It's Been Since '73

The New York Knicks last won an NBA championship in 1973, which was 53 years ago. That year they defeated the Los Angeles Lakers 4 games to 1 and had a team that featured many stars including Willis Reed, Walt Frazier, Bill Bradley, Dave DeBusschere, and Earl Monroe.

To put that into perspective for myself, it was ten years before I was born and ten years after that was when I found myself to be a Knicks fan.

So, I have been a Knicks fan for 33 years of my life. I was a die-hard Knicks fan from 1993-2004. Just a fan from 2004-2022, then in 2023 my love for basketball returned again especially more-so the last two years where I started coaching it. 

Basketball is back for me. The Knicks are back for me. A championship is back for New York.

*takes a celebratory sip, which means a gulp, of freshly brewed coffee*

I can remember all of the disappointing endings to the mid to late 90's Knicks teams that failed which included the 1999 team that beat all of the odds to the Finals to fall to the Spurs. So, to have this Knicks team beat the Spurs this year, made this long wait even more worthy.

To celebrate this year's team run through the playoffs, I started adding some autographs to my collection.

But first, I had to add a new card of the Finals MVP. I like shiny cards, okay?

Now onto the autographs,

 

(one of my favorite Knicks)

(what is this auto?)

(LEGEND)

(I know it's not Knicks uniform, maybe upgrade some day)

 

And finally, we end with Marcus Camby. Not only a fun 90's player in general, but he was a Knick for a short time as well.

My goal is to land my number one want, Patrick Ewing hopefully by year's end. There are also Knick legends I am hoping to add as well, some of which are the ones above in the previous championship team. Most wanted would be Willis Reed from that group. But would like to add them all. They are names my father talked about for years.

I do have two other Knicks cards on their way and will post those when they arrive. They are not autographed, but cool regardless. Some day when my arm is healthy, I would like to put my PC back together and see where I am at.

*takes a sip before closing up today's post*

I am not sure how many people can say they have watched all of their sports teams win a championship, but now I finally can. I have seen two NY Giants Super Bowls, many NY Yankees World Series and now I have a Knicks Championship. I can die a happy New York fan with a cup of coffee by my side of course.

In comments today, what was your thoughts on this year's Finals, and have you seen all of your sports teams win a championship?

*Coffee Card Blogger Out*

Blog Bat Around Again: The Post Without Words (let the picture(s) speak) Football Edition

 

*Coffee Card Blogger Out* (yes I know, these are words but deal with it haha)

Okay, I Lied

Okay, I lied.

I didn't mean to. Well, was it a lie or did I just forget with so much on my mind.

I will let you decide.

But, first, my latest basketball update.

*takes a sip, well a chug, it's been a long week-only Tuesday*

Well, as I told my players, you can't win them all. We fell 22-16 this past Saturday. It was just a sloppy played game by my players and I would probably put that blame on myself more since I tried to install a few things in the ten minutes we had before the game began. 

Lesson learned. That wasn't the time for that.

We trailed by double digits at one point, but at least we closed the gap some by the time the game ended.

As I told my team, there are lessons to be learned with every win and every loss and you can't win them all. We will just look forward to practice and make ourselves better.

That begins Wednesday night before our next game on Saturday.

*takes a motivated sip*

The game wasn't the part I lied about, it was about having finished up my cards from 2025 Christmas.

Buried in  my drafts was my latest yearly Christmas trade with Becketts Cheap Wax Wednesday's writer Shane. Who was once a blogger under the same blog title.

This trade wasn't the typical one for us. We always go big or go home and this was a massively dulled down version of that.

Tiki parallel.

 

Another Tiki parallel.

 

Things heating up some here with two very low numbered Rodney Hamptons that go towards my rainbow chase. The first one is /5 and this one is the /2 card. This is the only one I have seen listed of this.

Still waiting on the Super to be listed.

A new Purple Marvel PMG for my set chase of this as well. The rest are very expensive so I may not be able to add anymore sadly. I really want to do the Doctor Strange one so I can finally finish a set of five off.

Any Napoleon Dynamite fans reading? That's all there really is to say about this card. I now have two of the three characters from the movie with only Uncle Rico missing.

And that was the end of the trade.

Thanks again to Shane for another great one.

*takes a sip before finishing up today's post*

But, before I close out, *takes another sip*, I wanted to show you the update to my 2024 Topps Chrome Rodney Hampton Chase.

Topps Chrome Sapphire. Still have a few to go! Lost out on the 1/1.

Topps Chrome itself. Just missing the Super 1/1 and the basic red /5.

I hope to finish both of these rainbow chases someday.

Thanks again for checking out my cards and coffee blog. I sure hope you have been sippin' and readin'.

Have a terrific Tuesday.

*Coffee Card Blogger Out*

Ghost Of Christmas Box Part 4

*sits down with a big stack of cards nearby, takes sip, gets ready for a new post on Cards Over Coffee*

I felt like the good version of Scrooge this Christmas season as my mail box was visited by three blogger mail days.

I had the ghost of Christmas Box, the ghost of Christmas Card and the Ghost of Christmas Package.

For today's post, you will be visited by the last ghost, the Ghost Of Christmas Box which was sent by Wes who is famously known for the packages he sends.

And this one was such a whopper, I broke it up into four posts and didn't even come close to covering it all. I had to narrow it down to the like the Top 45ish and leave the rest for your imagination.

Let's keep the momentum flowing!

*takes a sip*

Here we are. The final part. All of the cups of coffee. All of the cards has led us to this ending.

So, let's end it.

First up, some lady relics,

I am not sure how many of these 2008 PopCardz relics are in a set, but I am pretty sure these ones along with the couple I have make a complete set. Unique relic cards of some pop culture icons of that time and some of today. I just hope the relics are authentic.

 

I mentioned in a previous post in this series, but I am a HUGE FAN of the Autograph Silhouette cards in the Panini Country Music product. Look at the cool relic swatches they use!! None of that player worn or employee worn material.

Now to end this post, how about some 1/1's?

(Toomer!!)

(Janoris Jenkins)

(autograph Rodney!)

(regular Rodney!)

And finally the big Whopper of the group....and not the kind that comes with grilled patty and pickles but instead is a 1/1 that comes with a......

 

LAWRENCE TAYLOR AUTOGRAPH!!!

Yeah, I see how stunned you are. I was too.

Try not to spill coffee on yourself before going to work.

*takes a sip trying not to spill some*

Thanks goes out to Wes for another bomb of a mail day. As I said in Part 1, this wasn't even all of the cards or the extra items that he sent. This was just a narrowed down version in order to fit into this amount of posts.

Thanks again for reading and have a magnificent Monday, not a manic one.

*Coffee Card Blogger Out*

The Ghost Of Christmas Box Part 3

 *sits down with a big stack of cards nearby, takes sip, gets ready for a new post on Cards Over Coffee*

I felt like the good version of Scrooge this Christmas season as my mail box was visited by three blogger mail days. 

I had the ghost of Christmas Box, the ghost of Christmas Card and the Ghost of Christmas Package.

For today's post, you will be visited by the last ghost, the Ghost Of Christmas Box which was sent by Wes who is famously known for the packages he sends.

And this one was such a whopper, I broke it up into four posts and didn't even come close to covering it all. I had to narrow it down to the like the Top 45ish and leave the rest for your imagination.

Let's keep the momentum flowing!

*takes a sip*

  

We kick off today's part with an autograph The San Diego chicken card. Nice signature as well.

 

You may be wondering who in the world is Sandro Platzgummer? Well, he was one of the players on the Giants as apart of the International Player Pathway Program.

He was apart of their practice squad but never quiet made it to the main roster. He did have a nice 48-yard run in the preseason was my biggest memory of him.

   

NEW RODNEY'S X 2! These Amped Up swatch autographs for some reason or another hold a premium compared to other Rodney autographs regardless of what it's numbered to.

 

I felt the 2015 Panini Country Music product is underrated, some really nice swatch cards can be found it. I am not a fan of Country Music, but it's a fun card product with some legendary names.

  

I have been wanting to add this one to my Darius Rucker PC for awhile. Now I have the base auto, the autograph silhouette and now this.

 

This one has been on my Top Wants list for awhile. The 90's relic cards are much better than today's. This one is a back to back featuring Joe Montgomery and Ike Hilliard.

 

I ain't no redneck woman, but Gretchen Wilson is. Another autograph knocked down from my Country Music autograph needs.

Yes, it's the Dark Sith as a Giants fan, but, it's a card I have wanted since it was included in 1995 Crown Royale and has been sitting on my Top Want Lists a long time. Well, since I created it on here. It's not often you see a team's owner included in a set and these aren't always easy to find. 

 

A major need for the Kerry Collins collection. Die-Cut autograph from the 90's. This is why 90's always did it better.

One more part to go. What remains to be seen? Well, you will have to wait until tomorrow.

Have a great Sunday, unless you are a Patriots or Eagles fan. Let me fix that, you can have a great day, just not your team.

*takes a final sip to today's post*

*Coffee Card Blogger Out*