Buzz Break: 2022-23 NBA Hoops Winter Edition (blaster)

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The box: 2022-23 NBA Hoops Winter Edition basketball cards (blaster)
First Buzz preview (standard set): Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for regular hobby/retail)

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

Packs per box: 6
Cards per pack: 15
Cards in this box: 90
Winter set completion: 76 of 300 (30 percent)
Duplicates: 0

Notables on base cards – LeBron James, Stephen Curry, Fred VanFleet, Kyle Lowry, Anthony Davis, Klay Thompson, Tyler Herro, De'Andre Hunter, Jalen Green, Vince Carter (Tribute), Bradley Beal (Tribute), Nikola Jokic (Tribute), Trae Young (Tribute)

Winter Rookie Cards (13) – Chet Holmgren (Tribute), Jaden Hardy, TyTy Washington Jr., Jaden Ivey, Isaiah Mobley, Blake Wesley, Kennedy Chandler, Jaylin Williams, Malaki Branham, Andrew Nembhard, Mark Williams, Johnny Davis, Josh Minott, Jabari Walker

Inserts/short-prints: 11 (all in gallery below with some base)
Purple Winter parallels (3) – DeAndre Ayton, Danny Green, Malaki Branham (RC)
Arriving Now Winter (2) – Dyson Daniels, Ousmane Dieng
Rookie Greetings Winter (2) – Dalen Terry, Tari Eason
Skyview Winter (1) – Kevin Durant
Skyview Winter Holo (1) – James Harden
Frequent Flyers Winter (1) – LeBron James
Pure Players Winter (1) – Anthony Edwards

Autographs/Memorabilia: 1
Rookie Sweaters (1) – Jaden Ivey

What's Buzz-worthy: This retail-only parallel version of the annual Hoops set has been an annual thing itself in recent years, though I may have missed or skipped last year's version. I spotted this and grabbed one since it guaranteed a hit but at a not-as-friendly $27.50 price in the retail wild. (Snowflakes or not, it's still Hoops to me so a higher price not really my thing as a casual -- at best -- NBA buyer.) Everything in here is a little frosty with the Winter Edition cards having some ice atop the cards and then some snow here and there on everything depending on the set and design. I landed some good names here from start to finish but I'm not sure I landed anything all that big here. Your biggest stuff would be those finds for the guy on the box, Paolo Banchero, on stuff only found here. My hit is perhaps a better find than some others possible here and another reason to consider these is that some boxes definitely will have autographs as the hit.

Product Grade: B+
Box Grade: A-
Fun Grade: B (very heavy base here)

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