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No need to listen to me talk. If you’re more interested in the history, please go to the link in the description. Wilt Chamberlain was the first player to reach the 30,000 point mark, a huge moment in basketball history, much more important than this specific card. So, if you’ve never seen that moment, please go the link. You’ll understand the title of the video when you see what happens, or just watch this video for another minute… But back to this card.
This is such a fun set, and a very memorable one for us collector’s who grew up in the ’90’s! I know it’s not very valuable, but it gave us a chance to pull a Wilt Chamberlain card. Although the youngest of us might not have appreciated how thorough an overview of Chamberlain’s career these cards gave. The text jam-packed on the back was something we grew to respect later. Today we’re looking at the card marking Chamberlain passing 30,000 points. Fun fact, his 30,000th point did not go through the net…it was the result of a goaltending call on Suns center Neal Walk. You can watch that here! Can you imagine…such a legendary achievement and the exact point that allows you to hit that mark doesn’t get to fall through. Really interesting bit of trivia there!
I’m not going to read the back to you, but please pause the video if interested. It’s wonderful information. Although at the time this card was printed, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was the only other player to break 30,000 points and lead Chamberlain in scoring, others like Karl Malone, Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, Dirk Nowitski and of course, Lebron James all passed this milestone.
These were found in “Low Series” packs of ’92-93 Upper Deck. Instead of a typical Series I and Series II, the “Low Series,” contained cards #1-310 and the “High Series” cards contained #1-510 with a few of the cards differing. In fact, the Low Series boxes actually featured the unnumbered header from these Wilt Chamberlain cards very large on the bottom. Those boxes put the odds at 1 in every 9 packs. Odds were the same for jumbo packs. Series I/Low Series jumbo packs were found in “Locker Boxes.” These boxes are really fun memories for many of us. They had four 27-card jumbo packs, and the box itself could be used as a plastic storage container for your cards.
There are ten of these Wilt Chamberlain cards, nine cards numbered 10-18 and an unnumbered Header card. Why start at #10? These cards were viewed as part of an ongoing collection. The previous year, ’91-92, Upper Deck produced the Jerry West Heroes cards which were numbered 1-9. The “Basketball Heroes” logo is the same on all of the cards, helping unify the set between seasons. They cover a large span of his basketball career, from college to his rookie season, to this 30,000 point landmark, to induction into the Hall of Fame. Really important basketball history captured on very affordable cards.
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