The Championship Eras (2005–2018)
Cards from this period focus on his achievements with the Miami Heat and his second stint with the Cleveland Cavaliers, which included winning his first two NBA titles and Cleveland's first-ever NBA championship.
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2008 Upper Deck cards were distributed in one series (#1-266), with UD Legends #201-224 inserted 1:2 packs. The Rookies #225-258 were inserted 3:2 packs and #259-266 inserted 2:9 packs. This set was released in September of 2008.
In 2008, LeBron James was a 23-24 year old superstar with the Cleveland Cavaliers, anchoring his status as one of thee best players in the world by winning his first NBA MVP (for the 2008-09 season) and leading the USA "Redeem Team" to a gold medal at the Beijing Olympics. He was named to the All-Defensive First Team for the first time.
Timeless Treasures returned to the hobby hardwood packing plenty of hobby heavy hitters into each high-end 1-pack box. Treasures offers collectors a seamless mix of old school and new school players with plenty of autographs, relics, one of ones, and other intriguing hits per $100 hobby box. The “Rookie Year Materials” set featured current stars with their rookie campaign jersey swatches. This LeBron ROY Prime is numbered /25 or less. Even more interesting is the fact that it’s numbered #23, and when a sports card number matches a player’s jersey number -it can be considered a “jersey match”- and collectors are always willing to pay more for the card.
"They had to drag me out of bed to put this suit on," James said, when he won the NBA Rookie of the Year award. "I didn't want to get out. I thought I was going to practice when they woke me up this morning." But that season belonged to James, from his 25-point,nine-rebound, six-assist NBA debut at Sacramento through his resounding windmill dunk to close his season at Madison Square Garden.
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