The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2012-13 Elite Basketball (104 New Images)
Later this week, Panini America officials -- and seemingly everyone else in the basketball world -- will turn their collective attention to Houston and the 2013 NBA All-Star Game. But late last week, a few of those aforementioned officials had their gaze fixed firmly on quality controlling and packing out 2012-13 Elite Basketball. The newest product from the company's packed roster of…
A Special Edition of Panini Unwrapped: The Must-See 2012 Video Highlight Reel
As we prepare to bid a fond farewell to a simply magnificent 2012, we present for your viewing pleasure the second annual Panini Unwrapped Year-in-Review Highlight Reel. From provocative player interviews and product peeks to explosive endings, outtakes, bloopers, blunders and promotions, it's all here in a true must-see video sure to leave you smiling in reflection of a profound last…
The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2012-13 Contenders Basketball (96 Pics)
From the flashback fabulousness of the Rookie Remembrance insert to the smoky smoothness of those calling-card autographed RCs, there's quite a bit to like in the new 2012-13 Contenders Basketball release from Panini America. And as collectors around the country take these final hours before Christmas to finish up those last-minute shopping needs, we thought we'd give you an early…
The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2012-13 Limited Basketball (76 Images)
For those passionate NBA collectors who've spent the last few weeks totally chasing Totally Certified or being completely preoccupied with Prizm, know this: 2012-13 Limited Basketball goes live this week offering an altogether different -- yet every bit as exciting -- experience. Boasting some of the most uniquely shaped autographed Rookie Cards the hoops hobby has ever seen and a…
Panini America Presents: A Complete Visual Guide to the 2012 Black Friday Insert Sets
With the exception of yesterday's massive card-by-card breakdown of the captivating base set, most of what we've previewed so far of Panini America's highly anticipated and exclusive 2012 Black Friday release have been special insert cards including either player-worn and game-used memorabilia, autographs or both. But today, we're previewing another as-yet-unseen part of 2012 Black Friday, the base insert lineup…
Panini America Presents: A Complete Visual Guide to the 2012 Black Friday Base Set
Day by day and preview by preview, collectors from coast to coast seem to be growing noticeably more excited for Panini America's 2012 Black Friday promotion. Hopefully, The Knight's Lance has helped fan the flames of anticipation this week with a plethora of previews intent on showing you everything this special initiative has to offer. To date, we've teased the…
Icy Hot: Panini America Peeks Just Some of the Cracked Ice Autos in 2012 Black Friday
Today's 2012 Panini America Black Friday preview gallery may be a classic case of putting the cart before the horse, so to speak, considering that we've yet to detail the attractive 2012 Black Friday base-set cards. But as we've discovered over the last several months, collectors simply can't seem to get enough of Panini America's mesmerizing Cracked Ice parallel cards. So…
The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2012-13 Prestige Basketball (64 Images)
It's been way too long since hardcore hoops collectors have had the opportunity to collect a Prestige-branded basketball product. In fact, the last time one was released, John Wall and Jeremy Lin were rookies. Since then, Wall's changed uniforms and Lin's changed teams (twice). But Prestige's reputation as one of the most sought-after early season must-haves remains; and after a…
The Panini America Insert Set Inspection: 2012-13 Prestige Basketball (36 Images)
Even as the recently released 2012-13 NBA Hoops product -- Panini America's first release of the new NBA collecting season -- continues its scorching performance on the secondary-market, many collectors remain focused on what's coming next: 2012-13 Prestige Basketball. Judging by the feedback we've received on The Knight's Lance, Twitter and Facebook, it appears that the absence of Prestige last season…
The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2012-13 NBA Hoops Basketball (59 images)
Just for grins, let's take quick inventory of everything that next week's release of 2012-13 NBA Hoops Basketball, the first NBA product of the new season, has in store for collectors. A historic massive Double Rookie Class? Check. The first official Rookie Cards of Kyrie Irving, Kenneth Faried, Anthony Davis and so many other young superstars from the 2011 and 2012 NBA Draft…