What: 2024-25 Topps Finest basketball cards
Arrives: Aug. 14
Box basics: Two autographs per six-pack box (eight boxes per case) or three autos per 10-card breaker box (eight per case)
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Odds: TBD
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What's buzz-worthy: A new year of Finest arrives next month with a mix of past and present stars and plenty of colorful flash as part of a tiered release with plenty of nods to its past -- a "style that defined a generation of collecting," according to Topps.

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What: 2023-24 Topps Motif basketball cards
Arrives: April 25, 2025
Box basics: Five autos and one Relic per eight-card box (three boxes per case)
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What's buzz-worthy: Topps brings its colorful high-end brand to the court for the first time with a selection of "some of the best veteran, rookie and retired players."

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The box: 2023-24 Panini Haunted Hoops basketball cards
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The box: 2023-24 Panini Haunted Hoops basketball cards
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What: 2023-24 Topps Finest basketball cards
Arrives: Jan. 23, 2025
Box basics: Two autographs per six-pack hobby box (eight boxes per case) or Two autographs per 10-card breaker box (10 boxes per case)
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What's buzz-worthy: Topps Finest hits the court for the first time in 16 years with this union-approved release that's packed with color and flash as well as nods to its fully-licensed past.

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What: 2024 Topps Cosmic Chrome basketball cards
Arrives: Dec. 27
Box basics: 20 packs per hobby box (12 boxes per case)
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What's buzz-worthy: Topps Chrome goes intergalactic for the basketball fan with "some of the biggest names in the basketball universe" in play as part of a colorful and parallel-packed lineup.

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The box: 2023-24 Panini Haunted Hoops basketball cards
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What: 2023-24 Topps Chrome basketball cards
Arrives: Aug. 28
Box basics: Two autographs per 12-pack box (12 boxes per case) or two autographs per 12-card breakers box (12 boxes per case)
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What's buzz-worthy: Topps revives Chrome for the pro basketball realm with members of the NBA Players Association -- but not NBA team trademarks -- and the early basic teaser images and also the checklist and odds for that upcoming release are here.

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What: 2023-24 Wild Card Five Card Draw basketball cards
Arrives: June 21
Box basics: Five encased autographed cards per box (12 boxes per case)
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What's buzz-worthy: Wild Card brings its very numbers-based presentation to the basketball court with five serial-numbered cards inside numbered packs that add some certainty to the chase -- every card is numbered to no more than five copies across the entire release and every box includes a 1/1 card.

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The box: 2023-24 Panini Prizm NBA cards (blaster)
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The box: 2023-24 NBA Hoops Winter Edition basketball cards (blaster)
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The box: 2023-24 NBA Hoops Winter Edition basketball cards (blaster)
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The box: 2023-24 NBA Hoops Winter Edition basketball cards (blaster)
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What: 2023-24 TRISTAR Hidden Treasures Autographed Basketballs Season Edition
Arrives: Dec. 8
Box basics: One autographed basketball per box (four boxes per case)
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What's buzz-worthy: TRISTAR's Hidden Treasures line takes to the court for a second time this year with some legendary ink to be found -- the biggest names in the game past and present -- and plenty of other stars, too.

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They're not the biggest boxes when it comes to their price -- but they're definitely packing a lot more than a Happy Meal.

In fact, with some luck when it comes to the 2022 Topps Chrome McDonald's All-American basketball boxes, you can feast with some of the first cardboard for a number of newly drafted NBA players, some likely future picks and even potential WNBA talent a little further down the line. (They have different draft rules so players can't be picked out of high school.)

A dozen players in this release were NBA Draft picks this year -- seven of those among the Top 20 -- and others who weren't are still active in the college ranks, transferred or are waiting on the draft due to injury. While it appears that only three players on the men's squad that year are not on cards in this release, there's still plenty to be found and a lot of it with big-dollar potential thanks to it being Chrome, and, of course, there being plenty of parallels to chase as well as autographs.

Brandon Miller, for example, was taken by the Charlotte Hornets with the No. 2 pick in this year's draft after a dominating season at Alabama and he appears on more than 70 cards in this release with a dozen certified autograph cards. Gameday Autographs in this one are traditional-stock on-card autos signed by players at the prep All-Star event, while the rest of the cards are Chromes and all parallels are numbered to 99 copies or less. Atop ink, there's a 100-card base set (some players are on the checklist more than once) and then photo variations for 10 notables, four insert sets packed with top names and then the ink. A lot of those versions of both base Chrome and autographs are found in both hobby boxes (a sure thing for ink) and then in blasters, too, with the ink flowing a little less easily -- but still in there .

While Bronny James' cardboard debut in the 2023 set to come soon undoubtedly will be a monster, this one is packed with a lot of break-out potential beyond just one headling-making big name. Heck, this one might have been passed over by many when James wasn't in there (he shouldn't have been, but it arrived around this year's event) -- but the roster is there for this marquee event. It's one that has seen legends such as Magic Johnson, Michael Jordan, Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant suit up in the past (but without cards in their era) and then cards in limited volumes in the early 2000s for stars such as Kevin Durant, James Harden and Chris Paul. (WNBA stars have been in there, too, but few on cards.) The combination of talent here without a monster price tag at the moment -- plus it being Chrome -- makes this one with relatively fertile potential in both the short-term -- and longer -- without breaking the bank like high-end NBA releases might.

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