№17: Revisiting the Upper Deck Legendary Signatures Insert Cards from the 1999-2000 UD Legends Basketball Hobby Box
May 3, 2021
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Welcome to the first ever Hobby Spotlight! Inspired by the writings of the late Zander Hollander (Sportswriter, archivist, and author of the ever informative The Complete Handbook of Pro Basketball), I decided to put my 30 years of basketball knowledge to some use and come up with a short, free flowing, and non-linear/viewpoint narrative on the featured player, team, or some aspect of the hobby.
1999-2000 Upper Deck Legends Basketball Hobby Box
Each 1999-2000 Upper Deck Legends Basketball hobby box comes with 24 packs with 5 cards per pack. The base set features 90 cards (1-90) with parallel sets: Commemorative Collection (numbered to 50) and the Commemorative Collection Gold (numbered to 1). The UD Legends Basketball set also comes with 10 possible inserts: History's Heroes (seeded 1:12 packs), Legendary Jerseys (1:288), Legendary Jerseys Gold (numbered to 25), Legendary Jerseys Autographs - Larry Bird (numbered to 33), Legendary Jerseys Autographs - Michael Jordan (numbered to 23), Legendary Signatures (1:24), Legendary Signatures Gold (numbered to 25), NBA Originals (1:12), Players of the Century (1:4), and Recollections (1:24)
But the icing on the cake is that this set comes with one (of twelve) jumbo MJ Final Floor cards. These cards feature a small piece of the Delta Center floor wherein Michael Jordan hit the game winning shot to propel the Chicago Bulls to their 6th NBA Championship.
Caption: Here is YouTuber Chris G613 Collectibles opening a then 19-year old factory sealed box of 1999-2000 Upper Deck NBA Legends Basketball back in 2018. Current online prices for a similar box is north of 750 USD.
The focus of this post is on the Legendary Signature inserts. Of the Forty-one featured NBA Legends, Thirty-one of them were named to the NBA’s 50 Greatest Players list in 1996.
Check out this really beautiful card set below.
1999-2000 Upper Deck Legendary Signatures Inserts (1:24)
1. Alex English - (1999-2000 Upper Deck Legendary Signatures #AE)
2. “The Houdini of the Hardwood” Bob Cousy - (1999-2000 Upper Deck Legendary Signatures #BC)
3. Bob Lanier - (1999-2000 Upper Deck Legendary Signatures #BL)
4. Bob Pettit - (1999-2000 Upper Deck Legendary Signatures #BP)
5. Bill Russell - (1999-2000 Upper Deck Legendary Signatures #BR)
6. Bill Sharman (†) - (1999-2000 Upper Deck Legendary Signatures #BS)
7. Bill Walton - (1999-2000 Upper Deck Legendary Signatures #BW)
8. Clyde “The Glide” Drexler - (1999-2000 Upper Deck Legendary Signatures #CD)
9. Dave Cowens - (1999-2000 Upper Deck Legendary Signatures #DC)
10. Dave DeBusschere (†) - (1999-2000 Upper Deck Legendary Signatures #DD)
11. “The Doctor” Julius Erving - (1999-2000 Upper Deck Legendary Signatures #DR)
12. Dolph Schayes (†) - (1999-2000 Upper Deck Legendary Signatures #DS)
13. David Thompson - (1999-2000 Upper Deck Legendary Signatures #DT)
14. “The Human Highlight Film” Dominique Wilkins - (1999-2000 Upper Deck Legendary Signatures #DW)
15. Elgin Baylor (†) - (1999-2000 Upper Deck Legendary Signatures #EB)
16. Elvin Hayes - (1999-2000 Upper Deck Legendary Signatures #EH)
17. Earl “The Pearl” Monroe - (1999-2000 Upper Deck Legendary Signatures #EM)
18. Gail Goodrich - (1999-2000 Upper Deck Legendary Signatures #GA)
19. “The Iceman” George Gervin - (1999-2000 Upper Deck Legendary Signatures #GG)
20. Hal Greer (†) - (1999-2000 Upper Deck Legendary Signatures #HG)
21. Isiah Thomas - (1999-2000 Upper Deck Legendary Signatures #IT)
22. Jamaal Wilkes - (1999-2000 Upper Deck Legendary Signatures #JA)
23. John “Hondo” Havlicek (†) - (1999-2000 Upper Deck Legendary Signatures #JH)
24. Jo Jo White (†) - (1999-2000 Upper Deck Legendary Signatures #JJ)
25. Jerry Lucas - (1999-2000 Upper Deck Legendary Signatures #JL)
26. Jerry West - (1999-2000 Upper Deck Legendary Signatures #JW)
27. “The Captain” Kareem Abdul-Jabbar - (1999-2000 Upper Deck Legendary Signatures #KA)
28. Larry Joe Bird - (1999-2000 Upper Deck Legendary Signatures #LB)
29. Earvin “Magic” Johnson, Jr. - (1999-2000 Upper Deck Legendary Signatures #MG)
30. Moses Malone (†) - (1999-2000 Upper Deck Legendary Signatures #MM)
31. Nate “Tiny” Archibald - (1999-2000 Upper Deck Legendary Signatures #NA)
32. Nate Thurmond (†) - (1999-2000 Upper Deck Legendary Signatures #NT)
33. “The Big O” Oscar Robertson - (1999-2000 Upper Deck Legendary Signatures #OR)
34. Paul Arizin (†) - (1999-2000 Upper Deck Legendary Signatures #PA)
35. Paul Silas - (1999-2000 Upper Deck Legendary Signatures #PS)
36. Rick Barry - (1999-2000 Upper Deck Legendary Signatures #RB)
37. Spencer Haywood - (1999-2000 Upper Deck Legendary Signatures #SH)
38. Walt Bellamy (†) - (1999-2000 Upper Deck Legendary Signatures #WB)
39. Walt Frazier - (1999-2000 Upper Deck Legendary Signatures #WF)
40. Willis Reed - (1999-2000 Upper Deck Legendary Signatures #WR)
41. Wes Unseld (†) - (1999-2000 Upper Deck Legendary Signatures #WU)
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