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  • Megospidey
    Museum Webslinger
    • Jul 26, 2006
    • 5305

    My early Christmas present

    The backstory to this:
    Most of you know that I am pastor. I am also a BIG Michael Jordan fan. Have been since high school (I graduated in 1985...the year after he entered the NBA). I've followed his entire college and NBA career until the free throws he made as a Washington Wizard on April 16, 2003.

    A couple guys in my church decided to put this together. I already owned the rookie card at the bottom. One of the guys asked if he could "borrow" it for a while - I trust him - so I said yes. He works for a framing company. Another guy in my church already owned the autographed jersey. He gave the jersey to the framing guy (who had my card), and the framing guy put the whole display together. They both presented it to me today as a Christmas gift. Needless to say...I was stunned.

    The picture on the left is of his first slam dunk contest. The picture on the right is the final shot he made against the Utah Jazz in 1998 to clinch the Bulls 6th NBA title.

  • Zemo
    Still Smokin'
    • Feb 14, 2006
    • 3888

    #2
    Very Nice!!

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    • Earth 2 Chris
      Verbose Member
      • Mar 7, 2004
      • 32981

      #3
      Wow, what a great, and thoughtful gift! Your church must think a lot of you to do this.

      Chris
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      • megoapesnut
        The name says it all!
        • Dec 3, 2007
        • 3727

        #4
        Sweet!

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        • emeraldknight47
          Talkative Member
          • Jun 20, 2011
          • 5212

          #5
          He shoots! He SCORES!!!!! Great gift for you and very thoughtful from the folks who prepped it for you!!!
          sigpic Oh then, what's this? Big flashy lighty thing, that's what brought me here! Big flashy lighty things have got me written all over them. Not actually. But give me time. And a crayon.

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          • boss
            Talkative Member
            • Jun 18, 2003
            • 7217

            #6
            that's a wonderful gift. Kuddos to your friends.
            Fresh, not from concentrate.

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            • Duncan
              Museum focus-groupie
              • Jun 27, 2009
              • 1542

              #7
              Very cool! What a nice thing to do.

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              • ScottA
                Original Member
                • Jun 25, 2001
                • 12264

                #8
                Now that's a Christmas gift.
                sigpic WANTED: Boxed, Carded and Kresge Carded WGSH

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                • z3zep
                  The Girl Next Door
                  • Sep 30, 2006
                  • 1725

                  #9
                  Looks great! What a nice gift!

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                  • Marvelmania
                    A Ray of Sunshine
                    • Jun 17, 2001
                    • 10392

                    #10
                    Wow, just wow Derek, that is so nice!

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                    • Mikey
                      Verbose Member
                      • Aug 9, 2001
                      • 47258

                      #11
                      wow !!!!!!!!!!!

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                      • Spawn67
                        Career Member
                        • Aug 14, 2009
                        • 816

                        #12
                        Nice!

                        A friend of mine back in maryland has a Original photo of him and Len Bias playing against each other in his college days. Super rare. Never seen it before. There some pics floating around on the internet but none of them are it. My friend Won it in a card game. Someone owed him money and gave him this framed pic instead!

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                        • toys2cool
                          Ultimate Mego Warrior
                          • Nov 27, 2006
                          • 28605

                          #13
                          That's awesome! My brother's a huge MJ fan as well , well who isn't right? The guy was the greatest ever
                          "Time to nut up or shut up" -Tallahassee

                          http://ultimatewarriorcollection.webs.com/
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                          • Megospidey
                            Museum Webslinger
                            • Jul 26, 2006
                            • 5305

                            #14
                            thanks everyone...your reactions are exactly how I felt when I unwrapped it.

                            The man who had the signed jersey is older and has been a sports autograph collector his whole life. He's got Mickey Mantle, Lou Gehrig, Jackie Robinson, Pee Wee Reese, etc. signed stuff in his house. He's got several of the older NBA players, as well as some from the 80's and 90's. I was amazed at his collection when I saw it about a year ago. And I commented on this jersey..saying how nice it was. I told him I had Jordan's rookie card and would love to own a signed jersey someday.

                            About a month ago, he contacted the other fellow who works for the framing company and told him what he wanted to do. The older man brought the framer the jersey, the framer got my card..and this is what I received back from them.

                            I stood there speechless when I saw it. I was just amazed that they would do something like this for me. I'm not one to be caught off guard, and I think they got the biggest kick out of my reaction. They had never seen me speechless before.

                            Something I will always treasure and never forget.

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                            • Hector
                              el Hombre de Acero
                              • May 19, 2003
                              • 31852

                              #15
                              That's something I wouldn't mind having myself...friggin' awesome...what a great display from the best B-player ever.
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