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Christmas Comes Early For NBA Collectors This December



2007/2008 Sweet Shot Basketball Dishes Out the Top Cards Hoop Fans Are Looking For This Season



Carlsbad, CA – (December 7, 2007) – Basketball season is off to a great start with top notch stars like LeBron James and Kobe Bryant leading the league in scoring while impact rookies like Kevin Durant and Al Horford show they are the future of the NBA.  Fans can enjoy these players at arenas, on TV, online and now they can also find them in the latest release of Sweet Shot Basketball from Upper Deck.



2007/2008 Sweet Shot Basketball provides collectors with some of the most unique collectible autograph and memorabilia cards of the year, all found in one collectible tin.  In each of these tins collectors will find tremendous value with one regular card numbered to 350, two memorabilia cards and two autograph cards.



Upper Deck is well known for consistently delivering value in NBA releases by providing collectors with opportunities to find autographs of some of the most premier athletes.  Below is a list of just some of the players that have signed limited autograph cards for this series:



Dennis Rodman

Paul Pierce

Carmelo Anthony

Steve Nash

Tracy McGrady

Vince Carter

Yao Ming

John Wooden

James Worthy

Magic Johnson

Bill Walton

Hakeem Olajuwon

Julius Erving

John Stockton

Bill Russell

Julian Wright (UD Exclusive)

Mike Conley (UD Exclusive)

Joakim Noah (UD Exclusive)

Corey Brewer (UD Exclusive)

Jeff Green (UD Exclusive)

Al Horford (UD Exclusive)

Kevin Durant (UD Exclusive)

Kobe Bryant (UD Exclusive)

LeBron James (UD Exclusive)

Michael Jordan (UD Exclusive)



“For us there is more to the Sweet Shot brand than just having a great list of players signing autograph cards,” said Chris Kollmeyer, NBA Brand Manager for Upper Deck.  “We look to create new types of cards that will blow away collectors and even casual fans with their creativity.  For Sweet Shot, these great athletes signed a basketball leather card, an acetate card that looks like a backboard, a shoe leather card and a Sweet Spot baseball card that looks like a baseball.  We have spent a lot of time developing and designing these autograph cards so collectors should enjoy getting two of them in each tin along with the other great content.”


CONTENT HIGHLIGHTS:

·            Two Autographed Cards per Tin, On Average!

·            Two Memorabilia Cards per Tin, On Average!

·            Collect one rookie autograph per Tin, on average!

·            Introducing Signature Kicks featuring Autographs on Shoe Leather!

·            NBA Autographs on Sweet Spot Signature Baseball Skins!



PRODUCT BREAKDOWN:

        

        Autograph Cards

o        Sweet Shot Rookies Autograph SP (# to 699)

o        Sweet Shot Rookies Autograph SP (# to 299)

o        Signature Kicks

o        Signature Shots Leather

o        Signature Shots Acetate (# to 25)

o        Sweet Spot Signatures Baseball Skins



        Memorabilia Cards

o        Sweet Stitches

o        Sweet Stitches Patch Parallel (# to 50)

o        Sweet Swatches Dual

o        Sweet Swatches Dual Patch Parallel (# to 25)

o        Rookie Stitches (# to 99)

o        Rookie Stitches Patch Parallel (# to 10)



        Regular Cards and Rookies

o        90 Card Base Set