Monday, September 2, 2013

New site (and maybe a contest)

So I am planning to start a new website to cover strictly Astros news and analysis. I'm going to need a name for it as well as I lack creativity. If someone comments and idea I like, I'll send em something. Not sure what, yet, but It'll be something. So yeah. Comment away.

Wednesday, July 10, 2013

Easy deals, anyone?

Hey guys. Trades have been hard to come by. So let's try something easy.

I give you a team bag of whatever team you collect (any sport) and you give me a team bag of the stuff I collect. If I have enough, we could do multiple team bags. Doesn't even matter. I collect the following.

Houston Astros
Philadelphia 76ers
Washington Capitals
Washington Redskins
Penn St Alum in football
Villanova alum in basketball

Players;
Hunter Pence
Braden Holtby
Yasiel Puig


So yeah. Shoot me an email camh44 at gmail dot com. Thanks!

:)

Tuesday, June 11, 2013

Completed Trifecta; Marreese Speights

I figured I could do a little series and make a post whenever I complete a trifecta (An Autograph, Game Used, and Rookie of a player). Let's start with Marreese Speights.

Speights started his career as a top prospect for the Sixers, getting drafted 16th overall out of Florida in 2008. Speights was traded in the offseason of 2011 to the Grizzlies, and was traded by them to the Cleveland Cavs  two years later. Speights has played a valuable role off the bench all throughout his career, averaging 7.8 points and 4.4 rebounds in 16.4 minutes per game throughout his career.

Let's start out with the rookie I own of Speights.


This is a 2008-09 Bowman RC of Speights. I picked it up for a dollar at a card show this week.

Next up is the game used.

This one is a 2008-09 SPx Freshman Orientation relic of Speights. I got this one at a show a few months ago. It was only two or three bucks.

And the auto.

This one is a 2008-09 Topps Co Signers Rookie Auto, numbered 106/350. 

I expect to be posting a few more Trifectas in the next few days. Be sure to check em out!

Package from Barves Junkie / Dayf / Card Junk

(So, if you are reading this, Barves Junkie / Dayf / Card Junk, I'm not exactly sure what to call you. I'm going to go with Dayf throughout this post, mostly because it is shortest.)

I received a package in the mail yesterday from Dayf, who runs the blog Cardboard Junkie. He tweeted about some of the first basketball cards he has opened in years, and one of the cards he pulled was an Arnett Moultrie rookie card that I had been looking for from 2012-13 Past and Present.

Well, a few tweets were exchanged and within a week there was a package in my mailbox. The first card of note was the card that originally sparked a deal.

This is the Arnett Moultrie rookie from Past and Present. This is somehow only the second Moultrie card in my Sixers collection.

The second card of note from this package is pure seventies sexiness.

This is a 1977-78 Topps card of Sixers Center Caldwell Jones. Jones was a hell of a shot blocker in his prime. He played with the Sixers from 1976-1982. The only video I can find of Jones is him being dunked on by Larry Bird.
And, we finish off the post with my favorite "card" in the package. I'm using that term lightly.


Dayf, if you haven't gotten your package yet, expect it any day now.

--Cam

Monday, April 1, 2013

My NBA Mock Draft 2013


Below is my Mock Draft for the 2013 NBA Draft.

I was going to provide descriptions on why I chose these things, but I spent too many hours just completing this thing in the first place. 

Mock Draft: 2013

#
Team
1
2
 Orlando
3
 Cleveland
4
 Phoenix
5
6
7
 Minnesota
8
 New Orleans
9
10
 Washington
11
12
13
14
 Utah
15
 Milwaukee
16
17
 Boston
18
 Atlanta
19
 Chicago
20
21
22
 Brooklyn
23
 Indiana
24
 New York
25
26
 LA Clippers
27
 Denver
28
 Oklahoma Cty
29
 San Antonio
30
Player
P
C
Ben McLemore
SG
Fr.
Marcus Smart
PG
Fr.
Nerlens Noel
PF/C
Fr.
Otto Porter
SF
So.
Anthony Bennett
SF/PF
Fr.
Trey Burke
PG
So.
Cody Zeller
PF/C
So.
Victor Oladipo
SG/SF
Jr.
Shabazz Muhammad
SF
Fr.
Alex Len
C
So.
Kelly Olynyk
PF/C
Jr.
CJ McCollum
PG/SG
Sr.
Glenn Robinson III
SF
Fr.
Michael Carter-W...
PG
So.
Dario Saric
SF/PF
Intl.
Doug McDermott
SF
Jr.
Rudy Gobert
C
Intl.
Mason Plumlee
PF
Sr.
James McAdoo
SF/PF
So.
Myck Kabongo
PG
So.
Isaiah Austin
PF/C
Fr.
Isaiah Canaan
PG
Sr.
Kentavious Caldw...
SG
So.
Alex Poythress
SF/PF
Fr.
Tony Mitchell
SF/PF
So.
Tim Hardaway Jr
SG
Jr.
Gorgui Dieng
C
Jr.
Jeff Withey
C
Sr.
Archie Goodwin
SG
Fr.
Markel Brown
SG
Jr.
#
Team
31
32
33
 Cleveland
34
 Phoenix
35
 Detroit
36
 Sacramento
37
38
39
 Toronto
40
 Washington
41
 Philadelphia
42
43
 Dallas
44
 Utah
45
 Milwaukee
46
47
48
 Atlanta
49
 Chicago
50
51
52
53
 Indiana
54
55
 Memphis
56
 LA Clippers
57
58
59
 San Antonio
60
 Miami
Player
P
C
DeShaun Thomas
SF/PF
Jr.
Nate Wolters
PG
Sr.
CJ Wilcox
SG
Jr.
CJ Fair
SF
Jr.
Lucas Nogueira
PF/C
Intl.
Allen Crabbe
SG
Jr.
Kaleb Tarczewski
C
Fr.
Erick Green
PG
Sr.
Gary Harris
SG
Fr.
Patric Young
PF
Jr.
Alex Oriakhi
PF/C
Sr.
CJ Leslie
PF
Jr.
Kyle Anderson
SF
Fr.
Steven Adams
C
Fr.
Lorenzo Brown
PG/SG
Jr.
Shane Larkin
PG
So.
Trevor Mbakwe
PF/C
Sr.
Kenny Kadji
PF/C
Sr.
Shabazz Napier
PG
Jr.
Brandon Triche
PG/SG
Sr.
Mike Muscala
PF/C
Sr.
Reggie Bullock
SG/SF
Jr.
Solomon Hill
SF
Sr.
Kendall Williams
PG
Jr.
Ray McCallum
PG
Jr.
Andre Hollins
PG
So.
Brandon Paul
SG
Sr.
Branden Dawson
SF
So.
PJ Hairston
SG/SF
So.
James Southerland
SF/PF
Sr.

Undrafted

P
C
Spencer Dinwiddie
PG/SG
So.
AJ Hammons
C
Fr.
Rodney Williams
SF
Sr.
Andre Roberson
SF
Jr.
Robert Covington
SF
Sr.
Cory Jefferson
PF
Jr.
Semaj Christon
PG
Fr.
Dewayne Dedmon
C
Jr.
Jamaal Franklin
SG/SF
Jr.
Eric Ferguson
SF/PF
Jr.
BJ Young
SG
So.
LeBryan Nash
SF
So.
Mouhammadou Jaiteh
PF/C
Intl.
Keith Appling
PG
Jr.
Deonte Burton
PG
Jr.
Rasheed Sulaimon
PG/SG
Fr.
Michael Snaer
SG
Sr.
Chane Behanan
PF
So.
Sean Kilpatrick
SG
Jr.
Ricardo Ledo
SG/SF
Fr.
Jarnell Stokes
PF
So.
Adonis Thomas
SF
So.
Johnny O'Bryant
PF/C
So.
Joffrey Lauvergne
PF/C
Intl.
Elias Harris
SF/PF
Sr.
Amath Mbaye
SF
Jr.
Carrick Felix
SG/SF
Sr.
Juvonte Reddic
PF
Jr.
Chris Obekpa
PF/C
Fr.
Bryce Cotton
PG
Jr.
Prince Ibeh
PF/C
Fr.
Giannis Adetokoubo
SF/PF
Intl.
Mouphtaou Yarou
PF/C
Sr.


I want to make a card post tomorrow, we will see if I can fit it in.

See you guys soon.

--Cam