A Panini Unwrapped Hoops Triple Feature: Momentum, Preferred, Past & Present
In this special episode of Panini Unwrapped, we present an unprecedented triple feature starring the out-today 2012-13 Momentum Basketball, with special cameo appearances by the recently released 2012-13 Preferred Basketball and 2012-13 Past & Present Basketball. It's safe to say that Panini America's Tracy Hackler and Keith Hower are making up for lost time with this must-see mashup of collecting…
Teaser Gallery: Panini America Breaks First Two Boxes of 2012-13 Preferred Basketball
The Panini America Marketing Team didn't necessarily receive preferential treatment earlier today. But we did appreciate the Preferred treatment. Indeed, the marketing allotment of 2012-13 Preferred Basketball boxes arrived just a bit ago. Obviously, we couldn't wait to rip a few of them open for preview purposes. So I grabbed the first two boxes I could get my hands on…
The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2012-13 Preferred Basketball (114 Images)
The NBA will conclude its 2012-13 regular season today with a full slate of 15 games, which means we're precariously close to the splendor of the postseason -- when play on the court heats up considerably. Fittingly, the basketball action in the hobby is on the verge of heating up, too. One week from today, 2012-13 Preferred Basketball goes live,…
Great First Impressions: Packout Begins for 2012-13 Preferred Basketball (Gallery)
The Panini America NBA team is burning the candle at both ends right about now. Hot on the heels of releasing last week a 2012-13 Marquee Basketball product that offers a breadth of foils, print technologies and unique Rookie Card types comes word today that the guys are hard at work at the production facility this week preparing 2012-13 Preferred…
Preferred Selections: Panini America Basks in the Brilliance of New Basketball Arrivals
For many higher-end hoops collectors, the arrival earlier this week of the quite affordable, quite entertaining 2012-13 Panini Basketball product began the unofficial countdown to two of Panini America's most-anticipated 2012-13 NBA products: Select and Preferred. We've shown you a few glimpses of the impending greatness that awaits collectors in those two products right here on The Knight's Lance in…
Panini America Peeks Newest Auto Arrivals for National Treasures, Preferred (Gallery)
Not sure what all you had planned for this weekend, but here's hoping "stop by The Knight's Lance on Saturday just in case Panini America posts something cool" was one of the things on your to-do list. If it was, you're in luck. Today, we offer a spectacular look at some of the newest on-card autographs from 2012 National Treasures…
Anthony Davis, Michael Kidd-Gilchrist Star on Panini America’s NBA All-Star Saturday
HOUSTON -- Two of the best young rookies in the NBA provided an abundance of electricity and star power on Saturday at the 2013 NBA All-Star Jam Session, as former Kentucky teammates Anthony Davis and Michael Kidd-Gilchrist took turns wowing basketball fans inside the Panini America booth. Davis, the No. 1 overall pick of the New Orleans Hornets in the 2012…
Panini America Tips Off NBA All-Star Break with More Peeks at Preferred, Select Autos
HOUSTON -- Yes, we know that 2012-13 Elite Basketball is less than a week from hitting hobby shops. And we know that the product's arrival after a few seasons away has hoops collectors all over the globe excited. Heck, we're just as excited -- especially after checking out the Quality Control Gallery. But when you have the chance to preview…
Court Gestures: Panini America’s Select and Preferred Products Begin to Take Shape
The Panini America hoops hobby headlines that began this morning with the revelation that 2012-13 Elite Basketball would include the company's first Dwyane Wade autographs continue this afternoon with a rather seismic sneak peek at two upcoming juggernauts: 2012-13 Select Basketball and 2012-13 Preferred Basketball. Both products are in various stages of the development cycle as we speak. The on-card Prizm-technology…
Panini Peek: 2012-13 Preferred Basketball
You'd be hard pressed to find any collector who didn't find 2011-12 Preferred Basketball to be one of the sports card world's most outstanding new releases last season. Thanks to a captivating array of Silhouettes Signatures and colorful die-cut Panini's Choice and Crown Royale autographs, Preferred was a welcome addition in a nontraditional, product-shortened NBA season. But now that the…