9:37 AM
Definitely one of the nicest die cuts to be produced. Trying to read the card number is tough, especially on the silver hockey versions I'm currently looking for :) ------------------------------- I could probably buy the already complete sets cheaper somewhere else, but I like getting my maildays.

ckrakowski

Posts: 124
Joined: Jan 2014

Friday, November 5, 2021 1:37 PM
Always nice to see my states tem shown. And one of the most popular players of all time.

Onemorepoint

Posts: 1446
Joined: Apr 2014

Friday, November 5, 2021 6:28 PM
A hologram die-cut seems like a bit too much going on with this.

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