Prospecting. Projecting. Forecasting. Like penny stocks for the investor, there are NBA “futures” – players who aren’t well known right now, but they have flashed hints of greatness and have the potential to become impact players. These are the sleeper picks, the fliers, and the fantasy basketball “late round steals,” and their Basketball card markets…

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Legacy players. Hall of Famers. Ring Chasers. Perennial All-Stars. Kawhi Leonard. Chris Paul. James Harden. Joel Embiid. Damian Lillard. Amazing players like these “already-greats” will try to add to their resumes and legacies this season. Some of them will see their card values soar if there’s a chance that a championship banner is in sight.…

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With so many players, brands, and styles of sports cards, it helps when you have a common language when building your collection. Here at HoopsandCards.com, we’ve invented the “4G” categories to at least attempt to diversify, strategize, and describe which players we might target for a card collector or investor. It’s simple, memorable, attainable, reasonable,…

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Finally, some answers to the huge summer questions in the NBA. The past seven days in the NBA have shifted the NBA playoff landscape ever so slightly, even with the big names trading places. What’s the fallout, the consequences, the “ramifications” of Dame and Jrue’s adventure? I think Milwaukee and Boston are the favorites to…

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