Box Breaks: 2014-15 Donruss Basketball

 

At $37.00 I felt this would be a fun rip with super low risk. Boxes like these remind me of the good ol days..a ton of packs, bunch of inserts.  You do still get 3 hits per box. So how did it go? Here's the results

Rookies
Andrew Wiggins
Jabari Parker
Dante Exum
Marcus Smart
Tyler Ennis
Markel Brown

Elite (1 Per Pack)
Paul Millsap, Danilo Gallinari, Luol Deng, Pau Gasol, Al Horford, Rajon Rondo, Joe Johnson, Mike Conley, Gordon Heyward, Derrick Rose, Brook Lopez, Chandler Parsons, Manu Ginobili, Jonas Valanciunas, DeMarcus Cousins, Marcin Gortat, Eric Bledsoe, Ricky Rubio, Lebron James, Scottie Pippen, John Stockton, Jerry West, Oscar Robertson, Bill Russell

Elite Die Cut
Danilo Gallinari (#20/92)

The Rookies
Zach Lavine
Doug McDermott
Shabazz Napier
Glenn Robinson III
Cleanthony Early
Bruno Caboclo

Production Line
Kevin Durant
Demar DeRozen
Kendall Marshall
Jameer Nelson
Joakim Noah
Dwight Howard

Scoring Kings
Paul Pierce
David Robinson
Pete Maravich
Karl Malone
Dale Ellis
Wilt Chamberlain

Scoring Kings Stat Line Parallel
Carmelo Anthony (#36/62) 62 Points In a Game

Court Kings
LeBron James
Tim Duncan
Derrick Rose
Ty Lawson
Kevin Love
DeMarcus Cousins

Court Kings Press Proof Purple
Jeremy Lin (#96/199)

Press Proof Blue
Rodney Hood RC (#17/99)

Press Proof Purple
Kendrick Perkins (#50/199)

Swirl-O-Rama
Chris Paul
Jimmy Butler
Derrick Williams
Al Jefferson
Jusuf Nurkic RC
Langston Galloway RC

Stat Line Parallels
John Henson (#149/158) 158 Blocks
Tayshaun Prince (#271/407) .407 FG %

Elite Dominator
Chris Paul (#951/999)

Elite Die Cut Rookie Autograph
Russ Smith (#12/25)

Gamers Jersey
Hakeem Olajuwon

Elite Autograph
Freddie Lewis (#66/99)

Overall Thoughts: Yup, a totally fun box to rip open. Tons of inserts and I pulled the two best rookies you could pull (Wiggins and Parker). Nothing huge on the hit part, but at this price point that's pretty expected. I now know what bugs me when it comes to inserts in the modern era...they feel more like subsets to me. No kind of foil, nothing pops out, and that's kind of a bummer because even low end products back in the day like Hoops, Skybox and Base Topps had nice looking insert sets..even lower end inserts sets had great designs. I do like the Elite Dominators insert..at least it looks like an insert and the Swirl O Rama Parallels, but the Court Kings/Production Line/Scoring King inserts just really look like subset cards. I wish more effort was put into insert sets, because overall (and this has basically been a problem since the early 00's to me) inserts in general are bland. There are some exceptions, but for the most part the lower end inserts are treated like afterthoughts because they look like afterthoughts. Regardless, it was still a fun break and if you're looking for a cheap basketball rip with a chance of some nice hits, you really can't go wrong with Donruss. Here are some pics

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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