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: 7 of 50 (14 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Base cards – Chris Paul, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Anthony Davis, Stephen Curry, Kevin Love, Domantas Sabonis, Pascal Siakam

Rookie Cards (22) – see gallery

Base subsets: 26 (all cards are numbered as part of the standard set but I'm detailing them here as I would if inserts)
Essentials (3) – Kendrick Nunn, Romeo Langford, P.J. Washington Jr.
Hometown Heroes (1) – LeBron James
Luminance (2) – Cameron Johnson, Jordan McLaughlin
Marquee (2) – Jaxson Hayes, Matisse Thybulle
Panini (2) – De'Andre Hunter, Nickeil Alexander-Walker
Playbook (2) – Zion Williamson, Cameron Johnson
Prestige (4) – Giannis Antetokounmpo, De'Andre Hunter, Cam Reddish, Darius Garland
Rookies & Stars (4) – Coby White, Kawhi Leonard, Matisse Thybulle, De'Andre Hunter
Threads (3) – R.J. Barrett, Eric Paschall, James Harden
XR (3) – Kendrick Nunn, De'Andre Hunter, Jarrett Culver

Inserts: 7
Pink Chronicles parallel (1) – Nikola Vucevic
Silver Crusade parallel (1) – De'Andre Hunter
Pink Essentials parallel (1) – Jaxson Hayes
Pink Panini parallel (1) – Cam Reddish
Pink Playbook parallel (1) – Coby White
Pink Threads parallel (1) – Kevin Porter Jr.
Pink XR parallel (1) – Cam Reddish

Autographs/Memorabilia: None

What's Buzz-worthy: Still can't stop with this one -- perhaps because I missed Illusions' arrival this past week -- but this one delivered about the same as past boxes ... pretty strong. This one included one Zion and then come key rookies from the parallels and a couple of Optichrome-stock cards with key names included. All in all, not the flashiest box here but still a solid one ... especially if found at SRP like I did. ... This is a solid release for me -- one where I should have given it an A+ but didn't (probably from a lack of hits in all my boxes upon first impression) -- and it's one that I've enjoyed perhaps more than any other in this strong year for NBA cards thanks to all those popular rookies. For more thoughts on this one, check out my other breaks ... there have been a few and there will still be more to come.

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

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