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 Thursday, April 03, 2008
Topps McDonald's cards becoming a hot commodity
Posted by Steve

One of the hottest products right now isn’t really even a product; it’s the Topps McDonald’s High School All-American Game cards.

The cards were passed out to attendees at the game (March 26 in Milwaukee) with one boys and one girls card per pack. These are the first cards of these players and the only ones you'll see until (and if) they have licensed NBA card.

UCLA-bound Jrue Holiday has the highest secondary-market value thus far, selling at $50, while Evans, Arizona-bound Brandon Jennings and Georgetown-bound Greg Monroe singles sell for $40. USC-bound Demar DeRozan and Louisville-bound Semardo Samuels singles sell for $30. Unopened packs sell for around $40.

As for the game, Tyreke Evans showed everyone why he's one of the top prospects from this class. He had 21 points and 10 rebounds, taking home MVP honors. He'll be announcing his college decision on April 16.

Brandon Jennings either had an impressive assist or a bad turnover every time he touched the ball. He was trying to break the assist record and was amazingly flashy on his way to nine assists, but called out the big men on his team after the game for missing some layups.

Jrue Holiday was also impressive with 14 points, five rebounds, five steals and three assists. He seems like he's got a non-stop motor and almost had to tone down his competitiveness for this game.

Other guys I was impressed with were Kemba Walker, Demar DeRozan, Willie Warren, Mike Rosario and Scotty Hopson. Although Semardo Samuels didn't do much in the actual game, many of the players mentioned he was one of the most impressive players during the week with a great performance in the three-point competition among other things.

The only disappointment was Greg Monroe. This is never a big-man's game and Monroe struggled, with one point and five turnovers. He never really seemed to get into the flow of the game, but it wouldn't be the first time that's happened to a very good big man in this game.



4/3/2008 11:26:54 AM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #  Comments [0]