What Makes a Breakout? Bigs and Summary

Following up on the guards and wings, I look at 11 bigs players and try to identify who, if any, are on the cusp of a breakout 2023-24 NBA season. Enjoy!

Following up on the guards, I take a look at 17 wing players and try to identify who, if any, are on the cusp of a breakout 2023-24 NBA season. Enjoy!

What makes a breakout in the NBA? What is a breakout? How might we identify one that's coming? I get deep into this for guards and try to identify who is on the precipice of taking that next leap.

John, Nathanael and I got together last week for the first time in a while to catch up. We talked about our teams offseasons, previewed a future episode on identifying breakout players, and just had a great time getting together. Enjoy!

John (@istanbulcards) and Nathanael talk rank Kobe's top rookie cards by aesthetics, spend some time on Victor Wembanyama and pre-rookie cards, and finally take a look at SGA's market compared to the overall basketball market and his draft class-mate Luka Doncic. It was a fun conversation and we hope everyone enjoys it!

Nathanael is back to talk about 90s inserts, what makes them great and we discuss whether or not non-auto, non-paralleled inserts of today could hold up in collector's hearts and minds over time. It was a great discussion and as always was tons of fun. (00:04) Catchup and What's New (12:52) 90s Inserts - What are they, what makes them great? (33:23) Ultra Modern Inserts - What's out there? (56:02) Parting Thoughts (57:39) Dirk Thanks for listening!

John (IG: @IstanbulCards) and I had a wonderful conversation on our personal experiences with soccer and soccer cards, and (surprise) we just happened to do it without ever mentioning Haaland, Mbappe, or Messi. Enjoy and thanks for listening!

We've got a special episode today! Our friend John (@IstanbulCards) had a chat with his friend Will (@Kart_Adami) on a variety of subjects including growing up collecting in New Zealand, some big wins purchasing lots, their collecting origins, and even the potentially untapped markets of Cricket and Rugby cards. Our thanks to Will for lending his time, I know he and John had a great time putting it together, and we hope you enjoy it!

Following up on the 4/12/23 Episode looking at Guards, today we're talking about Wings, Forwards and Bigs and comparing their rookie season statistical profiles and comparing them to other players. This is one of my favorite things to do and look at so I hope you enjoy it! (00:00) Intro, Methodology, and Card Price Foundation (04:42) Paolo Banchero (10:36) Jabari Smith Jr. (17:26) Keegan Murray (21:53) Bennedict Mathurin (30:09) Jeremy Sochan (35:59) Ousmane Dieng (37:36) Duren, Williams, Kessler (41:44) Tari Eason (47:37) Malaki Branham (48:47) Others (50:46) Card Price Review

John and Nathanael stopped by today to talk about our recent sports card activities and look at some data around non-playoff players and their card prices over the last six months. As always, we hope you enjoy listening as much as we enjoyed putting it together!