Even Virtually, Knicks Star RJ Barrett Shines Brightly During 2020 Panini NBA Player of the Day Grand Prize Event
Ever since she was announced as the 2020 Panini NBA Player of the Day National Sweepstakes Grand Prize winner in October, Heather May (of North Wilkesboro, N.C.) has been wondering which former Duke basketball star she would get to meet as part of her ultimate collector experience. Once Panini America officials learned that May was the contest winner and a…
Totally Sweet: Appreciating Daniel Rovin's Rocking Panini America Hoops Collection
Say this about New York collector Daniel Rovin: The guy sure knows how to command your attention. Among the most arresting collecting revelations Rovin (on the right in the above image) detailed in his first email to me on May 2? He'd just completed the Kevin Durant Panini's Choice Awards insert from 2011-12 Preferred Basketball, the crowning complement to his…
Panini America Behind the Scenes: Packing out 2011-12 NBA Hoops Basketball
For those countless passionate collectors out there who've waited way too long for some new NBA trading cards to consume, we've got terrific news: Panini America's 2011-12 NBA Hoops Basketball is coming -- and it is spectacular. That's my quick assessment of the product after spending most of the morning with Keith Hower and Wes Elliott -- two of Panini America's…
A Shocking Look at 10 Key Jeremy Lin Cards and their Staggering 8,100% Value Increase
Just when you think Jeremy Lin's mesmerizing, planet-gripping ascension into international superstardom can't possibly grow any richer, the kid goes and drops a game-winning 3-pointer against the Toronto Raptors on Tuesday night to cap a furious comeback for the New York Knicks' sixth straight victory. And just like that, a new chapter was written on what just might be the…
“Linflation” Rate: Charting the Skyrocketing Values of Jeremy Lin’s Best Basketball Cards
Are these heady times for New York Knicks point guard Jeremy Lin? Lindeed. In the span of a week, the Harvard-educated Lin has gone from an oft-discarded NBA afterthought to an unprecedented international -- ahem, Linternational -- phenomenon. His every move these days -- on the court and off -- is a must-see social media movement. He's made a Knicks team…
The Knick of Time: First Jeremy Lin Knicks Cards Coming in 2011-12 Hoops Basketball
For all of the throwback brilliance permeating the upcoming release of Panini America's 2011-12 Hoops Basketball, there is at least one very new inclusion sure to resonate with basketball card collectors around the globe: Jeremy Lin's first trading card featuring him as a member of the New York Knicks. To date, all of Lin's 2010-11 rookie-season cards -- seemingly every one…
Wrong-Way Rautins? Knicks Rookie Guard Creates Inadvertent Autograph Variations
The bold color combinations gracing Andy Rautins' autographed Rookie Cards in 2010-11 Classics Basketball easily place them among the most aesthetically striking cards on the checklist. But a few of the New York Knicks guard's RCs have no doubt caused many collectors breaking the product this week to do a double take. You're not alone. Many of us inside Panini America HQ had the same reaction when the…