2013-14 Pinnacle Basketball Stars in Special Contest Edition of Panini Unwrapped

Earlier this week, while everyone around them continued preparations for the NHL Stadium Series, Super Bowl XLVIII, and packing out and shipping 2013 Black Football and 2013-14 Elite Basketball, Panini America's Tracy Hackler and Keith Hower sat down to break one massively enjoyable Hobby Jumbo box of 2013-14 Pinnacle Basketball. If you haven't yet had the opportunity to break a…

The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2013-14 Pinnacle Hobby Jumbo Basketball

Massive, 30-card jumbo packs. Artist Proof parallels. Dufex-inspired Nufex. Z-Team inserts. Acetate autographs. Museum Collection. Die-cutting. Clearly, there's a tremendous amount of feel-good throwback injected into 2013-14 Pinnacle Basketball that is sure to strike a variety of chords with nostalgia-minded collectors all over the country. But there's an awful lot of new-and-improved, too. Like the season's hottest rookies and the…

Panini Peek: 2013-14 Pinnacle Basketball

A well-known brand name with a proud sports card past will step foot on an NBA court for the first time in mid January when Panini America unveils the debut edition of 2013-14 Pinnacle Basketball, a product inspired by both old-school Pinnacle principles (Team Pinnacle, Z-Team, Museum Collection) and new-school niceties (autographs, prime-memorabilia jersey cards, printing technology). Slated to release…

Panini America Peeks Newest Arrivals from Timeless Treasures, Pinnacle Basketball

The next few days here on The Knight's Lance promise to be hoops-heavy as we preview the upcoming 2013-14 Timeless Treasures Basketball release (look for a comprehensive Quality Control Gallery tomorrow), offer your first look at 2013-14 Gold Standard Basketball and share some inside information on Philadelphia 76ers rookie sensation Michael Carter-Williams. But before we get to all of that,…