Inside the Mind of a Michael Jordan Card Expert: Cajun Cardboard

Michael Jordan cards, collecting on a budget, rare ’90s inserts, and the stories behind the cardboard—Bryan Denison from Cajun Cardboard joins me for the first episode of "Dad to Dad"! 🍿See ALL my Jordan content 👉https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5q7ojaVM456rJWbV59Saat0MLwCad9bY&si=YbbSUuX72Gfn1w7j 🔗 More from Interview: https://healthydadhacks.com/michael-jordan-card-expert-interview-cajun-cardboard/ 🍿See ALL "Dad to Dad" Interviews 👉 https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAsaG3IxoPyk&si=6uRMiUP6kpU1vpEF ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Bryan shares how he went from a real estate attorney to working full-time in the sports card hobby, why Jordan remains his collecting focus, and what returning collectors should understand before spending money. We also discuss the $1.8 million offer he turned down for his 1986 Fleer collection—and what that experience taught him. 🔗 FIND BRYAN with CAJUN CARDBOARD: 🌐 WEBSITE — Your starting point for Cajun Cardboard’s resources, projects, and contacting Bryan about a collection: https://cajuncardboard.com/ ▶️ YOUTUBE — Subscribe for Michael Jordan card education, detailed card breakdowns, collecting discussions, and the MJ Hierarchy series: https://www.youtube.com/@cajuncardboard 🛒 EBAY LIVE AUCTIONS — Watch Cajun Cardboard’s live card auctions, see upcoming shows, and save the seller. Come to browse and learn, even if you’re not bidding: https://www.ebay.com/ebaylive/sellers/SPQuKj9MRc6 📸 INSTAGRAM — Follow @cajun_cardboard for cards, hobby updates, and connecting with Bryan: https://www.instagram.com/cajun_cardboard/ 🏀 THE MICHAEL JORDAN HIERARCHY PROJECT Explore Bryan’s project organizing 378 Jordan inserts and parallels into four tiers, with information about the cards and pack odds: https://cajuncardboard.com/creations/the-michael-jordan-hierarchy-project/ ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 💬 IN THIS CONVERSATION: 00:00 - Interview Overview 01:45 - Meet Bryan from Cajun Cardboard 03:57 - Bryan's "Sudden Death" 3-word card reactions 08:26 - How I rediscovered Jordan cards...and found Bryan 11:58 - Bryan’s story: Basketball, seven kids & going full-time 17:14 - Education over telling collectors what to buy 20:04 - Why Michael Jordan? 23:22 - Childhood card shops & the 1986 Fleer dream 30:54 - Making sense of different card types 31:30 - TCDB, base cards, subsets, inserts & parallels 38:01 - Where returning MJ collectors can start 41:17 - The Michael Jordan Hierarchy Project 47:01 - Collecting Jordan on a budget: My strategy gets reviewed 53:50 - Inside Cajun Cardboard’s business & eBay Live auctions 59:42 - Bryan’s MJ advice: Educate yourself before rushing in 1:02:38 - Rapid fire! Dad Advice, Favorite Jordan card, Biggest Mistake 1:06:35 - Building a team, stacking wins & family priorities 1:11:39 - Where to find Bryan & Cajun Cardboard (all links above☝️) 📚 CARD RESEARCH RESOURCE Bryan recommends the Trading Card Database (TCDB) for researching specific cards, checklists, and pack odds: https://www.tcdb.com/ #interview #cajuncardboard #michaeljordan #sportscards #sportscardstrategy ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🧔‍♂️ Healthy Dad Hacks Dads need hobbies, connection, and something to look forward to besides finishing the to-do list. In this Healthy Dad Hacks interview series, I sit down with other dads to share stories, learn something useful, and explore the things we love. 🔗 Amazon Influencer Storefront: https://geni.us/uXVc 🔗 Website: https://healthydadhacks.com ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Music licensed from PremiumBeat.com Track: “American Muscle” – Good News Tunes YouTube Monetization ID: CGN8V46HR6EATYU2