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Basketball card collecting or investing sometimes starts at the bottom. The dollar box. The prospects. We scout, we dig, we negotiate, and we dream – we hope we will find the next Giannis, Joker, or Maxey. HoopsandCards.com talks about the 4G’s – players or cards can fall into one of these four categories: Guesses, Goods,…

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…

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…

#15 – KEVIN DURANT, BROOKLYN NETS – One of the greatest scorers of this generation, Durant has caused – and endured – a tumultuous summer for the Brooklyn franchise. Aside from the trade demands, coaching critiques, and Kyrie craziness, it’s impossible to ignore Durant’s talent and legacy as it continues to be written. Durant 2007…

With the NBA season rapidly approaching, we’ve majored on podcast episodes where we breakdown some of the best players to invest in when it comes to Basketball Cards. Our podcast host joined Paul on the NoOffseason.com Basketball Card Strategy show and they rolled through every single NBA team. The sleepers, guesses, and Hail Mary picks…

It’s been over a year since NBA-types could be heard frequently saying things like, “Don’t sleep on Jalen Brunson.” “Watch out for Darius Garland.” “Desmond Bane will fit in nicely in Memphis.” When an unknown or overlooked player shows the possibility of stepping into a larger role and has a track record of bringing energy…

For those of us who have been involved with Basketball Cards for more than a year, the question sounds almost like a joke. We remember a time when Prizm B-Ball was so hot, people would wait hours in line, bribe their friends at Wal-Mart, or invent Bot programs to outwork the competition to land the…

Well, not much has changed since last month, when we made the JULY 4G PICKS our very first monthly blog about deals at every level of the portfolio. The NFL Preseason has barely begun. Kevin Durant, Donovan Mitchell, and Kyrie Irving haven’t moved. Prizm’s new 2021-22 Basketball boxes are starting to hit the shelves at…

Welcome to our second feature article about a career backup from guard-heavy Portland. Meet Anfernee Simons. His cards have been around since 2018 Rated Rookies, but he is only slightly older than Tyrese Maxey and roughly the same age as Ja Morant. He won the 2021 NBA Dunk Contest, but few people had seen him…

(This is the second article of three, where we focus on players who absolutely balled out in the last 20-40 games of the NBA season just a few months ago. These players are worth a first (or second) look as investments for next season, believing that they will “finally” be noticed by Basketball Card collectors…