Panini America Teams with Cleveland Cavs for Special Trading Card Promo (Gallery)

When the Cleveland Cavaliers take on the Washington Wizards Saturday night at Quicken Loans Arena, every fan in attendance will walk away with a special trading card pack from Panini America. Panini America partnered with the defending NBA Champions to create the special set that highlights the company's NBA Hoops Basketball brand. Players included in the set are Kyrie Irving, LeBron James,…

Panini America Partners with the Cleveland Cavaliers for Special Trading Card Set

Last Thursday, the Cleveland Cavaliers hosted the Los Angeles Clippers at Quicken Loans Arena and came away with a 115-102 win. Cavs fans came away with something else. Panini America partnered with the Cavs to produce a special seven-card set for those attending the game. Players included in the special set are LeBron James, Kyrie Irving, Mo Williams, Timofey Mozgov, J.R.…

The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2014-15 Paramount Basketball (81 Pics)

Panini America is bringing back a hobby legend this week with the release of the all-new 2014-15 Paramount Basketball. As a maiden release, Paramount as a whole will need some time to reach legendary status. It's the velveteen technology inherent on every Paramount base card and parallel that's the stuff of legend already. Original Dufex is back. One of the…

Teaser Gallery: Panini America Breaks Two Early Boxes of 2013-14 Spectra Basketball

It probably goes without saying that things are moving at a breakneck pace around Panini America HQ these days. A slew of products are in various stages of development, production and release; meanwhile there's an all-hands-on-deck approach to two huge events looming in the next few weeks: The National Sports Collectors Convention and the NBA Rookie Photo Shoot. We'll have…

The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2013-14 Signatures Basketball (84 Images)

For many basketball collectors, last year's premiere edition of 2012-13 Signatures Basketball was the sleeper product of the year. It landed on the market rather quietly, partially obscured by the building buzz surrounding big-budget Panini America blockbusters such as 2012-13 Flawless Basketball and 2012-13 Immaculate Basketball. But once collectors got around to cracking Signatures, they discovered a delightfully different release…

Teaser Gallery: Panini America Cracks Open Two Boxes of 2013-14 Titanium Basketball

A thrilling week of Panini America releases that featured the buzz-generating arrival of 2013 Spectra Football yesterday continues tomorrow with the historic launch of 2013-14 Titanium Basketball, the first-ever appearance of the Titanium brand in a sport other than hockey. The Titanium Basketball previews featured so far here on The Knight's Lance have created a sense of positive anticipation. Today,…

PPI Special Report: NBA Hoops Autograph SPs Set Off Post-Fourth Fireworks

It's been awhile since the Panini Price Index has made an appearance.  Since our last report, there has been considerable buzz surrounding the announcement of short print autographs in 2011-12 NBA Hoops Basketball. In fact, some of the SP Autos are fetching considerable dollars on the secondary market prompting a very special edition of the PPI. Along with a list…