Golden State Warriors No. 7 in Ongoing 30 Weeks| 30 Teams NBA Countdown

The Warriors’ winning ways go back as far as the NBA’s existence. The franchise won the league’s first championship in 1947 while based in Philadelphia. The franchise would add another title in 1956 before winning the lottery, so to speak, in 1959. The team drafted Wilt Chamberlain with the third overall pick that year, and he instantly became the most…

Teaser Gallery: Panini America Opens Three Boxes of 2015-16 Immaculate Basketball

Panini America products promise to be top of mind in North America hobby shops and on group-break sites across the Internet tomorrow as three new releases -- 2015-16 Immaculate Basketball, 2016 Spectra Football and 2016 Immaculate Collegiate Football -- go live. All three are set to deliver different experiences for different collectors but all promise their fair share of pack-busting…

The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2015-16 Spectra Basketball (66 Sweet Pics)

No matter how many products release in a given trading card season across all sports, the one thing collectors can rely on is the fact that Panini America's Spectra franchise will deliver more than its fair share of visually arresting hits. But since its inaugural release late in the 2013-14 NBA season, Spectra Basketball always has been more than just crafty execution…

Signature Sunday: Panini America Examines 2015-16 National Treasures Basketball Ink

The month of May has arrived and with it, continued anticipation for Panini America's 2015-16 National Treasures Basketball that will land in hobby shops across North America on May 11. Earlier this week, we offered a gallery appreciation of some of the product's majestic memorabilia cards. Today, we're delivering a special Sunday sneak peek at some of NT's hard-signed handiwork.…

Panini America Delivers Detailed First Look at 2015-16 Spectra Basketball (Gallery)

In terms of new product releases, Panini America's Optichrome-enhanced Spectra franchise didn't take long at all to resonate with even the most discriminating collectors. It launched near the end of the 2013 NFL trading card season and, based on early feedback, was almost immediately added to the company's NBA roster for the 2013-14 season. In the two years since, Spectra Basketball…

Making a Splash: Panini America Examines Golden State’s Rise to the Top of the NBA

It’s not every season a team is touted as one of the most exciting and historically dominant in NBA history. Just ask Golden State Warriors fans. Arguably one of the most downtrodden franchises for nearly two decades (not just in basketball but in all of sports), the Warriors have gone from hapless to happening in 2014-15. For a squad making the…

Inside Innovation: Panini America Sneaks a Peek at 2012-13 Innovation Basketball

Frankly speaking, it takes a certain amount of conviction -- and a great deal of confidence -- to name a product "Innovation." So when the Panini America NBA Product Development team announced plans earlier this year to produce 2012-13 Innovation Basketball, it raised a few eyebrows. After all, there's a certain expectation -- and no small amount of added pressure…

Teaser: Panini America Breaks Four Tins of 2012-13 Timeless Treasures Basketball

Call it a delicious dose of four-tin foreshadowing. Late yesterday evening, the marketing allotment of 2012-13 Timeless Treasures Basketball arrived safely and soundly. First thing this morning, I cracked into four randomly selected tins as a means of showing you what to expect from Panini America's newest NBA trading card product that releases to the hobby tomorrow. Although the front…