**Official Luka Doncic Thread** - Page 690

vincecarder · 01-08-2021, 08:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Onepocketj

My Blue got a 9 and I thought (and still think) it's really close to a 10. Not a spot of white anywhere.

Surface can have issues as well, especially the back.

Onepocketj · 01-08-2021, 09:06 PM

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Originally Posted by vincecarder

Surface can have issues as well, especially the back.

Believe me I know. I went over it with a loupe and a magnifying glass before I sent it. I only sent a few Luka back then because they weren't worth much. I probably skipped 50 of them before I found that one. I guarantee it would be a BGS 9.5 though.

The_Reverend · 01-09-2021, 06:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Onepocketj

My Majestic and Black Box's got 9's.
Plates & Patches 8, 8 and 7.5...

I'm sure that's why there are only about 20 graded. Those things came out of the packs rough.

23 P&P graded
0 10's
6 9's
14 8's
1 7.5
2 7's

So all three are included:
Majestic 36 graded
0 10's
5 9's
17 8's
9 7's
4 6's
1 5

Black Box 23 graded
1 10
4 9's
6 8's
11 7's
1 6

So out of 82 of those three graded, there is one 10 and only 15 9's. And to be honest, I don't see those numbers moving too much.

Another reason those numbers will not move much, save those that are at PSA currently is because they are hobby only hits I believe and who is opening that at the prices currently?

KhalDrogo · 01-09-2021, 08:59 AM

Magic tonight. Good test for where this team is at. No let downs after a huge road win.

prospector22 · 01-09-2021, 11:36 AM

Game tonight will certainly be interesting. ESPN reporting Brunson, Richardson, and Finney-Smith as out tonight.

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TSonn · 01-09-2021, 12:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Onepocketj

My Majestic and Black Box's got 9's.
Plates & Patches 8, 8 and 7.5...

I'm sure that's why there are only about 20 graded. Those things came out of the packs rough.

23 P&P graded
0 10's
6 9's
14 8's
1 7.5
2 7's

So all three are included:
Majestic 36 graded
0 10's
5 9's
17 8's
9 7's
4 6's
1 5

Black Box 23 graded
1 10
4 9's
6 8's
11 7's
1 6

So out of 82 of those three graded, there is one 10 and only 15 9's. And to be honest, I don't see those numbers moving too much.

I just snagged a raw Majestic on ebay for $180 so we'll be seeing a number added to this list somewhere - hopefully a 9!

Derekbauer · 01-09-2021, 12:26 PM

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Originally Posted by prospector22

Game tonight will certainly be interesting. ESPN reporting Brunson, Richardson, and Finney-Smith as out tonight.

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That will be at least 5 games without all 3 as 1 has the virus and the other 2 are quarantined... No bueno.

I’m expected Luka to be taking 30+ shots a game in their absence.

Dnic · 01-09-2021, 12:31 PM

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Originally Posted by prospector22

Game tonight will certainly be interesting. ESPN reporting Brunson, Richardson, and Finney-Smith as out tonight.

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Only JRich and Dodo are a real loss, Brunson is garbage and atleast Burke will get more run.

KhalDrogo · 01-09-2021, 12:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Dnic

Only JRich and Dodo are a real loss, Brunson is garbage and atleast Burke will get more run.

Burke hasn’t been shooting well this year.

Going to be tough tonight, but they should still be able to do this. Would like to see KP back Monday.

Dnic · 01-09-2021, 12:42 PM

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Originally Posted by KhalDrogo

Burke hasn’t been shooting well this year.

Going to be tough tonight, but they should still be able to do this. Would like to see KP back Monday.

KP is such a irritating situation I would have to think if he can't stay atleast a little healthy/available, maybe they need to move on from him. Hopefully he can stay healthy this year cause he is a beast when he is though.

Derekbauer · 01-09-2021, 12:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Dnic

Only JRich and Dodo are a real loss, Brunson is garbage and atleast Burke will get more run.

Brunson becomes a big loss because they also lose the other two.

They’re gonna have to bring Burke off the bench and slide Johnson into the starting lineup because they will have no bench scoring whatsoever.

RogerGodahell · 01-09-2021, 01:11 PM

It's going to be tough for sure with Finney-Smith and Jrich out. Those are their 2 best defenders. But not impossible.

KP will probably come back slowly but it's encouraging to know that he's been practicing and scrimmaging with the team since early mid December. So it's not like he hasn't been doing anything. They moved him between power forward and center quite a bit but he's much better at center. I believe towards the end of the season he was averaging something like 25-10. He's definitely a difference maker because he spaces out the floor even more. I read something the other day that said he was the second best shooter in the league last year on 27-30 ft 3's. That draws the opposing big man out of Luka's driving lane and gives them more options. We just have to hope he can stay healthy.

RogerGodahell · 01-09-2021, 01:29 PM

He was just getting into his groove. That's the KP we need back for them to be at their best.

TSonn · 01-09-2021, 01:37 PM

You all know the Magic lost Fultz and Isaac to injury for the year, Fournier, Okeke, and Aminu are also out injured, and they're on the second night of a B2B, right?

The Magic SL will be Cole Anthony, Michael Carter-Williams, Dwayne Bacon, Aaron Gordon, and Nikola Vucuvic.

Luka should beat the Magic (my team) 1v5 tonight.

Edit: it's even worse... Aaron Gordon and Carter-Williams are out so the SL for the Magic is:

Cole Anthony
Dwayne Bacon
James Ennis
Gary Clark
Nikola Vucuvic

Vuc is legitimately the only person who belongs on a starting line-up. The rest don't even belong in the NBA (sans Anthony).

KhalDrogo · 01-09-2021, 01:49 PM

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Originally Posted by TSonn

You all know the Magic lost Fultz and Isaac to injury for the year, Fournier, Okeke, and Aminu are also out injured, and they're on the second night of a B2B, right?

The Magic SL will be Cole Anthony, Michael Carter-Williams, Dwayne Bacon, Aaron Gordon, and Nikola Vucuvic.

Luka should beat the Magic (my team) 1v5 tonight.

Edit: it's even worse... Aaron Gordon and Carter-Williams are out so the SL for the Magic is:

Cole Anthony
Dwayne Bacon
James Ennis
Gary Clark
Nikola Vucuvic

Vuc is legitimately the only person who belongs on a starting line-up. The rest don't even belong in the NBA (sans Anthony).

I will never take for granted any game until this team shows consistency.

RogerGodahell · 01-09-2021, 01:54 PM

Closing out and winning close games is something they really struggled with last year. They were like 9-18 or something on games decided by 4 points or less. They blew a lot of leads late. If they can flip that around they go to a 50+ win team.

RogerGodahell · 01-09-2021, 02:12 PM

But the good news is they've gone from 24 wins the year before Luka.
33 his rookie year
44 last year

They're trending in the right direction.
Just gotta hope the progression continues. There's no reason to think it won't.
I'm just hoping for a top 4 seed. That's where i've set my benchmark for the team this year.

KhalDrogo · 01-09-2021, 02:19 PM

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Originally Posted by RogerGodahell

But the good news is they've gone from 24 wins the year before Luka.
33 his rookie year
44 last year

They're trending in the right direction.
Just gotta hope the progression continues. There's no reason to think it won't.
I'm just hoping for a top 4 seed. That's where i've set my benchmark for the team this year.

I had them at 3. The two LA teams 1/2, then the Mavs. Definitely possible, but they have to be more consistent game to game, like I said already.

IndyKMB · 01-09-2021, 03:08 PM

Two more PSA Fastrack subs arrived today form my November submission.
As was the case earlier this week, got another 10...but the wrong card!

nxkard · 01-09-2021, 03:49 PM

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Originally Posted by TSonn

You all know the Magic lost Fultz and Isaac to injury for the year, Fournier, Okeke, and Aminu are also out injured, and they're on the second night of a B2B, right?

The Magic SL will be Cole Anthony, Michael Carter-Williams, Dwayne Bacon, Aaron Gordon, and Nikola Vucuvic.

Luka should beat the Magic (my team) 1v5 tonight.

Edit: it's even worse... Aaron Gordon and Carter-Williams are out so the SL for the Magic is:

Cole Anthony
Dwayne Bacon
James Ennis
Gary Clark
Nikola Vucuvic

Vuc is legitimately the only person who belongs on a starting line-up. The rest don't even belong in the NBA (sans Anthony).

It feels like vucevic can sleepwalk tonight into a 40/20 stat line

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jrnelson · 01-09-2021, 04:16 PM

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Originally Posted by calculusdork

I know which one it is because it's kind of an ugly card IMO

I think the R&S card is very nice!

calculusdork · 01-09-2021, 04:24 PM

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Originally Posted by jrnelson

I think the R&S card is very nice!

Well now THAT card is just fine!

Onepocketj · 01-09-2021, 05:15 PM

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Originally Posted by IndyKMB

Two more PSA Fastrack subs arrived today form my November submission.
As was the case earlier this week, got another 10...but the wrong card!

Lol. Mbn when that's the wrong one.
I know what you mean but it's still huge.

Bruin7 · 01-09-2021, 05:29 PM

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Originally Posted by jrnelson

I think the R&S card is very nice!

Awesome Uno de Uno!

RogerGodahell · 01-09-2021, 05:37 PM

I had 4 of those rainbow foil Turkish airline EuroLeague cards back in my e-pack days 2016-17. Sadly i sold them very early for about $150 each. I didn't even know who Luka was yet. The other sad part about that im pretty sure those were e-pack only and on e-pack you don't have the option of getting base cards sent home. I still have 5 Luka base of that card sitting in my account collecting dust. So there are no base of that card. What you could do was once you had i think it was 10 base cards, maybe it was 20. You could upgrade it to a foil/refractor/patterned rainbow. There are 2 different ones. They both look pretty much the same. They're a refactor. One is a rainbow i think that's the one that you pull straight out of the pack and then the patterned rainbow you could upgrade the base to. I had a couple of each. There's also an auto of that card that looks exactly the same but it's a re-release from 2018. I don't know why they did that. I guess UD tried to make an extra buck.

01-09-2021, 01:37 PM	#17239
TSonn Member Join Date: Aug 2019 Location: Michigan Posts: 5,995 TSonnMI	You all know the Magic lost Fultz and Isaac to injury for the year, Fournier, Okeke, and Aminu are also out injured, and they're on the second night of a B2B, right? The Magic SL will be Cole Anthony, Michael Carter-Williams, Dwayne Bacon, Aaron Gordon, and Nikola Vucuvic. Luka should beat the Magic (my team) 1v5 tonight. Edit: it's even worse... Aaron Gordon and Carter-Williams are out so the SL for the Magic is: Cole Anthony Dwayne Bacon James Ennis Gary Clark Nikola Vucuvic Vuc is legitimately the only person who belongs on a starting line-up. The rest don't even belong in the NBA (sans Anthony). Last edited by TSonn; 01-09-2021 at 01:41 PM.

01-09-2021, 03:08 PM	#17244
IndyKMB Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Indianapolis Metro Posts: 3,650	Two more PSA Fastrack subs arrived today form my November submission. As was the case earlier this week, got another 10...but the wrong card! __________________ WAR EAGLE!

01-09-2021, 08:59 AM	#17229
KhalDrogo Member Join Date: Aug 2017 Posts: 41,303	Magic tonight. Good test for where this team is at. No let downs after a huge road win.

01-09-2021, 11:36 AM	#17230
prospector22 Member Join Date: Nov 2018 Location: North Carolina Posts: 87 nordmus2014	Game tonight will certainly be interesting. ESPN reporting Brunson, Richardson, and Finney-Smith as out tonight. Sent from my SM-G960U using Tapatalk

01-09-2021, 01:11 PM	#17237
RogerGodahell Banned Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Cardboard Enthusiast Posts: 20,783 RogerGodahell	It's going to be tough for sure with Finney-Smith and Jrich out. Those are their 2 best defenders. But not impossible. KP will probably come back slowly but it's encouraging to know that he's been practicing and scrimmaging with the team since early mid December. So it's not like he hasn't been doing anything. They moved him between power forward and center quite a bit but he's much better at center. I believe towards the end of the season he was averaging something like 25-10. He's definitely a difference maker because he spaces out the floor even more. I read something the other day that said he was the second best shooter in the league last year on 27-30 ft 3's. That draws the opposing big man out of Luka's driving lane and gives them more options. We just have to hope he can stay healthy.

01-09-2021, 01:29 PM	#17238
RogerGodahell Banned Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Cardboard Enthusiast Posts: 20,783 RogerGodahell	He was just getting into his groove. That's the KP we need back for them to be at their best.

01-09-2021, 01:54 PM	#17241
RogerGodahell Banned Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Cardboard Enthusiast Posts: 20,783 RogerGodahell	Closing out and winning close games is something they really struggled with last year. They were like 9-18 or something on games decided by 4 points or less. They blew a lot of leads late. If they can flip that around they go to a 50+ win team.

01-09-2021, 02:12 PM	#17242
RogerGodahell Banned Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Cardboard Enthusiast Posts: 20,783 RogerGodahell	But the good news is they've gone from 24 wins the year before Luka. 33 his rookie year 44 last year They're trending in the right direction. Just gotta hope the progression continues. There's no reason to think it won't. I'm just hoping for a top 4 seed. That's where i've set my benchmark for the team this year.

01-09-2021, 05:37 PM	#17250
RogerGodahell Banned Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Cardboard Enthusiast Posts: 20,783 RogerGodahell	I had 4 of those rainbow foil Turkish airline EuroLeague cards back in my e-pack days 2016-17. Sadly i sold them very early for about $150 each. I didn't even know who Luka was yet. The other sad part about that im pretty sure those were e-pack only and on e-pack you don't have the option of getting base cards sent home. I still have 5 Luka base of that card sitting in my account collecting dust. So there are no base of that card. What you could do was once you had i think it was 10 base cards, maybe it was 20. You could upgrade it to a foil/refractor/patterned rainbow. There are 2 different ones. They both look pretty much the same. They're a refactor. One is a rainbow i think that's the one that you pull straight out of the pack and then the patterned rainbow you could upgrade the base to. I had a couple of each. There's also an auto of that card that looks exactly the same but it's a re-release from 2018. I don't know why they did that. I guess UD tried to make an extra buck.