Panini Haunted Hoops Basketball Arrives for Spooky Season

written by Kara Gates

Who says it’s too early for a bit of Halloween spirit? Certainly not us, and certainly not 2023-24 Panini Haunted Hoops Basketball. Get ready to celebrate the spookiest season of the year when you crack open a pack of frightfully fun Halloween-themed cards featuring the scream kings of the NBA.

Let’s go ahead and take a peek at what’s in store for this season’s trick-or-treaters. Spoiler alert: it’s all going to be a treat.

Haunted Hoops Basketball features a 300-card base set that is sure to leave you screaming — for more, of course! The set includes 279 Base Haunted Hoops and 21 Base Rising Star Haunted Hoops cards. The brand-new program will also include a vast array of hauntingly exclusive parallels, including Base Haunted Hoops Orange, Slime, Holo Webs and Holo Candy (along with Base Rising Stars versions of those parallels).

In these spine-tingling cards, you’ll be able to find some of the NBA’s most popular rookies, superstars, veterans and legends, all ready to join in on the spirited fun and make your Halloween season even more frightful. Let them all grace your doorstep when All Hallow’s Eve rolls around and be sure to provide them with some delectable treats — you certainly don’t want to be on the receiving end of one of their league-topping tricks.

Notable current stars included in the base set include Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Trae Young and Luka Dončić. In Rising Stars, scary-good youngsters like Paolo Banchero, Chet Holmgren and Brandin Podziemski make their presence felt.

The 2023-24 Panini Haunted Hoops Basketball serves as a hair-raising alternative for trick-or-treaters who come to your home on Halloween or, if you simply want to keep them for yourself, an eerie, uncanny addition to your personal card collection. Be sure to keep an eye on all the dark alleyways and mysteriously cracked-open doors: You may just miss catching a glimpse if you aren’t careful.

Panini Haunted Hoops Basketball can be found exclusively at Costco stores for the 90-pack box, while 40-pack boxes will hit retailers like Target, Walmart and Dick’s Sporting Goods.