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2009-10

Blake Griffin Rookie #43

Blake Griffin opens the 2009 rookie run at card #43 and helps explain the final-year structure immediately: the closing NBA Exquisite release is still serious, but it is no longer built around one uniform NBA patch-autograph formula. Griffin's RC-only /225 card is part of what makes the year feel different from 2003 through 2008.

Rookie Focus CardsExquisite Rookies and VariantsBlake Griffin
Year2009-10
SetUpper Deck Exquisite Collection Basketball
SubsetRookie
Insert familyExquisite Rookies and Variants
Card number#43
PlayersBlake Griffin
TeamsLos Angeles Clippers
RookieYes
AutographNo
MemorabiliaNo
Serial numbering/225
Appearance kindsolo

Project source notes

  • TCDB 2009-10 base checklist: Used for the full 79-card 2009-10 backbone: a 42-card veteran base set /199 and a 37-card rookie run /225. The checklist is especially important because it preserves the exact RC, AU/RC, and autograph-only notation across the final-year rookie spine.
  • Blake Griffin rookie guide: Used for the non-autographed 2009-10 Blake Griffin Exquisite rookie sample and to illustrate the final-year rookie-variant shift.
  • Cardboard Connection 2009-10 product page: Used for the final-year release framing that actually matches the TCDB checklist backbone: 42 regular cards /199, 37 Exquisite Rookie Cards /225, Rookie Gold parallels, Rookie Patch Flashback, Exquisite Patches /50, Extra Exquisite jersey and patch branches, regular-card jerseys /25, patches /10, auto patches 1/1, Numbers, Noble Nameplates, and the All-NBA dual- and triple-logo ceiling.

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Stephen Curry is the most important reason the final NBA Exquisite release cannot be dismissed as a mere epilogue. The card is not a classic NBA patch autograph, but it is a source-backed Curry autograph inside the 37-card /225 rookie spine, and that alone gives 2009-10 lasting collector gravity.

Exquisite Rookies and VariantsRookie Focus Cards/225Stephen Curry
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Harden's #45 helps give the final NBA Exquisite release real long-term depth beside Curry and Blake. It is a clean example of how the 2009 rookie spine still matters even without the earlier years' standard NBA patch window format.

Exquisite Rookies and VariantsRookie Focus Cards/225James Harden
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Tyreke Evans is one of the names that stops 2009 from collapsing into a two-player Curry-Blake memory. His RC-only /225 card is a useful reminder that the final-year rookie ladder is broader than the autograph subjects alone.

Exquisite Rookies and VariantsRookie Focus Cards/225Tyreke Evans