Is Basketball retail this dead everywhere?

[timber63401]

Sorry if its old news but the retail around here is literally not getting touched week after week at the local Walmart. I don't mean 2 or 3 Megas gone after a week I mean almost nothing. The only thing around here that used to sit like that was Prism Draft Picks. Everything else would move just some slower then others.

[oldgoldy97]

I barely ever go to Target or Walmart but when I do I see a lot of current basketball sitting there. And I don’t change that status.

Save for 2025-26.

[JMStang]

I’m more a baseball guy, but am seeing the same around me. Mostly Hoops sitting around. Retail basketball does seem to linger longer than retail baseball. Does seem to be worse than normal though. Being in Dallas, wonder if it is a reflection of the down basketball mood after the Luka trade.


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[Chris P]

A couple weeks ago I went to our Wal Mart and checked the cards out and was surprised to see a 1 limit on trading cards. There were a ton of prizm megas and hangers but at the price point I had no desire to get any. But to have a 1 limit like it was covid is weird. I don't know anything about Pokemon so maybe the limit is really geared towards that and sports cards just got lumped in

[hermanotarjeta]

Yes it’s dead.

2024-25 RIP.

[Asian62150]

No hype on the rookie class = stale product.

Since 2014, if you pulled the top 5 pick at release, you'd be excited. This year, if someone pulls a Risacher I think they'd say "who?"

[BoSoxFan1999]

Originally Posted by hermanotarjeta

Yes it’s dead.

2024-25 RIP.

Castle single-handedly keeping 2024-25 NBA retail from becoming complete junk wax as far as rookies go. He's pretty much the only rookie from last year's draft I see anyone wanting to actually get.

[bradical]

We have one guy locally who works with the Target distributors each week when new inventory gets put out and he buys up most everything off the shelves to flip.

The only that has been left behind is 2024-25 NBA retail. That's how I know it's junk. If the flippers won't touch it, you know its lost value as soon as it leaves the store even before its opened.

[ThatGuyPal]

Prizm sold out around here, other than that everything is kinda sitting in my area, for example Optic/Prizm football gets bought but there’s tons of Phoenix

[Nomad]

Are there any rookies still in the playoff? The only one I remember seeing was Amen or Ausar with Detroit. I think they played pretty well.

[Chris P]

Originally Posted by Nomad

Are there any rookies still in the playoff? The only one I remember seeing was Amen or Ausar with Detroit. I think they played pretty well.

Amen and Ausar weren't this year's class. Technically Terrence Shannon and Rob Dillingham are with Minnesota and Shannon got some minutes last game. Those are the two off the top of my head I can think of

[Nomad]

It's so confusing with Topps and Panini still basically putting out 23-24 product. Time for a great reset.

I mean if comic book publishers put 2025 on 1963 product and tried to sell it at Amazing Fantasy #15 prices they would get laughed out of the convention.

[hermanotarjeta]

Basketball hobby is dead everywhere as well.

Blame Wemby.

[Nomad]

We have some of the best playoff games in generations going. Keep the faith alive.

[boxbuster7]

it died when they raised the price on blasters from 20-35 and printed 10x the amount they used to

[spurs50fan]

Appears dead because the card shops and hoarders don't see resale value in it. They were the ones sweeping it off the shelves in bulk. Prices should decrease as a result but probably won't.

[Scottish Punk]

I never saw any Basketball Prizm at multiple Targets and Meijers around here last year. Both of my local Targets have stacks of the blasters and a few megas sitting week after week. There are at least one person who buys retail up the minute comes out. I have seen zero Optic Football and very little Prizm Football. This tells me the secondary market for Prizm Basketball isn't worth scalping.

[notoriousrmb]

Big reason retail won't move is that Panini waters down retail products. We've seen it for years in football as well, the big name hits don't exist in retail. You are basically paying for a box of base cards, with the off chance to hit a bronze or whatever non-numbered parallel with print runs to the moon.

There's nothing to chase in Panini retail.

[Nomad]

They need to intentionally reintroduce retail-only errors.

[Orangejello727]

Can you even pull anything from retail wax? Lets take prizm retail. Can you pull Gold Prizm base in retail? Or whats the most limited card available in retail prizm?

[boxbuster7]

wait...hobby shops were invezting in retail wax and marking up the prices so I had to pay more? And they call themselves hobby shopz and not sportz card investorz. mind officially on the floor

[slyguy]

Originally Posted by hermanotarjeta

Basketball hobby is dead everywhere as well.

Blame Wemby.

This is the cool thing with 2024 NFL... they can overprint it, but 6 or 7 QBs can't all get hurt or bust (at least, not for many years).

2025 football is going to be horrid for cards, though.

[Mahomie]

Well, not everything is dead. Some basketball retail products are still extremely hard to find in my area.

Of course, I'm talking about WNBA Prizm.




This year's chase was all about Caitlin Clark.

[oldgoldy97]

Originally Posted by Orangejello727

Can you even pull anything from retail wax? Lets take prizm retail. Can you pull Gold Prizm base in retail? Or whats the most limited card available in retail prizm?

I’m curious to see how Revolution does with Kabooms in retail.

[pejc300]

Originally Posted by boxbuster7

it died when they raised the price on blasters from 20-35 and printed 10x the amount they used to

This. Exactly this. There is just zero incentive to buy this trash. Sure, I'll piss $19.99 down the drain for fun. But not $34.99 with no shot at anything of value.