Context (Minor Improvements from 1991-92): The 1991-92 Hoops set was marked by overproduction and a sprawling scope. Those of us growing up in the early ’90’s remember so many cheap cards everywhere…shoeboxes, closets… Hoops began addressing these issues the following year. Production was adjusted from about a million ’91-92 sets to about 617,000 ’92-93 sets. Also, Hoops reduced the number of cards in the base set by a hundred, from 590 to 490. Part of this reduction involved these Supreme Court cards. In 92-93, Hoops extracted the Supreme Court subset from the base and made them inserts.
But there are still problems with the 1992-93 Hoops set. Series 2 was much smaller than Series 1 (140 cards versus 350 cards respectively). Trying to make up for this obvious imbalance, Series 2 packs contained a variety of insert cards, of which these Supreme Court cards were one. There were about 90,000 sets printed, so not very rare… But certainly more special than the base set. The player’s name is in gold foil which, for an early 90’s Hoops card, is something special. “The Fans’ Choice” is printed on the front and back. I’m not sure how much say “The Fans” had in the selections, but all ten players in the set seem like respectable picks.
The Card: Other than the context above, there is not too much to mention about the cards specifically. The information on the back is more narrative, less statistics… Drexler’s card mentions the offseason charity work he was doing as well as the unique fact that he didn’t start playing high school ball until his junior year.
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