Buzz Break: 2023-24 Panini Select basketball cards (blaster)

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The box: 2023-24 Panini Select basketball cards (blaster)
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Keep reading for a full breakdown of what was in this one along with a gallery of images.

Packs per box: 6
Cards per pack: 4
Cards per box: 24
Base (Concourse) set completion: 0 of 100
Duplicates: 0

Base cards: None as all parallel cards in retail.

Rookie Cards: None as all parallel cards in retail.

Inserts/SPs: 24 (all cards from box in gallery below)
Blue Concourse (10) – Chet Holmgren, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Jimmy Butler, Trae Young, Klay Thompson, Kyrie Irving, Tyrese Maxey, Cameron Johnson, Jordan Clarkson, DeAndre Ayton
Blue Concourse Rookie Card (6) – Scoot Henderson, Dereck Lively II, Anthony Black, Cason Wallace, Bilal Coulibaly, Amen Thompson
Blue Silver Concourse (1) – De'Aaron Fox
Blue Premier (1) – Julius Randle
Silver Premier (1) – Jordan Hawkins
Green-White-Purple Premier (1) – Luka Doncic
Orange Flash Premier (1) – Kyrie Irving
Blue Courtside (1) – Anthony Davis
Orange Flash Mezzanine (1) – Jalen Pickett
Rookie Revolution (1) – Cason Wallace

Autographs/Memorabilia: None

What's Buzz-worthy: I feel like this one was a little better than my first with one more rookie, a few more advanced tiers and some better names here and there, too, but the eBay prices on my in theory rarer stuff here was underwhelming ... so maybe that's a sign that a lot of this one is out there -- at least for now. Or, perhaps the parallel spreads here are so big that even a basic retail parallel can't compete? Maybe but a big name will always be a big name ... so once stuff starts to dry up maybe there will be winners here more than now while eBay is flooded. ... As I said last time, generally speaking, especially with retail of this brand, I like the approach for Select ... so I grabbed a couple of these with one name in mind -- Victor Wembayama -- but struck out. (That's OK, I won big when I dabbled with Prizm -- see this month's Making The Grade.) ... Everything in retail being a parallel of some sort is a move that could make these more popular over time as people turn this direction after hobby boxes are ripped and dry up. The tiered approach here adds variety but this one didn't feel as impactful as the WWE or NFL versions but this box once again only had one insert with the rest being tiered finds and parallels atop that. ... Mezzanine are only found here and Flash Prizms are only in blasters and there are rarities here like Tiger and Zebra cards as well as ink to be found, too. (That odds panel is loaded.) If you're not committed enough to do full-on hobby boxes or other pricier ones (I'm not), these are a good way to dabble or even dig in hard.

Product Grade: A- (retail version grade ... I don't mind the color on everything)
Box Grade: A- (not a lot of dollar value on secondary here but some good names found with color/tiers)
Fun Grade: B- (a ton of parallel/tier variety here -- a ton of blue -- but only one traditional insert)

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