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Kobe Bryant Los Angeles Lakers 1996-97 Bowman’s Best Atomic Refractors R23 BGS 10 Pristine Rookie Card
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Kobe Bryant Los Angeles Lakers 1996-97 Bowman’s Best Atomic Refractors R23 BGS 10 Pristine Rookie Card
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Beckett Grading Services, BGS, 10 Pristine, sealed plastic holder, Cert number: 0004646894
Cardboard and Plastic
图录说明
Bowman hit the ground running in its inaugural year of sports-card production in 1948, releasing the first major post-war baseball card set.
This release helped shape the future of trading cards, and to this day Bowman cards remain incredibly popular. Resurrected as a standalone brand in 1989 by Topps, each year they have continued the tradition with separate baseball releases of Bowman as well as consistent entries across various sports.
In 1994, Topps introduced Bowman’s Best to the hobby, a 200-card baseball set that built on the success of the previous year’s Finest baseball release. Collectors were already captivated by chrome technology and the newly beloved refractors, and Bowman’s Best doubled down on that excitement. It did not take long for the brand to make its way to basketball, and what better time than the 1996-97 season, featuring a legendary rookie class that included Allen Iverson, Ray Allen, Steve Nash, and, of course, the Black Mamba himself, Kobe Bryant.
The inaugural edition of Bowman’s Best Basketball features a 125-card base set, 80 veterans, 25 rookies, and 20 throwback cards. A variety of inserts are also included in the release, such as Best Cuts, Best Picks, Best Shots, and Honor Roll. Each card has a base, refractor, and atomic refractor version. Packs contain six cards each, with boxes holding 24 packs.
According to the advertised odds, base set refractors are found in approximately 1 in every 12 hobby packs, while base set atomic refractors fall 1 in every 24 hobby packs. Insert card refractor and atomic refractors appear at slightly higher odds. Based on these odds, collectors would hope to find two base set refractors and one base set atomic refractor per box. The odds of pulling a Kobe Bryant atomic refractor rookie card are extremely slim, and finding one in pristine condition is unthinkable, especially given this set’s predisposition toward greening. This particular example features perfect centering, sharp corners, flawless edges, and a near perfect surface grade. The card boasts bold original colors.
This card has been authenticated and deemed to be in Pristine condition, receiving a grade of 10 from Beckett Grading Services (BGS). This example is among the highest condition copies of the card ever certified and, at the time of cataloging, of the 243 graded by BGS, only 3 have received this prestigious designation, with none graded higher. With that, at the time of cataloging, of the 1147 1996-97 Bowman’s Best atomic refractors graded by BGS, there are only 3 Pristine grades that exist across the entire population report.
Going Deeper - Kobe Bryant
Kobe Bean Bryant, out of Lower Merion High School, was one of two central pieces that Jerry West and the Lakers added to their roster in an effort to shake an uncharacteristic period of mediocrity that had taken hold on the franchise since Jordan had dispatched them in the 1991 Finals. In what was perhaps the greatest trade in NBA history, Jerry West traded Vlade Divac for the rights to the Hornets’ 13th overall pick in the 1996 NBA Draft, who became Kobe.
Together with Shaquille O’Neal, Kobe and the Lakers took over the league in the early aughts, completing only the fifth, and the last recorded at the time of writing, three-peat in NBA history from 2000-2002.
The legendary tandem of Kobe and Shaquille O’Neal was disbanded when Shaq was dealt to the Miami Heat in 2004. With Kobe firmly in the driver's seat of the Lakers offense, he quickly established himself as one of the premier scorers the game has ever seen.
Between 2005 and the end of his career, Kobe put on a plethora of jaw-dropping scoring displays: 62 points against the Mavericks, 81 points against the Raptors (2nd all-time in NBA history) 55 here, 60 there. It seemed that any night could provide NBA fans with a dominant performance – a scoring clinic.
Kobe won back-to-back scoring titles in 2005-06 and 2006-07 and achieved NBA League MVP honors in the 2007-08 season, the only regular season MVP of his career. After being joined by Pau Gasol, Kobe led the Lakers to three consecutive NBA Finals appearances (2008, 2009, 2010) and two NBA championships (2009 and 2010), earning Finals MVP honors on both occasions.
Kobe ended his historic career with one last shining moment in 2016. In his final game in the NBA, a 37-year old Bryant willed the Lakers to a come-from-behind victory, scoring 60 points and hitting the game-winning shot in the process. The performance was surreal, the perfect bow on the gift that was watching Kobe play. A nod to the basketball greats, a demonstration of a love for the game, deep-rooted and palpable.
In 2021, Kobe Bryant was posthumously recognized as a member of the NBA 75th Anniversary Team along with being inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame. The Lakers organization have also retired both numbers he wore during his career, 24 and 8.
Cardboard and Plastic
图录说明
Bowman hit the ground running in its inaugural year of sports-card production in 1948, releasing the first major post-war baseball card set.
This release helped shape the future of trading cards, and to this day Bowman cards remain incredibly popular. Resurrected as a standalone brand in 1989 by Topps, each year they have continued the tradition with separate baseball releases of Bowman as well as consistent entries across various sports.
In 1994, Topps introduced Bowman’s Best to the hobby, a 200-card baseball set that built on the success of the previous year’s Finest baseball release. Collectors were already captivated by chrome technology and the newly beloved refractors, and Bowman’s Best doubled down on that excitement. It did not take long for the brand to make its way to basketball, and what better time than the 1996-97 season, featuring a legendary rookie class that included Allen Iverson, Ray Allen, Steve Nash, and, of course, the Black Mamba himself, Kobe Bryant.
The inaugural edition of Bowman’s Best Basketball features a 125-card base set, 80 veterans, 25 rookies, and 20 throwback cards. A variety of inserts are also included in the release, such as Best Cuts, Best Picks, Best Shots, and Honor Roll. Each card has a base, refractor, and atomic refractor version. Packs contain six cards each, with boxes holding 24 packs.
According to the advertised odds, base set refractors are found in approximately 1 in every 12 hobby packs, while base set atomic refractors fall 1 in every 24 hobby packs. Insert card refractor and atomic refractors appear at slightly higher odds. Based on these odds, collectors would hope to find two base set refractors and one base set atomic refractor per box. The odds of pulling a Kobe Bryant atomic refractor rookie card are extremely slim, and finding one in pristine condition is unthinkable, especially given this set’s predisposition toward greening. This particular example features perfect centering, sharp corners, flawless edges, and a near perfect surface grade. The card boasts bold original colors.
This card has been authenticated and deemed to be in Pristine condition, receiving a grade of 10 from Beckett Grading Services (BGS). This example is among the highest condition copies of the card ever certified and, at the time of cataloging, of the 243 graded by BGS, only 3 have received this prestigious designation, with none graded higher. With that, at the time of cataloging, of the 1147 1996-97 Bowman’s Best atomic refractors graded by BGS, there are only 3 Pristine grades that exist across the entire population report.
Going Deeper - Kobe Bryant
Kobe Bean Bryant, out of Lower Merion High School, was one of two central pieces that Jerry West and the Lakers added to their roster in an effort to shake an uncharacteristic period of mediocrity that had taken hold on the franchise since Jordan had dispatched them in the 1991 Finals. In what was perhaps the greatest trade in NBA history, Jerry West traded Vlade Divac for the rights to the Hornets’ 13th overall pick in the 1996 NBA Draft, who became Kobe.
Together with Shaquille O’Neal, Kobe and the Lakers took over the league in the early aughts, completing only the fifth, and the last recorded at the time of writing, three-peat in NBA history from 2000-2002.
The legendary tandem of Kobe and Shaquille O’Neal was disbanded when Shaq was dealt to the Miami Heat in 2004. With Kobe firmly in the driver's seat of the Lakers offense, he quickly established himself as one of the premier scorers the game has ever seen.
Between 2005 and the end of his career, Kobe put on a plethora of jaw-dropping scoring displays: 62 points against the Mavericks, 81 points against the Raptors (2nd all-time in NBA history) 55 here, 60 there. It seemed that any night could provide NBA fans with a dominant performance – a scoring clinic.
Kobe won back-to-back scoring titles in 2005-06 and 2006-07 and achieved NBA League MVP honors in the 2007-08 season, the only regular season MVP of his career. After being joined by Pau Gasol, Kobe led the Lakers to three consecutive NBA Finals appearances (2008, 2009, 2010) and two NBA championships (2009 and 2010), earning Finals MVP honors on both occasions.
Kobe ended his historic career with one last shining moment in 2016. In his final game in the NBA, a 37-year old Bryant willed the Lakers to a come-from-behind victory, scoring 60 points and hitting the game-winning shot in the process. The performance was surreal, the perfect bow on the gift that was watching Kobe play. A nod to the basketball greats, a demonstration of a love for the game, deep-rooted and palpable.
In 2021, Kobe Bryant was posthumously recognized as a member of the NBA 75th Anniversary Team along with being inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame. The Lakers organization have also retired both numbers he wore during his career, 24 and 8.