After leading the LA Lakers to a hard-fought seven-game series with the Boston Celtics, Kobe Bryant got his 5th championship ring and second consecutive NBA Finals Most Valuable Player award.
By doing so, Kobe once again proved to detractors that he can carry a team to a crown and that last year was no fluke.
As Shaq’s side kick during the Lakers three-peat from 2000-2002, Kobe is one of my favorite NBA players.
I’m a big mixed-martial arts fan. A BIG one really. In fact, most of my blog posts here are about MMA events from UFC, WEC and Strikeforce.
Last Wednesday when I was browsing the listings of my favorite local eBay seller for my NBA trading cards hobby, I saw that he now has MMA trading cards in his auctions as well.
I immediately presented bids for a BJ Penn, Lyoto Machida, Rashad Evans and Rich Franklin autographed cards. After the auction ended, I only won the Rich Franklin. It seems many fans want a piece of these fighters too.
I don’t know if Ben Gordon’s signing with the Detroit Pistons is good or bad for NBA trading card collectors.
His former team, the Chicago Bulls has a fanatical following due to a guy named Michael Jordan. The city is also a big market being one of the largest cities in the USA. On the other hand, Detroit might also be a big market but not as big as Chicago is. However, its basketball team, the Pistons has an equally massive group of “Bad Boys” collectors.
In mid-2008, I traded my 2006-07 Topps Chrome Autographs Refractors Black #57 Dwyane Wade A for this card below, a 2004-05 Ultimate Collection #128 Ben Gordon AU RC.
Check this out sports card hobbyists.
A collector from Australia is selling his collection of assorted Michael Jordan trading cards with a Buy It Now price of US$450,000 at eBay. Wow! That’s around PhP21.6M in Philippine peso. If the price is too much for you, you can make a Best Offer. The seller added this note though: “I am willing to accept offers but please do not provide me with unreasonable or ridiculous offers as they will be auto-declined by EBAY. Please do not ask also for a pricing on an individual card as this is auction is for the entire lot.”
Checking out the cards from the collection, I must say that there are really amazing gems on that lot. These are the ones that captured my fancy.
Fleer did a good job capturing Kobe Bryant’s dunk over Dwight Howard and putting it on a trading card. The Defensive Player of the Year said in an interview that it’s the most embarrassing moment for him in the NBA.
By winning today 116-114, the Orlando Magic is now leading the Cleveland Cavaliers 3-1 in their best-of-seven NBA Eastern Conference Finals series. It was a hard-fought game as usual. First time NBA MVP Lebron James sent the game into OT by calmly sinking in two free throws. Then in the overtime period, he hit an amazing three-pointer while falling almost out of bounds with 4.6 seconds to go. After Rashard Lewis made 1 free throw and missed another, Lebron dribbled the length of the floor and heaved a 35-footer at the buzzer. But unlike in Game 2 where Lebron James hit the game-winning buzzer beater, the shot failed to hit its target this time.
Rashard Lewis might have saved the game for the Magic but it was my man Dwight Howard who finished strong. He demanded the ball in the overtime period and delivered 10 points via an assortment of dunks and layups. He had 27 points, 14 rebounds and 3 blocks (one of which is an amazing block on Lebron). I sure hope Dwight Howard will finally get his first championship ring.
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