Panini America Presents a Must-See Gallery Honoring NBA ROY Damian Lillard
The NBA made official earlier today what most of the league and its millions of fans around the world have known for months: Portland Trailblazers guard Damian Lillard is the Kia NBA Rookie of the Year for the 2012-2013 season. The sixth overall pick in the 2012 NBA Draft, Lillard led all rookies in scoring (19 ppg) while playing in…
A Panini America Teaser Gallery: The First Box of 2012-13 Prizm Basketball Retail
Much has been made -- already -- about the enchanting Green Prizm parallels coming exclusively to the retail version of 2012-13 Prizm Basketball when it goes live next week. So, while hardcore hoops collectors have spent the last week feasting on the hobby version (and it's Gold Prizms in particular), the brand seems poised for another huge boost when Prizm's retail counterpart…
Green & Gold: The Big-Money Appeal of Two New Panini America NBA Chase Sets
Green's the color of cash. Gold's the color of, well, gold. Monetarily speaking, both tints tend to illicit thoughts of bling . . . of bank . . . of big bucks. And in the case of two coveted new Panini America parallel sets, those heavenly hues are making waves and wads of cash on the secondary market. There are no…
Panini Unwrapped World-Premiere Video: 2012-13 Prizm Basketball (with Contest)
Late yesterday evening, mere minutes after we received the Panini America marketing allotment of 2012-13 Prizm Basketball boxes, Tracy Hackler and Keith Hower expeditiously commandeered the main conference room to film the following episode of Panini Unwrapped. The dynamic -- or is that "drab?" -- duo ripped through one box of Prizm to give collectors an idea of what to…
Teaser Gallery: Panini America Breaks First Box of 2012-13 Prizm Basketball (Checklist)
Sure, we could wait until our marketing allotment of 2012-13 Prizm Basketball arrives later today or early tomorrow morning to bring you the first look at one live box of the new NBA product from Panini America. But with a product as highly anticipated as Prizm, waiting just won't do. (Besides, we'll use those marketing boxes to bring you the world…
The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2012-13 Prizm Basketball (96 New Pics)
Sure, I could consult my thesaurus -- again! -- in an effort to fetch more fancy adjectives that describe the near-indescribable allure of Panini America's 2012-13 Prizm Basketball. But the buildup to this point is such that the 96-card Quality Control gallery that follows really needs no introduction. Most of the Prizm previews we've shared to date have come from…
Uncut-Sheet Music: Panini America Peeks Autograph Form from Prizm Basketball
A few weeks ago we had the distinct pleasure of spending quality weekend time with a few uncut sheets of the upcoming 2012-13 Prizm Basketball, the technologically gifted new product launching later this month. That day, we were graced by two different 100-up forms: One previewing the etched-holographic greatness of the retail-exclusive Green Prizm parallels, the other showcasing the set's…
Between the Sheets: Panini America Shares an Uncut Look at 2012-13 Prizm Basketball
Hypnotic. Alluring. Intoxicating. Stunning. Poignantly . . . prismatic. Look, I could go on and on (and on and on) describing the myriad enchanting effects that the upcoming 2012-13 Panini Prizm Basketball has on me. But all of us here at Panini America would be way more interested in hearing what you think about the bold newcomer to our 2012-13…
Panini America Teases the Stunning Debut of 2012-13 Prizm Basketball (Gallery)
I could attempt to explain the print-technology wizardry that proudly permeates the upcoming release of Panini America's 2012-13 Prizm Basketball. But instead, I'll let the official Product Information Sheet speak for me: "Prizm delivers a familiar, but dramatically improved, technology that has been missing from the basketball hobby." That description in concert with the preview images below should tell you all you…