Teaser Gallery: Panini America Cracks a Box of 2016 Contenders Draft Picks Basketball
It's a Wednesday in early October, which means it's likely another monumental release day for Panini America products. In fact, it is. Today features the arrival of three dramatically different releases: 2015-16 Flawless Basketball, 2016 Playbook Football and 2016 Contenders Draft Picks Basketball. We've done our best over the last week or so to properly prepare collectors for what to…
The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2016 Contenders Draft Picks Basketball
Panini America is set to celebrate college basketball's biggest names -- whether they've gone on to become NBA superstars or have yet to make their professional debuts -- with tomorrow's release of 2016 Contenders Draft Picks Basketball, an era-spanning product that embodies the legacy, passion and pageantry of college hoops -- with an abundance of autographs. A colorful launch featuring popular…
Panini America Offers Detailed First Look at 2016-17 Totally Certified Basketball
Thanks to a solid reputation built with striking aesthetics and a history of performance, Panini America's colorful, microetched Totally Certified Basketball brand is one that really needs no formal introduction. It's a product with easily identifiable brand anchors such as Rookie Roll Call autographs, a resplendent rainbow of chase-worthy parallels and much more. In early December, 2016-17 Totally Certified Basketball…
Panini America Provides Detailed First Look at 2016-17 Donruss Basketball (Gallery)
Panini America's flagship Donruss brand is riding a tremendous wave of momentum these days, what with the recent successes of 2016 Donruss Baseball (which paved the way for the Optichrome-enhanced 2016 Donruss Optic Baseball) and 2016 Donruss Football still fresh in the minds of many collectors. In mid-November, the flagship brand arrives on the hardwood ready to impress with its own…
Panini America Delivers Detailed First Look at 2016 Contenders Draft Picks Basketball
Following an impressive freshman campaign that benefited greatly from the likes of Karl-Anthony Towns, Kristaps Porzingis and the rest of the impressive 2015 NBA rookie class, Panini America's iconic Contenders brand is preparing for its sophomore season in the college arena -- where it once again will honor the collegiate careers of the NBA's hottest newcomers and its more decorated veterans…
Nice Shot: Panini America Goes Behind the Scenes at 2016 NBA Rookie Photo Shoot
TARRYTOWN, N.Y. -- Brandon Ingram, the No. 2 overall pick of the Los Angeles Lakers, effortlessly nailing a no-look, back-to-the-basket, over-his-head heave from just inside the three-point arc. Marquese Chriss of the Phoenix Suns, as requested, firing a series of perfect passes into the face of a smartphone-wielding cameraman. Buddy Hield of the New Orleans Pelicans drilling seemingly every shot he…
Lakers Top Pick Brandon Ingram Headlines New Rookie Arrivals on Panini Instant
Former Duke University standout Brandon Ingram may have been the second player selected in June's 2016 NBA Draft but the Los Angeles Lakers' young star is the first NBA rookie to appear on Panini Instant in a new series of cards dedicated to the game's top newcomers. Ingram's card features photography from Sunday's 2016 Panini NBA Rookie Photo Shoot and will…
Panini America Peeks 2016 National VIP Set Featuring Hield, Goff, Wentz and More
Panini America officials today officially unveiled the details surrounding a special six-card set that will be distributed to registered show VIPs later this month in Atlantic City at the 2016 National Sports Collectors Convention. The multisport set will be distributed through a coupon inserted into each of the show’s VIP packages; the coupon must be presented at the Panini America booth. Featured in…
Live: 2016 NBA Draft Night Cards Arrive on Panini Dunk Digital Trading Card App
Last Thursday night, the next wave of basketball stars was officially welcomed into the NBA during the 2016 NBA Draft and all night long, we brought you sneak peeks of each player's special Draft Night card in real-time on Twitter, in advance of the cards being loaded into Panini America's NBA Dunk digital trading card app. On Saturday, less than two…
Panini America Signs Exclusive Agreements with Marquese Chriss and Buddy Hield
Panini America, the world’s largest sports and entertainment collectibles company, and the exclusive trading card and collectible sticker partner of the National Basketball Association (NBA), announced today that it has reached exclusive autograph trading card and memorabilia agreements with University of Washington forward Marquese Chriss and University of Oklahoma guard Buddy Hield, both of whom are projected top-10 picks in…