Tim Duncan’s Penmanship Highlights Panini’s Upcoming Crown Royale
Written by Kara Gates It’s time to download a countdown app, NBA fans: The 2023-24 Panini Crown Royale Trading Card box is almost here. You’ll be able to get your hands on new inserts and tried-and-true favorites when the hobby box drops. There are two main draws to the Crown Royale hobby box this season, and you won’t want to…
Tim Duncan and Dirk Nowitzki: From Respected Rivals to Panini Teammates
The power forward position changed during the late 1990s. As Karl Malone was finishing his Hall of Fame career, two fantastic fours entered the league and started the debate: Who is the G.O.A.T power forward? Tim Duncan was first. San Antonio tabbed him with the No. 1 pick in 1997 and ... you know the story from there. In short:…
X Marks the Spot: National Treasures Basketball is Here
Ahoy there! Whether you used a complex treasure map or a simple Google search to get here, welcome! You've made it just in time for the arrival of one of Panini America's biggest releases: National Treasures Basketball. Beautiful designs, chunky patches and a truly special list of players make this one of the year's most anticipated products. Luckily, collectors don't…
PANINI AMERICA SIGNS TIM DUNCAN TO EXCLUSIVE MULTI-YEAR PARTNERSHIP FOR AUTOGRAPHED TRADING CARDS
Basketball Hall of Famer Makes His Return To The Trading Card Category …
San Antonio Spurs No. 6 in Ongoing 30 Weeks| 30 Teams NBA Countdown
The Spurs’ history is a chain of Hall of Famers and All-Stars that have collectively kept the franchise in the public eye since landing in San Antonio in 1973. That season, the team acquired George Gervin from the ABA Virginia Squires. The move started a trend that carries to this day. The Spurs, a small-market franchise adopted from a competitor…
Kevin Durant’s First Warriors Card Leads a Wave of Major Changes to Panini Instant
Panini America-exclusive athlete and former Oklahoma City Thunder superstar Kevin Durant made arguably the biggest headlines in the history of NBA free agency earlier this month by opting to leave the Thunder and join the Western Conference-rival Golden State Warriors. It was a move that so shook the foundation of the NBA that the reverberations are still being felt today. They'll be…
Panini America Offers a Scintillating Peek at 2013-14 Preferred Basketball Booklets
While many passionate collectors continue basking in the Optichrome-candied radiance of Panini America's 2013-14 Spectra Basketball two days after its release, many others are anxiously awaiting what's next -- 2013-14 Preferred Basketball -- with a giddy, night-before-Christmas-in-July sense of excitement. One look at some of the booklets and you'll start to understand why. Last week, Panini America Basketball Brand Manager…
The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2012-13 Crusade Basketball (66 Images)
You've seen the QC preview. You've seen almost every version of the Crusade insert. Today, though, we're here to prove that there's more to 2012-13 Crusade Basketball than you might think. A lot more. Sure, the Prizm-infused Crusade inserts have commanded most of this product's attention so far, but there's a stirring checklist of autograph and memorabilia cards, a crisp,…
Panini America’s Prizm Technology Dazzles in 2012-13 Crusade Basketball (Gallery)
Now that Panini America's NBA Product Development team has completed the Quality Control process for 2012-13 Crusade Basketball and the product is safely on its way to hobby shops across North America, we can begin sharing -- and basking in -- the poignant glow of the product's namesake Crusade inserts. We provided a brief glimpse of the splendor to come…