Teaser Gallery: Panini America Breaks Four Boxes of 2016-17 Gold Standard Basketball

Even after all these years, the act of merely opening a pack of Panini America's Gold Standard Basketball product feels like a decadent exercise. Ripping off the cellophane seems normal enough, but when you slide open the gold-brick packaging to find a golden-wrapped pack lying majestically in its golden pocket, well, the vibe seems to grow more . . . golden.…

The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2016-17 Gold Standard Basketball

For many basketball collectors with certain gilded goals, the Golden Age of hoops collecting started just six years ago. That's when Panini America first introduced the popular Gold Standard Basketball franchise that's been unearthing bona fide collecting nuggets every year since. That streak looks to continue tomorrow with the arrival of 2016-17 Gold Standard Basketball. With its trademark gold-brick packaging,…

Panini America Delivers Detailed First Look at 2016-17 Gold Standard Basketball

Year after gilded year, Panini America's fabled Gold Standard Basketball brand continues delivering on those key brand tenants that helped the product debut to an overwhelmingly warm welcome when it first released during the 2010-11 NBA season. Aside from subtle design tweaks and the occasional introduction of new inserts, the Gold Standard formula has remained largely unchanged from those golden…