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2006-07
Aldridge is one of the six rookies in the set's /99 summit, which is the cleanest way to understand 2006-07's rookie hierarchy. He gives the class a serious long-career cornerstone beyond Brandon Roy's immediate peak and Rajon Rondo's later hobby re-evaluation.
| Year | 2006-07 |
|---|---|
| Set | Upper Deck Exquisite Collection Basketball |
| Subset | Exquisite Rookies |
| Insert family | Rookie Patch Autographs |
| Card number | #44 |
| Players | LaMarcus Aldridge |
| Teams | Portland Trail Blazers |
| Rookie | Yes |
| Autograph | Yes |
| Memorabilia | Yes |
| Serial numbering | /99 |
| Appearance kind | solo |
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As card #43, Bargnani opens the six-card /99 rookie summit that gives 2006-07 its premium rookie ceiling. The TCDB checklist also preserves the release's careful memorabilia notation, a small archival detail that matters when documenting the set faithfully.
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Roy sits in the six-card /99 rookie summit and gives 2006-07 much of its immediate star power. Cardboard Connection's all-time Exquisite rookie ranking places him at #11, which helps explain why seasoned collectors do not treat this year as a dead zone between stronger headline classes.
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The flagship card of 2005-06 Exquisite. Cardboard Connection's product framing treats Chris Paul as the one rookie who gives the release enduring classic appeal, and the checklist backs that up by placing him squarely in the six-card /99 patch-autograph summit. For seasoned collectors, this is the card that keeps 2005 in the serious part of the Exquisite conversation.
