What made you collect the player you collect?

[slobbythegreat]

its photos like that that make you think 10,000 would be a breeze!! keeping count is ur problem. i lost count after 3,238

[Palac]

Originally Posted by slobbythegreat

Anyone? Mines simple...He's the greatest Bulls player of all time...bar none oh and his turn around jumper in the 92 Olympics together with some of the best dunks ever seen.

Haha soo true, who is this mj everyone else talks about? never heard of him :P, Well for me its fresh in my mind. I was a big fan of mj and was watching clips of him and he passed it back for pippen with the dunk facial and I was just like wow. And then I saw his dunk where about 70% of his body was behind the board in mid air haha absolutely great! Loving it lol, the more clips I see, the more I want to dunk like that

[jimboiitmac]

I don't really player collect but the player I most look out for is Alonzo Mourning.

Why?

Plenty of people called him the original "beast of the east", he's one of the greatest players ever, definately top 70 of all time I'd say.

a repeat defensive player of the year, lead my team the miami heat to 4 or 5 straight atlantic division titles and 4 50+ win seasons.

7 time NBA All-Star.

but more importantly he's always been my favourite since i was exposed to the NBA.

sure some say he won't make the HOF and they're probably right. but if Charles Barkley and Magic Johnson think he deserves to make it, that's enough for me.

nobody wanted to mess with Alonzo before his kidney ailment, he was/is quite simply the most intense player to ever play the game with the most heart, leaves it out on the court all 48 minutes.

that's right, EVEN MORE than kevin garnett.

GO ZO #33!!

ps. top 10 all time blocks top 5 all time blocks per game

[barkley434]

Charles Barkley: I would say it all started in 1996 when I went to the Jimmy V Golf Classic Tournament. He would always attend these tournaments and signed for everyone. I had got there a little late and went straight to the hole we was on. The rep that was designated to him noticed I had been trying to get an autograph for a few holes but wasnt getting anywhere with it. The rep walked over and said that he's seen me being cool and patient about it and said that he had pointed that out to Barkley who said he had also noticed the same thing. About 2/3 holes later, I was standing in an area where no one else had thought to stand, which was right where the hole led out to his golf cart, Barkley started to walk towards the big group off to the side then must have spotted me and came straight to me instead and signed whatever I asked. He said he appreciated me being cool about it unlike everyone else who were being pushy and asked me if I played golf as well. I told him I was already getting scholarship offers from universities for golf and said that he figured I must be pretty good. He then invited me into the 4some for the next two holes. Definitely an experience of a lifetime for me!

[nenjabin]

Originally Posted by barkley434

Charles Barkley: I would say it all started in 1996 when I went to the Jimmy V Golf Classic Tournament. He would always attend these tournaments and signed for everyone. I had got there a little late and went straight to the hole we was on. The rep that was designated to him noticed I had been trying to get an autograph for a few holes but wasnt getting anywhere with it. The rep walked over and said that he's seen me being cool and patient about it and said that he had pointed that out to Barkley who said he had also noticed the same thing. About 2/3 holes later, I was standing in an area where no one else had thought to stand, which was right where the hole led out to his golf cart, Barkley started to walk towards the big group off to the side then must have spotted me and came straight to me instead and signed whatever I asked. He said he appreciated me being cool about it unlike everyone else who were being pushy and asked me if I played golf as well. I told him I was already getting scholarship offers from universities for golf and said that he figured I must be pretty good. He then invited me into the 4some for the next two holes. Definitely an experience of a lifetime for me!

Pity he lost his swing more recently...did he get it back or it still screwy? Great story by the way!

[ozballer23]

J.R. SMITH - After watching him play in the McDonalds game, he blew everyone away with his 3pointers and dunks. He won co-MVP and was outstanding. Had no doubt I wanted to collect him after that game if he made it into the NBA.

[jimboiitmac]

Originally Posted by nenjabin

Pity he lost his swing more recently...did he get it back or it still screwy? Great story by the way!

i agre!
that's an awesome story mate good stuff