Two white whales landed for the Raptors PC (and Raptors PC site updated!)

[josun45]

I've been trying to get a card of EVERY player to have played for the Raptors

James Johnson has a few Raptors autographs.. but they are either cut off sigs due to small windows (Gold Standard) or feature him in a Raptors jersey but with a different team name on the card (Prizm).. There was a specific JJ auto I was looking for (Prestige Bonus Shots) which features him in a Raptors jersey with the Raptors team name on the card.. I saw one 3-4 years back and haven't seen one since until last month! I was able to pick it up for a cheap BIN :)

Next, Stojakovic only has one Raptors autograph.. Gold Standard /35.. I haven't seen any in the past 5-6 years.. With all the free time during quarantine, I decided to sit through hours upon hours of 2014-15 Gold Standard case breaks on YouTube (thank God for being able to speed up videos on YT) and managed to find ONE that was pulled.. The username of the person who got it wasn't familiar on any of the message boards or group break channels so I had to do some digging around... With some minor detective work (aka cyber stalking), I was able to track down the user and luckily he still had it several years after the break :)

As I was so excited to land both of these cards, I decided to finally update my Raptors PC site... I am at 204/236 players..

Site can be seen here --> Toronto Raptors Autograph Collection (http://raptors.jonathankoo.net)

http://raptors.jonathankoo.net/images/jamesjohnson.jpghttp://raptors.jonathankoo.net/images/pejastojakovic.jpg

[volblorx8634]

Wow, talk about finding the diamonds in the rough. I love the search and congratulations on the finds. Going through breaks on Youtube is a great idea. I'll see you in a few days...I have some videos to watch.

[mondogenerator]

this is the kinda collecting i love to see :)

awesome, mate.

[ovrcollect]

So cool - congrats man. Completely forgot Peja was a Raptor!

[BC81]

That’s amazing! Congrats on the find and thanks for sharing. Didn’t know that Peja was a Raptor as well.

The ultimate challenge would be finding an Alonzo Mourning auto in a Raptors uniform, if that ever existed.


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[oshmeehan]

Very cool collection. Haha I totally get the watching youtube breaks thing. I have done that before looking for my PC guy.

I believe I have a David Andersen SAGE Autograph if you are interested.

[smalltown]

Love this! Congrats on finding them.

[n1nesports]

Sweet stuff, awesome you were able to track down the Peja, I bet now that you have it, it's gonna pop up for sale somewhere lol.

GO RAPTORS!

[Orangejello727]

Edit sorry. I had the wrong player here

[codered]

Very cool haha my buddy and I were literally just talking about Peja’s short stint with the raptors. I thought he played around a dozen games but insisted it was only two haha well the internet proved him right lol. Very cool that he has an auto in a raptors uniform! Even cooler is it’s on card!!!

[Orangejello727]

Edit. wrong player

[n1nesports]

Edit. wrong player

Was it Turkoglu????

[dOubleO]

Amazing collection :eek:. Good luck on your goal :)!

[Oldschool42]

Nice cards!

[josun45]

Thanks for all the comments guys :)


That’s amazing! Congrats on the find and thanks for sharing. Didn’t know that Peja was a Raptor as well.

The ultimate challenge would be finding an Alonzo Mourning auto in a Raptors uniform, if that ever existed.

lol he never showed up.. didn't even have a press conference or anything here :P


Very cool collection. Haha I totally get the watching youtube breaks thing. I have done that before looking for my PC guy.

I believe I have a David Andersen SAGE Autograph if you are interested.


He has a few NBA autos but I could use that as a place holder.. PM coming :)


Was it Turkoglu????

sadly i dont think he has any Raps autos.. hopefully I'm wrong

[n1nesports]

sadly i dont think he has any Raps autos.. hopefully I'm wrong

That's odd I would've thought he'd have a few, what a surprise. :eek:
Still remember when he was not playing due to illness and then they found him living it up in the city :D

[Orangejello727]

Was it Turkoglu????

The cards I got mixed up with was
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50104181318_3717c9bb10_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2jkx2v9)Untitled (https://flic.kr/p/2jkx2v9) by Jay M (https://www.flickr.com/photos/152361502@N02/), on Flickr

[Deadshot]

I love the dedication and the grind that went into tracking the Peja down. I've been that guy before and it's no easy task. It makes it so rewarding when you finally get the card in your hands.

[josun45]

March 8, 2021 Update!

I requested a shipment from my US mailbox recently which contained a few new Raps I needed

This brings my overall total to 217/242 for my all-time Raptors project

My Raptors Site (http://raptors.jonathankoo.net)

Added:
Chris Boucher
Oshae Brissett
Yuta Watanabe
David Andersen
Aron Baynes
Alex Len
Dewan Hernandez
Patrick McCaw
Stanley Johnson
DeAndre Bembry


Still Need (Certified Autos):
Acie Earl (College)
Antonio Lang (College)
Marc Gasol (NBA)
Kawhi Leonard (Raptors)
Terence Davis (Raptors)
Malachi Flynn (Raptors)

Still Need (No Certified Available):
Vincenzo Esposito
Martin Lewis
Dan O'Sullivan
Dwayne Whitfield
Earl Cureton
Chris Garner
Ed Stokes
William Cunningham
Michael Williams
Omar Cook
Linton Johnson
Nathan Jawai
Trey Johnson
Ben Uzoh
Malcolm Miller
Jordan Loyd
Eric Moreland
Matt Thomas
Paul Watson
Jalen Harris

[storypdx]

This is such a cool project. I also wanted to give you mad props on that website, because it's a throwback to simple sites that do exactly one thing *extremely* well.

[Cavaliercards]

Love this project