1989 Timberwolves Burger King Basketball Card Set and Checklist

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Specs

Year: 1989

Title: Minnesota Timberwolves Burger King

Size: 2 1/2” by 3 1/2”

Number in Set: 7

Overview

This seven card set was sponsored by Burger King to celebrate the Timberwolves first season, but funny enough, the cards don’t have a Burger King logo on them!

However, the cards were issued with a 9” by 12” pamphlet (a Player Cards Collectors Set) which, on the inside, featured the team’s 1989-90 schedule on one side, and slots to hold the cards on the other. Beneath the schedule are the words “Courtesy of Burger King.”

1989 Minnesota Timberwolves Burger King Player Cards Collector Set – Front Cover With Cards
1989 Minnesota Timberwolves Burger King Player Cards Collector Set – Schedule Page
1989 Minnesota Timberwolves Burger King Player Cards Collector Set – Card Page
1989 Minnesota Timberwolves Burger King Player Cards Collector Set – Back Cover

The card fronts feature color action player photos with a blue border on white card stock. The top of the card has a banner that says “Inaugural Season” with the team name above the banner and the team logo in the middle. The player’s name is under his picture.

The backs feature typical biographical and statistical information and a note that they were produced by NBAHOOPS. The crds are unnumbered.

Here’s another example of the Player Cards Collector Set open to the schedule and card section – this collector only tracked down five of the cards and included a Doug West card from another release.

1989 Minnesota Timberwolves Burger King Player Cards Collector Set – Inside

Example

Minnesota Timberwolves Burger King Tony Campbell – Front
Minnesota Timberwolves Burger King Tony Campbell – Reverse

Key Cards

This is a very inexpensive set, but guides tend to list Pooh Richardson as the set’s priciest card. Supposedly Brad Lohaus was pulled from the set and replaced by Randy Breuer during the promotion. You can see there are only six card slots in the pamphlet but the checklist below features seven players.

Checklist

Tony Campbell

Tyrone Corbin

Pooh Richardson

Sidney Lowe

Sam Mitchell

Randy Breuer

Brad Lohaus