As I sit here in the afternoon on Good Friday, while also checking in on the tailgate festivities at the Brewers' Miller Park for Opening Day that I am missing, we decided to open a box of Topps T-51 Murad Basketball.

When it comes to trading cards, I think there are some basics that should be followed. One of those is having the player's name who is featured on the card mentioned somewhere on the front. With a classic style of card that is more art than a photo, you can't always tell who the player is, especially when the uniform number is obscured.

My second rule is when showcasing statistics on the backside, have numbers that are easy to read (and in my opinion, they should have career stats, not just the last year).

Needless to say by that intro, Murad falls flat on both of those. There is no mention of the player on the front. The Middle Eastern art influence is fine, but it doesn't work if I don't know who the player is.

And the stats on the back look like they were printed with a 1985 word processors and all of the "numbers" are spelled out. As in, if the player had 933 assists in his career, it reads, "nine hundred thirty-three assists." Please.

We also received a fancy mini card that is clearly a special insert, as it's housed in a plastic sleeve, but we still don't know who the player is because it doesn't say anywhere on the card.

Again, the look of the cards is great, but to the average collector, the omissions mentioned above will immediately turn them off. This set is for a select group, that's for sure.