Upper Deck to Release Autographed Air Jordan Shoe Cards

Sports card and sneaker collecting combine like never before in the upcoming Upper Deck Exquisite Collection. This premium trading card set features, among other pieces of memorabilia, cards with cut-out pieces of shoes associated with basketball superstars including LeBron James, Bill Russell, Penny Hardaway and Michael Jordan. In addition, each card is also autographed. However, according to the list of shoes and players, it is apparent that some or even all of the sneakers were not game worn. For example, Michael Jordan never wore the “Grape” Air Jordan V on court, and Tim Hardaway definitely never wore the Nike Air Go LWP House of Hoops edition that released long after he retired. Perhaps Upper Deck wasn’t banking on educated sneaker nerds collecting these cards, only sports card nerds? Either way, you still get each player’s autograph. For more info on the Upper Deck 2013-14 Exquisite Basketball collection, visit gogts.com.