Somewhere in 1990, I really started getting into trading cards. Baseball cards mostly, and some non-sports cards that I thought were cool. In the fall of that year, I spotted packs of 1990/1991 NBA Hoops cards and they would be my first foray into the world of basketball cards. I saw them at my local grocery store one day and bought a few packs. I really didn’t know what to expect. I just knew that some other kids at school were trading basketball cards and these were basketball cards. I found that I loved them. The silver border was cool. I knew some of the players, there were rookie cards and all-star cards to try and find, and my friends at school now wanted to include me in their trading. All was well in my world when it came to basketball cards.
The next time we went to the store, I spent my whole allowance on packs of these. When we got to the car, my mom threw a fit about me using all of my money on cards. She gave me a lecture on how cards aren’t worth what people think they are. In her words, “If they were worth anything, they wouldn’t put them in those packs. They’d just sell them for what they’re worth.” She clearly didn’t understand how the secondary market worked. And she didn’t understand that having these cards got me into a somewhat exclusive group at school. To me, that made these cards worth spending a whole week’s allowance on.
I still dabble in trading cards from time to time, and when I’m on that kick, I’m always on the lookout for unopened packs of these. It’s not with the hope of finding anything valuable in them because that’s not really a possibility. It’s just that opening an unsealed pack of these takes me back to my middle school days for just a little while, and that’s a high you can’t buy.
There you go, sorry I barely saw your question a minute ago, enjoy!
That’s awesome that you used to collect these too, the 80’s and 90’s era of basketball was classic! In 1 of my other comments I mentioned collecting GI Joe, Marvel and Basketball cards, these were the exact ones I used to collect. A year or so ago I found a website that actually has the whole series ➕️ other cards besides this. I didn’t know that some of the cards actually have mistakes like not having the player position in front etc. I wish I had held onto these back in the days but I’m glad that they’re somewhere online for you to be able to see.
Can you share that link?
https://www.tcdb.com/Checklist.cfm/sid/2080/1990-91-Hoops