Teaser Gallery: Panini America Busts Three Boxes of 2013-14 Gold Standard Basketball

The hype surrounding 2013-14 Gold Standard Basketball began in earnest over the weekend during a special Panini Roundtable Sneak Peek event that culminated Sunday with Orlando Magic rookie sensation Victor Oladipo helping Chuck's Sports Cards with a live case break from the Panini America booth at the 2014 NBA All-Star Jam Session. One day earlier inside the Panini America booth, Los…

Video: Michael Carter-Williams Speaks Out, Victor Oladipo Strikes Panini America Gold

NEW ORLEANS -- During a jam-packed Sunday afternoon on the final day of the 2014 NBA All-Star Jam Session, Panini America engaged show-goers with free autograph appearances from two of the hottest rookies in the game: Michael Carter-Williams and Victor Oladipo. When the two engaging young stars were finished signing for a seemingly endless line of eager fans, they took…

The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2013-14 Gold Standard Basketball (96 Pics)

In just a few short days, NBA collectors will be treated to another epic gold-digging expedition when Panini America releases 2013-14 Gold Standard Basketball, the fourth installment of the gilded offering that has established itself as one of the most anticipated launches of every NBA collecting season. The newest edition offers updated tweaks to the product's highly polished staples such…

Find the Hidden Panini America Knight for Chance to Win Spectacular Two-Box Prize

It's Friday here on The Knight's Lance, which means there's a good chance we're going to give our loyal readers another opportunity to find it. "It," of course, is a smaller, perhaps-somewhat-manipulated version of the Panini America knight that appears at the top of this post. It's been a busy last few weeks for Panini America and we’ve delivered a wealthy…

Panini America Sits Down with Kyrie Irving for Super Sunday Signing Session (Gallery)

On Sunday night in a suite near the top of a downtown Dallas hotel, one of the best players in the NBA watched Seattle's Super Bowl XLVIII demolition of the Denver Broncos. But for Cleveland Cavaliers guard Kyrie Irving, the game served as little more than ambient noise for his substantial signing session with Panini America's Ivory Tabb. On this night,…

Panini America Offers First U.S. Sneak Peek for 2013-14 Gold Standard Basketball

The benefits of being an approved member of Panini America's Panini Roundtable hobby shop program continue to pile up. Early next month, Panini America will provide a sneak-peek release of 2013-14 Gold Standard Basketball exclusively to U.S. Roundtable stores that order one or more incremental cases of the product either from an approved Panini America distributor or directly from Panini America…

Golden Opportunity: Panini America Peeks RCs Coming to Gold Standard Basketball

To help make sure that this first day of 2014 is one filled with golden opportunities, we thought we'd offer this preliminary glimpse at some of the rarest, most spectacular prime-memorabilia Rookie Cards coming to 2013-14 Gold Standard Basketball. Annually one of the hobby's most anticipated basketball releases, this year's Gold Standard -- due out in mid February -- will…

Panini America Provides Detailed First Look at 2013-14 Gold Standard Basketball

With phenomenal rookie performers like Michael Carter-Williams and Victor Oladipo providing the early-season polish on a sparkling 2013-14 NBA season so far, the golden glow promises to intensify considerably in February with the release of Panini America's 2013-14 Gold Standard Basketball. The fourth standalone installment of Gold Standard is set to unearth the necessary nuggets that have made the brand one of…