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May 8, 2009

Brag Photo: The Jersey Off LeBron’s Back

It’s been a bit of an eventful week for our boys LeBron and Kobe. LeBron won the MVP on Monday, while Kobe is playing with unremarkable intensity, trying to lead his team to the Finals (and stirring up some controversy in the process). And since we’re all waiting on an eventual Cavs vs. Lakers Finals […]

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May 7, 2009

Making the Case for Kobe

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May 4, 2009

LeBron James: 2008-2009 NBA MVP

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April 24, 2009

Brag Photo: The Greatest of All Time

This one is so Bragalicious that we didn’t even have one available in the office at the moment. Luckily, William Estela over at our Upper Deck Store in Huntington Beach was kind enough to send over a Brag Photo of the one hanging on their wall: This would be a framed Upper Deck Authenticated Legends […]

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April 17, 2009

2009 NBA Playoff Predictions

The regular season is over, and the pressure is on. While we’ve known who the playoff teams were going to be for a few weeks now, the pairings and seeding were being juggled until the final day of the season.

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April 16, 2009

The “Debate” For This Year’s NBA MVP

With the regular season winding down and the actual season about to begin, it’s time to give out the NBA individual awards. Just like every other year, the most discussed award is the MVP. Of course, there are the usual debates about the other awards. How has Jerry Sloan not won Coach of the Year […]

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April 14, 2009

Brag Photo: United Center Floor

Welcome to the debut of our new weekly feature here at Upper Deck Blog: the Brag Photo of the Week. Nice, clean and simple, we’ll post a new photo every week of something cool in the building that is intended to make you very jealous. Following up from my post last week about how Michael […]

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April 8, 2009

Michael Jordan, Greatest of All Time. Ruined My Childhood.

I’m sorry, but there’s just no other way I can start this post. I grew up a huge Knicks fan, and without fail, every year, Michael Jordan and his legendary Bulls team were there to crush my city’s hopes and dreams for the title we craved (we couldn’t even get it done in 1994 when […]

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