Buzz Break: 2018-19 Panini Prizm NBA cards (mega box)

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The box: 2018-19 Panini Prizm NBA cards (mega box)
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (all formats)

Packs per box: 11 (10 standard, one 10-card Pink Ice Prizms pack)
Cards per pack: 4
Cards in this box: 50
Base set completion: 
23 of 200 (12 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – James Harden, Julius Erving, Wilt Chamberlain, Chris Paul, Damian Lillard, Kevin Garnett, Kawhi Leonard, Joel Embiid, Devin Booker, Buddy Hield, C.J. McCollum, Paul George

Insert/short-print cards: 27 (all in gallery below)
Rookie Cards (6) -- Jaren Jackson Jr., Miles Bridges, Svi Mukhailiuk, Aaron Holiday, Kevin Knox, Dzanan Musa
Silver Prizm parallel (3) – Manu Ginobili, Lou Williams, Rondae Hollis-Jefferson
Pink Ice Prizm Rookie Cards parallel (1) – Jaren Jackson Jr.
Pink Ice Prizm parallel (9) – Kevin Durant, Jeremy Lin, Chris Paul, Damian Lillard, Jae Crowder, Bobby Portis, Solomon Hill, Malcolm Brogdon, Bradley Beal
Dominance (2) – Julius Erving, Hakeem Olajuwon
Emergent (2) – Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Jerome Robinson
Freshman Phenoms (2) – Collin Sexton, Aaron Holiday
Freshman Phenoms Green Prizms (1) – Jaren Jackson Jr.
Hall Monitors (1) – Larry Bird

 Autographs/Memorabilia: None

What's Buzz-worthy: If you're a Jaren Jackson Jr. fan, this was a box for you, The Memphis Grizzlies rookie appeared in this one three times -- a standard Rookie Card and two color inserts/parallels. This one included more RCs than other boxes of this type I've ripped before. My Pink pack was decent on stars but had just one rookie (Jackson) -- yet that's more than I have found in some past boxes. Why rip this format? More guaranteed Silvers than a blaster, more Rookie Cards and that meaty pack of colorful parallels only found here. It appears that autos can be found here --  standard and Silver -- and inserts here have Silver and Green parallels to chase. More packs here means more chances at hot RCs such as Luka Doncic (a 1:100 box chance at his pricey Silver if perfect collation and 1:30 boxes for Pink). You get more volume here but no guaranteed hit like in blasters so depending what you're chasing there are options with this brand. The hobby boxes guarantee ink and a lot of color (hit that link above) but if you're a little more on the fence or don't want to spend a lot, these mega boxes are solid options with good potential. You can find it at the link above, too. The rookie volume and some good names among the inserts helped this box out but I think it still could have delivered a bit better.

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

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