Buzz Break: 2019-20 Panini Mosaic NBA (mega box)

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The box: 2019-20 Panini Mosaic NBA cards
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Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for a few formats)

Keep reading for a full breakdown and gallery of what was in this one ...

Packs per box: 10
Cards per pack: 8
Cards in this box: 80
Base set completion: 30 of 200 (15 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – Kevin Durant, Stephen Curry, James Harden, Chris Paul, Karl-Anthony Towns, Devin Booker, Khris Middleton, Mike Conley, Donovan Mitchell, Lou Williams, Jrue Holiday, Lauri Markkanen, Kyle Kuzma

Inserts/short-prints: 50 (all in gallery below)
Rookie Cards (SP) (15) – Cam Reddish, Eric Paschall, Ky Bowman, Nassir Little, Kyle Guy, Luka Samanic, Nickeil Alexander-Walker, Kevin Porter Jr., Cameron Johnson, Admiral Schofield, Terance Mann, Goga Bitadze, Ignas Brazdeikis, Quinndary Weatherspoon, Keldon Johnson
NBA Debut (SP) (6) – Ja Morant, Kendrick Nunn, Cam Reddish, Coby White, Brandon Clarke, Jordan Poole
MVPs (SP) (1) – Giannis Antetokounmpo
Hall of Fame (SP) (5) – Pete Maravich, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Oscar Robertson, Larry Bird, Patrick Ewing
USA Basketball (SP) (3) – Dwyane Wade, Magic Johnson, Karl Malone
Jam Masters (1) – Donovan Mitchell
Will To Win (1) – Trae Young
Old School (1) – Chris Webber
Silver Mosaic Prizm Old School (1) – Kevin Garnett
Got Game? (2) – Stephen Curry, Nikola Jokic
Give and Go (1) – Ben Simmons
Silver Prizm parallel (1) – Wesley Matthews
Silver Prizm Rookie Card parallel (1) – Admiral Schofield
Silver Mosaic Prizm parallel (1) – Damian Lillard
Reactive Blue Mosaic Prizm parallel (7) – John Wall, Al Harford, Anfernee Simons, Marc Gasol, Frank Ntilikina, Aaron Holiday, Eric Gordon
Reactive Blue Mosaic Prizm Rookie Card parallel (1) – Coby White
Reactive Blue Mosaic Prizm MVPs parallel (1) – Stephen Curry
Reactive Blue Mosaic Prizm USA Basketball parallel (1) – Patrick Ewing

Autographs/Memorabilia: None

What's Buzz-worthy: My finale in this format didn't include any of the biggest Rookie Cards to be found here but it did include enough other guys and some notables in parallel and subset spots that I'm finishing one of the NBA A-grade releases this year with an A box. Could it have been better? Sure, but it still wasn't bad. That run of base cards was really strong, too, as those can be brutally dry at times for top names. This brand was relatively good to me this year -- and I was good for it with this being like my 11th of these boxes alone -- and it's going to be one of those releases that's always worth a look down the line. Singles, especially, base stuff should be pretty cheap right now but that's a good thing -- it allows people to stockpile singles and cherry pick them for grading for some of those rookies' second-season surges. This one also seems like it's going to end up being a landmark kind of set down the line as the one that was readily available during the Ja Morant/Zion Williamson craze and could deliver very well. And it will later I expect, too.  If you want more thoughts about this one, poke around and you'll see a ton more and more of my thoughts here.

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

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