Teaser Gallery: Panini America Breaks Early Boxes of the New 2016-17 Select Basketball

The rainbow awaits. This time tomorrow, Panini America's 2016-17 Select Basketball will have arrived in hobby shops across North America to an anxious collecting base that covets the brand as much for its vibrantly hued parallels as it does for its autographs, memorabilia cards and multi-tiered base set. Indeed, Select's kaleidoscope of colors (the Golds, the Greens, the Reds, the…

Teaser Gallery: Panini America Cracks Early Boxes of 2016-17 Limited Basketball

This week promises to be extremely "Limited" in hobby shops and on group-break sites across North America with both 2016-17 Limited Basketball (tomorrow) and 2016 Limited Football (Friday) going live. You saw the Quality Control Gallery for Limited Basketball last week. Today, we're taking you card by card through a few early boxes. As you'll see in the Teaser Gallery…

Teaser Gallery: Panini America Cracks Early Boxes of 2016-17 Absolute Basketball

Last-minute holiday shoppers seeking just the right gift for the trading-card-loving sports fans in their lives, well, Panini America's got you covered. Beginning tomorrow in hobby shops and on group-break sites across North America, Panini America will release a trio of new releases in 2016-17 Absolute Basketball, 2016 Certified NASCAR Racing and 2016 Preferred Football. As is our custom, we've…

The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2016-17 Absolute Basketball (87 Sweet Pics)

There are certain things hoops collectors have come to expect from Panini America's Absolute Basketball brand through the years; calling cards, if you will, that collectors look forward to every season. For some, it's the multi-memorabilia cards found in Tools of the Trade,  Team Tandems, Team Trios and Team Quads. For others, it's inserts like Frequent Flyer . . . Spectrum parallels…

Teaser Gallery: Panini America Opens Boxes of 2016 Immaculate Collegiate Basketball

This time tomorrow, college hoops fans across North America will be enjoying their sport of choice just a little bit more . . . immaculately. This time tomorrow, the debut edition of Panini America's Immaculate Collegiate Basketball will be live, packing in its inviting blue tins some of the sweetest college basketball cards in the collecting universe. Bolstered by a rich…

Panini America Delivers Detailed First Look at 2016 Contenders Draft Picks Basketball

Following an impressive freshman campaign that benefited greatly from the likes of Karl-Anthony Towns, Kristaps Porzingis and the rest of the impressive 2015 NBA rookie class, Panini America's iconic Contenders brand is preparing for its sophomore season in the college arena -- where it once again will honor the collegiate careers of the NBA's hottest newcomers and its more decorated veterans…

Nice Shot: Panini America Goes Behind the Scenes at 2016 NBA Rookie Photo Shoot

TARRYTOWN, N.Y. -- Brandon Ingram, the No. 2 overall pick of the Los Angeles Lakers, effortlessly nailing a no-look, back-to-the-basket, over-his-head heave from just inside the three-point arc. Marquese Chriss of the Phoenix Suns, as requested, firing a series of perfect passes into the face of a smartphone-wielding cameraman. Buddy Hield of the New Orleans Pelicans drilling seemingly every shot he…

Panini America Signs Exclusive Agreements with Marquese Chriss and Buddy Hield

Panini America, the world’s largest sports and entertainment collectibles company, and the exclusive trading card and collectible sticker partner of the National Basketball Association (NBA), announced today that it has reached exclusive autograph trading card and memorabilia agreements with University of Washington forward Marquese Chriss and University of Oklahoma guard Buddy Hield, both of whom are projected top-10 picks in…