Panini America Teams Up with Washington Wizards for Special Trading Card Set
When the Washington Wizards host the Detroit Pistons tomorrow night at the Verizon Center in Washington, D.C., fans in attendance will receive a special pack of Wizards trading cards from Panini America. Players included in the special set, which is detailed in the gallery below, include John Wall, Marcin Gortat, Paul Pierce, Nene, Otto Porter, Bradley Beal and Andre Miller (recently traded to…
Teaser: Panini America Opens Four Boxes of 2013-14 Timeless Treasures Basketball
It's one thing to say something along the lines "2013-14 Timeless Treasures Basketball looks to be the brand's best installment in years." It's something else altogether different for the product to prove it. But after seeing the gems that surfaced during the Quality Control process last week and the results of four early boxes that we broke just this morning,…
Gallery & Checklist: Panini America Cracks First Box of 2012-13 National Treasures
The time for sneak-peek galleries and additional pre-release hype is over. This time tomorrow, Panini America's 2012-13 National Treasures Basketball will be live in hobby shops across North America and on the National Sports Collectors Convention show floor. Easily one of the most celebrated and anticipated sports card releases of the year, National Treasures returns to the court after almost…
BREAKING: Panini America Leaks First Pics of 2012-13 National Treasures Basketball
A monumental shipment of boxes arrived hot off the presses from the Panini America production facility just this morning, offering the indisputable and stunning visual evidence that basketball collectors across the globe have been waiting more than two years for: 2012-13 National Treasures Basketball is coming -- and it's going to be spectacular. For the first time since the 2010-11…
The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2012-13 Select Basketball (Part Two)
One week from today, the next big thing in NBA trading cards will take the court with the release of Panini America's hugely anticipated 2012-13 Select Basketball. We've been gradually revealing Select's greatness for months right here on The Knight's Lance, culminating with part one of a tantalizing Quality Control Gallery. Today, we deliver the fascinating finale. Monday's gallery was all…
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…