Cavaliers IP @ Hotel & Hawks IP 10/22-10/23/08

After my classes at school back on Wednesday, I decided to go up to the hotel to give the Cleveland Cavaliers a try. Trust me going into this, the superstar player of the team was not #1 on my list to get. What influenced me to go up to the hotel was a former Pistons player from the 2004 World Champs team I had 2-3 items for. Since I have heard he has been on and off about signing at the hotel, I thought I would give it a try at least. Anyhow here are the results of my day with the Cavs up at the hotel after my classes on Wednesday:

Cleveland Cavaliers @ Hotel 10/22/08

Cavs

Ronald Dupree 1 Team Roster Sheet
Daniel Gibson 2 cards (1 for Xavier13)
J.J. Hickson 3 cards (1 of them smeared real bad so I erased it and I will try to get it done again next time I run into this team.)
Zydrunas Ilgauskas 1 8x10 photo, 1 card (1 for Xavier13)
Darnell Jackson 1 card and a pic
Tarence Kinsey 2/4 cards
Wally Szczerbiak 2 cards (1 for Xavier13)
Anderson Varejao 5 cards and a pic (I have heard how hard he was to get in the past. I guess he has changed.)
Delonte West 2 cards
Coach Mike Brown 1 Team Roster Sheet

and...

Ben Wallace 1 SI Cover and a pic!!! (Only my 3rd time I have gotten him ever!!! It took me 4 years to finally get him again. Also, he won't do posed pics now as he has something against that but I got my pic while he was signing away so it still came out very good actually.)

That is all I got from the Cavs at the hotel back on Wednesday.

I was skeptical at first when Big Ben came out to get on the bus. When he first came out, he mentioned he would come right back which we all thought it was obvious that he would not sign as we all heard that before. But true to his word, after he got his bags settled on the bus, he came right back out and walked right over to me and signed my SI and signed away for everyone else there at the hotel. I have to give props to Big Ben for staying true to his word.

This concludes my day with the Cavs back on Wednesday. Thanks alot for looking!!!


Atlanta Hawks IP 10/23/08

Ended up back at the hotel again yesterday to give the Atlanta Hawks a try. I ended up doing the Hawks at the hotel and at the game. Here are my results total from the hotel and the game:

Atlanta Hawks 10/23/08

Hawks

Maurice Evans 4 cards
Al Horford 3 cards (1 for Xavier13)
Solomon Jones 2 cards
Acie Law 1 card (He is down to one per now.)
Randolph Morris 1 Team Roster Sheet (Would of had a card for him if Beckett did not mess up my order.)
Ronald Murray 1 card (1 for Xavier13)
Zaza Pachulia 2 cards
Josh Smith 1 8x10 photo, 4/6 cards
Mario West 1 Team Roster Sheet (Would of had a card for him if Beckett did not mess up my order.)
Marvin Williams 1 card
Mike Woodson 1 Team Roster Sheet
Tyrone Hill 2 cards (1 for Xavier13)

That is all I got from the Hawks yesterday.

Pistons

Chauncey Billups 1 card (1 for Xavier13)

That is all I got from the Pistons yesterday.

This concludes my past 2 days of NBA graphing that I was able to do. Comments are welcomed as always. Thanks alot for looking!!!

These are such awesome stories - makes me really jealous that we can't have these opportunities.

i agree with billy. sucks being a huge nba fan and not being able to see the games or live in one of the cities!!

Huge congrats on picking up all those sigs!! Like the other guys said, it must be great to be able to catch those guys live.

Yeah it is alot of fun to meet these players overall as long as you know what your doing when getting autographs at hotels/games...

Nice Wallace pickup mate.