07-08 Bowman Elevation Basketball is a high end product that offers all collectors a chance to pull many sequentially low numbered Autographs and Game Used Cards.

2007-08 Bowman Elevation Basketball is a high end product that offers all collectors a chance to pull many sequentially low numbered Autographs and Game Used Cards.  This particular box was a hot box as I pulled a Game Used Card or Rookie Autograph in each pack.  I also pulled 9 Rookie Cards and 3 Parallel Cards. 

Set Features
Each box contains 12 packs and 5 cards per pack. 
Each box contains 2 Rookie Autograph Cards, 6 Relic Game Used Cards, 4 Rookie Cards, and 2 Parallel Cards. 
The Base Set contains 50 Veteran/Retired Players and 50 Rookies (#/d 999)

Autograph Cards
Rookie Writings (#/d 299) Odds Group A 1:343 Group B 1:85 Group C 1:17
Rookie Writings Blue (#/d 149) Odds 1:105
Rookie Writings Red (#/d 99) Odds 1:160
Rookie Writings Green (#/d 49) Odds 1:204
Rookie Writings Gold (#/d 29) Odds 1:340
Rookie Writings Black (#/d 1) Odds 1:3211

Rookie Writing Relics (#/d 169) Odds Group A 1:579 Group B 1:213 Group C 1:29
Rookie Writing Relics Blue (#/d 99) Odds 1:160
Rookie Writing Relics Red (#/d 79) Odds 1:204
Rookie Writing Relics Green (#/d 49) Odds 1:340
Rookie Writing Relics Gold (#/d 29) Odds 1:612
Rookie Writing Relics Black (#/d 1) Odds 1:3211

Rookie Writing Patches (#/d 49) Odds 1:204
Rookie Writing Patches Blue (#/d 39) Odds 1:340
Rookie Writing Patches Red (#/d 29) Odds 1:440
Rookie Writing Patches Green (#/d 19) Odds 1:612
Rookie Writing Patches Gold (#/d 9) Odds 1:1035
Rookie Writing Patches Black (#/d 1) Odds 1:3211

Elevation Autograph Patches (#/d 29) Odds 1:225
Elevation Autograph Patches Blue (#/d 19) Odds 1:373
Elevation Autograph Patches Red (#/d 9) Odds 1:479
Elevation Autograph Patches Green (#/d 5) Odds 1:676
Elevation Autograph Patches Gold (#/d 3) Odds 1:1146
Elevation Autograph Patches Black (#/d 1) Odds 1:3568

Relic Cards
Rookie Remnants (#/d 299) Odds 1:10
Rookie Remnants Blue (#/d 149) Odds 1:20
Rookie Remnants Red (#/d 79) Odds 1:28
Rookie Remnants Green (#/d 49) Odds 1:40
Rookie Remnants Gold (#/d 29) Odds 1:66
Rookie Remnants Black (#/d 1) Odds 1:2007

Rookie Dual Remnants (#/d 99) Odds 1:20
Rookie Dual Remnants Blue (#/d 79) Odds 1:25
Rookie Dual Remnants Red (#/d 49) Odds 1:66
Rookie Dual Remnants Green (#/d 29) Odds 1:100
Rookie Dual Remnants Gold (#/d 9) Odds 1:212
Rookie Dual Remnants Black (#/d 1) Odds 1:2007

Rookie Triple Remnants (#/d 49) Odds 1:39
Rookie Triple Remnants Blue (#/d 39) Odds 1:49
Rookie Triple Remnants Red (#/d 29) Odds 1:66
Rookie Triple Remnants Green (#/d 19) Odds 1:100
Rookie Triple Remnants Gold (#/d 9) Odds 1:212
Rookie Triple Remnants Black (#/d 1) Odds 1:2007

Elevation Relics (#/d 179) Odds 1:9
Elevation Relics Blue (#/d 99) Odds 1:19
Elevation Relics Red (#/d 79) Odds 1:31
Elevation Relics Green (#/d 49) Odds 1:51
Elevation Relics Gold (#/d 29) Odds 1:78
Elevation Relics Black (#/d 1) Odds 1:1529

Elevation Dual Relics (#/d 99) Odds 1:34
Elevation Dual Relics Blue (#/d 79) Odds 1:55
Elevation Dual Relics Red (#/d 49) Odds 1:92
Elevation Dual Relics Green (#/d 29) Odds 1:140
Elevation Dual Relics Gold (#/d 9) Odds 1:296
Elevation Dual Relics Black (#/d 1) Odds 1:2792

Elevation Triple Relics (#/d 49) Odds 1:86
Elevation Triple Relics Blue (#/d 39) Odds 1:115
Elevation Triple Relics Red (#/d 29) Odds 1:176
Elevation Triple Relics Green (#/d 19) Odds 1:370
Elevation Triple Relics Gold (#/d 9) Odds 1:676
Elevation Triple Relics Black (#/d 1) Odds 1:3568

Elevation Patches (#/d 29) Odds 1:77
Elevation Patches Blue (#/d 19) Odds 1:117
Elevation Patches Red (#/d 9) Odds 1:247
Elevation Patches Green (#/d 5) Odds 1:446
Elevation Patches Gold (#/d 3) Odds 1:755
Elevation Patches Black (#/d 1) Odds 1:2378

Elevation Dual Patches (#/d 9) Odds 1:298
Elevation Dual Patches Blue (#/d 5) Odds 1:540
Elevation Dual Patches Red (#/d 4) Odds 1:676
Elevation Dual Patches Green (#/d 3) Odds 1:905
Elevation Dual Patches Gold (#/d 2) Odds 1:1366
Elevation Dual Patches Black (#/d 1) Odds 1:2792

Elevation Triple Patches (#/d 9) Odds 1:370
Elevation Triple Patches Blue (#/d 5) Odds 1:676
Elevation Triple Patches Red (#/d 4) Odds 1:845
Elevation Triple Patches Green (#/d 3) Odds 1:1146
Elevation Triple Patches Gold (#/d 2) Odds 1:1735
Elevation Triple Patches Black (#/d 1) Odds 1:3568

Parallel Cards
Blue (#/d 99) Odds 1:7
Red (#/d 79) Odds 1:14
Green (#/d 49) Odds 1:36
Gold (#/d 9) Odds 1:676
Black (#/d 1) Odds 1:6760

Printing Plates
4 Printing Plates Per Base Set Card (#/d 1) Odds 1:168

Box Pulls Base Set and Parallels;

29 Veteran Base Cards
7 Retired Base Cards
1 Parallel Blue Card /99
1 Parallel Green Card /49 (shown above)

The Bowman Elevation Logo is on the top right hand corner of the card. There are gold borders on the left and right side of the action photo with the word Elevation to the left.  The name of the player, his position, and his team is shown on the bottom of the card.  On the left side of the card is a white space that says Elevation.  The back of the card shows the player’s height, weight, college attended, drafted by whom, which round, and pick overall.  After a short bio, they show career game and season high statistics.

Rookie Cards;

9 Rookie Cards /999 (Marco Belinelli Aaron Brooks Javaris Crittenton JamesOn Curry Carl Landry Stephane Lasme Ramon Sessions Al Thornton Nick Young)
1 Parallel Blue RC /99 (Spencer Hawes)

The Rookie Cards have the exact same design as the Base Cards.  The only difference is that they are serial numbered in gold writing on the bottom of the card.  Box odds were 4 Rookie Cards per box; I managed to pull 9 Rookie Cards and 1 Parallel Rookie Card.

Game Used;

2 Rookie Remnants /199 (Jason Smith Thaddeus Young)
1 Rookie Double Remnants /79 (Glen Davis)
2 Rookie Triple Remnants /49 (Greg Oden Nick Young)

The Rookie Remnants Relics has the player’s picture on the left side of the card.  In the middle of the card is the Bowman Elevation logo and the team logo to the right.  The design of this card is a nice touch as the color used in the background is the team colors of the player shown.

2 Elevation Relics /179 (Pete Maravich Ben Wallace)
2 Elevation Relics Gold /29 (Chris Paul John Stockton)
1 Elevation Triple Relics Blue /39 (Tim Duncan)

The Elevation Relics has the player’s picture on the right side of the card.  On the top right corner is the Bowman Elevation logo and a gold border on the right side of the card.  The player’s photo and gold coloring stick out as the main focus of this design.

Autograph Rookie Cards;

1 Rookie Writings Auto /299 (Arron Afflalo)
1 Rookie Writings Relic Auto /169 (Marco Belinelli)

The Autograph Rookie Cards have a grayish background with the Bowman Elevation Logo on the top right and the word Rookie in gold writing on the right side.  The autograph is on a clear plexiglass on the left corner.  The action photos of the players are in their away jerseys.  The Belinelli Autograph also has a jersey swatch on the card.  

Final Thoughts;

Topps has me sold on their Bowman Elevation product.  I managed to get a hot box as I beat the odds in pulling 10 Relic Cards, 2 Autograph Rookies, 9 Rookie Cards, and 3 Parallel Cards.  The high quality and design used in the Rookie Writings is a good selling point for basketball collectors who do not like sticker autographs on their cards.  Boxes range from $115 to $155 on internet sites.  It is a great bargain for any collector who wants to huge rewards for low risk. 

Ratings;

Value – 5
Innovation – 5 (Love the design of the Rookie Remnants and the Rookie Writings)
Fun Experience – 5 (To my surprise I pulled 1 Auto or Relic in all 12 packs)
Rebuy Value – 4.5
Total Grade – A-

NPN Information

NPN 07-08 Bowman Elevation Basketball
P.O. Box 2008
Duryea, PA 18642

A huge thanks to Topps for providing this box, and to Trader Retreat for the opportunity to review the product!  Be on the lookout for contests involving the cards pulled in this break!