Flawless Friday: Panini America Breaks Two Boxes of 2016-17 Flawless Basketball

One of the biggest days on the trading card calendar has arrived. It's Friday. It's Flawless. It's Flawless Friday. Today in hobby shops across North America, Panini America's heavily anticipated final release of the 2016-17 NBA collecting season -- 2016-17 Flawless Basketball -- goes live. In fact, for many group break sites, the product went live just after midnight. We attempted…

Panini America Delivers a Key Packout Peek at 2016-17 Flawless Basketball (80+ Images)

Even as the 2017-18 NBA collecting season is causing an industry-wide feeding frenzy for the hottest rookie class in years, it's worth noting that the 2016-17 NBA collecting season isn't officially over . . . yet. Indeed, the final product of the 2017-17 NBA collecting season releases Friday and it is a doozy: 2016-17 Flawless Basketball. Packaged in its trademark…

Panini America’s “1st Off The Line” Program Continues with 2016-17 Flawless Basketball

Panini America officials last month unveiled the company’s unique “1st Off The Line” program that gives fans and collectors the opportunity to purchase and receive a limited quantity of select trading card products early. The program — which also includes limited content available exclusively in “1st Off the Line” versions — officially launched in mid-September with 2016-17 Immaculate Basketball (which sold out in less than…

Panini America Offers Detailed First Look at 2016-17 Flawless Basketball (Gallery)

As has become customary, another NBA collecting season will realize a heated, high-end finish soon enough with the late-October arrival of Panini America's 2016-17 Flawless Basketball, the grand-finale juggernaut of a program that will receive yet another upgrade for the new season: This year, every jewel card in the product will be either a Single, Double, Triple or Jumbo Diamond.…