Panini America Provides a Quick Guide to Short-Printed Base Variations in 2019-20 Spectra Basketball

The highly anticipated hobby edition of Panini America’s new 2019-20 Spectra Basketball released today and astute collectors already have discovered one simple truth about the product’s base set: There are short-printed variations for several key veterans and rookies. In fact, there are 25 cards on the checklist with variations — 13 veterans and 12 rookies.

Perhaps the most important question as it relates to the variations: How much shorter are they than their base counterparts? Let’s just say they’re almost three times tougher to pull than the regular base cards. We offer a quick reference to the Variation SPs below.

#3 Kawhi Leonard
Blue Jersey Base
White Jersey Variation

#5 Trae Young
White Jersey Base
Black Jersey Variation

#10 Damian Lillard
White Jersey Base
Black Jersey Variation

#31 Russell Westbrook
Layup Base
Dribbling Variation

#33 Anthony Davis
White Jersey Base
Yellow Jersey Variation

#34 Giannis Antetokounmpo
Cream Jersey Base
White Jersey Variation

#38 Ben Simmons
Dribbling Base
Dunk Variation

#39 Nikola Jokic
Blue Jersey Base
White Jersey Variation

#41 James Harden
Dribbling Base
Celebration Variation

#43 LeBron James
Purple Jersey Base
White Jersey Variation

#48 Joel Embiid
PHILA Jersey Base
Seventy Sixers Jersey Variation

#75 Kyrie Irving
White Sleeve Base
Black Sleeve Variation

#97 Luka Doncic
Blue Jersey Base
White Jersey Variation

#101 Darius Garland
White Jersey Base
Black Jersey Variation

#103 Cam Reddish
White Jersey Base
Red Jersey Variation

#109 Zion Williamson
Dribbling Base
Passing Variation

#119 Ja Morant
Celebration Base
Layup Variation

#123 PJ Washington
White Jersey Base
Teal Jersey Variation

#129 RJ Barrett
Facing Forward Base
Facing Left Variation

#131 Jaxson Hayes
Dribbling Left Base
Dribbling Forward Variation

#133 Tyler Herro
White Jersey Base
Blue Jersey Variation

#139 DeAndre Hunter
Dribbling Base
Passing Variation

#141 Rui Hachimura
Passing Base
Dribbling Variation

#149 Jarrett Culver
Green Jersey Base
White Jersey Variation

#150 Eric Paschall
Dribbling Left Base
Dribbling Forward Variation