Detroit Pistons No. 9 in Ongoing 30 Weeks| 30 Teams NBA Countdown

  The Detroit Pistons roll in at No. 9 in the Panini America 30 Teams | 30 Weeks NBA countdown to the most collectable NBA teams of all-time. The Pistons are one of the best franchises in the NBA at building high-caliber teams that also reflect the culture of the city. Detroit, known for its blue-collar attitude, fully embraces players…
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Gallery: Panini America Sneaks Peek Inside the New 2015 Duke University Card Set

Panini America has reunited some of the greatest athletes in Duke Blue Devils history for the company’s 2015 Duke University trading card set that is available now. The unique set features 50 base cards honoring the school’s most decorated athletes, alumni, athletic structures and traditions. The base set features Silver, Gold (numbered to 25) and Black (numbered to 10) parallels, as does…
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The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2014-15 Luxe Basketball (36 Must-See Pics)

As the late August blaze continues its sweltering run through North Texas, it's fitting that Panini America officials are ending the summer on a similar hot streak when it comes to the final stages of the 2014-15 NBA collecting portfolio. Even as last week's release of 2014-15 National Treasures Basketball continues its torrid ways on the secondary market, company officials…
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Panini America Offers Detailed First Look at 2014-15 Totally Certified Basketball

The Panini America Sales team sent out the preliminary solicitation information for 2014-15 Totally Certified Basketball this morning and the first sentence in the email is certainly an attention-grabber, especially the term "completely re-energized look and feel." Indeed, after a few consecutive seasons of a similar-seeming base-card design, Panini America's creative team has boldly redesigned the annual micro-etched favorite, giving…
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Inside NT: Panini America Opens Two Boxes of 2013-14 National Treasures Basketball

National Treasures release day, in any sport, has become something of a national hobby holiday in recent years as the entire collecting community it seems fixes its gaze on the many breaks offered by one of the industry's favorite high-end brands. Today, that is a decided hoops holiday as hobby shop owners, collectors and breakers across the globe have welcomed…
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Inside NT: Eyeing the Autograph Excellence of 2013-14 National Treasures Basketball

Tomorrow, at long last, Panini America's 2013-14 National Treasures Basketball will arrive in hobby shops across North America, offering countless breathtaking reasons as to why it's still one of the most important high-end brands in hobby history. We've brought you many of those reasons in recent days right here on The Knight's Lance with a slew of saliva-starting galleries. Today,…
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Inside Innovation: Panini America Sneaks a Peek at 2012-13 Innovation Basketball

Frankly speaking, it takes a certain amount of conviction -- and a great deal of confidence -- to name a product "Innovation." So when the Panini America NBA Product Development team announced plans earlier this year to produce 2012-13 Innovation Basketball, it raised a few eyebrows. After all, there's a certain expectation -- and no small amount of added pressure…
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Incoming! Newest Arrivals Add More Pop to 2012-13 National Treasures Basketball . . .

It's amazing sometimes just how much set-developing magic can unfold in the span of four crazy days. To illustrate that point, we submit to you below the staggeringly good selection of 2012-13 National Treasures Basketball autographs that have hit Panini America HQ in the roughly 96 hours since we posted our most recent visual update on Saturday. Anthony Davis. Harrison Barnes. Bradley…
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