Who'd You Get?!: Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf, Topps Stadium Club (1994)

We at No Regard used to collect basketball cards. Convincing a parent to shuttle us and our friends to the local collector's shop was a consistently important victory. When we found out KMart was selling entire boxes for $20, we almost wore out our bike tires pedaling back and forth.

Now we've unearthed the cache, and the results are stunning. We've been reminded that players named Dino Radja and Wesley Person briefly and forcefully carved out steady roles for themselves in the league. We've been straight tickled by the goofy casual pics. And we've been touched and inspired by the relentless optimism of the copywriters. We hope you enjoy this odd time capsule, a Utopian angle from which to view the league, where everyone is the next somebody and context is pointless. 

Back of the card after the jump.

Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf's Coming Back!

“This is two blocks away from Ground Zero. They will have culinary school in this community center. They will have a gym with Muslim point guards…”- Sen. Al Franken on the Ground Zero mosque controversy