Panini America’s venerable
Certified franchise has been a trading card staple across many sports for many years, but it’s been done in basketball only once, during the 2009-10
NBA season. In the years since, any
Certified Basketball product has included the “Totally” modifier. But on Wednesday, Certified Basketball makes a triumphant return to the marketplace with a stacked 2018-19 edition boasting the fabled
Mirror parallels, an array of hard-signed autograph inserts and more.
On average, each hobby box of
2018-19 Certified Basketball (five cards per pack, 10 packs per box, 12 boxes per case) will deliver two autographs, one memorabilia card, 10 inserts and seven parallels. Among the most sought after of Certified’s autograph inclusions promise to be the hard-signed
Rookie Roll Call and
Certified Potential chases featuring the stars of the
2018 NBA Draft Class.
There’s also a hard-signed
10th Anniversary set that includes 10 superstar players on cards numbered to 15 or less. The checklist includes
Kobe Bryant,
Charles Barkley,
Shaquille O’Neal,
Bill Russell,
Kevin Durant,
Stephen Curry,
Reggie Miller,
Allen Iverson,
Damian Lillard and
Kyrie Irving.
In terms of the Mirror parallel structure, there are unnumbered base Mirror parallels as well as
Mirror Red (numbered to 299),
Mirror Blue (numbered to 199),
Mirror Orange (numbered to 99),
Mirror Purple (numbered to 49),
Mirror Gold (numbered to 10),
Mirror Green (numbered to five) and
Mirror Black 1/1 versions.
In the revealing
Quality Control Gallery that follows, we offer a deep dive into the triumphantly returning Certified Basketball. Enjoy the sneak peek and stay tuned to
The Knight’s Lance for additional coverage.
2018-19 Certified Basketball will be available on
the official online store of Panini America beginning at 10 a.m. tomorrow.
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