Buzz Break: 2020-21 Panini Chronicles NBA (blaster)

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The box: 2020-21 Panini Chronicles NBA basketball cards (blaster)
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Keep reading for a breakdown and gallery of what was in this one.

Packs per box: 8
Cards per pack: 5
Cards per pack: 40
Chronicles set completion: 
4 of 50 (8 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Standard Cards: 34 (all cards from box in gallery below)
Chronicles (4) – Mike Conley, Kawhi Leonard, De'Aaron Fox, James Harden
Crusade (1) – Tyrese Maxey
Donruss (1) – Paul Reed
Essentials (2) – Patrick Williams, Tyrese Haliburton
Luminance (3) – LaMelo Ball, Aaron Nesmith, Cole Anthony
Marquee (3) – Cole Anthony, Tyrese Haliburton, Payton Pritchard
Panini (4) – Kira Lewis Jr., Immanuel Quickley, Obi Toppin, Theo Maledon
Phoenix (1) – Saddiq Bey
Playbook (4) – Patrick Williams, Malachi Flynn, Desmond Bane, Anthony Davis
Prestige (2) – LaMelo Ball, Aaron Nesmith
Rookies & Stars (4) – Anthony Edwards, Kawhi Leonard, Saddiq Bey, Obi Toppin
Threads (2) – Patrick Williams, Immanuel Quickley
XR (3) – Immanuel Quickley, James Wiseman, Onyeka Okongwu

Parallel cards: 6
Chronicles Pink (1) – Ja Morant
Essentials Pink (1) – Anthony Edwards,
Luminance Pink (1) – Aleksej Pokusevski
Panini Pink (1) – Precious Achiuwa
Prestige Pink (1) – Donovan Mitchell
XR Pink (1) – Tyrese Maxey

Autographs/Memorabilia: None

What's Buzz-worthy: This is my first blaster of this one after dabbling with hangers and ultimately I think I like these more due to a little more volume but really because Pink parallels seem to pop a little more than the Greens. My rookie presence here was pretty good, though I think there are probably still better blasters out there to be found. ... The annual all-in-one release that is Chronicles arrived for the NBA a bit later than perhaps normal but it's still a fun, solid one to break in any format for a collector. If you land the right names more than once you can come out ahead if you find stuff at SRP like I did. The variety here didn't seem as deep as it was in previous versions but that may just be with this smaller box. These aren't the flashiest of breaks if you're ripping for big mojo hits or cash, but they are fun.

Product Grade: A-
Box Grade: A (Edwards, Ball and other notables)
Fun Grade: B+ (good variety but it feels like there has been more in past)

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