Panini America’s 2020-21 Select Basketball Retail Will Give Collectors the Blues — In a Good Way

Say this about Panini America's upcoming and highly anticipated 2020-21 Select Basketball: It won't be difficult -- at all -- for fans and collectors to differentiate the hobby version from its retail counterpart. The latter, as you're about the find out, boasts the bold, blue base cards. That's it. That's the tell . . . and it's fantastic. In a…

Talking UFC Select, Panini Instant, The National and More in Episode No. 6 of “Going Direct: The Panini Podcast”

In this absolutely PACKED episode No. 6 of “Going Direct: The Panini Podcast,” hosts Tracy Hackler and Scott Prusha talk this week’s National Sports Collectors Convention, this week’s 2021 NBA Draft, this week’s releases of Select Basketball and Select UFC, and so much more. Also in this episode . . . (more…)

Panini America Delivers an Extended First Look at 2020-21 Select Basketball

Panini America officials recently sent out preliminary Product Information Solicitations for several exciting new products coming soon to a hobby shop or online retailer near you. Today, we’re sharing that same information with you here on The Knight’s Lance, this time featuring the Prizm-powered Select Basketball. In the extensive product preview below, we’ll showcase a bevy of preliminary images from the upcoming 2020-21…