A high-end 1990s insert from a high-end brand that has a parallel and limited number to 500. Of one of my favorite players in Kevin Garnett. This definitely checks all the boxes! The lenticular design really pops and is the most well done and well shaped card since the flare jambalaya insert serious. This is available for trade for rare or high-end other cards I want. Including flawless game-used patch shields, credentials, rubie, PMG‘s or other rare cards from players I love. If you’re interested… Feel free to hit me up!

The Opulence set produced a line of cards with game-worn jerseys and patches from the Olympics. While I’m really looking for chunky or multicolored patches in the set, it’s tough sledding out there to find them. Much less find them for a reasonable price. This one will serve as a nice placeholder until I can upgrade into a patch for Garnett. Still, a game worn napkin, swatch from a jersey by Kevin Garnett in the Olympics paired with an on-card autograph for under $200 seems like a steal to me, especially when compared to the artificial scarcity of a million different number parallels in today’s market. Do you collect any Team USA or Olympic cards? Do you think should sell at a premium as compared to relay NBA jersey cards?

KG was one of my all-time favorite players. Love these early patch piece cards. In the early days, Fleer and Upper Deck patch cards were rare but also all of them were game worn, not like today’s post-COVID non-associated jersey/patch pieces. I think the key is to have them associated with specific moments, games, and milestones. Something Fanatics/Topps is starting to do, at least for some significant pieces. We will see what happens when they get all the licenses. But I miss Fleer, Skybox, Flair, and Upper Deck!

Kevin Garnett made his presence known wherever he went. If emotional intensity was a stat, he’d hold the all-time record for it.

I only have a couple jambalaya insert cards. They were too expensive when I wanted to collect them, but I still able to get this Kevin Garnett, a player I PC. Still, happy to have even one in my collection.