Panini Peek: A Comprehensive First Look at Panini America’s 2020-21 Contenders 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 ticket-themed juggernaut that is Contenders Basketball.

In the extensive product preview that follows, we’ll showcase a bevy of preliminary images from the upcoming 2020-21 Contenders Basketball as well as the product’s Hobby and FOTL PIS documents.

Estimated Release Date: April 21
Product Configuration: 10 cards per pack, 12 packs per box, 12 boxes per case.
BOX BREAK: Two autographs, two parallels and eight inserts or insert parallels per hobby box, on average.

  • Contenders Basketball returns this year with the highly anticipated on-card Rookie Ticket Autographs. Chase this year’s top rookies in one of the most popular rookie autograph sets of all time.
  • Look for Rookie Cracked Ice Tickets (numbered to 25), Optichrome Premium Edition Gold (numbered to 10) and Premium Edition Gold Vinyl 1/1s of top rookies featuring on-card autographs.
  • Find autographs from some of the best players in the game with Veteran Season Tickets. Look for a variety of parallels, including the Premium Edition Gold Vinyl 1/1.
  • Collect various cool inserts this year, including the rare Permit to Dominate and License to Dominate. Look for a solid mix of players including the top veteran stars and rookies.
  • For the first time, look for Rookie Clear Tickets of top rookies featuring
    hard-signed autographs on Acetate.

Enjoy the preview gallery that follows and stay tuned for additional information. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE 2019-20 ROOKIES FEATURED IN THE PREVIEW GALLERY BELOW ARE MERELY TO SHOW COLLECTORS WHAT CONTENDERS’ VARIOUS ROOKIE DESIGNS WILL LOOK LIKE.

The PIS document for 2020-21 Contenders Basketball Hobby is available here.

The PIS document for 2020-21 Contenders Basketball FOTL is available here.

All information is accurate at the time of posting – content is subject to change and approval. Card images are solely for the purpose of design display. Actual images used on cards to be determined.

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