Ideas needed for an unusual collection!

[bradlieus]

Have always wanted to start an unusual card collection - need help looking for a theme!

I have plenty of commons sitting around doing nothing so I thought I'd find a use for them. Any ideas for something novel to do with them?

 

[ozballer23]

Players that have been posterized by Shaq!

 

[sskillswitch]

PGs who averaged more turnovers than assists??
Top 5 draft pick busts??
Players with beards??
Players without tattoos??

 

[bradlieus]

I'm liking the draft pick busts and the posterized by Shaq ideas. Will see what I've got, keep em coming

Also thinking something to do with funny player names - e.g. Brandon Bass, Matt Fish (aquatic theme), Pooh Richardson...

 

[KB.]

Draft busts is a awesome idea. For awhile I was picking up cheap rare cards of obscure players, it was fun and cheap but held no value in trying to move them again

 

[sskillswitch]

draft busts is an idea i came up with a while ago, but the problem is that some still actually hold value, no idea why, but im sure Kwame Brown isnt going for too much!!!

 

[bradlieus]

What qualifies a a draft pick bust? Top 5 or 10 or 15?

And how valuable does the player have to be - Kwame may be a bust but he is still in the league after 12 seasons (!)
So far I have Harold Miner (12th pick), Adam Keefe (10th pick), Kwame, Darko and Olowokandi.
I'm thinking less than 7-8 years in the league, sub 10ppg, bench players with no notable contributions to their teams?

 

[Cobretti]

cards with players dribbling the ball with their left hand wearing the number 5 jersey

 

[sskillswitch]

What qualifies a a draft pick bust? Top 5 or 10 or 15?

And how valuable does the player have to be - Kwame may be a bust but he is still in the league after 12 seasons (!)
So far I have Harold Miner (12th pick), Adam Keefe (10th pick), Kwame, Darko and Olowokandi.
I'm thinking less than 7-8 years in the league, sub 10ppg, bench players with no notable contributions to their teams?

I would say Adam Morrison qualifies, rings or no rings! Thabeet to me is a bust. To me, being a bust is based on draft position. Kwame may still be in the league, but was nowhere near worthy of his draft position. Same goes with Thabeet

 

[sskillswitch]

cards with players dribbling the ball with their left hand wearing the number 5 jersey

pfft, noone wears no. 5 anyways....

 

[Jaames]

I'd add Andrew Bogut to a bust list.

 

[sskillswitch]

I'd add Andrew Bogut to a bust list.

well, this was fun while it lasted...

 

[FabFiveFan]

pfft, noone wears no. 5 anyways....

I have a massive Jalen Rose collection that suggests otherwise, and he is also left handed, which was also included in the original suggestion. I know he is not current NBA but given the amount of sets coming out that are including Legends, Rose is in plenty of current releases.

 

[Essellohbeebeewhy]

i got bored with my pip base so i ordered them all into the following
Dunking
Dribbling
Layups
Non action

 

[xavierty]

as like you i have thoasands of base and have a graet idea of makining tiles out of them and putting them all over the roof of the office....weird yes but its better than a white ceiling oh and the door to

 

[brandonlec]

as like you i have thoasands of base and have a graet idea of makining tiles out of them and putting them all over the roof of the office....weird yes but its better than a white ceiling oh and the door to

How would you do it? Thumbnails on all 4 corners for each card?

-Brandon

 

[edabomb]

One degree of Juwan Howard

 

[lilreddevil]

Joe Alexander
Greg Oden
Marvin Williams

 

[bradlieus]

One degree of Juwan Howard

Do you mean people who have been his teammates at one point? Not a bad idea (except probably not for Howard )

 

[edabomb]

Do you mean people who have been his teammates at one point? Not a bad idea (except probably not for Howard )

That was the idea. You couldn't do seven degrees because that would be everybody haha.