First Buzz: 2025-26 Bowman basketball cards - Page 39

mikejones · 05-08-2026, 05:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Somuchjunkwax

Opened my 2 from Amazon today. These have way more potential than any other retail format I have seen. I got 5 numbered cards (3 & 2) and an auto /75.

Knueppel gold Mega Rookies insert /50, Javon Small auto /75, Knecht /199, Lively /299 & Nembhard /299

Opened 10 megas from Amazon. Overall, can't complain. Hit plenty of #cards. Just the wrong players. I did beat the odds by pulling 3 flagg mojos.

14 serial #. Lowest being /50 bulls rc.
2 autos /99 and /150 nothing great but pulling an autos in retail is a plus
Best mega rookies harper
3 flagg mojo rcs.

Got more coming in from dicks, target, and walmart. These are fun and worth the price tag imo.

weatherwarrior · 05-08-2026, 07:02 PM

Some of the better results from today.

11 yesterday were fantastic(will add a pic when i get back home) These came from 21 total today.

Lots of great 1st

Some solid color for sure.

NBAcardfan · 05-08-2026, 07:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Somuchjunkwax

Opened my 2 from Amazon today. These have way more potential than any other retail format I have seen. I got 5 numbered cards (3 & 2) and an auto /75.

Knueppel gold Mega Rookies insert /50, Javon Small auto /75, Knecht /199, Lively /299 & Nembhard /299

Nice pulls! You selling that Small auto?

mikejones · 05-08-2026, 07:46 PM

Saw this on ebay and just had to post it lol.

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NBAcardfan · 05-08-2026, 08:39 PM

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Originally Posted by mikejones

Saw this on ebay and just had to post it lol.

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What's weird about it? Is it the centering?

njsportscardguy · 05-08-2026, 10:39 PM

Had 2 come in today from a DSG order & picked up 2 from local GS. The GS boxes yielded a mojo 1st and Mega Prospects of Peterson, and one of the DSG boxes had a Cooper Mega Prospects. Generally-pleased with the "fun factor" ~ cost. As most have opined, you could sure as hell do a lot worse...with the vast majority of CRAP that's presently..."readily available" en masse.

Definitely intent on grabbin' [relatively] many more of these! Most to rip now, but some,...to stash-away, for "future fun".

Color/#'ed were of no significance, and no autos, unfortunately.

Chris P · 05-08-2026, 11:51 PM

Opened 8 Megas..meh. Upside is there, cool to pull a decent amount of numbered but the floor to me is still terribly low. Most of my numbered cards are probably sub $10 cards and not hitting any of the top rookie mojo's hurts really bad. I think I got destroyed value wise, but had a lot more fun opening these than blasters, I have 16 more coming in from Fanatics. I don't think I'll be buying anymore after that.

Notable Paper Rookies
Ace Bailey
Kon Knueppel

Notable Paper Prospects
Darryn Peterson (x2)

Mega Rookies
Derik Queen
Nique Clifford

Mega Prospects
Raegan Beers
Juju Watkins (x2)
Otega Oweh
Tarris Reed Jr.
Hailee Swain

Notable Mojo Refractors
AJ Dybantsa 1st Bowman
Caleb Wilson 1st Bowman
Mikel Brown Jr 1st Bowman
Jeremiah Fears RC (x2)
Stephen Curry
LeBron James
Cedric Coward RC

Red Rookie Logo Refractor
Dylan Harper
Nolan Traore

Fuschia Mojo Refractor
OG Anunoby (#97/299)

Burgundy Mojo Refractor
Nique Clifford RC (#52/275)
Kasparas Jakucionis RC (#198/275)
Zaccharie Risacher (#19/275)

Purple Mojo Refractor
Maxime Raynaud RC (#148/250)
Joe Grahovac 1st Bowman (#20/250)
Kyle Flipowski (#84/250)

Navy Mojo Refractor
Damian Lillard (#127/175)

Blue Mojo Refractor
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (#45/150)

Green Mojo Refractor
Ben Saraf RC (#71/99)

Blue Mojo Autograph
Brooks Barnhizer RC (#121/150)
Deandre Ayton (#141/150)

weatherwarrior · 05-09-2026, 07:24 AM

So I found 8 more yesterday evening across a couple of locations. This brings my official rip total to 41. The laws of averages caught up to me on the autos.

The boxes themselves were very solid.
P
aper base:
Kon x2
Flagg
Darryn Peterson x3
Dybantsa x2
Caleb Wilson x2

Mega chrome
Peterson
Dybantsa
Caleb Wilson x2
Flagg
Kon
Edgecombe
Carter
Harper
Maddison Booker
Crump
Juju
Fears
Curry
Luka

Mega box exclusive rookie
Kon x2
Flagg x2
Queen
Dybantsa

Notable color
Tiller /125 aqua
Juju /175 navy
Makeer maroon /299
Mpj purple
Micah peavey blue /150
Ace bailey maroon /275
Derek queen green /99
And several othwr lesser known 1st of the ladies.

No autos in this bunch but im right on the number of autos so far based on odds.

In total I have opened 41 total megas.
3 mega exclusive coopers, 3 mega exclusive kons 2 of each on the mojo/mega parallel.
10 autos, around 75 color, and tons of solid names.

At retail prices these are a blast. There is also tons of potential if the right names fall.

weatherwarrior · 05-09-2026, 07:28 AM

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Originally Posted by njsportscardguy

Had 2 come in today from a DSG order & picked up 2 from local GS. The GS boxes yielded a mojo 1st and Mega Prospects of Peterson, and one of the DSG boxes had a Cooper Mega Prospects. Generally-pleased with the "fun factor" ~ cost. As most have opined, you could sure as hell do a lot worse...with the vast majority of CRAP that's presently..."readily available" en masse.

Definitely intent on grabbin' [relatively] many more of these! Most to rip now, but some,...to stash-away, for "future fun".

Color/#'ed were of no significance, and no autos, unfortunately.

I really like the look of the exclusives. Just ovwr 5000 copies of each player may feel like alot but reality its less than half of the refractor print run from chrome and is one pf the lowest printed insert minus some of the SSP cards.

Plus to me they look very nice. Almost like logo lightboards from chrome.

Chris P · 05-09-2026, 07:52 AM

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Originally Posted by weatherwarrior

So I found 8 more yesterday evening across a couple of locations. This brings my official rip total to 41. The laws of averages caught up to me on the autos.

The boxes themselves were very solid.
P
aper base:
Kon x2
Flagg
Darryn Peterson x3
Dybantsa x2
Caleb Wilson x2

Mega chrome
Peterson
Dybantsa
Caleb Wilson x2
Flagg
Kon
Edgecombe
Carter
Harper
Maddison Booker
Crump
Juju
Fears
Curry
Luka

Mega box exclusive rookie
Kon x2
Flagg x2
Queen
Dybantsa

Notable color
Tiller /125 aqua
Juju /175 navy
Makeer maroon /299
Mpj purple
Micah peavey blue /150
Ace bailey maroon /275
Derek queen green /99
And several othwr lesser known 1st of the ladies.

No autos in this bunch but im right on the number of autos so far based on odds.

In total I have opened 41 total megas.
3 mega exclusive coopers, 3 mega exclusive kons 2 of each on the mojo/mega parallel.
10 autos, around 75 color, and tons of solid names.

At retail prices these are a blast. There is also tons of potential if the right names fall.

Well once again you absolutely destroyed my 8 boxes..all the Flagg pulls were better than anything I pulled lol

sammy3469 · 05-09-2026, 08:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Chris P

Well once again you absolutely destroyed my 8 boxes..all the Flagg pulls were better than anything I pulled lol

The correlation on these is pretty bad. If you find a Flagg from a box I. The wild, go back for more.

weatherwarrior · 05-09-2026, 08:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Chris P

Well once again you absolutely destroyed my 8 boxes..all the Flagg pulls were better than anything I pulled lol

Im sorry Chris, I just go around and randomly buy from places when it comes to retail. If they have two left I snag them and so forth amd so on. For instance in my area there are 7 walmarts withing 20 minutes of my home. The dame lady stocks four and another lady sticks 3. What I typically do is buy a few and if they seem solid, I go around and they to find the ones from that same case at the other stores. Now I know they are not garuateed to be from the same case but overall I have found when a run of retail is hot.... it is really hot.

If its bummy it is absolutely trash.

I am very hesitant when buying online for delivery typically anything I order online gets put away in mine and my son's sealed wax stash. We have been putting aome of this away for the last 5 years with a rule that he cant touch it until he graduates with his Mechanical engineering degree. So if we order boxes from fanatics, or DSG, or any other online retailer. Those get put away for him. If we want to rip we make a day of hunting retail locations for the day.

If we want hobby stuff we just hit ine of the local shops. There are 11 hobby shops within about 70 miles.

I feel your pain on the bad boxes. I used to feel that way with panini retail. I have much better luck on the Topps side of things. I hooe you hit an absolute beast of card on your next rip.

weatherwarrior · 05-09-2026, 08:58 AM

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Originally Posted by sammy3469

The correlation on these is pretty bad. If you find a Flagg from a box I. The wild, go back for more.

Absolutely. In my 41 box run two sarr autos two risacher autos seems crazy. But its just fluke-y collation.

Chris P · 05-09-2026, 09:05 AM

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Originally Posted by weatherwarrior

Im sorry Chris, I just go around and randomly buy from places when it comes to retail. If they have two left I snag them and so forth amd so on. For instance in my area there are 7 walmarts withing 20 minutes of my home. The dame lady stocks four and another lady sticks 3. What I typically do is buy a few and if they seem solid, I go around and they to find the ones from that same case at the other stores. Now I know they are not garuateed to be from the same case but overall I have found when a run of retail is hot.... it is really hot.

If its bummy it is absolutely trash.

I am very hesitant when buying online for delivery typically anything I order online gets put away in mine and my son's sealed wax stash. We have been putting aome of this away for the last 5 years with a rule that he cant touch it until he graduates with his Mechanical engineering degree. So if we order boxes from fanatics, or DSG, or any other online retailer. Those get put away for him. If we want to rip we make a day of hunting retail locations for the day.

If we want hobby stuff we just hit ine of the local shops. There are 11 hobby shops within about 70 miles.

I feel your pain on the bad boxes. I used to feel that way with panini retail. I have much better luck on the Topps side of things. I hooe you hit an absolute beast of card on your next rip.

Appreciate it man..I got 16 more from Fanatics coming and I thought about trying to go hunting for more but honestly I'm tried of taking massive L's so I'll just open the 16 coming in and be done with it lol

Sticks33 · 05-09-2026, 10:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Chris P

Opened 8 Megas..meh. Upside is there, cool to pull a decent amount of numbered but the floor to me is still terribly low. Most of my numbered cards are probably sub $10 cards and not hitting any of the top rookie mojo's hurts really bad. I think I got destroyed value wise, but had a lot more fun opening these than blasters, I have 16 more coming in from Fanatics. I don't think I'll be buying anymore after that.

Notable Paper Rookies
Ace Bailey
Kon Knueppel

Notable Paper Prospects
Darryn Peterson (x2)

Mega Rookies
Derik Queen
Nique Clifford

Mega Prospects
Raegan Beers
Juju Watkins (x2)
Otega Oweh
Tarris Reed Jr.
Hailee Swain

Notable Mojo Refractors
AJ Dybantsa 1st Bowman
Caleb Wilson 1st Bowman
Mikel Brown Jr 1st Bowman
Jeremiah Fears RC (x2)
Stephen Curry
LeBron James
Cedric Coward RC

Red Rookie Logo Refractor
Dylan Harper
Nolan Traore

Fuschia Mojo Refractor
OG Anunoby (#97/299)

Burgundy Mojo Refractor
Nique Clifford RC (#52/275)
Kasparas Jakucionis RC (#198/275)
Zaccharie Risacher (#19/275)

Purple Mojo Refractor
Maxime Raynaud RC (#148/250)
Joe Grahovac 1st Bowman (#20/250)
Kyle Flipowski (#84/250)

Navy Mojo Refractor
Damian Lillard (#127/175)

Blue Mojo Refractor
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (#45/150)

Green Mojo Refractor
Ben Saraf RC (#71/99)

Blue Mojo Autograph
Brooks Barnhizer RC (#121/150)
Deandre Ayton (#141/150)

Hey Chris. Your break looks similar to my 5 box break. But your Mojos blew mine out of the water. You got most of the good "1st"s which could be decent cards someday. Lots of hype for this upcoming class. My best card was a green /99 Jokic.

Agree with you, these are a fun rip at retail with some decent potential.

yiguiri2002 · 05-09-2026, 11:54 AM

Opened my other Mega from Amazon. Another college numbered, a Caleb Wilson Mega Mojo and a Purple Mojo VJ to 275.

I think I'm done after this. Even if you get lucky, you will barely cover the cost of a box - and you might even get more flipping the boxes.

Tonic3 · 05-09-2026, 12:30 PM

Opened 10 more and pulled 16 #’d and two autos. The orange auto #/25 is cool being color match I suppose

weatherwarrior · 05-09-2026, 12:30 PM

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Originally Posted by yiguiri2002

Opened my other Mega from Amazon. Another college numbered, a Caleb Wilson Mega Mojo and a Purple Mojo VJ to 275.

I think I'm done after this. Even if you get lucky, you will barely cover the cost of a box - and you might even get more flipping the boxes.

Nice VJ though.

That covers the cost of the box right there.

yiguiri2002 · 05-09-2026, 01:47 PM

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Originally Posted by weatherwarrior

Nice VJ though.

That covers the cost of the box right there.

Absolutely. I think he'll have a breakout season next year.

CapitalPCards · 05-09-2026, 01:48 PM

Opened 6 of my 8 boxes. 2 boxes got delayed to next week for some reason. These are the notable hits from them. Saw the red /5 then seen the Golden State logo. Thought I had a Curry brewing but naw. Quinton Post

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weatherwarrior · 05-09-2026, 02:01 PM

My son and I found 5 more at our local walmart. They stocked this morning and had about 12 on the shelf.

Paper base.
Flagg
Kon
Dybantsa x2
Peterson x2
Caleb Wilson x2

Mega 1st
Dybantsa
Fears
Demin
And a slew of college 1st.

Mega rookies/prospects
Kon
Sienna Betts
Adisin deal
CMB
David fogle blue /150

Color
Maroon /275
Lebron
CmB rc
Gary Trent

Purple /250
Ayla McDowell

Pink /199
Jaylen brown
Aliyahna Morris

Blue /150
Will Riley rc

Aqua /125
Derik queen rc

Green /99
Isaiah collier
Walter Clayton rc
Thomas sorber auto

yoyosh · 05-10-2026, 10:07 AM

I broke my "Fanatics retail is slop" rule and bought/broke 4 of these. Woof!

2 Cooper paper base
Best Mega RCs - Kon & Ced Coward

Alperen Sengun /275

4 NIL 1st
Nyla Brooks /299
Serah Williams /299
Sadiq White /275
Shon Abaev Purple /250

RC
Maxime Raynaud /125

Auto
Micah Peavy Blue /150 (sticker)

oldgoldy97 · 05-10-2026, 10:17 AM

Two from Dicks coming today.

weatherwarrior · 05-10-2026, 10:58 AM

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Originally Posted by oldgoldy97

Two from Dicks coming today.

Good luck Goldy!

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oldgoldy97 · 05-10-2026, 11:15 AM

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Originally Posted by weatherwarrior

Good luck Goldy!

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lol.

The driver stopped in front of my house, looked in his truck for three minutes, then drove off.

Maybe tomorrow, I guess

05-08-2026, 07:02 PM	#952
weatherwarrior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: East coast Posts: 3,825	Some of the better results from today. 11 yesterday were fantastic(will add a pic when i get back home) These came from 21 total today. Lots of great 1st Some solid color for sure. Attached Thumbnails

05-08-2026, 07:46 PM	#954
mikejones Member Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: fresno Posts: 5,409	Saw this on ebay and just had to post it lol. Sent from my SM-G981U1 using Tapatalk __________________ Why the hell are you buying Siemian stuff. Dude is done, can't you tell I'm trying to get rid of him because he'll never be our starting QB again....

05-09-2026, 11:54 AM	#966
yiguiri2002 Member Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: Torrance, CA Posts: 12,904 afigueroaquevedo2002 yiguiri2002	Opened my other Mega from Amazon. Another college numbered, a Caleb Wilson Mega Mojo and a Purple Mojo VJ to 275. I think I'm done after this. Even if you get lucky, you will barely cover the cost of a box - and you might even get more flipping the boxes. __________________ Basketball Sets: Threads Century Greats Jerseys - Innovation Stat Line Jerseys Soccer Sets: 2018 World Cup Prizm Peru Parallels - 2015 Select Soccer Peru Parallels Players: Red Bulls Parallels, 17-18 Thibs Prizms, Soccer Legends Autos

05-09-2026, 12:30 PM	#967
Tonic3 Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Southwest MI Posts: 2,619	Opened 10 more and pulled 16 #’d and two autos. The orange auto #/25 is cool being color match I suppose Attached Thumbnails __________________ Always looking for: 2001 SP Authentic Golf - Preview parallels - Gold (#/250) and Red (#/50) of any player...especially Tiger Woods.

05-10-2026, 10:17 AM	#973
oldgoldy97 Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 53,882	Two from Dicks coming today. __________________ Truly riveting discussion: that’s what your wife/girlfriend/sheep said.

05-08-2026, 10:39 PM	#956
njsportscardguy Member Join Date: Aug 2021 Posts: 961	Had 2 come in today from a DSG order & picked up 2 from local GS. The GS boxes yielded a mojo 1st and Mega Prospects of Peterson, and one of the DSG boxes had a Cooper Mega Prospects. Generally-pleased with the "fun factor" ~ cost. As most have opined, you could sure as hell do a lot worse...with the vast majority of CRAP that's presently..."readily available" en masse. Definitely intent on grabbin' [relatively] many more of these! Most to rip now, but some,...to stash-away, for "future fun". Color/#'ed were of no significance, and no autos, unfortunately.

05-08-2026, 11:51 PM	#957
Chris P Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 15,650	Opened 8 Megas..meh. Upside is there, cool to pull a decent amount of numbered but the floor to me is still terribly low. Most of my numbered cards are probably sub $10 cards and not hitting any of the top rookie mojo's hurts really bad. I think I got destroyed value wise, but had a lot more fun opening these than blasters, I have 16 more coming in from Fanatics. I don't think I'll be buying anymore after that. Notable Paper Rookies Ace Bailey Kon Knueppel Notable Paper Prospects Darryn Peterson (x2) Mega Rookies Derik Queen Nique Clifford Mega Prospects Raegan Beers Juju Watkins (x2) Otega Oweh Tarris Reed Jr. Hailee Swain Notable Mojo Refractors AJ Dybantsa 1st Bowman Caleb Wilson 1st Bowman Mikel Brown Jr 1st Bowman Jeremiah Fears RC (x2) Stephen Curry LeBron James Cedric Coward RC Red Rookie Logo Refractor Dylan Harper Nolan Traore Fuschia Mojo Refractor OG Anunoby (#97/299) Burgundy Mojo Refractor Nique Clifford RC (#52/275) Kasparas Jakucionis RC (#198/275) Zaccharie Risacher (#19/275) Purple Mojo Refractor Maxime Raynaud RC (#148/250) Joe Grahovac 1st Bowman (#20/250) Kyle Flipowski (#84/250) Navy Mojo Refractor Damian Lillard (#127/175) Blue Mojo Refractor Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (#45/150) Green Mojo Refractor Ben Saraf RC (#71/99) Blue Mojo Autograph Brooks Barnhizer RC (#121/150) Deandre Ayton (#141/150)

05-09-2026, 07:24 AM	#958
weatherwarrior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: East coast Posts: 3,825	So I found 8 more yesterday evening across a couple of locations. This brings my official rip total to 41. The laws of averages caught up to me on the autos. The boxes themselves were very solid. P aper base: Kon x2 Flagg Darryn Peterson x3 Dybantsa x2 Caleb Wilson x2 Mega chrome Peterson Dybantsa Caleb Wilson x2 Flagg Kon Edgecombe Carter Harper Maddison Booker Crump Juju Fears Curry Luka Mega box exclusive rookie Kon x2 Flagg x2 Queen Dybantsa Notable color Tiller /125 aqua Juju /175 navy Makeer maroon /299 Mpj purple Micah peavey blue /150 Ace bailey maroon /275 Derek queen green /99 And several othwr lesser known 1st of the ladies. No autos in this bunch but im right on the number of autos so far based on odds. In total I have opened 41 total megas. 3 mega exclusive coopers, 3 mega exclusive kons 2 of each on the mojo/mega parallel. 10 autos, around 75 color, and tons of solid names. At retail prices these are a blast. There is also tons of potential if the right names fall.

05-09-2026, 01:48 PM	#970
CapitalPCards Member Join Date: Oct 2017 Location: Tacoma Posts: 1,143 pnbcards CapitalPCards	Opened 6 of my 8 boxes. 2 boxes got delayed to next week for some reason. These are the notable hits from them. Saw the red /5 then seen the Golden State logo. Thought I had a Curry brewing but naw. Quinton Post Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

05-09-2026, 02:01 PM	#971
weatherwarrior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: East coast Posts: 3,825	My son and I found 5 more at our local walmart. They stocked this morning and had about 12 on the shelf. Paper base. Flagg Kon Dybantsa x2 Peterson x2 Caleb Wilson x2 Mega 1st Dybantsa Fears Demin And a slew of college 1st. Mega rookies/prospects Kon Sienna Betts Adisin deal CMB David fogle blue /150 Color Maroon /275 Lebron CmB rc Gary Trent Purple /250 Ayla McDowell Pink /199 Jaylen brown Aliyahna Morris Blue /150 Will Riley rc Aqua /125 Derik queen rc Green /99 Isaiah collier Walter Clayton rc Thomas sorber auto

05-10-2026, 10:07 AM	#972
yoyosh Member Join Date: Sep 2016 Location: USA Posts: 4,693 partyauctions yoyosh	I broke my "Fanatics retail is slop" rule and bought/broke 4 of these. Woof! 2 Cooper paper base Best Mega RCs - Kon & Ced Coward Alperen Sengun /275 4 NIL 1st Nyla Brooks /299 Serah Williams /299 Sadiq White /275 Shon Abaev Purple /250 RC Maxime Raynaud /125 Auto Micah Peavy Blue /150 (sticker)