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Celtics Stars Finally Getting Their Due
By Cardcollectingrambler | Posted at 7:46 am | Filed Under Cards, NBA
Guest post by Cardcollectingrambler from Break Open Another Box!
For years, the big three that are now leading the Celtics to the best record in the NBA, Kevin Garnett, Ray Allen & Paul Pierce, have been pretty much passed over in the hobby. Garnett toiled on a struggling T-Wolves squad, carrying the burden on his shoulders […]
New PSA Half-Grades Unleashes Controversy
By Adam McFarland | Posted at 11:20 am | Filed Under Cards, Grading
Last week PSA announced that graded cards would now be judged on a half-point scale. So instead of the integer values 1-10 as potential grades, we now have 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, etc with one exception - no 9.5 grade. The move has sparked quite a bit of controversy in the collecting community, but overall […]
Four NBA Players to Buy Now
By Cardcollectingrambler | Posted at 1:43 pm | Filed Under Cards, Upper Deck, Cardcollectingrambler
Guest post by Cardcollectingrambler from Break Open Another Box!
Here are four players that I think have potential to elevate into hobby stardom. All of them are young, either playing for an up-and-coming or currently strong team, and their rookie values are relatively low.
Paul Millsap (PF, UTA, 22 y.o.) – Millsap has been slowly increasing his […]
Beckett Condenses Magazines in to One
By Adam McFarland | Posted at 8:10 am | Filed Under Beckett
According to the baseball card blog Beckett has decided to move to a monthly magazine starting in March of 2008, abandoning their famous single sport magazines. Here’s a copy of the image on the baseball card blog.
I spent a while looking around the Beckett.com site and was unable to confirm this announcement…which I suppose is […]
New Upper Deck Logo = Yawn
By Adam McFarland | Posted at 7:52 am | Filed Under Upper Deck
On the heels of their 20th anniversary, Upper Deck has unveiled a new logo that will appear on all of their products. Here’s the new logo:
Compared to the old one…..
Adding a few slanted lines and changing the colors is hardly an overhaul, but that’s not the real issue I have with it (after all, […]
What’s the Key to the Suns’ Awesome Offense?
By Cardcollectingrambler | Posted at 10:51 am | Filed Under Cards, Cardcollectingrambler, NBA
Guest post by Cardcollectingrambler from Break Open Another Box!
The Suns have one of best (if not THE best) offenses in the league. Their 109.4 ppg is tops in the NBA. So which player is most key to their awesome offense? Amare Stoudemire, the team’s leading scorer, averaged 18.6 ppg & 8.4 rpg with a FG% […]