Buzz Break: 2024-25 NBA Hoops basketball cards

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The pack: 2024-25 Panini NBA Hoops basketball cards (value)
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Keep reading for a full breakdown and gallery of images in this one.

Cards per pack: 30
Set completion: 25 of 300 (8 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Victor Wembanyama, Kevin Durant, Collin Sexton, Fred VanVleet, Nikola Vucevic

Rookie Cards (5) – Zaccharie Risacher, Kyshawn George, A.J. Johnson, Ajay Mitchell, Juan Nunez

Inserts/short-prints: 7 (all cards from pack in gallery below)
Hoops Tribute (2) – Tim Duncan, Dalton Knecht
Purple Hoops Tribute (1) – Nikola Jokic
Arriving Now (1) – Kel'el Ware
Skyview (1) – Giannis Antetokounmpo
Premium Stock (1) – Keegan Murray
Teal Explosion (1) – Baylor Scheierman

Autographs/Memorabilia: None

What's Buzz-worthy: My second of three packs of this one that I recently picked up wasn't quite as good as last time, which included a Silver Prizm and a numbered card ... but this one did include some solid names. Some of the bottom edges/corners had some funk but this was otherwise a decent little pack with a Hall of Famer, some top stars and more RCs than last time and a couple of them are looking pretty solid so far this season. ... Hoops hobby delivered an autograph in every single box for this one (you won't see that in the new Topps set this year so far, unless you do jumbos) so that's a reason it's long sold out, but there are a number of other options out there that can all include a variety of finds from what is ultimately a very collector-friendly, budget-friendly release.  If you land a key name in a spot like that you may be in good shape as the multiple formats and volumes made can really spread things out here -- plus it's not a small set.  These packs are pretty consistent so it's just a matter if you land a serial-numbered card or not and then which color of flashy parallels might pop up. There's a lot to find here and now that the calendar has turned to another season attention might be elsewhere ... so the big stuff from the not-so-distant past might still be in there and findable at a better price, depending on when and where you look.

Product Grade: A-
Box Grade: B+
Fun Grade: B+

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