Soar Subject: Panini America Sits Down with Slam Dunk Sensation Zach LaVine (Video)
NEW YORK -- Just hours after Minnesota Timberwolves rookie phenom Zach LaVine seemingly broke the Internet with a series of reality-defying dunks during Saturday night's Sprite Slam Dunk Contest at the 2015 NBA All-Star Game, the 19-year-old high-flyer joined Panini America for his previously scheduled autograph appearance at the Modell's Sporting Goods in Times Square. Just as he did the…
Teaser Gallery: Panini America Opens Three Briefcases of 2013-14 Flawless Basketball
It's here. At long last, 2013-14 Flawless Basketball release week has arrived -- and it's brought palpable senses of enthusiasm and excitement with it. The highly anticipated final release of Panini America's 2013-14 NBA collecting season arrives this year in sleek, black-metal briefcases, each bearing 10 stunning cards. Late last week, as the final Flawless briefcases were being hand-packed, wrapped…
Large and In Charge: Panini America Begins Packout for 2013-14 Immaculate Basketball
It's official: Packout has begun for Panini America's 2013-14 Immaculate Basketball, only one of the most anticipated releases of the entire sports card year. Immaculate as a brand really needs no introduction, the result of an absolutely fascinating debut one year ago headlined by mammoth memorabilia cards featuring some of the most unique pieces of game- and player-worn history ever…
Panini America Offers One More Look at the Beauty of 2013-14 Spectra Basketball
Look, I know that 2013-14 Preferred Basketball released last week and that soon enough, the collective focus of basketball collectors will be fixed firmly on 2013-14 National Treasures Basketball, 2013-14 Immaculate Basketball and 2013-14 Flawless Basketball. But you'll have to look long and hard throughout those four products to find a set as jaw-dropping attractive as the Rookie Jumbo Jerseys…
Book . . . Keepers: The Prime Possibilities of 2013-14 Preferred Basketball (Gallery)
Rookie rivalries. Sibling rivalries. Conference rivalries. NBA Finals rivalries. Dynasties. Decades. Nasty jumbo patches of game-worn memorabilia. Unique 360-degree photography. Clearly, there's a lot you can showcase in booklet-card format that might not translate quite the same on a standard 2 1/12 by 3 1/2-inch trading card format. That's certainly been the case with Panini America's Preferred Basketball. The product's…
The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2013-14 Spectra Basketball (114 Sweet Pics)
It's not everyday that a trading card product can virtually introduce a new word into the English language. Then again, it's not everyday a product releases that's as . . . well . . . "spectracular" as Panini America's upcoming 2013-14 Spectra Basketball. "Spectracular" is a word we used to describe the pioneering 2013 Spectra Football when it released in…
Panini America Offers Detailed First Look at 2013-14 National Treasures Basketball
The icon is ready for another run. In late July, Panini America's high-end heat-seeker known as National Treasures Basketball returns to the marketplace, equipped with its usual host of captivating calling cards (including a bold, new RPAs and legendary Logoman gems) and a few new surprises headlined by the debut of the Sneaker Swatches insert incorporating pieces of game-worn shoes from…
The Panini America Quality Control Gallery: 2013-14 Select Basketball (129 Sweet Pics)
In exactly six days, the next Prizm-infused, hardcourt creation from Panini America -- 2013-14 Select Basketball -- will arrive in hobby shops across America, deftly equipped with new Prizm possibilities (including some fantastical Purples), a stacked autograph checklist and some downright vibrant colors. Each master box delivers two seven-pack mini boxes, with each mini box delivering one autograph, one memorabilia…
Panini America Offers Detailed First Look at 2013-14 Spectra Basketball (Gallery)
Four short months ago, the collecting world didn't know much about Panini America's Spectra brand aside from the fact that the company was debuting the technologically gifted product as one of its final products of the 2013 NFL season. Of course, then the product actually hit the market and proceeded to become one of the best new releases of the…
Purple View, Light-Blue Stained Glass Drive 2013-14 Innovation Basketball Promo
Panini America officials are making the prospects of collecting the new 2013-14 Innovation Basketball just a little bit sweeter -- and a lot more colorful -- with a special case promotion in conjunction with the product that releases across North America today. Company officials have created special Purple View and Light-Blue Stained Glass versions of those popular Innovation inserts and randomly…