Buzz Break: 2019-20 Panini Prizm NBA cards (hanger box)

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The box: 2019-20 Panini Prizm NBA cards (blaster box)
First Buzz preview: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (a few formats)

Packs per box: 6
Cards per pack: 4
Cards in this box: 24
Base set completion: 
10 of 200 (5 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Base cards – LeBron James, Clyde Drexler, Yao Ming, Austin Rivers, Wendell Carter Jr., Justin Jackson, Fred VanFleet, Aaron Holiday, Julius Randle, Jae Crowder

Insert/short-print cards: 10 (all cards in gallery below)
Rookie Cards (1) – Dylan Windler
Silver Prizm parallel (1) – Harry Giles
Green Prizm parallel (1) – Derrick Jones Jr.
Orange Ice Prizm parallel (4) – Eric Bledsoe, Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, Zhaire Smith, Jeff Teague
Emergent (1) – Mfiondu Kabengele
Dominance (1) – Stephen Curry
Get Hyped! (1) – Ben Simmons

Autographs/Memorabilia: None

What's Buzz-worthy: This is the last of my five hangers I found when these first arrived, and this one was probably the roughest -- close to average but perhaps saved by three key names (James, Curry, Simmons), though even those weren't big cards per se. There was just a single basic Rookie Card here and my Zion Williamson streak still remains 0-for-everything that I've opened this year. The pack also included a badly mangled card on the back of the pack (at least that wasn't a key rookie). As said before, these hanger boxes carry a suggested retail price of $17.98 -- just $2 less than a blaster -- but include nearly the same amount of cardboard (20 cards here vs. 24 in a blaster) and, importantly, include some exclusives that can deliver. You don't get a guaranteed hit here, but you do get Orange Ice cards as well as a shot at rookie variations that are found here. (Not this time.) This format might be my runaway pick for best retail format had the price been slightly lower. I'm still torn between this and blasters for the cost as they are similar and the blasters do guarantee a hit. The RCs and parallels are big in Prizm -- especially if you consider grading -- and you should with this release.

Product Grade: A+
Box Grade: B- (closer to average here with one mangled card)
Fun Grade: B

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