1989-90 NBA Hoops Basketball Checklist
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1989-90 Basketball Cards NBA Hoops Series 1 & 2 Series 1 Release Date: November 1989 Box Configuration: 36 Packs Per Box 15 Cards Per Pack Original Pack SRP: $0.50 Cents 89-90 Hoops Boxes on eBay Series 1: #1-300 Series 2: #301-353 |
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| 1989-90 Basketball Cards NBA Hoops Series 1&2 Basketball Prior to 1989, the market for NBA trading cards was limited to a single set produced by Fleer. The popularity of the Fleer sets were minimal, even though the cards had a similar look and feel to the 1989-90 NBA Hoops cards. The reason the 89-90 NBA Hoops cards have become a landmark basketball set boils down to several key attributes that made the cards unique for it's time. |
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| 1) The Rookie Card. In the late 1980's the market for sports cards in general shifted from collectors going after veteran players - to chasing the hot young player. Every collector from that day remembers the likes of Greg Jeffries, Jose Canseco, and Ken Griffey Jr. Prior to 1989-90 Hoops, basketball card collectors had to wait sometimes several years for a "rookie card" to appear of their favorite player. For example NBA Hall of Famer James Worthy has a rookie card in 1986-87 Fleer even though he was drafted by the Lakers in 1982. While David Robinson was drafted #1 in the 1987 NBA Draft, he did not play in the NBA until 1989 because he was serving his two-year commitment to the Navy. Robinson was considered the next big thing in basketball during that time. Big men were more of a focal point in NBA offenses back in those days - and Robinson was considered a cornerstone type player. Shortly after the product came out, Robinson rookie cards were selling for $10-20 in hobby stores and shows across America. While that seems like a piddly sum today - $10-20 was a lot to spend on a trading card. Pack prices started at $.50 cents per pack - but quickly got as high as $2 per pack. According to the Pittsburgh Post Gazette - the set price at some stores got as high as $100. 2) Marketing. The NBA Hoops set was a team of people led by the NBA. Think of it this way, imagine if the "MLB" came out with their own set of cards today - competing against the baseball card giant themselves, Topps. The NBA took it upon themselves to market the cards during events like All-Star Weekend. But there was plenty of help for the NBA to market and produce the 89-90 NBA Hoops cards. The league teamed with Cardco Inc. and the Liggett Group in what proved to be a crucial strategic move. Liggett at the time was having wild success producing Pro Set Football cards. Liggett also was involved in distributing candy and tobacco products to retail stores across the country. This partnership proved key, as Liggett made sure that cards could easily be found in just about every grocery store in the United States during the early 1990's. 3) Cards got hot. In the early 1990's sports card collecting got hot. In the same vein, so did the NBA, as Michael Jordan became the most popular athlete in the world. But the popularity of sports cards stretched across all three major U.S. sports, football, baseball and basketball. The 1989 Upper Deck Ken Griffey Jr. rookie card set off a frenzy, and even to this day that card can still bring $25-40. Cards were affordable in those days, as typically $.50-$1.00 could get you a pack of cards. With no eBay or frankly, the internet - typically collectors actually "collected" these cards in boxes or binders and treasured the cards like gold. |
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| 1989-90 NBA Hoops Checklist Legend:
-Find the top cards on eBay below- |
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| 1 Joe Dumars 2 Tree Rollins 3 Kenny Walker 4 Mychal Thompson 5 Alvin Robertson SP 6 Vinny Del Negro RC 7 Greg Anderson SP 8 Rod Strickland RC 9 Ed Pinckney 10 Dale Ellis 11 Chuck Daly RC 12 Eric Leckner 13 Charles Davis 14 Cotton Fitzsimmons C 15 Byron Scott 16 Derrick Chievous 17 Reggie Lewis RC 18 Jim Paxson 19 Tony Campbell RC 20 Rolando Blackman 21 Michael Jordan AS 22 Cliff Levingston 23 Roy Tarpley 24 Harold Pressley UER 25 Larry Nance 26 Chris Morris RC 27 Bobby Hansen UER 28 Mark Price AS 29 Reggie Miller 30 Karl Malone 31 Sidney Lowe SP 32 Ron Anderson 33 Mike Gminski 34 Scott Brooks RC 35 Kevin Johnson RC 36 Mark Bryant RC 37 Rik Smits RC 38 Tim Perry RC 39 Ralph Sampson 40 Danny Manning RC 41 Kevin Edwards RC 42 Paul Mokeski 43 Dale Ellis AS 44 Walter Berry 45 Chuck Person 46 Rick Mahorn SP 47 Joe Kleine 48 Brad Daugherty AS 49 Mike Woodson 50 Brad Daugherty 51 Shelton Jones SP 52 Michael Adams 53 Wes Unseld C 54 Rex Chapman RC 55 Kelly Tripucka 56 Rickey Green 57 Frank Johnson SP 58 Johnny Newman RC 59 Billy Thompson 60 Stu Jackson C 61 Walter Davis 62 Brian Shaw RC SP 63 Gerald Wilkins 64 Armon Gilliam 65 Maurice Cheeks SP 66 Jack Sikma 67 Harvey Grant RC 68 Jim Lynam C 69 Clyde Drexler AS 70 Xavier McDaniel 71 Danny Young 72 Fennis Dembo 73 Mark Acres SP 74 Brad Lohaus RC SP 75 Manute Bol 76 Purvis Short 77 Allen Leavell 78 Johnny Dawkins SP 79 Paul Pressey 80 Patrick Ewing 81 Bill Wennington RC 82 Danny Schayes 83 Derek Smith 84 Moses Malone AS 85 Jeff Malone 86 Otis Smith RC SP 87 Trent Tucker 88 Robert Reid 89 John Paxson 90 Chris Mullin |
91 Tom Garrick 92 Willis Reed C SP 93 Dave Corzine SP 94 Mark Alarie 95 Mark Aguirre 96 Charles Barkley AS 97 Sidney Green SP 98 Kevin Willis 99 Dave Hoppen 100 Terry Cummings SP 101 Dwayne Washington SP 102 Larry Brown C 103 Kevin Duckworth 104 Uwe Blab SP 105 Terry Porter 106 Craig Ehlo RC 107 Don Casey C 108 Pat Riley C 109 John Salley 110 Charles Barkley 111 Sam Bowie SP 112 Earl Cureton 113 Craig Hodges UER 114 Benoit Benjamin 115a Spud Webb ERR 115b Spud Webb COR 116 Karl Malone AS 117 Sleepy Floyd 118 Hot Rod Williams 119 Michael Holton 120 Alex English 121 Dennis Johnson 122 Wayne Cooper SP 123a Don Chaney C ERR 123b Don Chaney C COR 124 A.C. Green 125 Adrian Dantley 126 Del Harris C 127 Dick Harter C 128 Reggie Williams RC 129 Bill Hanzlik 130 Dominique Wilkins 131 Herb Williams 132 Steve Johnson SP 133 Alex English AS 134 Darrell Walker 135 Bill Laimbeer 136 Fred Roberts RC 137 Hersey Hawkins RC 138 David Robinson RC SP 139 Brad Sellers SP 140 John Stockton 141 Grant Long RC 142 Marc Iavaroni SP 143 Steve Alford RC SP 144 Jeff Lamp SP 145 Buck Williams SP 146 Mark Jackson AS 147 Jim Petersen 148 Steve Stipanovich SP 149 Sam Vincent RC SP 150 Larry Bird 151 Jon Koncak RC 152 Olden Polynice RC 153 Randy Breuer 154 John Battle RC 155 Mark Eaton 156 Kevin McHale AS UER 157 Jerry Sichting SP 158 Pat Cummings SP 159 Patrick Ewing AS 160 Mark Price 161 Jerry Reynolds C 162 Ken Norman RC 163 John Bagley SP UER 164 Christian Welp SP 165 Reggie Theus SP 166 Magic Johnson AS 167 John Long UER 168 Larry Smith SP 169 Charles Shackleford RC 170 Tom Chambers 171a John MacLeod C SP ERR 171b John MacLeod C COR 172 Ron Rothstein C 173 Joe Wolf 174 Mark Eaton AS 175 Jon Sundvold 176 Scott Hastings SP 177 Isiah Thomas AS |
178 Hakeem Olajuwon AS 179 Mike Fratello C 180 Hakeem Olajuwon 181 Randolph Keys 182 Richard Anderson UER 183 Dan Majerle RC 184 Derek Harper 185 Robert Parish 186 Ricky Berry SP 187 Michael Cooper 188 Vinnie Johnson 189 James Donaldson 190 Clyde Drexler 191 Jay Vincent SP 192 Nate McMillan 193 Kevin Duckworth AS 194 Ledell Eackles RC 195 Eddie Johnson 196 Terry Teagle 197 Tom Chambers AS 198 Joe Barry Carroll 199 Dennis Hopson RC 200 Michael Jordan 201 Jerome Lane RC 202 Greg Kite RC 203 David Rivers SP 204 Sylvester Gray 205 Ron Harper 206 Frank Brickowski 207 Rory Sparrow 208 Gerald Henderson 209 Rod Higgins UER 210 James Worthy 211 Dennis Rodman 212 Ricky Pierce 213 Charles Oakley 214 Steve Colter 215 Danny Ainge 216 Lenny Wilkens C UER 217 Larry Nance AS 218 Muggsy Bogues 219 James Worthy AS 220 Lafayette Lever 221 Quintin Dailey SP 222 Lester Conner 223 Jose Ortiz 224 Micheal Williams RC SP 225 Wayman Tisdale 226 Mike Sanders SP 227 Jim Farmer SP 228 Mark West 229 Jeff Hornacek RC 230 Chris Mullin AS 231 Vern Fleming 232 Kenny Smith 233 Derrick McKey 234 Dominique Wilkins AS 235 Willie Anderson RC 236 Keith Lee SP 237 Buck Johnson RC 238 Randy Wittman 239 Terry Catledge SP 240 Bernard King 241 Darrell Griffith 242 Horace Grant 243 Rony Seikaly RC 244 Scottie Pippen 245 Michael Cage UER 246 Kurt Rambis 247 Morlon Wiley RC SP 248 Ronnie Grandison 249 Scott Skiles RC SP 250 Isiah Thomas 251 Thurl Bailey 252 Glenn Rivers 253 Stuart Gray SP 254 John Williams 255 Bill Cartwright 256 Terry Cummings AS 257 Rodney McCray 258 Larry Krystkowiak RC 259 Will Perdue RC 260 Mitch Richmond RC 261 Blair Rasmussen 262 Charles Smith RC 263 Tyrone Corbin RC SP 264 Kelvin Upshaw 265 Otis Thorpe 266 Phil Jackson C 267 Jerry Sloan C |
268 John Shasky 269a Bernie Bickerstaff C SP ERR 269b Bernie Bickerstaff C COR 270 Magic Johnson 271 Vernon Maxwell RC 272 Tim McCormick 273 Don Nelson C 274 Gary Grant RC 275 Sidney Moncrief SP 276 Roy Hinson 277 Jimmy Rodgers C 278 Antoine Carr 279a Orlando Woolridge SP ERR 279b Orlando Woolridge COR 280 Kevin McHale 281 LaSalle Thompson 282 Detlef Schrempf 283 Doug Moe C 284a James Edwards ERR 284b James Edwards COR 285 Jerome Kersey 286 Sam Perkins 287 Sedale Threatt 288 Tim Kempton SP 289 Mark McNamara 290 Moses Malone 291 Rick Adelman C UER 292 Dick Versace C 293 Alton Lister SP 294 Winston Garland 295 Kiki Vandeweghe 296 Brad Davis 297 John Stockton AS 298 Jay Humphries 299 Dell Curry 300 Mark Jackson 301 Morlon Wiley 302 Reggie Theus 303 Otis Smith 304 Tod Murphy RC 305 Sidney Green 306 Shelton Jones 307 Mark Acres 308 Terry Catledge 309 Larry Smith 310 David Robinson IA 311 Johnny Dawkins 312 Terry Cummings 313 Sidney Lowe 314 Bill Musselman C 315 Buck Williams 316 Mel Turpin 317 Scott Hastings 318 Scott Skiles 319 Tyrone Corbin 320 Maurice Cheeks 321 Matt Guokas C 322 Jeff Turner 323 David Wingate 324 Steve Johnson 325 Alton Lister 326 Ken Bannister 327 Bill Fitch C UER 328 Sam Vincent 329 Larry Drew 330 Rick Mahorn 331 Christian Welp 332 Brad Lohaus 333 Frank Johnson 334 Jim Farmer 335 Wayne Cooper 336 Mike Brown RC 337 Sam Bowie 338 Kevin Gamble RC 339 Jerry Reynolds RC 340 Mike Sanders 341 Bill Jones UER 342 Greg Anderson 343 Dave Corzine 344 Micheal Williams UER 345 Jay Vincent 346 David Rivers 347 Caldwell Jones UER 348 Brad Sellers 349 Scott Roth 350 Alvin Robertson 351 Steve Kerr RC 352 Stuart Gray 353a Detroit Pistons Cham SP 353b Detroit Pistons Cham |
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| 1989-90 NBA Hoops Error & Sp Cards |
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| 115a Spud Webb ERR - Says Spud signed 9/27/89 on back of card. 115b Spud Webb COR - Corrected that he signed 9/26/85 on back. Market: The error version of this card is considered more rare and thus more valuable. 123a Don Chaney C ERR - On card back - a black line is next to the words 'NBA coaching record' 123b Don Chaney C COR - No Line on back Market: It's believed both have about equal print runs. 171a John MacLeod C SP ERR - NBA logo on his photo on card back 171b John MacLeod C COR - No NBA logo on his photo on back Market: The error version of this card is considered more rare and thus more valuable. 269a Bernie Bickerstaff C SP ERR - Says he was born on 2/11/44 on card back. 269b Bernie Bickerstaff C COR - Corrected date of birth 11/2/43 on back. Market: The error version of this card is considered more rare and thus more valuable. 279a Orlando Woolridge SP ERR - On card back - 'TM' is not under Lakers Logo 279b Orlando Woolridge COR - The trademark 'TM' is under Lakers Logo Market: The error version of this card is considered more rare and thus more valuable. 284a James Edwards ERR - There is a small black line to the left of the card number on back 284b James Edwards COR - No Line on back Market: It's believed both have about equal print runs. Short Print (Sp) Cards - these cards are not that rare at all. To produce a series 2, Hoops needed to drop some cards from the actual sheets they printed the cards on to make room for the additional cards in the second series. Typically these cards have no additional value compared to other cards in the set. |
| 1989-90 NBA Hoops Pistons Championship Cards Hoops produced two 1989 World Champions Pistons cards and the rare version was inserted into series 2 boxes at what is believed to be 1:72 packs. During that time, many people tried to complete the entire set and collectors were upset because it was so hard to pull one of these cards. Hoops then responded by producing a 2nd version, that you could get for free by mailing Hoops. Additional cards were also available for $0.35 cents a card. |
 Rare - Short Print Card |
 Free Mail In Version |
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| 1989-90 NBA Hoops NBA Superstars Set Have Yellow Background - Originally Only Sold at Sears 100 Cards From Series 1 Inside |
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| 1989-90 NBA Hoops David Robinson RC #138 Sold for $10-25 back in early 1990's Can be found for less then $2 today One of the most important NBA cards of all-time |
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