What: 2024-25 Panini Eminence NBA cards
Arrives: Nov. 28
Box basics: Nine on-card autographs and one memorabilia/other card per box
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Eminence returns for another high-end run on the NBA court jam-packed with rookies, legends and some big cardboard possible in every super-premium box.

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What: 2024-25 Panini Flawless basketball cards
Arrives: TBD
Box basics: 10 autographs or memorabilia cards and one gem card per briefcase (two boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Flawless NBA returns to the court for its final time under the license with some of the biggest possible finds -- the beloved Logoman -- in both booklets and on standard cards.

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What: 2024-25 Panini PhotoGenic basketball cards
Arrives: TBD (initially via Panini's site)
Box basics: One autograph per 10-pack box (14 boxes per case)
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What's buzz-worthy: Panini's photo-driven NBA line arrives for the fourth time with some new looks and approaches within the online-first release that includes stars from the past and present.

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From time to time, Buzz will break a box of something and post the results here. Like this and want to see more? Or maybe there's a box you'd want to see busted? Send Buzz an email at BlowoutBuzz@blowoutcards.com.

The box: 2023-24 Topps Chrome basketball cards (blaster)
First Buzz preview, checklist & odds: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (a few formats)

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What: 2023-24 Panini One and One NBA cards
Arrives: Sept. 13, 2024
Box basics: One encased autograph and one other card per box (10 boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: For Year Five of this brand, One once again hits the hardwood with a little extra -- that's the "and One" part -- with the same formula with plenty of rookies and other highlights.

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What: 2023-24 Panini Prizm Deca basketball cards
Arrives: TBD
Box basics: Two autographs per 10-pack hobby box (10 boxes per case)
Order: Click here (when live)

What's buzz-worthy: Panini America will celebrate 10 years of Prizm with a new NBA set that uses past looks while showcasing stars of today and the past per teasers released today.

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The box: 2023-24 Panini Prizm NBA cards (blaster)
First Buzz preview: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

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What: 2022-23 Panini Noir basketball cards
Arrives: July 19
Box basics: Four autographs and three memorabilia cards per 10-card box (four boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Noir once again arrives with the nods to shoes, moody hues and, of course, new Rookie Cards and plenty more within these high-end boxes.

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What: 2021-22 Panini Eminence NBA cards
Arrives: March 29, 2023
Box basics: Nine autographs and one other card per box
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Eminence is back for one more high-end run on the NBA court with delays, of course, but jam-packed with rookies, legends and some big cardboard possible in every super-premium box.

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What: 2022-23 Donruss Elite basketball cards
Arrives: March 3
Box basics: Two autographs per 20-pack box
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Elite continues its run in the Panini America NBA lineup with some new touches, the rookies and superstars of yesterday and today and even more in the familiar package.

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What: 2022 TRISTAR Hidden Treasures Autographed Basketballs Season Edition
Arrives: Nov. 23
Box basics: One autographed basketball per box (four boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: TRISTAR's Hidden Treasures line takes to the court for a second time this year with some legendary ink to be found -- the biggest names in the game -- and plenty of other stars, too.

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What: 2021-22 Panini Spectra basketball cards
Arrives: Sept. 30
Box basics: Four autographs per four-pack box (eight boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Spectra returns for another run on the NBA court with all those hot rookies, legends from the past and an autograph in every pack.

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From time to time, Buzz will break a box of something and post the results here. Like this and want to see more? Or maybe there's a box you'd want to see busted? Send Buzz an email at BlowoutBuzz@blowoutcards.com.

The pack: 2019-20 NBA Hoops Premium Stock (mega box pack)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for a few formats)

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What: 2021-22 Topps Finest basketball cards
Arrives: Now via Topps.com
Box basics: One autograph card per 18-pack box
Checklist: Click here
Order: Click here (when available)

What's buzz-worthy: Topps returns to the basketball ranks with a release that's teased to be a colorful stylistic throwback with a relatively meaty mix of names with ink for many of them.

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Like many collectors, Buzz is a fan of grading and knows that there are many reasons that collectors choose to slab cards. Sometimes it's to enhance the appeal and protect them when selling. Other times it's to protect an investment for the long-term or to protect for sentimental reasons. Or, it might be just for fun or curiosity about a potential grade.

Here's this month's grading diary here on The Buzz ...

A CAREER YEAR
The Card: Dansby Swanson 2017 Topps Heritage #76B action variation SP -- Rookie Card parallel
The Reason Bought: I'm a sucker for Heritage RCs and multi-player cards from the past, but I've never really chased the SPs that have been immensely popular since around this year where a few key names went solo from their card counterparts and have cards of their own -- both signed and unsigned. I had Swanson stashed on my fantasy league all season (mostly on the bench behind a favorite of mine you see here often) and saw the career year as it was happening. I had been eyeing this card for years now -- I own plenty of the regular ones as well as a couple of the Chrome types (I might slab those) -- and grabbed this awhile back. With the Braves' World Series showing, I figured I'd have him batting lead-off here ... and he won't be alone from the ATL here this month.
The Grade: BGS 9.5

Reality Check: I wasn't really worried about the pop report but I also didn't realize there were so few cards above this one. I will stash this one away with my Ozzie Albies and Ronald Acuña Jr. slabs I've picked up or slabbed on my own the last couple years like I suspect many have and will be doing. I probably need to slab some of their pitchers and you might see a Freddie Freeman Heritage card or two here in the future. (I lean toward the new guys more but have had some good Heritage pulls.)

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What: 2021 TRISTAR Hidden Treasures Autographed Basketball
Arrives: Oct. 6
Box basics: One autographed basketball per box (four boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: TRISTAR's Hidden Treasures line takes to the court with an array of signers from the NBA's past and present all in the mix ... even you know who.

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What: 2020-21 Panini National Treasures basketball cards
Arrives: Aug. 11
Box basics: Four autos, four mem cards, one printing plate and one base/parallel card per box (four boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: National Treasures returns with the same box configuration as the past hits-wise but with the auto volume locked in along with a new crop of rookies and more that collectors have come to expect with the brand.

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What: 2020-21 Panini Crown Royale basketball cards
Arrives: May 5
Box basics: One autograph and one memorabilia card per eight-card box (16 boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Crown Royale hits the hardwood once again with the same format as previous years but some new looks and, of course, plenty of rookies and royalty from the past and present.

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What: 2020-21 Panini Prizm basketball cards
Arrives: April 28
Box basics: Two autographs per 12-pack hobby box (12 boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: A new year of Prizm arrives with the same format as last year but with a new crop of rookies (just an early mock or two in gallery using last year's players) and some new nods to the rich history of the brand.

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What's old is new again ... at least in some basketball card boxes found in the retail aisle.

That sums up the SLAM magazine insert cards in packs of 2020-21 Panini Hoops, which recently arrived with a look back at 20 past covers from the long-running magazine.

It's a simple lineup -- 20 covers -- in this first go, but there are five parallels of each one to chase and there's some competition to land a number of them over on eBay if you're like Buzz and haven't spotted anything yet out in the wild on the wax front.

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What: 2020-21 Panini Certified basketball cards
Arrives: Jan. 20
Box basics: Two autographs (one rookie auto) per 10-pack box (12 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Certified arrives for a new season with new rookies (just last year's players in mocks here) and plenty of star power from the NBA's past as well as its present.

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What: 2020 Leaf Autographed Basketball Photo Edition
Arrives: October
Box basics: One autographed and slabbed photo per box (12 boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf takes to the hardwood with a signed NBA photo release for the first time and it's one that's loaded with stars from the past and present.

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From time to time, Buzz will break a box of something and post the results here. Like this and want to see more? Or maybe there's a box you'd want to see busted? Send Buzz an email at BlowoutBuzz@blowoutcards.com.

The box: 2018-19 Panini Threads NBA cards (hanger box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for previous years)

Packs per box: 1
Cards per pack: 20
Base set completion: 12 of 100 (12 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Base cards – John Wall, Vince Carter, Blake Griffin, Kevin Love, Harrison Barnes, Klay Thompson, Joe Ingles, T.J. Warren, Taurean Prince, Andre Drummond, Tristan Thompson, Dennis Smith Jr.

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Do you like Buzz Breaks? Today's your day then as we launch 8 in 8 -- a series of a eight breaks of wax boxes and wax packs in as many hours today. We'll post one every hour ... this is Hour 5.

The box: 2010-11 Panini Season Update NBA (hobby)
The cost: Click here

What's inside this one? Keep reading ...

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The Blowout Cards Forums are where thousands of collectors converge daily to discuss, well, a little bit of everything. Here are a few threads about collecting and more that you should check out right now.

What's Buzzing Today: Big pulls, big projects, revisiting a collection 20 years later, Dirk Nowitzki and more.

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