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Originally Posted by Snapolit1
Always are former players who leap out to me as total iconic players whose cards should be a bigger deal than they seem to be. See it in all sports. For some reason they were amazing players and cultural forces and extremely well liked but you don't see their cards rising to the forefront of anything.
Who comes to mind?
I thought of this just seeing a few minutes ago someone posted a scan of a Julius Erving card. Dr. J. was the be all and end all in his era. Style points off the charts and to me at least seemed like one of the guys who ushered in a new style of basketball. I ever met him a few times as a kid when he was on the Nets. Do his cards have a huge market? Maybe I don't follow basketball cards closely enough and I'm totally off base, but I've never seen a ton of interest in him from collectors. Maybe someone will tell me I am dead wrong. I'd think he would almost be on par with a Michael Jordan.
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Jordan is the consensus best player of all time still. Erving, probably somewhere between 15 and 20. Not even close IMO.
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