What's up Gem Mint Fire Banger Bros,
I grabbed a blaster of 2022-23 Leaf Basketball today at Target.
Sort of the same deal with the football blasters, though more money for less content - $26.99 for a 10-card set and one auto.
Was pleasantly surprised that the second card of the 10-card set was Scoota Henderson, projected to be the #2 pick in the upcoming draft.
(Note - not sure why Leaf is calling him "Scoota" on all his cards and the NBA/G-League refers to him as "Scoot" ...)
The only other guys I had heard of were 2022 draft picks Keegan Murray of my Kings and Bennedict Mathurin of the Pacers.
I had to research the other 8 players:
Dereck Lively – high school, committed to Duke
Scoota Henderson – G League Ignite, likely #2 pick in upcoming NBA draft
Arthur Kaluma – Creighton sophomore
GG Jackson – high school, committed to South Carolina
Mackenzie Mgbako – high school, committed to Duke
Matas Buzelis – high school, committed to G League Ignite
Nick Smith Jr. – Arkansas freshman, likely Top 10 pick in upcoming NBA draft
Bennedict Mathurin – One of NBA’s top current rookies with Pacers
Keegan Murray – One of NBA’s top current rookies with Kings
Kel’El Ware – auto, limited to 30, Oregon freshman
As a fan of basketball in general I am stoked to have some new cards of new players.
I got the red set, I would assume there are other colors as there are in the football blasters.
Also want to credit Leaf for not only putting a foil tamper proof seal on the lid of the blaster, but a nice sticker with the Leaf logo as a wrap around the plastic case that the set comes in.
My only critique would be to put in one more auto at that price point.
But overall, pretty solid.
I grabbed a blaster of 2022-23 Leaf Basketball today at Target.
Sort of the same deal with the football blasters, though more money for less content - $26.99 for a 10-card set and one auto.
Was pleasantly surprised that the second card of the 10-card set was Scoota Henderson, projected to be the #2 pick in the upcoming draft.
(Note - not sure why Leaf is calling him "Scoota" on all his cards and the NBA/G-League refers to him as "Scoot" ...)
The only other guys I had heard of were 2022 draft picks Keegan Murray of my Kings and Bennedict Mathurin of the Pacers.
I had to research the other 8 players:
Dereck Lively – high school, committed to Duke
Scoota Henderson – G League Ignite, likely #2 pick in upcoming NBA draft
Arthur Kaluma – Creighton sophomore
GG Jackson – high school, committed to South Carolina
Mackenzie Mgbako – high school, committed to Duke
Matas Buzelis – high school, committed to G League Ignite
Nick Smith Jr. – Arkansas freshman, likely Top 10 pick in upcoming NBA draft
Bennedict Mathurin – One of NBA’s top current rookies with Pacers
Keegan Murray – One of NBA’s top current rookies with Kings
Kel’El Ware – auto, limited to 30, Oregon freshman
As a fan of basketball in general I am stoked to have some new cards of new players.
I got the red set, I would assume there are other colors as there are in the football blasters.
Also want to credit Leaf for not only putting a foil tamper proof seal on the lid of the blaster, but a nice sticker with the Leaf logo as a wrap around the plastic case that the set comes in.
My only critique would be to put in one more auto at that price point.
But overall, pretty solid.