Panini Peek: 2012-13 Limited Basketball
Limited Basketball -- one of the hoops hobby's most beloved releases -- returns to the hardwood in late November with a revamped 2012-13 edition that includes a clever new technological "twist" and a radically reconfigured Rookie Card design. Those two noteworthy developments, in concert with the continuation of Panini America's massive and historic Double Rookie Class, should give longtime loyalists their…
Peeking Panini America’s Autograph Haul from the 2012 NBA Rookie Transition
While Panini America captured much of the compelling photography it will use throughout the 2012-13 NBA season during last Tuesday's 2012 NBA Rookie Photo Shoot in New York, company officials secured most of the rookie autographed content for upcoming sets a few days earlier at the 2012 NBA Rookie Transition Program in New Jersey. And although we shared many behind-the-scenes images…
Hoops Dreams: Exploring Some Staggering Early Sales from 2012-13 NBA Hoops
So, what did a 2011-12 NBA collecting season devoid of rookie autographs do to the demand for those cards in the first 2012-13 product of the season? While that's more of a rhetorical question at this point, we're glad we asked. The fact of the matter is that the first autographs of 2012 NBA Rookie of the Year Kyrie Irving…
The Panini America Insert Set Inspection: 2012-13 Prestige Basketball (36 Images)
Even as the recently released 2012-13 NBA Hoops product -- Panini America's first release of the new NBA collecting season -- continues its scorching performance on the secondary-market, many collectors remain focused on what's coming next: 2012-13 Prestige Basketball. Judging by the feedback we've received on The Knight's Lance, Twitter and Facebook, it appears that the absence of Prestige last season…
Panini America On Location: Sweet Scenes from the 2012 NBA Rookie Photo Shoot
TARRYTOWN, N.Y. -- Hoops hysteria struck the New York Knicks' practice facility in Tarrytown, N.Y., yesterday. Such is the case when the Panini America NBA Rookie Photo Shoot comes to town. After a one-year hiatus, the one-day basketball extravaganza returned in grand style as 39 of the most promising rookies from the 2012 NBA Draft filled both courts in the gym…
Panini America On Location: A Stacked Day Two at the 2012 NBA Rookie Transition
FLORHAM PARK, N.J. -- Things took a decidedly high-brow turn for Panini America Friday during the second day at the 2012 NBA Rookie Transition Program. Such is the case when 6-10 sensation Anthony Davis enters the room sporting the hippest, highest-altitude unibrow in the history of sports. Much has been made of Davis' trademarked solitary brow, and on Friday he continued…
2012-13 NBA Hoops Stars in a Watch & Win Episode of Panini America Unwrapped
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-zTrg1wOTA&w=600&h=338] Join Panini America's Tracy Hackler and Chris Reed for a must-see episode of Panini Unwrapped starring 2012-13 NBA Hoops Basketball, the first NBA product of the new collecting season featuring Panini America's historic Double Rookie Class, the first installment of the cross-brand Kobe Anthology set and so much more. After the video, simply leave your candid feedback on…
Panini America Shares Highlights from the First Box of 2012-13 NBA Hoops Basketball
I have a confession to make: The Panini America Marketing team didn't wait until its traditional taping of Panini Unwrapped -- like we normally do -- to open our first box of 2012-13 NBA Hoops. Like most basketball collectors, we simply couldn't wait. So when Humberto Percy dropped off the marketing allotment of Hoops boxes last night, it was too late…
The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2012-13 NBA Hoops Basketball (59 images)
Just for grins, let's take quick inventory of everything that next week's release of 2012-13 NBA Hoops Basketball, the first NBA product of the new season, has in store for collectors. A historic massive Double Rookie Class? Check. The first official Rookie Cards of Kyrie Irving, Kenneth Faried, Anthony Davis and so many other young superstars from the 2011 and 2012 NBA Draft…
Panini America Inks NBA Top Pick Anthony Davis to Multiyear Trading Card Exclusive
Panini America, the world’s largest sports and entertainment collectibles company and the exclusive licensed trading card partner of the NBA, announced today that it has reached an exclusive multi-year trading card agreement with Anthony Davis, the No. 1 overall pick of the New Orleans Hornets in the 2012 NBA Draft. Davis is the fourth No. 1 overall pick to sign…