Purple View, Light-Blue Stained Glass Drive 2013-14 Innovation Basketball Promo
Panini America officials are making the prospects of collecting the new 2013-14 Innovation Basketball just a little bit sweeter -- and a lot more colorful -- with a special case promotion in conjunction with the product that releases across North America today. Company officials have created special Purple View and Light-Blue Stained Glass versions of those popular Innovation inserts and randomly…
The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2013-14 Innovation Basketball (99 Pics)
There are certain aspects of the Innovation Basketball franchise that needed just one season to make an impact with collectors. So although last season's 2012-13 Innovation Basketball was a brand new entry on the NBA trading card landscape, a few key elements from that inaugural launch quickly developed an ardent following -- chiefly the beautiful Stained Glass insert, and the…
How International Illustrator Gyula Nemeth Made Innovation Basketball Go "Kaboom!"
If you've ever wanted to know what some of your favorite NBA players would like as comic-book superheroes, well, you're not alone. In fact, it's that fantastical notion that first led Panini America Creative Director Brandon Lesley to reach out to talented Hungarian illustrator Gyula Nemeth in an effort to make that vision become a trading-card reality. The result? The appropriately…
'Where Is It? Weekend' Returns with a Shot to Win Boxes of Innovation and Score
It's been three long weeks since our last riveting edition of Panini America's vaunted "Where Is It? Weekend," and that can mean only one thing: It's time to do it again and give Panini America collectors and avid readers of The Knight's Lance another chance to win some sweet cards. For this exciting installment of “Where Is It? Weekend,” we’ve…
Panini America Offers Detailed First Look at 2013-14 Innovation Basketball (Gallery)
From the instant-classic Stained Glass insert to the trippy transparency of Rookie View to the game-dated and statistically-specific uniqueness of Stat Line Jerseys, the debut edition of Panini America's Innovation Basketball had a lot going for it last season. The good news for collectors who embraced Innovation during its inaugural season is that all of those essential elements will return…