Hobby Time w/ DirkNashty

I'm very excited to bring you all an episode about something I'm trying to learn more about 90s cards.  Like a lot, I was in card collecting in the 90s, but wasn't super into basketball cards back then, so I enlisted Nathanael's help to learn more about this era of cards.  I've added some of these to my watchlist and hope you all enjoy!

(00:00) Intro

(03:30) Shawn Kemp

(19:34) Shaquille O'Neal

(34:15) Jason Kidd

(45:00) Kobe Bryant

(57:30) Tim Duncan

(67:00) Dirk Nowitzki

Thank you all!

In today's episode I talk through what I've always been interested in from other podcasts. What it's like, is it hard to start, what kind of prep goes into it, what has gone well and not well, things I'd do differently, and .... listener numbers! 

Thanks for listening!

In this episode we get a Hobby Time first, a guest!  Nathanael joined me to discuss our player rankings if we were investing $100 for the next several years.  

We talk briefly about his sports card journey, a little bit of TV talk and spend the majority of time on 15-20 players, where we have them ranked and why.  It was a really fun episode to record and I hope everyone enjoys it!

In this episode I review a study I've been looking at comparing cumulative Gem Mint rates, Mint and above rates for 10 cards across PSA, BGS and SGC.  I talk through the prompt for the study, my methodology, and detail each card and relate it back to pricing, and wrapping up with things I've learned.

I hope you enjoy, thanks for listening! 

No card talk today, this episode is all about what is rapidly becoming one of my favorite hobbies, the Solana NFT-based basketball sim, the Virtual Basketball Association (VBA). Continuing from Episode 3 way back in May, I break down the different player archetypes, community resources and my own approach to setting my main team lineup. 

Thanks so much for listening! I hope you enjoy it!

(1:00) - Intro to VBA

Thank you for listening!  This week I wanted to figure out if there was a way to use card prices to rank NBA Rookies from the last 5 classes (2017-2021) while taking into consideration print count differences year over year.  But I start by expanding a little bit on what I think is a little known fact about Impeccable TMall and the unnumbered base cards found in those boxes.

Coming soon: An appearance on the Hoops and Cards podcast and next episode will (finally) go deep into VBAGame, the players and strategies I employ and what I've learned about it so far. 

Thank you again!

It's been 7 weeks!! I just wanted to get on, reintroduce myself, and explain a bit what I've been doing while away these last several weeks. 

I also spend some time on my recent dealings and current strategy related to basketball cards.  And hopefully lay the groundwork for a few future episodes.

Thanks a ton for listening, enjoy!

Today I used PSA pops of graded cards across multiple years and players to build estimated print runs of certain base cards and unnumbered parallels in order to try to find values.

First we go through the method, which admittedly isn't perfect, but I'd call directionally accurate

Then talk through estimated print runs for base and unnumbered parallels

And wrap up by trying, potentially unsuccessfully, to make sense of the pops and prices for a couple of players.

Thank you for listening!