What: 2020-21 Panini Select basketball cards
Arrives: July 9
Box basics: Three autograph or memorabilia cards per 12-pack box (12 boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Select hits the court with the same formula -- a tiered base set with plenty of parallels -- but a new rookie class and some other surprises from this colorful brand.

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What: 2021 Break King Premium Basketball
Arrives: Aug. 27
Box basics: Three rookie-year buybacks per box (three boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Break King hits the court with two slabs per box and every card in this one being from a player's first season.

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What: 2020-21 Donruss Optic basketball cards
Arrives: June 9
Box basics: One autograph per 20-pack box (12 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Optic hits the hardwood once again with the same hit volume but some new inclusions and plenty of the familiar for a new class of rookies (mocks using last year's guys here) and with plenty of ink and parallels among the possibilities.

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What: 2020-21 Panini Noir basketball cards
Arrives: June 30
Box basics: Seven autographs or memorabilia cards per 10-card box (four boxes per case)
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What's buzz-worthy: Noir arrives once again with new players, legendary veterans and, yes, cards showcasing players' shoes, too.

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The box: 2020-21 NBA Hoops Winter Edition basketball cards (blaster)
First Buzz preview & checklist (standard set): Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)

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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 Contenders basketball cards
Arrives: May 19
Box basics: Two autographs per 12-pack box (12 boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Contenders hits the NBA court not long after last season's edition with a new crop of rookies, their autographs (mocks here using last year's players) and some new inclusions.

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What's Buzzing: J.J. Watt's move has them talking, pumped up by spring training, NBA fans and the PSA price hike, generational talents and new breaks.

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What: 2020-21 Panini Origins basketball cards
Arrives: April 14
Box basics: One rookie jersey auto and one other auto or mem card per seven-card box (12 boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Origins hits the hardwood for its sophomore season with a new crop of rookies (mocks here use last year's players) and plenty of ink and energy.

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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 Absolute Memorabilia basketball cards
Arrives: March 10
Box basics: Two autographs and two memorabilia cards per two-pack box (10 boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Absolute hits the hardwood once again with new rookies (last year's newcomers in some early mocks seen here), new ink and plenty of memorabilia as this brand has always delivered.

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What: 2020-21 Panini Revolution basketball cards
Arrives: March 3
Box basics: 40 cards per eight-pack box (16 boxes per case via two inners)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Panini's colorful pattern-filled brand hits the hardwood once again with a new crop of Rookie Cards (RCs here are mocks using last year's players), tough ink but plenty of parallels and more to chase.

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The box: 2019-20 Panini Mosaic NBA cards
First Buzz preview & checklist: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for a few formats)

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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: 2020-21 NBA Hoops basketball cards
Arrives: Feb. 3
Box basics: Two autographs per 24-pack box (20 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: A new NBA season will be upon us soon and the new cardboard is coming, too, with Hoops helping usher in a new class of rookies and plenty more in mid-January.

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What's Buzzing: Big pulls, breaking down cases and an eternal base card question in this holiday edition.

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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: 2020 MLB successes and some big pulls and highlights in today's edition.

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The box: 2019-20 Panini Mosaic NBA cards
First Buzz preview & checklist: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for a few formats)

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What: 2019-20 Panini Eminence NBA cards
Arrives: Dec. 23
Box basics: Nine autographs and one other card per box -- all encased in advance.
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Eminence returns for another high-end run with all of those hard-hitting rookies in play here on game-used memorabilia cards -- and they will be joined by some of the biggest legends of the game all in one super-premium spot.

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The box: 2019-20 Panini Mosaic NBA cards
First Buzz preview & checklist: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for a few formats)

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What: 2020 Break King Basketball Special Edition
Arrives: Late December
Box basics: Three buyback cards per box (three boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: NBA fans will have plenty to chase in this buyback release with one graded Kobe Bryant Rookie Card per case for starters.

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What's Buzzing: Nothing but pulls and break highlights in today's variety-packed edition.

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The box: 2020-21 Panini Contenders Draft Picks basketball cards (blaster)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)

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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: Zion vs. Trae, Mosaic hits TMZ via a Kardashian, big pulls WNBA and more in today's edition.

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