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2011-12 Upper Deck SP Authentic Basketball Review

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2011-12 SP Authentic Basketball Images

Now that we are weeks into the 2011-12 NBA lockout, let’s take a look at one of the first products of the year by Panin, errr, Upper Deck… Oh…

(Click here for pictures of my 2011-12 SP Authentic Basketball box break)

Well, that intro came out wrong.  The sad irony of the NBA lockout for basketball card collectors is that their wish – or at least part of it - has come true.  A large proportion of the community was saddened by Upper Deck’s loss of the NBA license and their subsequent fall from grace.  The erstwhile maker of Exquisite Collection and exclusive provider of Michael Jordan and LeBron James autographs in their NBA uniforms were now relegated to making cards associated with the dreaded “C” word: college.   But with Panini having their hands tied with the lockout and unable to produce cards in the meantime, Upper Deck is the interim leader of the basketball card hobby.  The question now is will products like 2011-12 SP Authentic be enough to entice the NBA faithful?

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Rating for 2011-12 SP Authentic Basketball:

3

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