Big Man Mailday - Past, Present & Future (scan heavy)

[skip20]

Thought I'd scan in some pics of the 'bigs' I've picked up in recent times. What was noticeable was how the role and players occupyng the '5' spot over time has changed, as exemplified by these very cards...and the fact I have to teach my 6'3' junior centre how to do a crossover dribble.


The Future - The new breed are all pretty nimble up and down the court, most can swing between C and PF and most can play away from the basket (or facing it)。 There aren't a heck of a lot of 'true 7 footers' either. The modern game is all about speed and agility, even by big guy standards!

Cody Zeller TT GU


Byron Mullens GS auto /99


Lavoy Allen GS GU / auto (on card)


Bismack Biymobo Intrigue auto /299


Gorgui Dieng Prestige auto /99


Vitor Faverani Immaculate auto /99 (on card)


Mason Plumlee Crusade auto


Steven Adams Titanium auto


Kyle O'Quinn Silhouette GU auto /99 (on card)


Miles Plumlee Immaculate RPA /75 (on card)




The Present - The status quo more or less combines thorw back elements from times gone by (the old space eating gigantic behomeths in the lane) to the more evolved and athletic athletic specimens referred to above.

DeAndre Jordan Spectra /199


DeMArcus Cousins Spectra /65


Samuel Dalembert Crusade GU /299


Anderson Ｖａｒｅｊａｏ　Ｂｌaｃｋ　Ｂｏｘ　Ｅｌｉｔｅ　ＧＵ /99


Kawme Brown Materialisitc GU


P & M Gasol Intrigue GU /99


Yao / Chandler / Nene / Big Al / Okur / M Gasol / Bynum / Shaq SPGU 4 on 4 GU /99



Hawes / Splitter / Kanter / Big Al / Yao / Big Ben Preferred Center Booklet /199


Joel Anthony Certified Red Patch /49


Tyson Chandler NT patch /25


Dwight Howard Sweet Shot IP auto GU /125


D Howard / M Williams Trilogy dual auto /75 (on card)




Ｔｈｅ　Ｐａｓｔ　－　Ｔｈｅｓｅ　ＯＧｓ　ｈａｄ　ｔｈｅ　ｌｏｗ　ｐｏｓｔ　ｍｏｖｅｓ，　ｓｔｏｏｄ　７　ｆｅｅｔ　ｔａｌｌ，　ｐｒｏｔｅｃｔｅｄ　ｔｈｅ　ｒｉｍ　ａｎｄ　ｇｅｎｅｒａｌｌｙ　ｏｗｎｅｄ　ｔｈｅ　ｇｌａｓｓ．　Ｔｒａｎｓｉｔｉｏｎ，　ｌａｕｎｃｈｉｎｇ　３ｓ　ａｎｄ　ａｎｙｗｈｅｒｅ　ｎｅａｒ　ｔｈｅ　ｐｅｒｉｍｔｅｒ　ｗａｓ　ｔａｂｏｏ　ｔｏ　ｔｈｅｓｅ　ｂｉｇ　ｆｅｌｌａｓ！　

Ｂｉｌｌ　Ｒｕｓｓｅｌｌ　ＧＳ /199　


Emeka Okafor Exquisite #s 204 and 205/225 - just another 223 to go....


David Harrison HP patch /350


Ｐａｔｒｉｃｋ　Ｅｗｉｎｇ　Ｃoｕｒｔ　ＫＩｎｇｓ　ＧＵ /299


David Robinson NT GU /75


Jayson Williams GS auto /249


Shawn Bradley Balck Box Elite auto /149


Zydrunas Ilgauskas TT auto /99


David Robinson Crusade auto



Well, that's about all for now. Thanks for having a look and reading my rambling thoughts if you had the time. As always - comments are always appreciated. ..and everything here is up for grabs as part of a trade or sale. Always happy to try and help a PC if I can!

 

[Ersk]

Great random lot of cards.

My fave is probably the Shawn Bradley auto!

 

[OutlawNinja]

Huge batch of big men.
Always been a huge fan of David Robinson.
Awesome stuff mate.

 

[jkidd05]

As always great lot of cards!

 

[postgsl]

Interesting read as always professor skip

A few of those cards looked familiar

 

[Jake]

Nice booklet!

 

[KB.]

Awesome array of players and cards in this mailday skip!

 

[skip20]

Great random lot of cards.
My fave is probably the Shawn Bradley auto!

Wow! Of all the cards... It does take me back when I was right into the card scene in the early 90s and a godo Bradley RC or insert was quite the big deal!

Huge batch of big men.
Always been a huge fan of David Robinson.
Awesome stuff mate.

Gotta love the Admiral! Classy act on and off the court - one of the best all-round and complete Centres of all time imo...

As always great lot of cards!

What it lacks in quality it makes up for in quantity! lol

Interesting read as always professor skip
A few of those cards looked familiar

Hmmm, more like Associate Professor so many Xs & Os to learn, so little time! Thanks for the recent deals too, extra credit for you next semester!

Awesome array of players and cards in this mailday skip!

Busting boxes and cases would be great fun but variety is the spice of life! I need to look at different stuff from time to time!

 

[penny collector]

Always love the range on players and cards in your maildays! Some great big men in there for sure!

 

[skip20]

Always love the range on players and cards in your maildays! Some great big men in there for sure!

I look at the same old boring faces at work each day so it;s good to spice the faces up on the cardboard frontier! You'll probably appreciate my next mailday a lot more! ;-)