Bernard King was a scoring machine during his professional basketball playing days. Unfortunately, a torn ACL slowed down his career and limited the number of games he played. He has yet to be indicuted into the hall of fame, but in my opinion he still has a chance to get in. He averaged a lot of points during his career and was frequently mentioned among the superstars of the game.
His basketball cards are relatively affordable. I believe his rookie basketball card, from 1978-79 Topps Basketball, books at $7 in ungraded near mint condition. That is what is booked in the Spring 2006 Beckett Plus price guide. There are also autographed cards of him available if you can find them and they are not as expensive as bigger named superstars. These cards are must-haves for any vintage basketball card collection. Now is a great time to get them while they are affordable and before there is any announcement that he will be inducted into the hall of fame if that should happen.
Adrian Dantley is set to enter the hall of fame this year, and Bernard King hopefully will get in next year. Vintage basketball cards of superstars are solid cards to have in your collection, in my opinion, and Bernard King is a solid name in the late 1970's and 1980's. Consider adding him to your collection, along with any other cards from the 1978-79 Topps Basketball set, a relatively inexpensive one compared with even modern higher end sets of 2008. Below, there is a page dedicated to Bernard King items currently on Ebay. This article was written by the site owner and administrator of My Baseball Card Space
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