Buzz Break: 2019-20 Panini Chronicles NBA (two hangers)

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

Packs per box: 1 (all cards from both boxes in gallery below)
Cards per pack: 30
Cards per lot: 60
Chronicles set completion: 9 of 50 (18 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Base cards – James Harden, Trae Young, Kyle Lowry, Bam Adebayo, Pascal Siakam, Jaren Jackson Jr., Karl-Anthony Towns, Nikola Vucevic, Brandon Ingram

Rookie Cards (35) – see gallery

Base subsets: 44 (all cards are numbered as part of the standard set but I'm detailing them here as I would if inserts)
Classics (8) – Ja Morant, Brandon Clarke (2), P.J. Washington Jr., Jarrett Culver, Kawhi Leonard, Carsen Edwards, Coby White
Crusade (1) – P.J. Washington Jr.
Essentials (2) – Tyler Herro, Brandon Clarke
Hometown Heroes (1) – Luka Doncic
Luminance (5) – Luka Doncic, P.J. Washington Jr., Keldon Johnson, Cameron Johnson, Jordan McLaughlin
Marquee (2) – Brandon Clarke, James Harden
Panini (8) – LeBron James, Coby White, James Harden, Eric Paschall, Cam Reddish, D'Andre Hunter, Nickeil Alexander-Walker, Keldon Johnson
Phoenix (1) – Cam Reddish
Playbook (5) – Zion Williamson, Ja Morant, Keldon Johnson, Coby White, Cameron Johnson
Prestige (4) – LeBron James, Stephen Curry, Cameron Johnson, Jarrett Culver
Threads (5) – Luka Doncic, Coby White, Kevin Porter Jr., Kendrick Nunn, Jaxson Hayes
XR (2) – Jaxson Hayes, Eric Paschall

Inserts: 7
Green Chronicles parallel (1) – Khris Middleton
Green Flux parallel (1) – R.J. Barrett
Green Luminance parallel (1) – LeBron James
Green Marquee parallel (1) – Giannis Antetokounmpo
Green Prestige parallel (1) – Cameron Johnson
Green Playbook parallel (1) – Carsen Edwards
Green XR parallel (1) – Jarrett Culver

Autographs/Memorabilia: None

What's Buzz-worthy: I passed on hanger boxes since blasters have more cardboard -- but there's truly not a ton more. You get 40 cards per blaster but only 30 cards here. That said, I probably should have entertained more of these when I spotted the brand out in the retail wild. These are the home of Green parallels across the board and the only place to find the Classics cards (noted on box as "inserts" but numbered within the set like everything else). I didn't land as many Ja Morant/Zion Williamson cards here as my first three (all A+) blasters but they did make an appearance and so did key names like LeBron James, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Luka Doncic and other RCs. For more thoughts on this one, check out my other breaks ... this one is easily a must-rip for a collector with strong potential if you land key names among the few parallels in either retail format -- and it's an easy one to stockpile for the long-term with so many RCs and so much variety.

Product Grade: A
Box Grade: A- (landed big names but not enough volume of them for A+ based on past boxes)
Fun Grade: A

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