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It’s safe to say that Panini America’s NBA Product Development Team put its best foot forward last season with the introduction of the spectacular Sneak Peek insert in 2013-14 Immaculate Basketball. A revolutionary addition to the popular Immaculate brand, Sneak Peek appealed to hardcore collectors and sneakerheads alike by sharing massive, prime pieces of game-worn NBA shoes from the biggest superstars the game has ever known. In the process, Panini America provided a stiff, jolting kick to the entire game-worn memorabilia trading card genre.
Boasting a bountiful array of basketball cards the likes of which fans and collectors had never seen, Sneak Peek commanded mainstream media attention and provided a path for similar innovation inside 2014 Immaculate Baseball. So how does the company plan to follow up that trailblazing debut in this week’s release of 2014-15 Immaculate Basketball? By taking the next logical step, of course.
Fans and collectors waiting for the other shoe to drop, so to speak, will get their first crack at an all-new Sneak Peek insert when 2014-15 Immaculate Basketball arrives in hobby shops across North America on Wednesday. Although there are some carry-overs from last season (such as Shaquille O’Neal’s other Reebok Pump), there are also many new additions to the Sneak Peek checklist, including Allen Iverson, Julius Erving, Andrew Wiggins, Hakeem Olajuwon, Yao Ming, Karl Malone, Magic Johnson and more.
But instead of just telling you about this year’s Sneak Peek insert, we’re going to show you. In the gallery that follows, we provide an extended examination of this year’s set, a foot-stomping assortment of game-worn greatness. While you might not necessarily be able to walk a mile in these shoes, you would probably walk a mile — or a hundred miles — in bare feet to get your hands on one.
Enjoy the gallery and stay tuned to The Knight’s Lance for continued coverage of 2014-15 Immaculate Basketball.
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