Rookies Flash Emotional Side in Overhaul of 2018-19 NBA Hoops Basketball Insert Set
If you're planning to dive into Panini America's 2018-19 NBA Hoops Basketball when it arrives next week with the first NBA trading cards for the new season, well, we certainly can't blame you for that -- especially when you see the radically overhauled and hobby-exclusive We Got Next insert the company's Graphic Designers have created. It's a night-and-day difference from last…
Gallery: Panini America Takes an Early Look at 2018-19 NBA Hoops Basketball Retail
Although the various retail versions of Panini America's 2018-19 NBA Hoops Basketball product are still a month or so away from hitting store shelves, it's really never too early to preview the first product of the new NBA season -- especially when packout is underway and live cards are keeping the production lines running hot. Earlier today, Panini America Brand Manager Brett…
Panini America Offers Detailed First Look at 2018-19 Certified Basketball (Preview)
The last (and only) time Panini America produced a standalone Certified Basketball product sans the "Totally" modifier, Stephen Curry had zero rings and zero threes, Blake Griffin had dunked over exactly zero Kias and James Harden's beard was little more than a five o'clock shadow. It was February of 2010, to be exact, when 2009-10 Certified Basketball arrived. It hasn't…
How Alf, Old Cassette Tapes and Hair Metal Influenced 2018-19 Donruss Basketball
If you grew up in the 1970s or 1980s, you'll likely take one look at some of the inserts in Panini America's upcoming 2018-19 Donruss Basketball product and instantly fall in love with them. You'll probably also be magically transported back to a time when something called "Alf" was must-see TV, big hair was a rock-and-roll requirement and neon typefaces were…
Teaser Gallery: Panini America Opens Boxes of 2018 Contenders Draft Picks Basketball
This time tomorrow, collectors across the country will get their first chance at collecting trading cards and autographs from DeAndre Ayton, Marvin Bagley III, Luka Doncic, Trae Young and the other key members of the highly anticipated 2018 NBA Draft class with the arrival of 2018 Contenders Draft Picks Basketball. A spectacular way to tip off the new collecting season,…
Panini America Delivers Detailed First Look at 2018 Flawless Collegiate Basketball
High-end higher-education hoops hobbyists have never had an opportunity quite like the one that arrives in mid November with the release of Panini America's 2018 Flawless Collegiate Basketball. Well, they had an opportunity a little like this last year when the Flawless brand delivered its first standalone Collegiate Basketball edition. But that initial offering didn't include the incomparable Charles Barkley…
Panini America Ready to Tip Off New Season with 2018-19 NBA Hoops Basketball
To be frank, the Panini America 2018 NBA Rookie Photo Shoot earlier this month left us anxiously awaiting the start of the 2018-19 NBA season. But we didn't necessarily appreciate just how much we were anticipating it until recently, when the solicitation material was distributed for 2018-19 NBA Hoops Basketball, the landmark release that will officially usher in the new…
The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2018 Contenders Draft Picks Basketball
Although Panini America still has a few headline-worthy 2017-18 NBA products left to release in the coming weeks, make no mistake about it: The 2018-19 basketball collecting season officially tips off on Friday. That's when Panini America's ink-laden 2018 Contenders Draft Picks Basketball arrives in hobby shops across North America featuring the hottest rookies from the 2018 NBA Draft as…
Overnight Sensations: Panini America Peeks Donruss Basketball’s Next Day Autographs
We've said it before, but it's worth repeating: Panini America's unique NBA Rookie Photo Shoot Next Day Autographs are nothing less than minor manufacturing miracles. We were reminded of that fact once again earlier this month during the 2018 NBA Rookie Photo Shoot when, over the course of a few profusely productive days, company officials captured the photography, created the design, printed the cards,…
Panini America Peeks 2018 National VIP Set Featuring Mayfield, Ayton, Ohtani, More
Panini America officials recently unveiled the details surrounding a special 10-card set that will be distributed to registered show VIPs early next month in Cleveland at the 2018 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 this year’s…