Sports Illustrated Vol. 86 #10 ·

Publications & Printed Items · PSA 9.8 · Magazine

Sports Illustrated Vol. 86 #10 · "Bad for the NBA?"
March 10, 1997 · Newsstand

PSA 9.8 · authenticated original

Estimated value

$5,000

One of one · not for sale

Front · Vol. 86 #10 · March 10, 1997

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Back · PSA slab reverse · Cert #157192326

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Item details

GradePSA 9.8 · highest graded

PopulationPop 3 · PSA census at time of acquisition

SignificanceMarch 1997 · Jeff Wong cover

Why it matters"Are the Bulls So Good They're Bad for the NBA?"

Cover & backNewsstand edition

PublisherTime, Inc.

CertificationCert #157192326 · PSA 9.8

Jordan's return, on the cover

The March 10, 1997 issue features a Jeff Wong illustrated cover of Jordan palming a basketball above caricatures of the league's other stars, under the question "Are the Bulls So Good They're Bad for the NBA?" It captured the Bulls' dominance at the height of the second three-peat.

This is the newsstand edition, graded PSA 9.8.

"Are the Bulls So Good They're Bad for the NBA?" — Jeff Wong's illustrated cover, March 1997.

— DimeLabs · Vol. 86 #10 · PSA Cert #157192326

This is the newsstand edition, graded PSA 9.8. Per the PSA census at time of acquisition it sits at Pop 2 with none higher, and is the top-graded newsstand copy recorded — the kind of top-of-census, culturally significant piece DimeLabs targets.