Shootin' Some Hoops

*sits down, looks out the kitchen window at the rain and watching the snow start to settle. I have a box in hand and ready for another wax rip and another new #CardsOverCoffee*

In my last post, I mentioned trading for a blaster box of basketball cards, the first NBA cards I have seen since the pandemic, so I was excited to finally get my hands onto some. Though I did gamble away a Topps Matthew Stafford rookie card to get it. Speaking of Stafford, congrats to him and the LA Rams on winning the Super Bowl.

While I wait and dream about typing that about Daniel Jones and my Giants, let's take a look at a break of Hoops.

*takes a sip, gets the box ready to be opened*

Each blaster box of 2021-2022 Hoops basketball comes with 11 packs of 8 cards. Each box is roughly $28 and comes with no guarantees other than this year's rookie class in their pro uniforms. Can't believe blaster boxes are $28 now. 

From my last few blaster breaks, the saying would be, you pay more to get less.

 *takes a sip, begins to rip*

RJ Barrett kicks off a PC card find in here.

Wow! Impressive, both of this years top rookies in back to back packs.

I don't know this player, but it's a rookie parallel so I will take that.

Tatum blue parallel. He has played really well this season.

Pritchard purple.

*takes a sip before moving onto the inserts*

I like the sky view insert, though I prefer more of the photo and less sky.

Pure Luka!

Arriving Now is a rookie insert line that doesn't have too bad of look to it.

Slam magazine insert. A lot of collectors, including yours truly, really like this line.

Nice photo on this one.

And to my surprise in the last pack......

My first Luka relic.

I was impressed with this break finding both top rookies and the Luka relic. I also pulled a couple of Knicks as well.

*takes a sip, gets ready to finish up today's post*

My father chose me a great box, I know he was pretty jealous when I told him what I had pulled.

Was it worth giving up the Stafford rookie for? Probably. It was still fun to open and who knows how long Stafford's value will stay up there.

In today's comments, thoughts on my break are welcomed and if you would have traded a card of that caliber for a box to open.

*Coffee Card Blogger Out*

Coffee Break:2020-2021 NBA Hoops Fat Pack

*not much sleep last night, lots of tossing and turning despite the cool sleeping temperatures. Guess I will need to hook up the coffee IV and pretend there is caffeine in my coffee*

I apologize I haven't posted in a few days. I am still working through where I want to do all of my blogging when all is said and done. I have three blogs, but, only one blog can survive and get my total focus.

For now it's been this blog, but in the end, who knows. I am up in the air on this decision still and any guidance would be appreciated.

In the meantime, enjoy another coffee break brought to you by NBA Hoops.

*takes a sip, begins to rip*

In each 2020-2021 NBA Hoops Fat pack there are 30 cards. I opened this pack up a long time ago so I am not sure what the going point was on these, but now I see they are going for about $15.

Summary: There are 270 cards in the base set with 200 veterans and 70 rookies.

There are plenty of parallel options for Hoops including, Blue, Hyper Blue, Neon Green, Purple, Purple Explosion, Purple Winter, Red Backs, Teal Explosion, Winter, Yellow, Silver #199, Green /99, Hyper Red /99, Green Explosion /89, Red /75, Teal /70, Blue Explosion /59, Artist Proof /25, Hyper Green /25, Orange /25, Orange Explosion /25, Red Explosion /15, Artist Proof Gold /10, Hyper Gold /10,  and Artist Proof Black 1/1.

Inserts are aplenty with close to 22 different ones, unless I miscounted. That is a ton!! Some of those also have parallels and numbered parallels. The Slam inserts were very popular and still are.

The hits in Hoops are a good mix of veteran and rookie content.

Let's see how my break went,

*takes a sip before closing*

Not a bad break, pulled a Slam insert, LeBron and a Knicks parallel. It was very weak again on the rookie card front but I have no luck in pulling good basketball rookies in the little bit of basketball I have broken.

I hope everyone has a great day.

*Coffee Card Blogger Out*