Making a Splash: A Few Signature Moments with Warriors Superstar Stephen Curry
As far as business meetings go, there are worse places to gather than Stephen Curry's backyard. But so it was last Friday, under a postcard-perfect California sun, when Panini America NBA acquisitions honchos Tone Stakes and Brian Owen sat down -- and stood up on occasion -- for one monumental signing session with the Golden State Warriors superstar and NBA MVP.…
Panini Instant Honors USA Basketball with a New Eight-Card Set Launching Today
Later today, Panini Instant -- Panini America's made-to-order, real-time trading card platform -- will turn its focus to the superstars of USA Basketball and their most recent international performances, beginning with a tribute to Kevin Durant, whose 25 points paced the Americans to a 119-62 rout of China in the team's first game in Brazil. Each new card in the eight-card…
Kevin Durant Pays Tribute to ‘Dub Nation’ in Most Recent Panini Authentic Signing
In one of the biggest offseason transactions in league history, NBA superstar -- and Panini America-exclusive athlete -- Kevin Durant opted to leave the Oklahoma City Thunder following eight remarkable seasons in favor of joining the Western Conference-rival Golden State Warriors. The move sent shockwaves throughout the NBA universe and immediately made Golden State the heavy favorite to win it all…
Kevin Durant’s First Warriors Card Leads a Wave of Major Changes to Panini Instant
Panini America-exclusive athlete and former Oklahoma City Thunder superstar Kevin Durant made arguably the biggest headlines in the history of NBA free agency earlier this month by opting to leave the Thunder and join the Western Conference-rival Golden State Warriors. It was a move that so shook the foundation of the NBA that the reverberations are still being felt today. They'll be…
LeBron, Kyrie and the Cavs Headline Game 7 Additions to Panini Instant NBA Finals Set
Sunday night, the Cleveland Cavaliers made history during a thrilling 2016 NBA Finals by overcoming a 3-1 deficit to claim the franchise’s first world championship. Yesterday, Panini Instant, Panini America's real-time trading card platform, launched the first 11 cards in a special NBA Finals set that honors the series' biggest stars and best performances. Today, Panini Instant added the final…
Cards Honoring the Cleveland Cavaliers and 2016 NBA Finals Arrive at Panini Instant
Last night, the Cleveland Cavaliers made history during a thrilling 2016 NBA Finals by overcoming a 3-1 deficit to claim the franchise’s first world championship. Today, Panini America, the world’s largest sports and entertainment collectibles company and the exclusive trading card manufacturer of the NBA, is using its Panini Instant real-time trading card platform to produce unique trading cards honoring…
Panini America Examines Chinese New Year Memorabilia in 2014-15 Noir Basketball
Panini America's highly anticipated 2014-15 Noir Basketball released this week with a predominantly international distribution plan, packing within its elegant black boxes two truly unique inserts with deep roots overseas. The China Jerseys and China Jerseys Patches inserts feature pieces of special jerseys worn by some of the NBA's biggest superstars during last season's Chinese New Year Celebration games in February and…
Panini America Offers Inkling of Autographs to Come in 2014-15 Preferred Basketball
While the confetti's still wafting from the rafters of Golden State's riveting 2015 NBA Finals triumph over the Cleveland Cavaliers, the hobby fortunes of Warriors stars such as Stephen Curry, Andre Iguodala, Klay Thompson, Draymond Green and Harrison Barnes remain on a major ascent. And that scenario has created an opportunity for the unthinkable: 2014-15 Preferred Basketball -- releasing next Wednesday…
Panini America Appreciates the Huge Hobby Splash of Golden State’s Leading Men
Throughout the 2015 NBA Playoffs so far, no one has made more waves than the Golden State Warriors and their swish-splashing, laser-sighted leading men -- Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson. In last night's 115-80 trouncing of the Houston Rockets to take a 3-0 lead in the Western Conference Finals, the Splash Brothers combined for 57 points, paced by an epic…
Making a Splash: Panini America Examines Golden State’s Rise to the Top of the NBA
It’s not every season a team is touted as one of the most exciting and historically dominant in NBA history. Just ask Golden State Warriors fans. Arguably one of the most downtrodden franchises for nearly two decades (not just in basketball but in all of sports), the Warriors have gone from hapless to happening in 2014-15. For a squad making the…