Tonight's the night. Starting at 9 p.m. CST on Panini America's BlogTV channel, five months of intense anticipation pays off for anxious collectors who've been waiting since the releases of 2011-12 Past & Present Basketball, 2011-12 Limited Basketball and 2011-12 Gold Standard Basketball to find out the identity of their 2011 NBA Draft Pick Autograph Redemptions.
Tonight was the night. Starting at 9 p.m. CST on Panini America’s BlogTV channel, five months of intense anticipation began paying off for anxious collectors who’ve been waiting since the releases of 2011-12 Past & Present Basketball, 2011-12 Limited Basketball and 2011-12 Gold Standard Basketball to find out the identity of their 2011 NBA Draft Pick Autograph Redemptions.
The names of the 35 players featured on the 2011 NBA Draft Pick redemptions — card #’s XRCA through XRCII in each of the three aforementioned products — were already known prior to tonight’s live draft. It was exactly which card number would be assigned to which player that created such suspense in advance of tonight’s drawing held live on the Panini America BlogTV channel.
So at at 9 p.m. (CST) sharp, we began calling out the 35 players listed below one by one, beginning with the last player on the list (Lavoy Allen) and working in reverse order until we got all the way up to 2011 No. 1 overall pick Kyrie Irving. With each player, we reached into a box of sealed envelopes, grabbed one and opened it, revealing the card number for that particular player.
(Although each of the three products will share the same checklist, each product will have its own set of 35 on-card-signed XRCs limited to varying quantities but not numbered.)
The suspense, especially as we got toward the end of the checklist, was quite intense. Thanks to everyone who tuned in tonight for making our first-ever live checklist draft such a fun experience. In case you missed any of the excitement live on BlogTV or through our live Twitter updates, the complete checklist is provided below.
Thanks again. And stay tuned to The Knight’s Lance for additional updates and first looks at the cards in the coming days and weeks.
Kyrie Irving | Cleveland Cavaliers | XRCO |
Bismack Biyombo | Charlotte Bobcats | XRCBB |
MarShon Brooks | Brooklyn Nets | XRCE |
Alec Burks | Utah Jazz | XRCC |
Jimmy Butler | Chicago Bulls | XRCY |
Norris Cole | Miami Heat | XRCT |
Kenneth Faried | Denver Nuggets | XRCS |
Jimmer Fredette | Sacramento Kings | XRCHH |
Jordan Hamilton | Denver Nuggets | XRCII |
Tobias Harris | Milwaukee Bucks | XRCDD |
Reggie Jackson | Oklahoma City Thunder | XRCEE |
Enes Kanter | Utah Jazz | XRCW |
Brandon Knight | Detroit Pistons | XRCH |
Kawhi Leonard | San Antonio Spurs | XRCN |
Marcus Morris | Houston Rockets | XRCL |
Markieff Morris | Phoenix Suns | XRCK |
Chandler Parsons | Houston Rockets | XRCZ |
Iman Shumpert | New York Knicks | XRCFF |
Chris Singleton | Washington Wizards | XRCJ |
Nolan Smith | Portland Trail Blazers | XRCX |
Isaiah Thomas | Sacramento Kings | XRCA |
Klay Thompson | Golden State Warriors | XRCG |
Tristan Thompson | Cleveland Cavaliers | XRCCC |
Jan Vesely | Washington Wizards | XRCR |
Kemba Walker | Charlotte Bobcats | XRCI |
Derrick Williams | Minnesota Timberwolves | XRCGG |
Cory Joseph | San Antonio Spurs | XRCAA |
JaJuan Johnson | Boston Celtics | XRCQ |
Justin Harper | Orlando Magic | XRCP |
Shelvin Mack | Washington Wizards | XRCB |
Gustavo Ayon | New Orleans Hornets | XRCM |
Charles Jenkins | Golden State Warriors | XRCV |
Jeremy Tyler | Golden State Warriors | XRCU |
Josh Harrellson | New York Knicks | XRCF |
Lavoy Allen | Philadelphia 76ers | XRCD |
Excellent idea for the announcement, good luck to all those who have these redemptions. Thanks Tracy!
Got my Past and Present XRCO (Kyrie Irving) RC on-card auto today…amazing!
Will the Golden Future Autographs and the Golden Futures Metal be numbered? Are the Golden Futures Autographs on card or sticker autos? I hope on card!
As a UCONN fan, I’ll be cheering on Kemba Walker for one of my redemptions!
same here and i got his
Will there be a livestream, or will you guys, be live on blogtv, to announce the redemptions? Also, is there a specific order, that you guys, will be going in? Thanks Tracy!
We’ll be live on BlogTV as well as providing updates on the blog and Twitter.
When will these be shipped?
All autographs from the 2011 Draft Class redemption will be signed on card. So we will ship them out as soon as we have them returned.
Sweet, on card. Oh wait, Panini on card?? I’ll let my 2yr old son know that it should be ready by his 5th birthday, give him something to look forward to ya know?
You have to read it before you delete it 🙂 Oh yeah, go ahead and check the forums and take a look at how collectors are taking the horrid news about Panini’s exclusive NBA extension.
We certainly respect folks’ right to have that opinion.
Are you giving info on the 2012 Draft XRC’s as well tonight?
The 2012s were determined based on the results of the actual NBA Draft. What kind of info are you looking for?
I’m curious as to what they look like… how many are printed. And really, when they’ll ship? I would’ve figured since they are not autographed, that they would’ve shipped awhile ago. Thanks!
When do the 2012 XRCs ship? What do they look like?
We’ll have images to show shortly. The cards for both classes are currently in the production process.
So that means after production, shipping to the player, shipping back to Panini, packaging, and mailing these cards won’t reach consumers hands until well into 2013? That doesn’t include any special processes like foil or special treatment these cards may receive once back from the players.
Come on, by the time we receive the cards the 2011-12 rookie class will be in the NBA almost TWO years.
Any “special processes” will be done when the cards are printed in the next few days. The 2011s and 2012s should be finished and back here in the next few weeks. At that point, the 2012s will be sent to customers holding those redemptions. The 2011s will be expedited to the players for on-card autographs, returned here and fulfilled.
don’t you think that the time we had to wait to find out who the redemptions were for, ya would of had all the autographs completed? It seems like that was more than enough time, to get the cards autographed!
See you there tonight Tracy!
Awesome!
FINALLY!! This was one of the worst ideas. It totally devalued the box prices of limited and Gold Standard because customers hated getting 2 to 3 redemption cards per box and 1 you did not even know whom it was!!
This is exciting! Hopefully I get Kyle Irving!
Good luck everyone!
KYLE IRVING IS FOR SALE ON EBAY ALREADY
Will the cards be numbered?
The cards will not be sequentially numbered but they will share the same print runs within their respective products.
No Raptors rookie huh? Where is Jonas Valanciunas 5th overall pick?
He’s part of the 2012 Redemption class.
So how does that work? Is he card #5 in the 2012 set? I thought the 2012 set was the top 20 picks from the 2012 draft in order. Jonas was drafted in 2011.
My apologies on that. Complete bust on my part. He was at the 2012 NBA Rookie Photo Shoot in August, so that threw me off. The NBA Product Development team put the checklists together. It looks like they chose not to make him one of the 35 guys on it. Again, my apologies for the confusion.
I swear today is Christmas! Let’s do this!!!!
Some have said A is for the top pick, B for the second and so on. Is this the case or is it random? Please say random.
For the 2011s, it is completely random and will be drawn live tonight.
Can’t wait for this. Such a great idea.
Appreciate that. Props to our Product Development folks for a little something outside the box.
Will the link pop up right at 6 or what?
Thanks
Im so pumped about the set! I actually pulled a redemption for the whole non auto set! When i first pulled it i didnt think much about it cause i thought that it was just a single card! Then i read it better and found it was the complete set! Cant wait to get my hands on it! I have on question for you Tracy i noticed the redemption card is worth a decent amount is it still worth that much after its been redeemed or no longer worth anything?
Don’t listen to the haters great to see a positive spin on redemtions
15 years ago when you pulled a redemtion from a product it was exciting
Panini have bought that feeling back with these cards
Really appreciate your perspective. We tend to agree with you on these.
whats your blogg tv name?
I cant find the results anywhere?/ do you have a link to the blogtv page?
We just updated the link to reflect the checklist.
will the autos be numbered? if so, out of what?
its 9:06 and it still hasn’t started yet
It started right at 9 p.m. CST.
I have a bunch of these redemptions and I’m looking forward to finding out who I end up with.
A+ for the idea, C- on the execution…not numbered, and there’s no reason these cards couldn’t have been made/signed a month or two ago…especially for Limited with the 12-13 release just around the corner.
Anyone wanna trade ? Looking for Jajuan Johnson. Trading away Charles Jenkins?
What is the difference between a 2011 Draft Class Auto and a 2011 Draft Pick Auto? I have one each from Limited and Past and Present.
i got shelvin mack, whoever that is, but im happy, im going to the toronto show, if cards are returned by then, can i pick it up then???
Is the panini site down?
WHAT DO THE CARDS LOOK LIKE, WHEN WILL THEY BE READY, AND HOW DO I REDEEM MINE?
We’ll have full previews of the cards soon. They’re being produced right now and should be done in the next few weeks. We’ll them expedite them to the players for on-card autographs. Redeem them as you normally would online.
Never redeemed online before.
I never did an online redemption.
Get with our CSM at [email protected], he’ll get you taken care of.
i got tristan thompson not too shabby. guys great idea!!! understandable due to the lock out last year. you guys def. have out done yourselves this year with the redemption process and the recent signing of luck!! man you guys are on fire! love you guys
Appreciate that. For what it’s worth, we love you back!
I got Klay Thompson. Awesome!
im so happy i picked up a bunch of these before the draft, i ended up with all the top rookies wooooooooooooooooooooooo
No Ivan Johnson?
I got an Irving: 2011 Panini Gold Standard (11-12)
Golden Futures Autographs
Card #15 ( / )
2011 Draft Pick Auto XRCO
No NBA Team
FAN
As mentioned, this was a great Idea. I wished I could have bought up some of them before the announcement. Love this type of redemption program. I have a Bismack coming.
Tracy, the draft last night was awesome. As a collector and someone that helps my LCS with their website and social media, I always think “WWTH&PAD” What would Tracy Hackler & Panini America Do? This in my opinion was one cool experience you can hang your hat on. Keep it up and thanks for lessons in Customer Experience.
You are far, far too kind, Ryan. That’s really high praise and we appreciate it greatly. It was a lot of fun to do and something we definitely will do again. As with most everything we do, the customers — like you and so many others — are the ones who make it sing.
So thank you guys (and gals).
I hope when you do it next time, it doesn’t take a full year to get one of your Exclusives (KYRIE IRVING) to sign within a year or two – yay – another dual class this year, should be another fiasco
Kinda sucks for me i only redeemed 1 of these redemptions and it was D the first one out if you had done Kyrie first I woulda got him and I am a Huge Duke fan.
So what am I getting if i got Pick No. 23 from 2011 Panini Past and Present??
2 scrubs!
i got a kawhi leonard redemption
I really liked this years Limited, so when i got a few of the redemptions in i decided to try and get as many different possible. I ended up getting 34 different limited xrc’s out of 35 possible. But since i spend way to much on them, these last few weeks didnt really search for the missing one, i figured with 34 of 35 im locked in on all the good stuff.
Guess which xrc was the 35th that i was missing!
Yep XRCO, 34 limited xrc’s and no Kyrie, major bummer to say the least. Most people probably really enjoyed the live drawing, but for me it ended up with disaster and one depressing day.
But what am i whining about compared to what the people in the New York area are experiencing. Our thoughts and prayers go out to those affected by this horrible storm Sandy.
Man, sorry to hear that about the Kyrie. Nothing like a little perspective to bring us all around.
Totally, like mystery redemptions are gambling and should be governed by laws to protect the consumer.
Tracy,
Any chance you will respond to the last post? Thank you!
Hi Tracy,
If there is a gallery of pictures of the cards ( supposedly available a month ago….????) when will they ship. Any chance we will see these 2011 cards sometime in 2014, maybe sooner?
Merry Christmas to all
No Jonas valanciunas & Donatas Montiejunas thanks Panini for wasting my money. Now they’re just signing now? I don’t know L. Allen, Johnson, Joseph, Jackson, Hamilton still in the league?
I have to be honest, i like the way you did the drawing with nobody knowing who they will receive, but not having the product made and signed by players is just poor planning you have dropped the ball, most of the consumers that support your product sent these in 5 months ago and are really excited to have received there cards months ago, i have personally never waited so long for a redemption to be returned to me and will not waste my time on this product in the future, i am sure they are going to be great and wonderful cards when you finally get them sent to us but by then they will be old news and other brands will have had these players out and in there product and in the actual packs on release dates.
When should we expect these?
I was lucky to pull TWO Kyrie Irving Auto Redemptions!! I want to redeem them, but I want to see what they look like first, on the comments above which were about a month ago, it said there would be a gallery of what they look like in about a months time. Do you have any pictures to show yet?
Yeah, I was lucky enough to also pull a Kyrie. It would be really nice to at least see what these cards look like.
Look for a complete gallery of all three sets of Draft Pick Redemptions in the coming week. My apologies for the delay.
going on 3 months now, what a joke.
would be nice to see a card or two in my hands instead of more pics…
Where are the pics??? I’ve accepted that we’ll have to wait. trying to forget about them and wait for the surprise in the mail. But would love to see some pics or a preview of what is to be expected!!!
Couldn’t agree with ya more!!
4 months….
Can you give us a DATE that these cards will be sent out? Getting really sickening. Love Panini, hate this program!
Donde Esta mi Kyrie Irving’s? Necessito Ahora Por Favor
Hey Tracy
Its July
Where r the limited XRCs?
Who are you waiting on?
Kyrie Limited would be nice to see!
I’m still yet to receive Marshon Brooks in all 3. In limited i’m waiting on Isiah Thomas & Josh Harrelson & Gold standard waiting on Klay Thompson, Kemba Walker & Chris Singleton.
I got an update from you guy’s saying one of the above has been sent but still hasn’t arrived. Appreciate the fact that you have been sending them out separately.
As they say patience is a virtue, I think well worth the wait. My Kyrie has got to be one of my favs!
Hey Tracy any idea on how long for Kyrie HRX non auto?
Let me do some digging.
Waiting still for Jimmy Butler!!!
GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR >:(
It been a year and a half and I am still waiting for my Limited XRCN – Kawhi Leonard and XRCY – Jimmy Butler. They have signed most of their cards but not the 2011 limited. How can they sign the 2012-13 limited and not 2011-12? The other redmeption has been signed as well such as Past & Present.
Ya still waiting on xrcff iman shumpert he has signed for everything except gold standards. Just send me something