It's Miller Time!!!!

Of the 4 major sports in North America, basketball is the one I collect the least of.  When I was younger, basketball was a clear number 2 behind only baseball.  For a brief time when the Dream Team 2 came out, it was my number one sports collection.

There were two players that I heavily collected in the early to mid 90s, Anfernee "Penny" Hardaway and Reggie Miller.  I didn't have a favorite team although I did like the Magic a lot.

Back then Sega Genesis was the cool home gaming system and there wasn't any cooler basketball game then NBA Jam: TE.  I spent nearly a whole summer playing as Reggie Miller and Rik Smits defeating my cousins, brother, and friends.  For that reason, I began to follow the Pacers more heavily.

With the emergence of Paul George on the Pacers a few years back, I started to get back into following basketball more regularly.  I've been slowly adding to my Pacers collection here and there, but haven't added many hits to the collection.

Today, I'm showing off my second Reggie Miller hit.  It's a nice jersey relic from Upper Deck that even has a pinstripe from the Pacers Home Navy jerseys and only cost me $3.28.  Maybe in 2016, I'll focus more on my basketball collection.

Throwback Thursday: the only pink basketball card I own

My Indiana Pacers collection has been steadily growing over the year since my first Reggie Miller Beam Team insert I showed off in February.  However, one thing I don't have is a pink parallel for a Pacers player.

To not totally segregate the NBA fans, I decided to show off the only basketball card I own with pink in it.

Granted it's not a pink parallel, but there is definitely pink in it....and it's of my favorite basketball player of all time.  This was found in a dimebox a looooooooooong time ago.

The Pacers are going to have a very difficult season ahead of themselves with rising star Paul George out for the entire season with a career threatening injury and Lance Stephenson leaving to go to Charlotte.

My First Reggie Relic

I said I was going to start to build up my Reggie Miller PC and have added a relic to the collection.

Acquired for around $3 delivered, this marks my first Reggie Miller jersey relic.  It's not numbered and hails from 2000-01 Fleer.

My latest collecting habit

I know baseball is right around the corner, but with no football and my favorite hockey player (Kris Letang) suffering a stroke last week, I've been watching A LOT of basketball lately. 

Growing up I had three players that I loved to root for: Reggie Miller, Penny Hardaway, and Jason Kidd. 

By far, my favorite was Reggie though.  Due to the Pacers great depth this year, they are a very fun team to watch and root for.  Paul George and David West have rekindled my love of Pacers basketball and that is why I'm going to start up a Pacers PC. 

But first I need to rebuild my Reggie collection. 

This 92-93 Beam Team I bought awhile ago for 50 cents at a flea market will be the first of many Reggie cards I plan on posting.

I just bought a large lot of Pacers cards on ebay and am hoping that they arrive before I head out to North Carolina for vacation.