Congratulations to the Seattle Supersonics, I mean Oklahoma City Thunder and the Miami Heat

The Oklahoma City Thunder have defeated the San Antonio Spurs in 6 six games to reach the NBA Finals for the first time in their history.  Derrick Fisher will attempt to win his sixth ring against the Miami Heat who have the talents of Bosh, Wade and LeBron.  Kevin Durrant has been on fire this whole series and is showing that he is capable of winning.  LeBron will be looking to add his first ring to his collection.  I'm hoping for the Heat to win this year as I saw them play when I was on holidays.  Here is a few of the Oklahoma City Thunder and Miami Heat Adrenalyn XL cards that are available.

Now who do you think will win?

Big Thanks to Sports Card Radio!

About a month ago I met Ryan from Sports Card Radio in his natural habitat of Stockton, California.  My family had come up to the USA for a holiday and I had always wanted to meet the guys in person as they were pretty much my hero's for Sports Card Collecting or in another term, the Kobe Bryant of Sports Cards.  We had a great time at Buffalo Wild Wings which is different for people from Australia like myself.  Ryan is a great guy and had talked to us about everything from Sports to cars!  A few weeks ago I received a package which contained this beauty of an Adrenalyn Card and my brother's latest 1/1 card...  All jokes aside, I got a Jason Richardson Extra Signature from Series 2, which happens to be my first NBA Series 2 NBA Adrenalyn XL card (hard to believe right!).  Jason Richardson is one of my favourite players and I'm not saying that because I'm a Magic fan!  One again, thanks to Ryan and Colin from Sports Card Radio and remember to check them out!

And for those who are interested in the visit!

Sports Card Radio - http://www.sportscardradio.com/

Darren Collison Series Two Special

The Pacers are in the second round of the NBA playoffs with the help of a few key players including Darren Collison.  Collison is the sort of player that goes unrecognised but is always a great player on your team.  Collison's Special has a high offense and defense of 88.

Darren Collison's Special

Pure Adrenalyn is Headed for the States!

I will be heading to the USA in the next couple of hours from my home land, Australia.  This means there will be more long gaps in posts for this blog but also means I can get hold of NBA, NFL and NHL Adrenalyn cards and more!  If you want to follow this trip, my Dad has this great blog he's running to document this trip so check it out!

 Groover's USA Holiday 2012

I'll leave you will fellow Australian's Patty Mills who is now a Spurs Player and Andrew Bogut who is now a Golden State Warriors Player.

What a bunch of legends!

LaMarcus Aldridge Series Two Ultimate

I've decided to create a new post on Pure Adrenalyn which focus' on one Adrenalyn card.  It will look at athletes that have played well in their sports and look at one of their Adrenalyn cards.  Unfortunately, I can't do this all the time but I'll try my best. Anyway today the Portland Trailblazers faced the Dallas Mavericks in Dallas.  The star of the team which is obviously LaMarcus Aldridge, rose up in the last dying seconds of the game and shot the buzzer beater to beat the Mavs 99 to 97.

2012: New Year, New Adrenalyn, Feat. Hot Adrenalyn Cards

Well I guess it's been a while since I last posted here but I have reasons like moving states in Australia and going on a holiday.  The year is now 2012 for those who don't know bt we should be expecting new Adrenalyn set.  Confirmed from last year is the Olympics set which is either a Soccer or Basketball set (Hopefully both).  In other news you should expect a review of the 2010 FIFA World Cup set after I found Toys R Us clearing them off cheaply and a Series One NBA set which is a classic.  Also jkentk I will send your codes next week as I'm in a hotel.  Below is  preview of what is coming soon this month and I'll give you this years first Hot Adrenalyn Cards.

The Tin, Booster Pack and Binder from the 2010 FIFA World Cup Adrenalyn XL set

Chris Paul

Chris Paul made headlines this year when he moved to the Los Angeles Clippers.  So far he has made the Clippers one of the top teams in the NBA.  His passes to Blake Griffen are amazing!  Last year his Ultimate card featured a high offence rating of 98 which only makes me think what hemight be this year!

Chris Paul and his Ultimate from Series 2

Javier Hernandez

Javier and his Manchester United have been dominating in the EPL and are now equal with rivals Manchester City.  This Mexican is a great plaayer and has scored many goals for the red devils.  Javiers new Fans' Favourite hows a powerful 107 offence rating which is nearly the same as the Wayne Rooney Ultimate from last year.

The high rating Fans' Favourite Javier Hernandez in the second Manchester United set

Pure Adrenalyn NBA & NFL Adrenalyn XL Codes Give-away

Christmas is coming soon and were in for a treat! So I have decided to give-away codes to get into the Christmas spirit.  On my blog I will be hiding codes in different posts and also asking questions.  If you get the question right you will receive a couple of free codes.  Remember to comment below so get in quickly!  So start looking and I'll give the first question.


For the cards below: What teams has Zach Randolph played for in the NBA and what was his college team?

Goodbye Lockout And Hello Basketball!

The NBA lockout has ended after 149 days of talks!  This is good news for us Adrenalyn and Sports Card Fans as there will now be NBA Cards for the 2011/12 Season.  So what does all this good news mean?

Updated Adrenalyn Cards!

Watching the current Champions, The Dallas Mavericks 

The Big three in Miami attempt to come back to the finals

Blake Griffin Dunking over players

The Orlando Magic Winning the Championship!  

My Attempt At Making My Own Adrenalyn Cards...

I've got to much free time in my hands so I decided to make my own and see how they turned out.  I guess they are okay but Panini does a way better job than I do!  I've made four Basketball based cards and one soccer one!  So here are my attempts...

Vince Carter as a Nets Player

An Ater Majok Rookie card.  Got to love Australian Basketball Players! 

Scott Skiles who is the current coach of the Bucks.

The one and only Michael Jordan.  Nuff Said...

Luke Wilkshire, an Australian soccer star.

Let me know what you guys think and I may consider attempting a few more...

Team Highlight: Orlando Magic

This is a new based post which focus's on different teams every so often.  At the bottom are the overall score for performance in the online game.  The Orlando Magic are one of the top teams in the Atlantic Conference which is full of fierce rivals such as Miami.  The Adrenalyn XL cards the team has are all packed with power and represent the team well.  Here is a highlight list of great Orlando Cards with facts and tips.

 Base

The base features many players and two rookies.  They also contain Adonal Foyle who is now retired.  Dwight has a strong defence which can draw with Kobe.

Specials

The series 2 specials have better stats which shows well with Jameer.  

Extras

Vince Carter and Rashard Lewis are the two extras.  Vince has a great attack but a terrible defence.  

Extra Signatures

Dwight is a defensive beast and will destroy the oppositions hope of scoring!  While Vince has a high offence and low defence again.  

Ultimates

Superman will again own the defence.  His series 1 Ultimate has a higher offence but he is mainly a defence player. Dwight has the highest defence in all of NBA Adrenalyn XL.

Rating

Offence - 3.5 out of 5

Defence - 5 out of 5

Star Ratings - 3.5 out of 5

Overall Rating - 4 out of 5 

Final Word

The Magic are a great defensive team to beat the opponent with.  Dwight should be used to block shots and stop others from scoring.