Panini allows peek into Select Basketball

Posted Dec 6, 2012 by Bob D'Angelo

Updated Mar 27, 2013 at 10:20 PM

When it comes to basketball products from Panini America the last few weeks, there have been plenty of upcoming issues to select from.

Thursday, Panini gave collectors another choice — 2012-13 Select Basketball, which is due to hit the shelves in late March 2013.

Select’s hobby boxes will consist of two seven-pack mini-boxes. Panini promises four autographs, four new-design Prizm cards and six additional inserts in each hobby box—or, to break it down further, two autos, two Prizms and three inserts in each mini-box.

Select will have a 325-card base set with 75 additional rookies that will feature either an autograph or a combination of a signature and game-used swatch. An additional 100 cards — signed on-card — will be a rookie card subset that will draw from the selections made in the 2011 and 2012 draft classes.

There also will be three different Prizm cards to chases—regul;ar Prizm, gold parallels numbered to 25 and 1/1 black parallels.

Select Stars and Hot Stars inserts also will include have Prizm and White Hot parallels.

Sounds like some pretty good selections.