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2007-08
TCDB documents Durant at card #94 in the four-card /99 summit of the 2007 rookie autograph-memorabilia structure. That matters because it gives the late-run set a true flagship rather than a generic star rookie, and Cardboard Connection's all-time Exquisite rookie ranking puts the card at #2 overall.
| Year | 2007-08 |
|---|---|
| Set | Upper Deck Exquisite Collection Basketball |
| Subset | Rookie Autograph Memorabilia |
| Insert family | Rookie Patch Autographs |
| Card number | #94 |
| Players | Kevin Durant |
| Teams | Seattle SuperSonics |
| Rookie | Yes |
| Autograph | Yes |
| Memorabilia | Yes |
| Serial numbering | /99 |
| Appearance kind | solo |
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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.
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Durant's Limited Logos card is one of the clearest reasons 2007-08 feels like a real Exquisite insert year and not only a rookie-card checkpoint.
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The Year One Autographs lane proves the 2007 rookie story doesn't stop at the base checklist. Durant's /10 version gives the year a second serious rookie-autograph landmark outside card #94.
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A Kobe-Durant dual logoman autograph is exactly the sort of top-end card that keeps seasoned collectors treating 2007 as a real grail year rather than only a Durant rookie checkpoint.
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Rose's #92 /99 is the headline card of 2008-09 Exquisite and the clearest reason the release still carries real late-run gravity. The broader checklist matters too, but this is the card that makes the year's rookie story immediately legible to serious collectors.
