Received two cards back yesterday signed from Chris Paul in a little over a month. This is one of my favorite successes to date. What was neat about this return was that about a week ago, Chris Paul tweeted that he was working on returning his fan mail/autograph requests, even posting a picture. Pretty cool… Read More TTM Thursday: Chris Paul Return
Received a Upper Deck Generations card signed by former Indiana Pacer and basketball commentator, Clark Kellogg. This was from a handful of requests I sent out back on 7/27. Probably my all-time favorite success to date. Not only did Mr. Kellogg return a card signed, but he also included a nice response to my letter.… Read More TTM Thursday: Clark Kellogg Return
Requests that I am sending out tomorrow, August 20th: Jerry West, 14-time NBA All-Star, 1968-69 NBA Finals MVP (only to ever win award on losing squad), 1972 NBA Champion, 15th on NBA All-Time Points list Gail Goodrich, 5-time NBA All-Star, 1973-74 All-NBA 1st team, 1972 NBA Champion Although I’ve yet to get a signed return on… Read More Outgoing TTM Requests, August 20th
Today I will share probably my all-time favorite TTM autograph success, a return from arguably the greatest coach in basketball history, John Wooden. Wooden coached UCLA to 10 national championships, including a string of 7 consecutive from 1967-1973 . He also won a championship with Purdue as a player in 1932. He was inducted to the Basketball… Read More TTM Tuesday: Favorite Returns, John Wooden
For this TTM Tuesday I will highlight another of my favorite returns, one that went straight to my personal collection, an autograph received from one of my favorite Indiana Pacers, Derrick McKey. McKey was a member of the 1987-88 All-Rookie team and was named to the NBA All-Defensive 2nd team twice. He spent the majority… Read More TTM Tuesday: Favorite Returns, Derrick McKey
Requests that I am sending out today, August 9th: Chris Paul, 4 time NBA All-Star, Rookie of the Year 2006, All-NBA First Team 2008 Lamar Odom, 2 time NBA Champion in 2009 and 2010 with Lakers To Chris Paul I sent a 09-10 Upper Deck Masterpieces insert. Hoping this along with the Topps Murad Odom will… Read More TTM Tuesday: Outgoing Requests August 9th
Received my first autograph success from the small batch of requests I sent out last week. The first return was Kenny Anderson, received back in 8 days. Nice autograph signed with a black sharpie. Great addition to my Indiana Pacers autograph collection! Hoping his transition to coaching, as you can read about here, works out… Read More TTM Thursday: Kenny Anderson Return
This week I will highlight a favorite return of mine from shooting guard Eric Gordon, received back in early 2008 in about two weeks through Indiana University. It’s always fun to speculate on which college players will become stars in the pros, and college players are often better signers through the mail than current NBA players. … Read More TTM Tuesday: Favorite Returns, Eric Gordon
Requests that I am sending out tomorrow, July 27th: Kenny Anderson, 1994 All-Star with Nets, retired in 2005 Peja Stojakovic, 3-time NBA All-Star with Kings, NBA champion with the 2011 Mavericks Clark Kellogg, former Indiana Pacer, CBS college basketball analyst Tim Hardaway, 5-time NBA All-Star with Warriors, Heat These all happen to hit my project of getting… Read More Through The Mail Tuesday: Outgoing Requests
The next few Tuesdays I will be highlighting some of my favorite TTM Autograph returns. Thought I would start with a past regular season MVP and the reigning NBA Finals MVP, Dirk Nowitzki. He is also arguably the best current NBA Star who signs autographs TTM! I received this 2005-06 Topps Style base card back… Read More Through The Mail Tuesday: Favorite Returns
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