The NBA's All-Star Weekend starts tonight in New Orleans and Panini America will be on hand with the cardboard to help celebrate the star-studded event.

There will be three card sets made to note events during the weekend and one available to collectors buying online.

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What's Buzzing Today: First cases, big sale breaks delivering big results, busting BBM True Heart, USA Soccer, Ben Simmons hauls and more.

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What: 2016-17 Panini Select basketball cards
Arrives: March 17
Box basics: Three autographs or memorabilia cards per 12-pack box (12 boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: This release offers collectors a few challenges via a tiered base set, a rainbow of parallels and plenty of hits.

Keep reading for more info and a full gallery of images released so far.

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Slabbed cards have been a part of the hobby for decades now but a few autograph companies have started getting into the trend in recent years by encasing cards to give them a bit better display presence at a fraction of the price for a signed photo or memorabilia piece.

And it helps that while storage and protection concern go away, too.

Two big autograph dealers -- Steiner Sports and Fanatics Authentic -- have pretty beefy runs of signed trading cards available that in some cases take the interesting creations of card companies and makes them better.

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We've not seen any formal information related about the forthcoming 2016-17 Panini Select basketball card set, but that's not stopping everyone from getting a preview of the inclusions that matter the most.

The autographs.

We don't yet know details about the rainbows or the ink per box, but here's the start of what's to come as recently released by Panini America ... check 'em out.

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What's Buzzing Today: Impressive breaks from around the collecting world.

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What: 2016-17 Panini Aficionado basketball cards
Arrives: March 24
Box basics: One autograph and one memorabilia card per 10-pack box (12 boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: An enigmatic 1990s baseball release returns with its textured printing for a release on the hardcourt and it's "designed, built and tailored to be a true collector's product."

Keep reading for more info and a full gallery of images released so far.

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What: 2016-17 Donruss Optic basketball cards
Arrives: April 5
Box basics: One autograph per 20-pack hobby box (12 boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here to view

What's buzz-worthy: We've got early word on some of the retail inclusions to come in Panini America's Optichromed version of its Donruss basketball set. There will be exclusives found only in certain pack types for both inserts, Holo parallels and autographed cards on the retail front. Update: We have added the full hobby information.

Keep reading for more info and a full gallery of images released so far.

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There too aren't many details revealed just yet, but Panini America is readying an NBA Day promotional set for an upcoming release.

A 40-card 2017 NBA Panini Day set will arrive in promo packs around the same time as the previously announced 2016-17 Panini Prestige, which is set to arrive on March 8, according to details released by the company today.

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What: 2016-17 Panini Prestige basketball cards
Arrives: March 8
Box basics: Two autographs and one memorabilia card per 24-pack box (16 boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: Prestige is back off the bench for the first time since 2013-14 with some new inserts and inclusions but also some familiar names.

Keep reading for more info and a full gallery of images released so far.

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What's Buzzing Today: Some big pulls from retail boxes, strong Star Trek packs, new vintage, Rob Dibble rainbows, great comic book reads and more.

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What's Buzzing Today: Yordano Ventura, big breaks, 1990 Bowman variations & favorite Panini America cardboard.

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What's Buzzing Today: Impressive breaks today, a Star Wars autograph debate, sketch card collecting strategies & more.

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What's Buzzing Today: Big pulls, The Big Hurt's big-name autograph, impressive art & more.

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What: 2017 Super Break Basketball Buyback Cards Edition
Arrives: Feb. 21
Box basics: One buyback NBA card per box (five boxes per case)

What's buzz-worthy: Super Break's first NBA product of a new year includes nothing but cards.

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If you're a Jeremy Lin collector, you might need to find a comic book shop.

The Brooklyn Nets' point guard from Harvard makes his second appearance in a Marvel Comics release that arrives in shops today. It's issue 14 of The Totally Awesome Hulk.

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Autographs have a buddy every time you see them in the newest Panini America NBA release.

The brand is 2016-17 Panini Limited and it arrives next week with those two in tandem quite often -- a bit of a new twist for the brand's signed cards.

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