Basketball Market Watch - March

To see what's driving RC prices up or down, I'm comparing March vs February player performance & team performance (monthly record), and then showing how some of their key RCs have performed as a result.

• Phoenix Suns - Feb 8-5, Mar 10-4
• Steve Nash - Feb 15.8 ppg & 11.2 apg --> Mar 18.4 ppg & 10.2 apg
• Topps Chrome RC - Feb $28.94 --> Mar $32.79 = +13.3%

• The Suns & Nash improved in Mar; so did his key RC sales
  

• Leandro Barbosa - Feb 19.3 ppg --> Mar 20.6 ppg
• Bowman Sig Auto/Jsy #'d 1250 - Feb $15.50 --> Mar $15.63 = +0.9%
• SPx Auto/Jsy #'d 1999 - Feb $23.80 --> Mar $23.82 = +0.1%

• Suns & Barbosa improved in Mar; his key RC's were pretty much flat
  

• Amare Stoudemire - Feb 28.5 ppg & 13.2 rpg --> Mar 19.6 ppg & 9.6 rpg
• SPx Auto/Jsy #'d 1999 - Feb $77.88 --> Mar $73.71 = -5.4%

• Suns improved, Stoudemire didn't; his key RC sales reflected his personal performance drop
  

• LA Lakers - Feb 5-7, Mar 5-9
• Kobe Bryant - Feb 29.7 ppg --> Mar 40.3 ppg
• Topps Chrome - Feb $154.15 --> Mar $168.49 = +9.3%
• E-X2000 - Feb $30.77 --> Mar $27.50 = -10.6%
• Fleer Lucky 13 - Feb $18.03 --> Mar $17.14 = -4.9%
• Finest - Feb $17.79 --> Mar $18.01 = +1.3%
• Topps Draft Picks - Feb $106.60 --> Mar $92.53 = -13.2%

• Lakers did worse, but Kobe was outstanding in Mar; RC sales were mixed
  

• Andrew Bynum - Feb 8.7 ppg & 7.1 rpg in 28.8 mpg --> Mar 5.4 ppg & 4.7 rpg in 20.2 mpg
• SPA Auto #'d 1299 - Feb $38.48 --> Mar $32.42 = -15.8%
• SPx Auto/Jsy #'d 1499 - Feb $42.25 --> Mar $39.08 = -7.5%

• Lakers did worse & Bynum's production dropped as a result of less playing time (Kwame returned from injury); his RCs also dropped
  

• Utah Jazz - Feb 8-2, Mar 9-6
• Deron Williams - Feb 18 ppg & 11 apg --> Mar 15.7 ppg & 9.9 apg
• SPA Auto #'d 1299 - Feb $35.45 --> Mar $33.79 = -4.7%
• SPx Auto/Jsy #'d 750 - Feb $50.58 --> Mar $47.23 = -6.6%

• Jazz did worse in Mar & so did Williams; his RC's refected this drop in performance
  

• Denver Nuggets - Feb 6-7, Mar 7-8
• Carmelo Anthony - Feb 28.5 ppg & 6.7 rpg --> Mar 24.9 ppg & 5.8 rpg
• Bowman Sig Auto/Jsy #'d 1170 - Feb $79.29 --> Mar $62.02 = -21.8%
• SPx Auto/Jsy #'d 750 - Feb $151.54 --> Mar $170.10 = +12.2%

• Nuggets were about the same in Mar & Melo dropped in performance; his key RC's were mixed
  

• Orlando Magic - Feb 4-9, Mar 6-8
• Dwight Howard - Feb 22.8 ppg & 12.5 rpg --> Mar 15.4 ppg & 11.9 rpg
• SPx Auto/Jsy #'d 750 - Feb $143.17 --> Mar $123.38 = -13.8%

• Magic improved slightly in Mar, but Howard's stats dropped; his SPx RC also fell
  

• Washington Wizards - Feb 4-7, Mar 7-8
• Gilbert Arenas - Feb 26.5 ppg --> Mar 28.9 ppg (2nd best month this season)
• Ultimate Coll #'d 750 - Feb $27.70 --> Mar $25.13 = -9.3%
• SPA Auto #'d 1525 - Feb $112.88 --> Mar $113.80 = +0.8%
• UD Inspirations Auto #'d 1149 - Feb $33.24 --> Mar $33.06 = -0.5%

• Wizards improved in Mar & so did Arenas, but his RC's were either falling or flat
  

• Milwaukee Bucks - Feb 2-3 with Redd (1-9 without), Mar 4-9
• Michael Redd - Feb 24.8 ppg --> Mar 25.1 ppg
• E-X Auto #'d 1-500/1500 - Feb $29.23 --> Mar $33.11 = +13.3%
• Fleer Autographics Auto - Feb $11.21 --> Mar $11.71 = +4.4%

• Bucks improved in Mar & Redd was consistent as usual; his 2 key RC year autos increased as usual also