This year Topps introduced the Living Set for the NBA, an ongoing card set that pays homage to the 1957-58 design with artwork, not photography. During the NBA season, Topps drop a new player in the set every week. The set features past and present stars in the league, and the inaugural release - card #1 was LeBron James.

Sometime later, card #21 of Devin Booker was available for a limited time this past March. The card features artwork that highlights one of purest jumpshots the game has ever seen and our newest city jersey. Had to have it!

Orders can be made in singles or by 5x, 10x, 20x “packs” with randomly inserted short print parallels. Essentially the more you buy, the greater odds. Here are chases:
• Background Variation Short Print
• Topps Chrome® Refractor Parallel
• Topps Chrome® Superfractor 1/1

I purchased ~ 100 cards in hopes to pull the 1/1 but I ended up with 2x Background Variation Short Prints. One of which I sold and nearly covered the cost of the order!

Though I missed my chance, I scoured the internet for the card hoping whoever landed it would be willing to let it go. And in May (two months after the release), I found it and secured my grail!

🔥 Anybody else order this set? Go Suns! 💜🧡

The season is getting closer, which means it’s time to reassess what we think we know about the Suns. Rotation questions? Breakout candidates? Expectations? Concerns?

The Suns' Sickos mailbag is open. Drop your questions below for our show on Wednesday night.

*edit-ugh. 2 bigs. Not bugs

Like if they ball out to the point of contender trajectory, what is that? Who is stepping up big, and how? What are the lineups?

I'd love to see this whiplash where the team leans big. But it only works if there's shooting.

I'd love a world where the following lineup is our best lineup because the requisite players took steps up.

Gillespie (24) book (36) brooks (30) Fleming (20) maluach (25)

Goodwin (14) green (28) bridges (28) Oso (20) williams (15)

In this world-

-Fleming is an excellent 3 and D player

-oso is a viable ft shooter

-maluach is the unicorn we were hoping for

-Gillespie levels up towards a poor man's nash

-book ups his 3 and defense

-Brooks has a viable passing rate

-williams stays healthy enough to be aggressive and active

-bridges and green are either both higher efficiency or can be flipped for a higher efficiency attacking perimeter player

-Goodwin just needs to be more of the same

To me, THAT team could compete for a title. Which means I'm hoping that 'player development coach' ott tries to move the team in this direction.