New to basketball

b-rock4 · 04-05-2015, 08:07 AM

Hey everyone just wanting some input on what's good in basketball to collect. What brands and such. I've collected football for years now but I was raised in a basketball family so really unsure why I haven't collected any basketball. Any help is appreciated. Thanks, Brock

Stackfan · 04-05-2015, 08:17 AM

This is a good year to start with this draft class.

Low End: Donruss/Hoops... around 50/60$ box. Pretty fun product for the price.

Mid-End: Prizm / Select (my fav's) You also have Gold Standard, Totally Certified, Court King... which are solid products, just i'm not that big on them.

High end : Immaculate, National Treasures, Spectra, Not cheap, but some nice cards.

I'd recommend with starting with Prizm or Select. Pretty similar to chrome or finest with football. Kinda depends what you like.... jersey/patches, rookies, auto's , parallel's, all the above.

nameanking · 04-05-2015, 10:43 AM

Prizms are my favorite cards. Select I guess is the brand? Why knows lulz Never bought any packs (to expensive) but I bought a boat load of Kobes because they look that nice. Those are cheap and pretty hard to find one of those that's not mint or gem mint.

Totalpackage · 04-05-2015, 10:57 AM

Welcome to the family! As you said, you have collecting football cards for many years, so you are well experienced with the hobby. You can collecting the same way as you collecting football cards. You can start with your favorite player or team, or you can start collecting on a specific set. I suggest collecting the cards that will at least hold their values in the future, we probably can't make a lot of money by selling cards but at least we don't want see our highly paid cards drop in value either. Who's your favorite player?

benz35 · 04-05-2015, 12:09 PM

start with select!:eatit:

ThoseBackPages · 04-05-2015, 01:43 PM

Since you are familiar with NFL Cards, and Topps is losing NFL cards in 2016….

Prizm is Topps Chrome
Select is Topps Finest

b-rock4 · 04-05-2015, 02:49 PM

Well I'm a big celtics fan me and my dad both and I loved rondo but of course he is gone now but I love Stephen curry. No particular reason he's just so exciting to watch and makes top 10 plays day in and day out.

chezball · 04-05-2015, 04:35 PM

OP,most important thing is to enjoy the hobby.The key word is "hobby"

myusasets · 04-05-2015, 09:11 PM

this is america. its all your choice. player, team, set, and inserts. there is no right its there is no wrong. its all your choice, you chose. but you're allowed to change.

Totalpackage · 04-06-2015, 06:13 AM

There are a lot of young talents right now, of course they are exciting to watch and hot even in collecting's world, but there is alway risk when collecting young talents. For myself, my favorite player are KG and MJ, and I started collecting their cards since late 90s. When Vince Carter won his Slam Dunk title in 2000 and I was amazed not only by this dunking skill but also his great performances in the games. People compared Vince to MJ at that time, and Vince was even popular than Kobe and KG at a short period of time during 1999-2000. At that time, Vince's cards were sky high, especially several of his main rookie cards. My fund was so limited for having any of Vince's top rookie cards at the time, so I picked up a mid-end RC along with some other low-end to mid-end inserts as my VC collection, for doing that, I sold most of my KG cards that I had collected for years. Today, the Vince's cards dropped from sky to the soil, but the KG cards I sold for Vince's didn't change much.

04-05-2015, 08:07 AM	#1
b-rock4 Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Narrows, VA Posts: 696 b-rock4	New to basketball Hey everyone just wanting some input on what's good in basketball to collect. What brands and such. I've collected football for years now but I was raised in a basketball family so really unsure why I haven't collected any basketball. Any help is appreciated. Thanks, Brock

04-05-2015, 10:43 AM	#3
nameanking Banned Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Toledo, OH Posts: 1,027	Prizms are my favorite cards. Select I guess is the brand? Why knows lulz Never bought any packs (to expensive) but I bought a boat load of Kobes because they look that nice. Those are cheap and pretty hard to find one of those that's not mint or gem mint. Last edited by nameanking; 04-05-2015 at 10:56 AM.

04-05-2015, 01:43 PM	#6
ThoseBackPages Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Long Island Posts: 90,944 ThoseBackPages	Since you are familiar with NFL Cards, and Topps is losing NFL cards in 2016…. Prizm is Topps Chrome Select is Topps Finest __________________ Pumpers Paradise #YouCryIBuy Four things that we cannot change each others minds about: Politics, Religion, Third Party Grading, and 2021 Bowman's Best Rookie Cards

04-05-2015, 09:11 PM	#9
myusasets Member Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: texas Posts: 1,944 myusasets myusasets	new to basketball this is america. its all your choice. player, team, set, and inserts. there is no right its there is no wrong. its all your choice, you chose. but you're allowed to change.

04-05-2015, 08:17 AM	#2
Stackfan Member Join Date: Apr 2013 Posts: 3,512	This is a good year to start with this draft class. Low End: Donruss/Hoops... around 50/60$ box. Pretty fun product for the price. Mid-End: Prizm / Select (my fav's) You also have Gold Standard, Totally Certified, Court King... which are solid products, just i'm not that big on them. High end : Immaculate, National Treasures, Spectra, Not cheap, but some nice cards. I'd recommend with starting with Prizm or Select. Pretty similar to chrome or finest with football. Kinda depends what you like.... jersey/patches, rookies, auto's , parallel's, all the above.

04-05-2015, 10:57 AM	#4
Totalpackage Member Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: California Posts: 1,113 totalpackage	Welcome to the family! As you said, you have collecting football cards for many years, so you are well experienced with the hobby. You can collecting the same way as you collecting football cards. You can start with your favorite player or team, or you can start collecting on a specific set. I suggest collecting the cards that will at least hold their values in the future, we probably can't make a lot of money by selling cards but at least we don't want see our highly paid cards drop in value either. Who's your favorite player?

04-05-2015, 12:09 PM	#5
benz35 Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Posts: 4,854	start with select!:eatit:

04-05-2015, 02:49 PM	#7
b-rock4 Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Narrows, VA Posts: 696 b-rock4	Well I'm a big celtics fan me and my dad both and I loved rondo but of course he is gone now but I love Stephen curry. No particular reason he's just so exciting to watch and makes top 10 plays day in and day out.

04-05-2015, 04:35 PM	#8
chezball Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: North East Beatoff USA Posts: 21,680 jabber	OP,most important thing is to enjoy the hobby.The key word is "hobby"

04-06-2015, 06:13 AM	#10
Totalpackage Member Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: California Posts: 1,113 totalpackage	There are a lot of young talents right now, of course they are exciting to watch and hot even in collecting's world, but there is alway risk when collecting young talents. For myself, my favorite player are KG and MJ, and I started collecting their cards since late 90s. When Vince Carter won his Slam Dunk title in 2000 and I was amazed not only by this dunking skill but also his great performances in the games. People compared Vince to MJ at that time, and Vince was even popular than Kobe and KG at a short period of time during 1999-2000. At that time, Vince's cards were sky high, especially several of his main rookie cards. My fund was so limited for having any of Vince's top rookie cards at the time, so I picked up a mid-end RC along with some other low-end to mid-end inserts as my VC collection, for doing that, I sold most of my KG cards that I had collected for years. Today, the Vince's cards dropped from sky to the soil, but the KG cards I sold for Vince's didn't change much.