Buzz Break: 2019-20 Panini Chronicles NBA cards (blaster)

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The box: 2019-20 Panini Chronicles basketball cards (blaster)
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Keep reading for a full breakdown and gallery of what was in this one ...

Packs per box: 8 (all cards from box in gallery below)
Cards per pack: 5
Cards in this box: 40
Chronicles set completion: 3 of 50 (6 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Base cards – Anthony Davis, Kristaps Porzingis, D'Angelo Russell

Rookie Cards (25) – see gallery

Base subsets: 31 (all cards are numbered as part of the standard set but I'm detailing them here as I would if inserts)
Crusade (1) – Luka Doncic
Donruss (1) – Naz Reid
Essentials (2) – Sekou Doumbouya, Kawhi Leonard
Flux (1) – Cameron Johnson
Luminance (4) – R.J. Barrett, Cam Reddish, De'Andre Hunter, Anthony Davis
Marquee (4) – LeBron James, Kawhi Leonard, Romeo Langford, Cody Martin
Panini (5) – Luka Doncic, Brandon Clarke, Jaxson Hayes, Goga Bitadze, Terence Davis
Playbook (4) – Tyler Herro, Darius Garland, Carsen Edwards, Eric Paschall
Prestige (2) – Rui Hachimura, De'Andre Hunter
Recon (1) – Rui Hachimura
Rookies & Stars (4) – Cam Reddish, Rui Hachimura, Carsen Edwards, Keldon Johnson
Threads (1) – Brandon Clarke
XR (1) – R.J. Barrett

Inserts: 6
Pink Chronicles parallel (1) – Joel Embiid
Pink Luminance parallel (1) – De'Andre Hunter
Pink Marquee parallel (1) – Keldon Johnson
Pink Panini parallel (1) – Goga Bitadze
Pink Prestige parallel (1) – P.J. Washington Jr.
Pink Recon parallel (1) – Eric Paschall

Autographs/Memorabilia: None

What's Buzz-worthy: My finale for this one is a bit of a rarity based on my experience ripping these -- it's the rare box that didn't include any Ja Morant or Zion Williamson cards. It still was pretty strong with some high draft picks appearing more than once and with a pair of Luka Doncic appearances -- one being on a rarer Optichrome-stock Crusade card that helps. This is my 10th break of blasters here ... and it's (I think) the only one to get less than an A grade. Why? There's so much to be found here -- and most boxes will deliver some surprises. One thing that did surprise me here? No hits out of 10 blasters from a few different times of digging in. This may not be the most-valuable box for singles -- they arguably deliver too much too easily, so the volume made and volume available can pile up -- but at some point this one will be a fun rip in the future perhaps moreso than now. Why? This one will always be a box that can deliver today's popular RCs in volume ... and at some point boxes of 2019-20 NBA stuff will be tougher to find (singles, too) than it is now. I think I generally did better with Mosaic this year but this one was more fun to rip into in some volume.

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

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