New NBA Season Serves Up Savory Rookies
Written by Kara Gates Well, the 2023-24 NBA season is finally upon us. Did you survive the break, hoops fans? Just in case you’re still feeling a bit unsatisfied, we have a full, five-course feast of fantastic rookie outputs to sink your teeth into. Get ready to dig in and try not to drool too much. For our first course,…
NBA Rookies Up and Running in Preseason
Written by: Kara Gates, Staff Writer Don’t panic, hoops fans — the dawn of the 2023-24 season is on the horizon. In case you’re feeling symptoms of withdrawal, though, we’ve got a roundup of rookie preseason performances to hold you over until the regular season tips off. We know what you’ve been waiting for, so let’s go ahead and get…
The NBA’s International Talent Pool Takes Center Stage at 2023 FIBA World Cup
As the highest level of professional basketball, the NBA funnels high-end talent from across the world into America (and Toronto). During the 2023 offseason, those international stars returned home and represented their native countries in the FIBA World Cup. There are a record 55 current NBA players on a FIBA roster this year, and 107 in total that are in…
The Panini Digital Weekly Update: 2020-21 NBA Hoops Basketball FOTL Arrives in Dunk App
Head to Panini America's NBA Dunk Digital Trading Card App now to try to secure a digital pack of 2020-21 NBA Hoops Basketball FOTL. The last few FOTL drops have sold out in just a few hours, and this newest arrival promises to be no exception. NBA Hoops 1st Off The Line digital packs will only available in limited quantities…
The Panini Digital Weekly Update: NBA Hoops Basketball FOTL Drops, Big Prizes in Dunk, Super Bowl Rewind Lands in NFL Blitz
The much-anticipated 2020-21 NBA Hoops Basketball arrives in the NBA Dunk Digital Trading Card App next week. You can get your hands on the digital product early with the NBA Hoops 1st Off The Line packs live now in the app and in limited supply. Each FOTL pack includes a guaranteed exclusive Red Variation limited to just five. The only way to get these Red…
The Inside Story of How the Iconic SLAM Magazine Got its Own Insert in Panini America’s 2020-21 NBA Hoops Basketball
Last February, just weeks before a global pandemic began ravaging the U.S., and altering -- in some ways seemingly forever -- the way business gets done, some business was getting done the old-fashioned way. Face-to-face, through spirited conversation among passionate professionals. The setting in this case? Inside Panini America's All-Star VIP Lounge in Chicago during 2020 NBA All-Star Weekend. The…
The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2020-21 NBA Hoops Basketball
Cue the fanfare. All of the fanfare. Fireworks. Fog machine. Confetti cannon. Trumpets. Sparklers. All of it. The NBA's new collecting season starts in two short days. That's when Panini America's highly anticipated 2020-21 NBA Hoops Basketball arrives in hobby shops across North America. It's the first product of the season featuring the first licensed Rookie Cards and autographs of…
Panini America Provides a Detailed First Look at the Upcoming 2020-21 NBA Hoops Basketball
Panini America officials recently sent out preliminary Product Information Solicitations for several exciting new products coming soon to a hobby shop or online retailer near you. Today, we’re sharing that same information with you here on The Knight’s Lance, this time featuring the landmark season-starter that is NBA Hoops Basketball. In the product preview that follows, we’ll showcase a must-see bevy of preliminary images…
Panini America Provides a Quick Glimpse at the New 2019-20 NBA Hoops Premium Stock Basketball
Panini America's 2019-20 NBA Hoops Premium Stock Basketball arrives in hobby shops across North America today equipped to deliver an NBA Hoops collecting experience quite unlike anything you've seen before. It's a magnificent melding of what happens when the tried, true and traditional NBA Hoops brand acquires an Optichrome evolution. The product is available in a bevy of SKUs, each…
Panini Peek: A Look Inside Panini America’s Upcoming 2019-20 NBA Hoops Premium Stock Basketball
Panini America officials recently sent out preliminary Product Information Solicitations for several exciting new products coming soon to a hobby shop or online retailer near you. Today, we’re sharing that same information with you here on The Knight’s Lance, this time featuring the Optichrome-enhanced, Hoops-as-you've-never-seen-it NBA Hoops Premium Stock Basketball. In the extensive product preview that follows, we’ll showcase a must-see bevy of…