These 2023-24 Premium Stock Hoops Multi-Wave are SSP, falling at a rate of about two per case of blasters. I ran an old school at-cost break of an entire case of blasters. That is how they were done before breakers started charging a premium to break for others. They were the cheap way to just “get your team.”

When I was a kid, I opened up as many packs as I could. As a young adult with adult money, I opened up as many boxes as I could. Never in my wild dreams did I think I would open an entire case, but nowadays it seems like that’s the norm.

It’s amazing to see how the hobby has changed, evolved or devolved, depending on how you see it.

Times were simpler back when it was just packs and boxes, but I don’t think we will ever get back there again.

Anyway yeah, Jalen Johnson. Cool player, cool card.

I feel like a lot of mail day videos are people just showing their hands. I think it is important for sure to open up packages on camera when possible in case something is damaged, lost or missing. So I did a three package mail day video and you can check it out on YouTube and it will show some of the cards I have posted up here on Mantel as well as a Kobe I haven’t shown on social media yet!

https://youtu.be/MLXsWsYwiG8?si=rtNdw62vvQ9SIUSM

I thought he scammed me at first.

Took my PayPal payment and I didn’t get my package.

But he just took a break from the hobby.

Custom card artist @dripsycards made things right by reaching out to me out of the blue and telling me he would be sending custom downtowns I bought and adding some more for the inconvenience and delay.

Much as I am impressed by the artwork on the front, I similarly enjoy the writing on the back of the card. These came out so well and this serves as a reminder that it’s not always about the money, this hobby is supposed to be more for fun than anything else.

Thank you Dripsy, I did the unboxing of that package plus two other packages in a mailday video I am going to be posting up on YouTube this afternoon.

Coming from someone who took a long break last year without any notice, we all need breaks from this hobby now and then 🙏

Every time I think he can’t one up himself he goes ahead and does it yet again. This man is on fire 🔥 and I picked this up last week planning to flip it but now I’m questioning that thought!

I like Rodman for the same reason everyone else does. I was able to pick this up two months ago from the Wilmington Card Show and I don’t mind it being encased but check out how rough the condition of the case is. So I think I will have to submit it for grading!