Cards to Dye For: Panini America Offers One More Look at 2014-15 Select Basketball
On the surface, basketball trading cards and tie-dye anything (with the possible exception of a Bill Walton tribute set) seem like completely incompatible assets. But then along comes Panini America's 2014-15 Select Basketball to swat that notion into the cheap seats. Ultimately, with the help of a little Prizm technology, tie-dye does work on hoops trading cards -- magnificently so as…
2015 Knight’s Lance Easter Egg Hunt: Locate the Panini America Eggs & You Could Win!
Whether it’s tracking down eggs or tracking down those last few Panini America cards to finish your set, collectors and Easter celebrants share one very important emotion: The thrill of the hunt. And today, for the third straight year, The Knight’s Lance honors that fact with a special Easter Egg Scavenger Hunt that will allow 10 lucky collectors to fill their collecting baskets with…
2014-15 Select Basketball Stars in a Tie-Dyed Edition of Panini Unwrapped (Contest)
Yesterday afternoon, Panini America's Tracy Hackler and Keith Hower sat down with two boxes of the live-today 2014-15 Select Basketball to film a long-overdue episode of Panini Unwrapped. For 2014-15, Panini America officials revamped the Select franchise by introducing a three-tiered base set and a bountiful rainbow of new Prizm parallels, including the intoxicating basketball debut of Tie-Dye Prizms. The…
Teaser Gallery: Panini America Cracks Early Boxes of 2014-15 Select Basketball
Talk about perfect timing. Panini America's 2014-15 Select Basketball arrives in hobby shops across North America tomorrow, just as the Easter Bunny begins plotting and placing his own brand of goodies high and low. Indeed, the hunting season is upon us -- and there's a good chance that basketball collectors will be filling their baskets with Select all Easter weekend…
The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2014-15 Select Basketball (106 Sweet Pics)
A three-tiered base set boasting various levels of scarcity. A dizzying array of new designs, new colors and new finishes that take full advantage of Panini America's Prizm Optichrome technology. Stirring nods to USA Basketball royalty. Autograph and memorabilia rosters deep with the game's hottest rookies, brightest superstars and greatest legends. Oh, and the bold basketball debut of Tie Dye Prizms,…
Panini America Delivers All-Star Selection of Newest NBA Autograph Arrivals (Gallery)
NEW YORK -- Friday's sub-30-degree chill in New York City can do nothing to diminish the heat wave created by the festivities in town to celebrate NBA All-Star 2015. What with Rocnation's Kevin Durant and Kanye West party last night (which featured a Panini Authentic silent auction headlined by Durant's autographed and game-worn jersey and shorts), tonight's BBVA Compass Rising…
Panini America Offers Detailed First Look at 2014-15 Select Basketball (Preview Gallery)
Panini America's groovy-great Tie Dye Prizms that seemed so far-out in 2014 Prizm Football earlier this season are crossing over to the NBA -- and it's safe to say that 2014-15 Select Basketball will likely be a whole lot more funky as a result. But rest assured that the product will have a whole lot more than cosmically cool new…
New Year, New Autos: Panini America Starts 2015 with a Peek at New Basketball Ink
First things first: Happy New Year! Here's hoping you enjoyed a safe, fun start to 2015 and that you're already on your way to making good on those New Year's resolutions. But even if you're not, there's still 364 more days to ensure that they come to fruition. For our part here at The Knight's Lance, we thought we'd tip…