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

Almost six years after redefining the basketball booklet card with that debut 2011 release, Panini America's Preferred Basketball franchise continues to innovate when it comes to those fantastically folding memorabilia marvels. Of course, ballyhooed booklets are just one part of Preferred's power-packed recipe. For while the product's coolest booklets serve as legitimate conversation pieces, the on-card autographs (including those calling-card…

The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2016-17 Preferred Basketball (90 Pics)

When it gets right down to it, you can sum up the collective collecting fascination for Panini America's vaunted Preferred brand in about six or seven words: Silhouettes. Crown die-cuts. Memorabilia booklets. Autographs. To be sure, those are the most appealing attributes that have made the Preferred franchise a late-season staple during each of the last six seasons. And when…

Panini America Offers Detailed First Look at 2016-17 Preferred Basketball (Preview)

It's not like Panini America's upcoming 2016-17 Preferred Basketball product needs a massive development -- like Indiana Pacers legend Reggie Miller returning his autographs to NBA trading cards for the first time in a decade -- to generate huge demand. As it has been since the Preferred product first debuted in 2011, collector interest in the product is strong to quite…

REG-GIE! REG-GIE! REG-GIE! Miller Ink Set to Make Triumphant Return to the NBA

Back in the day, when the Indiana Pacers played in pinstripes and made a habit of venturing deep into the NBA Eastern Conference playoffs, they were led by the lean, lethal and legendary Reggie Miller, a simply sublime long-range shooter who retired following the 2004-05 season as the NBA's all-time leader in 3-pointers made. Miller has since been surpassed on that leaderboard…