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This blog is about sports cards. I tend to only purchase cheap items so don't come hear expecting to see big money cards. My teams collections are Chicago White Sox and Michigan Wolverines. I also have a bunch of player collections.

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Friday, August 25, 2023

Happy Birthday - Caris LeVert

 

Caris was born on this day in 1994, making him 29 today.

NBA Debut - December 7th, 2016 (Nets)

Years Active - 

  • 2016-2021 Nets)
  • 2021-2022 (Pacers)
  • 2022-current (Cavaliers)

Cards on TCDB - 2389 cards (up 537 cards from last year)

Cards I have - 57 cards (up 13 cards from last year)

PC Rank - #40 (#67 overall)

TCDB Rank - #2 (same as last year)


Where they came from -

  • Sportlots (32 cards)
  • Ebay (9 cards)
  • Sluggo (6 cards)
  • Hollisters (4 cards)
  • F&G Sportsards (3 cards)
  • Card Show-South Bend (1 card)
  • Too Many Verlanders (1 card)



Happy Birthday Caris!

Thursday, January 5, 2023

In my head

I only have 3 more players left in my November pick-ups that are current collections. But wait, there's more! I added 9 more player collections because apparently I didn't have enough. I added them in November when I was still sorting cards for Kevin so I'll show those off 1 at a time as well, then maybe I might make it to December's pick-ups. I do add to those posts when I get new cards so it's not as many posts as you think once I get through the new ones. For example, say I pick-up a card today of a player I collect. When I log them in, I look on my spreadsheet to see if I still have cards to post of that player and I add it to them. So it's not like you'll see that player get posted a bunch of times. It just makes for a longer post when his name comes up.

Take today's post, I have 4 different scans of the player which means since November, I have picked up cards of his 4 different times. Even though all 4 came from 2 places, they were at 2 different times from each place.

This scan of 4 came from Sportlots but I received it just after Christmas and I scanned and logged them just before New Years. That top right is the green variation, which you can see in the logo on the bottom left. The bottom right is the purple variation.

This came from Sportlots as well but I received it back in November which was the first card since I posted his previous so this dated November's posts. This is the dazzle variation.


Same with both of these, they both came from Sluggo. The green prizm on the right was back in November and the Illusions on the left was in December. Both were cheapies so I got them for free.

These 7 cards bump the LeVert collection up and over the 50 card mark at 51 cards. That keeps me in the #2 slot on TCDB with over 30 cards to go and puts him as my 4th highest basketball player collection.

I post enough that I can't help but combine posts but I do like the format of a player per post as it helps me posts pretty often but I don't feel obligated (except birthday posts) so if I decide to take a day or 2 off, I don't feel bad. I do know if I take a lot of time off, I get out of the habit and stop posting so this helps with that. I did have 304 posts last year. The first time I hit over 300 since 2012 and I did multiple posts a day for awhile that year.

Friday, October 7, 2022

Happy Birthday - Nik Stauskas

Nik was born on this day in 1993, making him 29 today.

NBA Debut - October 29th, 2014 (Kings)

Years Active - 

  • 2014-2015 (Kings)
  • 2015-2017 (76'ers)
  • 2017-2018 (Nets)
  • 2018-2019 (Trailblazers)
  • 2019 (Cavaliers)
  • 2021-2022 (Heat)
  • 2022 (Celtics)

Kings

76'ers

Nets

Cards on TCDB - 779 cards (1 card more than last year)

Cards I have - 31 cards (same as last year)

PC Rank - #39 (#81 overall)

TCDB Rank - #3


Where they came from -

  • Sportlots (18 cards)
  • Ebay (9 cards)
  • Too Many Verlanders (3 cards)
  • Card Show-Elkhart (1 card)
  • COMC (1 card)







Happy Birthday Nik!

Thursday, October 6, 2022

No Sleep and Brooklyn

 I took today off for a funeral and since I only work half day's on Fridays anymore, I went ahead and took it off too. I was really looking forward to sleeping in but I woke up around the time I get up for work and had trouble sleeping from than on. After the funeral, I came home and logged in some cards that I picked up at Sluggo's yesterday. You'll get to see one of those tonight.

Tomorrow we are heading out to Baseball Card Exchange and do some shopping. Then on Saturday, we were supposed to do a show but Sluggo is doing it without me as I am taking my son on his first college visit. Exciting times in the household, we have 2 other visits scheduled.

Today's post isn't from one of the University's we're visiting but it's the top University in my mind. Technically, I've visited this one a bunch.


These 5 cards came from Sportlots. They are in 2 pictures because they came in 2 different shipments. The top 2 are different parallels. One is Jade, the other is the International which has a glossy cover. I also ordered one that said it was gold. I got it, but when I went to log it in on TCDB, I found out there isn't a gold version, it was another copy of the International one. That's about the only negative I have of buying on Sportlots is sometimes the cards aren't listed correctly. It's happened before but as often as I've purchased on there, it's only happened a couple of times.

Here's the aforementioned card I picked up from Sluggo. He got a package in from a guy he buys from in North Carolina and I try to go through and grab what I need first. I only grabbed 3 cards that were former Wolverines, the rest were White Sox or other PC's. This is the green parallel.

These 6 cards put me at the half century mark. I only have 1 other basketball PC that has more than that.

Thursday, August 25, 2022

Happy Birthday - Caris LeVert

Caris was born on this day in 1994, making him 28 today.

NBA Debut - December 7th, 2016 (Nets)

Years Active - 

  • 2016-2020 (Nets)
  • 2021 (Pacers)
  • 2021 (Cavaliers)

Nets

Pacers

Cards on TCDB - 1,852 cards (up 427 cards from last year)

Cards I have - 44 cards (up 6 cards from last year)

PC Rank - #31 (#59 overall)

TCDB Rank - #2


Where they came from -

  • Sportlots (27 cards)
  • Ebay (9 cards)
  • Hollisters (4 cards)
  • Sluggo (3 cards)
  • Too Many Verlanders (1 card)



I have 3 relics and 


2 autographs.


I even have 1 with both.

Happy Birthday Caris!

Monday, January 10, 2022

Cold and Icy

Yesterday was about baseball because I want it to be warmer, today I'm being realistic. It's cold, with lots of ice, which also means it's basketball season. I don't really watch NBA, I can't get into it at all. I do try to follow along with Wolverines in the pros, which is one of who we have today.


I picked this up this past weekend at Sluggo's. We are setting up at a card show this coming weekend and we're organizing some NBA stuff and I grabbed 3 cards. This LeVert is one of them. It's the cracked ice parallel and is #'d to /25. It was in our $5 box so I'll just take it off what I earn at the show. It's a cool looking card, better than what my scan shows. It is one of those annoying cards though when he wears one jersey but the card says another other team. Just pick one, I don't care which.

It is my 39th card of Caris.

Thursday, October 7, 2021

Happy Birthday - Nik Stauskas

Nik was born on this day in 1993, making him 28 today.

NBA Debut - October 29th, 2014

Years Active -

  • 2014-2015 (Kings)
  • 2015-2017 (76ers)
  • 2017-2018 (Nets)
  • 2018-2019 (Trailblazers)
  • 2019 (Cavaliers)
Kings (rookie)

76'ers

Nets

I don't have any from the Blazers or Cavaliers so all you get are these 3 teams. TCDB only shows 1 card (and it's parallels) that he has with the Blazers and none with the Cavaliers so I guess I'm excused. He's still playing but no longer in the NBA. He played in Spain and now is in the G league.

Cards on TCDB - 778 cards

Cards I have - 31 cards



Figured I'd show a partial rainbow from Prizm.

Where they came from - 

  • Sportlots (18 cards)
  • Ebay (9 cards)
  • Too Many Verlanders (3 cards)
  • Card Show (Concord) (1 card)
  • COMC (1 card)


All my Michigan cards, or at least the non-hit ones.



I do have 4 relic cards of Sauce Castillo.


Also 2 autographs.

Happy Birthday Nik!

*All cards pictured are in my collections but the photos/scans are from TCDB.