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The box: 2023-24 Panini Haunted Hoops basketball cards
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

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The box: 2023-24 Panini Haunted Hoops basketball cards
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

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What: 2023-24 Panini Immaculate Collection basketball cards
Arrives: Jan. 10, 2025
Box basics:  Three autographs and two memorabilia cards per six-card box (five boxes per case)
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What's buzz-worthy: Immaculate hits for a new run on cardboard with a number of new touches within the familiar design realm while showcasing stars of the NBA's past and present.

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The box: 2023-24 Panini Haunted Hoops basketball cards
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

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What: 2023-24 Panini Black basketball cards
Arrives: Today
Box basics: One autograph per five-card box (12 boxes per case)
Order: Click here (when available)

What's buzz-worthy: Black hits the court with its familiar look and format but with the stars and notable newcomers from the NBA in play here with a number rarer inclusions to chase.

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The box: 2023-24 Panini Haunted Hoops basketball cards
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com

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What: 2023-24 Panini National Treasures basketball cards
Arrives: Dec. 31
Box basics: Four autos, four mem cards, one printing plate and one base card per 10-card box (four boxes per case)
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What's buzz-worthy: National Treasures hits the court with its familiar lineup of inclusions for another season with past and present greats in play as part of a package that also includes some new touches.

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What: 2023-24 Panini One and One NBA cards
Arrives: Sept. 13, 2024
Box basics: One encased autograph and one other card per box (10 boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: For Year Five of this brand, One once again hits the hardwood with a little extra -- that's the "and One" part -- with the same formula with plenty of rookies and other highlights.

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What: 2023-24 Panini Phoenix basketball cards
Arrives: Aug. 9
Box basics: Two autos and one memorabilia card per 12-pack box (16 boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Phoenix hits the hardwood as a standalone NBA brand for the first time, packing all of the colorful textures and patterns that other sports have had in the past but with all of the notable active players that basketball fans expect today as well as some stars from the past.

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The box: 2023-24 Panini Select basketball cards (blaster)
First Buzz preview: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for a few formats)

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What: 2023-24 Panini Mosaic basketball cards
Arrives: June 19, 2024
Box basics: One autograph per 10-pack hobby box (12 boxes per case)
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What's buzz-worthy: Mosaic arrives for another run on the court not only with its familiar high-energy look and format but also with some new inclusions -- all with the flash and color for rookies and stars that NBA collectors expect.

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What: 2023-24 Panini Obsidian basketball cards
Arrives: May 22
Box basics: Two autographed cards and one memorabilia card per seven-card box (12 boxes per case)
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What's buzz-worthy: Obsidian arrives on the hardwood for the sixth time with top NBA rookies and plenty more to be found as part of this sometimes-colorful release.

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What: 2023-24 Donruss Optic basketball cards
Arrives: May 1
Box basics: One autograph per 20-pack box (12 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Optic hits the court for another season with the established formula that NBA fans have come to expect with the new rookies, plenty of parallel power and more in store.

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The box: 2023-24 NBA Hoops Winter Edition basketball cards (blaster)
First Buzz preview (standard set): Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for regular hobby/retail)

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What: 2023-24 Panini Court Kings basketball cards
Arrives: Jan. 17
Box basics: One autograph and one memorabilia card per 10-card box (16 boxes per case)
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What's buzz-worthy: Court Kings arrives once again with plenty of artistic flair, new looks at veterans and, of course, plenty of cardboard newcomers from around the world.

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What: 2023-24 NBA Hoops basketball cards
Arrives: Nov. 22
Box basics: One autograph per 24-pack box (20 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: A new year of NBA cardboard arrives with an insert card in every pack, ink in every box and plenty of star power young and old all in the same spot.

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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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What: 2022-23 Bowman University Best basketball cards
Arrives: June 28
Box basics: Two autographs in every 12-pack hobby box (via two mini boxes) (eight boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Topps' newest release that's the home to Victor Wembanyama and Caitlin Clark cards arrives very soon with the familiar mini-box format that assures an autograph each time.

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What: 2022-23 Bowman University Chrome basketball cards
Arrives: June 2
Box basics: Two autographs per 24-pack box (12 boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here
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What's buzz-worthy: Topps will be taking the college stars from men's and women's basketball -- and apparently some international club members, too -- to Chrome with the debut Bowman University basketball release.

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All those college draft picks and NIL cards from Topps will have school names and logos beginning next year

Fanatics revealed on Thursday that it has "new broad-scale college physical and digital trading card deals" with more than 100 top schools and will have exclusive rights for several years with deals that "will include both exclusive and non-exclusive co-branded trading card products, incorporating official university trademarks and featuring current student-athletes and former athletes playing in the NFL, NBA and MLB." It's a three-year deal beginning in 2023.

"Fanatics has been closely monitoring the ever-evolving NIL landscape, and we felt this was the perfect time to launch multiple, strategic college trading card programs that will allow schools and current student-athletes to create new levels of direct engagement with fans across hundreds of the top programs nationwide," said Derek Eiler EVP of Fanatics College. "There are tremendous opportunities for this untapped area of the hobby and to expand further across the collegiate sports landscape."

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