u/Naismythology

The Career Grand Slam is a term I just invented, but it’s winning an NCAA title, an NBA title, an Olympic gold medal, and World Cup gold medal. He’s got the first two now, and has played for Team USA in the World Cup before (finished fourth in 2023). He’s 29 now, so will have probably two more chances at each of the international golds if he wants.

For the record, only one person has ever done this before, and it’s Anthony Davis. (They also both have an NBA Cup coincidentally)

Jalen Brunson, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Kenneth Walker III, Jordan Staal. I’m sure there was another stretch of random guys winning, but only four All-Star selections between the four of them seems pretty low

Edit: some of you seem to be missing the point, or maybe I didn’t explain it well. They’re not *all* random non-stars individually. But collectively, would that have been the hardest quartet to predict. Someone else said 2016 though, so I think that wins so far

How have everyone’s experiences with this retailer been? I see they have quite a few figures or add-ons that would enhance the recent larger sets. (Their Faramir is 100 times better even though it’s sold out right now.) Theoden and Eowyn look really good too, with some various torso and arm prints. Plus proper molded staffs and swords. Has anyone gotten any of these and consider them “must have” additions? Bonus points if anyone can tell me who the two rangers are supposed to be, or if they’re just generic dudes

Hello, everyone. Hope everyone is having a great long weekend in the States, and I guess a great regular weekend everywhere else? Anyway, I just wanted to pass along that I have a sample chapter up, and will probably have 2-3 more over the next few weeks if you want to check them out over on my substack:

The Mikan-dex: Basketball, Ranked (The Online Version)

Right now, everything is free, and you can sign up to be notified when a new post goes live (I'll still post here until the book comes out on occasion just as a reminder, but whatever is easiest for you.)

Also, here's the updated cover with the bar code in the right place and everything!

That's all going to be a little down the road just a bit as I'm still finalizing pages and layouts, and then need to get the e-book ready shortly after. But my plan is to get all my data onto the substack and maybe subscribers could give me feedback? Or at least dig under the hood a little more if they wanted. Plus, I can do more players, and one day expand to ranking every player who ever played even a minute in the league (mwahahaha!). Well, I'm 15% done with every player as it is, you never know.

So, that's there if you want to check it out. I truly appreciate all the support this community has shown over the past few years as I've worked to finish this thing. And enjoy the game tonight everyone! (Go Wemby!)

The 1986 FIBA World Cup (called the World Championship at the time) saw Sabonis (#15) and Robinson (#11) battling for gold. I think Sabonis was 21 and Robinson was 20. The commentary is all in Spanish, so sorry if you don’t speak Spanish, but you’ll get the gist (the Spanish crowd *loved* Muggsy Bogues). This tournament also had Drazen Petrovic (Yugoslavia) vs Oscar Schmidt (Brazil) in the bronze medal game.

I think I have every Captain America omnibus released so far. Is the Heroes Reborn omnibus something I should look into for those 12 issues? (I think I have all or most FF omnibuses too.) Or is there a chance those issues will show up somewhere else?