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2006-07

LaMarcus Aldridge Exquisite Rookie #44

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.

Year2006-07
SetUpper Deck Exquisite Collection Basketball
SubsetExquisite Rookies
Insert familyRookie Patch Autographs
Card number#44
PlayersLaMarcus Aldridge
TeamsPortland Trail Blazers
RookieYes
AutographYes
MemorabiliaYes
Serial numbering/99
Appearance kindsolo

Project source notes

  • TCDB 2006-07 base checklist: Used for the full 84-card 2006-07 base and Exquisite Rookies checklist, including the 42-card veteran base, the six-card /99 rookie summit, the /225 continuation, TCDB's specific memorabilia-source language.
  • LaMarcus Aldridge player guide: Used to support LaMarcus Aldridge's role as one of the headline /99 rookies in the 2006-07 Exquisite Rookies structure.
  • Cardboard Connection top 25 Exquisite rookies: Used to frame the long-term significance of the 2006 rookie class, especially Rajon Rondo at #8, Brandon Roy at #11, Rudy Gay at #22, and the article's explicit callout of 2006-07 Rajon Rondo as the underrated Exquisite rookie card.

Related cards

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As card #43, Bargnani opens the six-card /99 rookie summit that gives 2006-07 its premium rookie ceiling. The TCDB checklist also preserves the release's careful memorabilia notation, a small archival detail that matters when documenting the set faithfully.

Rookie Patch AutographsRookie Focus Cards/99Andrea Bargnani
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Roy sits in the six-card /99 rookie summit and gives 2006-07 much of its immediate star power. Cardboard Connection's all-time Exquisite rookie ranking places him at #11, which helps explain why seasoned collectors do not treat this year as a dead zone between stronger headline classes.

Rookie Patch AutographsRookie Focus Cards/99Brandon Roy
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The flagship card of 2005-06 Exquisite. Cardboard Connection's product framing treats Chris Paul as the one rookie who gives the release enduring classic appeal, and the checklist backs that up by placing him squarely in the six-card /99 patch-autograph summit. For seasoned collectors, this is the card that keeps 2005 in the serious part of the Exquisite conversation.

Rookie Patch AutographsRookie Focus Cards/99Chris Paul