Houston Rockets No. 5 in Ongoing 30 Weeks| 30 Teams NBA Countdown
The expression, “lightning never strikes twice in the same location” doesn’t apply to Houston. Some of the game’s greatest pillars have donned the Rockets’ logo (in San Diego in 1967-71 before moving to south Texas). It started with Hall of Fame center Elvin Hayes, whom the franchise drafted in 1968 while still based in San Diego. In 1984, Houston won…
The New Basketball HOFers, Top Stars from NFL Week 1 Arrive on Panini Instant
An action-packed sports weekend that started last Thursday night didn't officially come to a close until the wee hours of Tuesday morning. Throughout those five splendid days, sports fans were treated to a smorgasbord of sights and sounds, including an exciting first week of the 2016 NFL season and the induction of one of the most star-studded Basketball Hall of…
Panini America Provides One More Glowing Glimpse at 2012-13 Immaculate Basketball
Even as Panini America's spectacular 2012-13 Flawless Basketball is busy setting the collectibles world ablaze and raising the bar on high-end hoops releases, company officials are hard at work putting the finishing touches on the final release of the 2012-13 NBA collecting season: 2012-13 Immaculate Basketball. Over the last few weeks, we've started pulling the curtain back ever so slightly…
Logoman(ia): Panini America Peeks Iconic Logomen in 2012-13 National Treasures
You've seen the autographs. You've seen the marvelous multicolored memorabilia cards. You've seen the Kobes. You've seen the Kyries. By now, you've seen just about everything 2012-13 National Treasures Basketball has to offer. But The Knight's Lance has one more batch of pre-release images to share -- and it might be the most impressive gallery yet. It's one that includes…
Panini America Offers Weekend Update on National Treasures Hoops, Prime Hockey
While most collectors today are likely outdoors enjoying a splendid summer Saturday, the Panini America NBA Product Development Team is hard at work, sequestered inside the company's production facility across town packing out 2012-13 Signatures Basketball and performing the first QC check on that juggernaut known as 2012-13 National Treasures Basketball. Truth be told, it's probably warmer and brighter where…
Teaser Gallery: Panini America Opens First Box of 2012-13 Totally Certified Basketball
OK, here's the deal: We didn't get our marketing allotment of 2012-13 Totally Certified Basketball boxes until late this evening. In fact, by the time they arrived, it was too late in the day to film an episode of Panini Unwrapped. That, unfortunately, will have to wait until tomorrow. What doesn't have to wait, however, is me grabbing just one…