Panini America on Location: 2011 NBA All-Star Weekend (Massive Gallery)
LOS ANGELES -- During the furious five-day basketball free-for-all that was 2011 NBA All-Star Weekend, Mother Nature rained, Kobe Bryant reigned and Blake Griffin gave new meaning to the term “carhop.” All the while, Panini America was busy putting on a week-long, show-stealing performance of its own . . . at the Los Angeles Convention Center for NBA Jam Session…
Coming Soon . . . Complete Coverage from 2011 NBA All-Star Weekend
Be sure to stay tuned to The Knight's Lance for complete coverage from Panini America's exhaustive, event-filled trip to Los Angeles for the 2011 NBA All-Star Game, including tons of exclusive images and video. In the coming days you'll see everything, including Kobe Bryant getting his hands and feet immortalized in cement at the famed Grauman's Chinese Theater to interviews with NBA superstars…
Quality Controlling . . . 2010-11 Playoff Contenders Patches Basketball (video)
The Panini America basketball team -- Mike Payne, David Porter and Aik Tongtharadol -- spent most of Monday morning taking the good, hard, first looks at 2010-11 Playoff Contenders Patches Basketball, a re-imagined take on a company classic that adds a contemporary twist to the brand's trademark Rookie Ticket autographs. That thread-bearing twist comes in the form of striking manufactured…
Panini Peek: 2010-11 Classics Basketball
A nifty everything-old-is-new-again design and the presence of autographs from some of the greatest hoops heroes of all time -- both retired legends and active superstars -- should serve 2010-11 Classics Basketball extremely well when it returns to enchant the collecting masses in late March. This season's installment of Classics carries a $6 pack price and delivers two autographs (including at least one…
Kevin Durant Autographs Highlight 2010-11 Absolute Memorabilia Basketball
Basketball collectors rejoice. Kevin Durant autographs are finally headed to Panini America products. Indeed, signatures from Oklahoma City's dynamic, collection-making dynamo are sure to inject additional excitement and value into 2010-11 Absolute Memorabilia Basketball when that perennial hit-yielding machine releases March 6. (more…)