Buzz Break: 2023-24 Panini Haunted Hoops basketball cards

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The box: 2023-24 Panini Haunted Hoops basketball cards
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

Keep reading to see a breakdown and gallery of what was in this one.

Packs per box: 40
Cards per pack: 3
Cards per box: 120
Set completion: 
80 of 300 (27 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Luka Doncic, Zion Williamson, Jayson Tatum, Anthony Edwards, Jalen Brunson, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Cade Cunningham, Jordan Poole, Jimmy Butler, Karl-Anthony Towns

Rookie Cards (19) – Scoot Henderson, Brandon Miller, Dereck Lively II, Keyonte George, Bilal Coulibaly, Vasilije Micic, Julian Strawther, Marquis Nowell, Amari Bailey, Duop Reath, Seth Lundy, Jordan Miller, Trayce Jackson-Davis, Jalen Pickett, Oscar Tshiebwe, Keyontae Johnson, Chris Livingston, Ricky Council IV, Jalen Slawson

Insert cards: 40 (all in gallery below with some base)
Orange (25) – Notables include Russell Westbrook, Bradley Beal, Anthony Davis, LaMelo Ball, Kyrie Irving, Kobe Bufkin, Vasilije Micic, Kayontae Johnson
Slime (14) – Jimmy Butler, Gradey Dick, Joel Embiid, Paolo Banchero, Marcus Sasser, Brice Sensabaugh, Kristaps Porzingis, MarJon Beauchamp, Tre Mann, Jabari Smith Jr., Sam Merrill, Jonas Valanciunas, Mike Conley, Kyle Anderson
Holo Webs (1) – Adama Sanogo

Autographs/Memorabilia: None in this release.

What's Buzz-worthy: I forgot I had one of these sitting and, well, the results here didn't include any Wembanyama cards so ... that's probably why I forgot about it. It's pretty standard but not missing anything enough to drop this to average or worse, but it's definitely not the best one of these I have ripped into. ... As I noted previously, it's better than the NFL version thanks to a simpler base design that's more modern and cleanly crafted, a little less Halloween design trickery, better rookie photos and more parallels that are more mixed in here. Atop that? Wembanyama ... and the parallels mean he's in here four times for both cards he has here and if the typical box break is what it is here then you can draw up the odds on him and any other player. (Holo Candy? At least one in 300 boxes -- probably more -- since I didn't land one again. Those singles can't be that plentiful at all even if they made a ton of this.) The set is pretty big so you'll need to rip about four boxes if the collation is perfect to land it all for just the base set. The backs are Halloween-heavy in their look but everything here feels more Hoops than it does seasonal ... yet it still is. ... Its stock, while skinny, seems more consistent and cleaner than basic Hoops this year ... good finds should grade well ... and with prices on everything getting steeper all the time, well, grading helps fill some of that void for this collector. (Ripping less, grading more.) This one its simple. This one is collectable ... and you can rip into a few boxes to have some fun going through it all. This box had the typical stuff ... just nothing a tad more flashy among the parallels.

Product Grade: A (for what it is, this is super-simple and clean ... cleaner than NFL)
Box Grade: B- (a pretty standard package ... not the strongest on any front but nothing truly deficient to drop it to average or worse)
Fun Grade: B-

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