Playin' for Keeps

started with shaq. never really stopped.

2023-24 Obsidian Shaquille O'Neal card front 1995-96 Hoops Michael Jordan card front, with Shaquille O'Neal in the photo

The Collections

all five of them — shaq, the internationals, the cameos, the rookies, and the johnsons.

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SEE THEM ALL

The Box Score

Shaq 2,280 in hand 1,326 hunting 12,283catalogued International 157 in hand 31 hunting 196catalogued Rookies 772 in hand 185 hunting 2,217catalogued Cameos 174 in hand 144 hunting 467catalogued The Johnsons 60 in hand 17 hunting 102catalogued

The Rotation

The Bench

The Checklist every card, searchable

All 15,069 of them — what's in hand, what's still out there. Filter by season, set, manufacturer, serial number, grade. Works on your phone.

 The Wire hobby history & hot takes

The longer stuff — how basketball cards printed themselves into a hole, and the draft class that produced five Hall of Famers.

 The Plug the sites worth knowing

Where to price a card, who to send it to for grading, which catalogs actually have the checklist you need.

Playin' for Keeps is the cards I chased, the cards I keep, and the ones I'm still hunting. Started with Shaq. Never really stopped.