1991-92 Fleer? Basketball? Sunday? Mother's Day? I know, I know, I'm just asking for disappointment with this one. But that's okay, this is a fun set, so if I'm writing this one for crickets, well then... chirp chirp chirp!
I picked up this mildly mushed pack for a quarter a while back at the "copy/printing/sports cards-on-the-side" shop that's about twenty minutes away from me. I've opened more than a few boxes of this stuff over the years, but I figured .25 cents for a blog post was a pretty good deal, so I went ahead and grabbed a pack.
If you collected cards back in the early 90's, you know what to expect with this one, 14 very blue cards (none of that 4 cards per pack nonsense), with a chance at pulling one of those hot new Pro Visions.
This ended up being a very Blazers-centric pack, not that I'm complaining mind you, I just thought that it was worth noting before we got going. Oh, and apparently my scanner really dislikes these cards, so that's something to be aware of as well.
A year later he was playing in Portland. Also came back for a brief stint in the early 2000's.
A decade later he would be coaching in Portland.
An actual Blazer! There's also ex-Blazer Mychal Thompson to the left of Jerome. JK was my favorite Blazer when I was a kid, and this is one of two cards that I got Jerome to sign in person back in like '92.
As a kid, I always felt like his name could only be said out loud if there were no adults around :)
Blazer killer!
Ripped the heart out of Blazers fans on more than one occasion.
One of the few guys that I don't remember seeing play from this era, my only memories of him come from his cards.
No Blazers connection that I know of, but he did coach the Oregon Duck's woman's team for a few years.
Played on the same high school basketball team as future (at that time) Blazer, Darnell Valentine.
Brother Jim was an absolute stud with the Blazers for almost a decade.
Fleer used to have such great backs.
No direct link to Portland, but he is a guy that I would've liked to have seen in a Blazers uniform (I know, it's a stretch).
Served two stints as a Blazers assistant coach.
I saw Mark play a lot as a kid, and I've just learned that he's third on the all-time list for field goal percentage, only Artis Gilmore and Shaquille O'Neal are ahead of him... not bad company.
Fun fact: Joe Wolf is a distant cousin of Don Coyote :)
See, what did I tell you, at least half the pack had some sort of connection to the Blazers!
I will be keeping Kersey, Stockton, and Strickland. I can't imagine that anybody would want any of the other cards, but if you do, don't be shy about saying so.
Thanks for taking a moment to look at my page.
