Rookie Here, Rookie Here: Panini America Teases 2012-13 NBA Hoops Rookie Impact
In a groundbreaking -- history-making, even -- development that most collectors will agree is long overdue, the top rookies from the 2011-12 NBA season will finally appear in uniform on officially licensed NBA trading cards when Panini America releases 2012-13 NBA Hoops Basketball next month. For the record, the top rookies from the 2012-13 class also will make their trading…
Panini America Releases List of Autograph SPs for 2011-12 NBA Hoops Basketball
Seeing as how 2011-12 NBA Hoops Basketball has had more than a few months to marinate on the market, chances are many of the autograph quantities you're about see won't be complete shockers. Nonetheless, when Panini America NBA Brand Manager Keith Hower says he has something to share with collectors, well, you share it. Having said that, here's a look…
Panini America Peeks 2012-13 NBA Hoops & Its Massive Double Rookie Card Crop
As the 2011-12 NBA season enters its final, championship-clinching weeks, last night's NBA Draft Lottery selection process unofficially signaled the international basketball focus ever so slightly shifting toward the 2012-13 NBA season. And nothing can usher in the start of next season quite like the new-card smell of the year's first NBA trading card release: 2012-13 NBA Hoops. (more…)
Panini America, 2012-13 NBA Hoops Set to Shine in Majesco's NBA Baller Beats
Majesco Entertainment Company, publisher of the highly anticipated and innovative basketball video game NBA Baller Beats, is teaming up with two world-renown basketball brands whose products are set to enhance the authentic basketball experience in the game. One of those companies just so happens to be Panini America. Majesco Entertainment recently revealed a product integration agreement with Panini America to feature the company's…
A Panini Unwrapped World Premiere Video: 2011-12 NBA Hoops Basketball
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpcMQsVT_eY&w=585&h=327] The time has come. After seven long months away, NBA trading cards are back. Tomorrow in hobby shops around the country, collectors will get their first crack at Panini America's new 2011-12 lineup with the highly anticipated release of 2011-12 NBA Hoops Basketball, a throwback blockbuster of the highest order that delivers two autographs per box, inserts and…
Panini America, Kia Partner for Special Pack Giveaway at the 2012 NBA All-Star Game
Before the 18,000 or so fans who enter Orlando's Amway Center tomorrow night watch the 2012 NBA All-Star Game, they will get up close and personal with some of the game's top players thanks to special packs of 2011-12 NBA Hoops cards that they receive on their way in. The four-card packs, given out free through a unique partnership between…
Win a Box of 2011-12 NBA Hoops in Panini America’s 2012 NBA All-Star Game Contest
In honor of tomorrow's 2012 NBA All-Star Game in Orlando, Panini America is giving away three boxes of the highly anticipated 2011-12 NBA Hoops Basketball, which releases to the masses next week. All you have to do to be eligible to win is predict the combined All-Star Game point total of Kobe Bryant, Blake Griffin and Kevin Durant, Panini America's…
A Memo to Readers of “The Knight’s Lance:” Your 2011-12 NBA Hoops Insert Set is Ready
It started way back in April, almost 10 months ago, with a simple post: "Collectors' Choice: You Make the Call for a Special Insert in 2011-12 Hoops Basketball." It was a post spurred by Panini America NBA Brand Manager David Porter, who asked whether or not readers of "The Knight's Lance" might be interested in selecting an insert set for the…
Video & Gallery: Panini America Production Line Confidential with 2011-12 NBA Hoops
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpgZeswIuYk&w=590&h=330] Last Friday we tipped the weekend off right with a smashing sneak peek at 2011-12 NBA Hoops Basketball and promised an expanded examination of the first NBA card set since last September's release of 2010-11 Elite Black Box. Today we make good on that promise. Above you'll find a splendid and revealing video shot Friday at the Panini…
Panini America Behind the Scenes: Packing out 2011-12 NBA Hoops Basketball
For those countless passionate collectors out there who've waited way too long for some new NBA trading cards to consume, we've got terrific news: Panini America's 2011-12 NBA Hoops Basketball is coming -- and it is spectacular. That's my quick assessment of the product after spending most of the morning with Keith Hower and Wes Elliott -- two of Panini America's…