2011-12 Gold Standard Basketball Stars in a Gold-Digging Edition of Panini Unwrapped
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndFp2q1Z2MI&w=600&h=338] First things first: Panini America's Tracy Hackler and Keith Hower mined some high-quality hits from the two boxes of 2011-12 Gold Standard Basketball featured in this special episode of Panini Unwrapped. And you have a chance to win them. But you're going to have to embark on a gold-digging expedition of The Knight's Lance to be eligible. We've…
Materialistic: More Game-Worn Greatness Coming to 2011-12 Limited Basketball
As the countdown to tomorrow's official release of 2011-12 Limited Basketball enters its goose-bumpy final hours, collector excitement for the product is palpable. And if you don't believe us, check out the feedback we've received so far on our sneak-peek episode of Panini Unwrapped and our gallery from earlier this week showcasing just some of the magical game-worn memorabilia cards in…
The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2011-12 Limited Basketball (44 Pics)
In honor of tomorrow night's 2012 NBA Draft (and in honor of the the unmistakably exciting fact that the product releases one week from today), we thought the time was right to bring you just some of scintillating sights from the 2011-12 Limited Basketball QC process that took place earlier this week. Panini America NBA Brand Manager Keith Hower was…
Memorabilia Used During 2011 NBA Finals Highlights Panini America Father’s Day Set
Our continuing series of must-see previews highlighting the key elements of next week's Panini America Father's Day promotion takes a decidedly championship twist today. With the 2012 NBA Finals matchup finally being set -- the Miami Heat vs. the Oklahoma City Thunder and Panini America exclusive Kevin Durant -- and tipping off on Tuesday, today we thought we'd showcase the…
Panini America Teases Base-Set Variations for 2011-12 Past & Present Basketball
Add this to the list of throwback thrills slated to permeate 2011-12 Past & Present Basketball when it releases on May 16: Short-printed base-set variations -- sure to be among the most sought after nuances in Panini America's masterful mashup of old-school design elements and modern printing technologies. In all, 50 players on the Past & Present checklist will be…
LeBron James to the NFL: What King James’ Football Rookie Cards Might Look Like . . .
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The Anticipated Debut of the 2010-11 Gold Standard Solid Gold Tracker and Gallery
2010-11 Gold Standard Basketball has left its precious-metal mark all over the world in the two weeks since it released. There's been buzz created in Taiwan with the uncovering the of the product's first Golden Ticket, currently on eBay with a Buy It Now price just south of $30,000. Here in the states, the product's 14-karat gold Solid Gold insert cards…
NT, Hoops Highlight this NBA Finals Game 2 Edition of the Panini America Routing Table
Inspired by tonight's most pivotal NBA Finals Game 2 between the Dallas Mavericks and Miami Heat, I flew like Jason "The Jet" Terry back to the fruitful, four-legged phenomenon known as the Panini America Routing Table looking to satiate my hoops jones. What I found was a basketball spread fit for King James. (more…)
Wall-to-Wall John Wall
Think John Wall is NBA ready? Six games into his career, the electrifying guard dropped 19 points, 10 rebounds and 13 assists on the Houston Rockets last night in a 98-91 Washington Wizards win. In doing so, Wall became the third-youngest player in NBA history to record a triple-double. Only LeBron James and Lamar Odom were younger, but they weren't exclusive Panini America…