Local placeholder art. Not an actual card image.
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The archive still uses placeholder art when an exact public reference scan has not been matched cleanly to the checklist entry.
2006-07
LeBron's /23 Number Pieces entry is one of the cleanest illustrations of how Exquisite kept turning jersey numbers into part of the collecting language. In 2006, the family is large enough to feel like a central design thesis, not just a clever side branch.
| Year | 2006-07 |
|---|---|
| Set | Upper Deck Exquisite Collection Basketball |
| Subset | Number Pieces |
| Insert family | Number Pieces and Numbers |
| Card number | #EN-LJ |
| Players | LeBron James |
| Teams | Cleveland Cavaliers |
| Rookie | No |
| Autograph | Yes |
| Memorabilia | Yes |
| Serial numbering | /23 |
| Appearance kind | solo |
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Source references
Exact public reference scan matched to this specific 2003 card from a Google-surfaced card page. External image remains hosted by the source.
A debut-year Number Pieces sample. Tying the print run to LeBron's jersey number is part of what made early Exquisite feel so specific, deliberate, and collectible.
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Number Pieces is one of the best expressions of Exquisite's collector-minded design language, and LeBron's /23 example makes that idea especially legible. The card is important not only because of the player, but because it shows how the sophomore set kept turning serial numbering itself into part of the storytelling.
Local placeholder art. Not an actual card image.
The Jordan-LeBron dual version shows how far the Number Pieces concept had evolved by 2006. What started as a smart solo design idea becomes a deliberate cross-era centerpiece family once the set begins pairing icons inside the same serial-numbered language.
