I love these Sweet Shots autographs! They present so well, and it’s like having an autographed basketball in the palm of your hand. Connie Hawkins, the All-Star that played college ball for the university of Iowa, had great success in the NBA. Unfortunately, he got caught up in some scandals, which limited his Impact at the NBA level. Still, he set the stage for Dr. J, and then later Dominique Wilkins and Michael Jordan with his high flying, acrobatic, amazing physicality that he brought to basketball. You can find his autographs for a very reasonable price, and I love how he signed this “Hawk 42”, clearly his nickname.

I only have one card of Michael Jordan from his stint as a Washington wizards player. However, it’s a good one! Presenting his 2002-2003 Upper Deck sweet shot autograph. I love this set and was able to complete the entire Sweet Shots autograph set from this year. It’s almost perfect, except that it missed LeBron James by one year. It contains Jordan, Bird, magic, Yao Ming, Dr. J, Kobe Bryant, and some others.

This one speaks for itself. Incredibly hard to grade gem mint due to its thickness, this is a perfect copy of a LeBron 2nd year sweet shots auto. The signature is clean, clear, bold and has no fading. Just stunning in-hand.

It’s no surprise to those that follow my posts that I have this card. I love the upper deck, sweet shots, basketball, and the upper deck Sweet spots baseball autographs. It’s like having an entire piece of memorabilia in the convenience and size of a card. These are super tough to grade well due to their thickness and outside of the mishap with fading autographs from some of the upper deck baseball/sweet spot autos, all the basketball autographs hold up very well.

I’ve always loved the sweet shot basketball and sweet spot baseball autographs. It’s like collecting a ball, but in the size and convenience of a card. Some people consider these on-card autographs and some people consider them more like cut autos. In actuality, they are somewhat in between those. They’re notoriously difficult to grade due to their thickness. In this case, I’m not really bothered by the grade. The signature is clean, clear, and bold. I find these far better than sticker autographs, but they’re still available at a reasonable price compared to some Jordan autographs.