HooperStars is one of the sharpest-looking die-cut inserts of Jordan’s final Bulls championship season, and it is a card that genuinely has to be seen in hand. It comes from 1997–98 NBA Hoops Series 1 as card 1 of a 10-card die-cut set, with Jordan getting the lead slot ahead of names like Grant Hill, Shaquille O’Neal and Allen Iverson. The card is physically die-cut along the top into a crown-like silhouette, and the player sits on an etched-foil background that radiates outward in a starburst — so the whole surface catches and throws light as it tilts, with the colors shifting in a way a flat scan simply cannot capture. ‘HOOPERSTARS’ arcs across the top in silver foil, with Jordan driving in the white Bulls home uniform.

It is not a refractor — the shine comes from the etched-foil treatment — and the die-cut edges plus foil surface make it condition-sensitive, which is why gem mint examples are scarce. It was seeded only about one in every 288 Series 1 packs. Of 374 copies graded across all grades, 44 are PSA 10 — an 11.76 percent gem rate. DimeLabs holds three of those 44, roughly 6.8 percent of the entire PSA 10 population, each individually graded and certified.