Local placeholder art. Not an actual card image.
Placeholder image policy
The MVP intentionally uses placeholder art rather than copyrighted scans. The gallery asset model is already ready for rights-cleared replacements later.
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
Local placeholder art. Not an actual card image.
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.
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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.
