CARDBOARD REVIEW:2020-2021 Elite Basketball

Basketball season may have come to a rest, but not the cards. They are still flying off the shelves and new releases continue to come.

Let's see how today's box break went with a box of Elite.

Every box of 2020-2021 Elite basketball comes with 20 packs of 5 cards each. Each box guarantees 2 autographs and a good amount of parallels. Boxes run about $350 and like the 2019-20 set, 2020-21 Donruss Elite Basketball will be sold through Panini’s website.

BASE:

Elite has stuck with a pretty simple layout design over the years made up with a lot of foil. Some years it's plain and other years there is a shine.

This years base design is back to the shine and even adds a little bit of background photo.

The base set is built up of 100 base cards of veterans.

And 50 rookies numbered to 299 which makes for an overall base chase of 150 cards. I like how this base set is built. You are not going to find a rookie card in every pack and the numbering adds some value to not on the card itself, but to a set chase of the product.

Well done.

PARALLELS:

There are plenty of shiny parallels to find in Elite, but the good part is, there isn't an overwhelming about like you can find in some products.

Find the following, Red, Blue /99, Aspirations /99 or less, Status /94 or less, Purple /49, Gold /10 and Black 1/1.

 

Blue /99

Blue /99

Purple /49 (solid pull!)

Purple /49

Aspirations die cut /99

Aspirations die cut /99

INSERTS

The inserts in this years Elite are fun, colorful, and shiny.

This Jokic Star Status is one of 20 cards in the set.

Primary Colors has only 10 in the set. This is the best of them to find..if only Panini had MJ rights.

Power Formulas has 30 cards to collect in the set.

And returning again for another year in Elite is Spellbound. Featuring 9 players this year, the Spellbounds spell out a players first or last name once collected all from the set.

HITS:

Elite is loaded with some great ink, but my box didn't contain any of the top ink in the set. It instead had some interesting signatures.

RJ Hampton. Nope, not that Hampton I collect but what a short to the point signature he has.

 

And then comes this Cam Reddish. Is this possibly the worst signed card you have ever seen? It literally looks like he was up late one night trying to get these done and fell asleep and the sharpie slid across the sticker. Charles Barkley would say these are TURRRRIBLE.

OVERALL THOUGHTS:

I really like the build up of the overall product. Design is one of the better Elite ones and I liked the fact the players name can actually be read in this foil use.

The value of this break was a little rough, but it was nice finding a Zion, something I didn't have much luck with in the previous years products.

Let me know your thoughts on Reddish's autograph and the product as a whole in comments.

Stay tuned for some giveaways from Elite coming up soon either on here or on Twitter.

CARDBOARD REVIEW:2020-2021 Select Basketball

I don't think I post enough about basketball collecting despite my uptick in collecting it these past two years, it has actually overtaken baseball for me as a sport to collect and watch.

This year was probably the most basketball I have watched since the 90's and even though the playoff Knicks didn't play like the ones from that era, they still made the playoffs and brought some excitement back to the game for myself.

I will say though, I was still happy with the end result with Giannis and the Bucks taking home the trophy. It was nice to not see one of those Super Teams win, sorry Nets and Lakers fans.

Today will be one of the most expensive basketball breaks I have done all year so far and possibly for the whole year. Let's check out some 20-21 Select basketball.

Each hobby box of 2020-2021 Select basketball comes with 12 packs of 5 cards each. You will find three hits, 12 prizm parallels and a good amount of rookies. Each box, hope you are sitting down when you are reading this...can range from $850-$1000 per box. Did you fall over from your seat?

Now let's check out how my break went.

BASE:

The base set is broken down to three levels and each level is labeled on the back of the card.

Concourse is the basic one

Premier Level is the next one

Courtside is the top level, which means hardest to find in a box.

Each level has 100 cards that has veteran players and rookies as well.

Speaking of the rookies, my box was rough on me in that aspect in terms of finding the superstar big names.

Concourse (Edwards was my best rookie of the box)

(yessss PC!)

Premier Level

One Courtside rookie

Now we will move onto parallels which there are plenty to find.

PARALLELS:

Select offers the following parallels,

PARALLEL CARDS: Green White Purple, Teal White Pink /49, Lucky Envelopes /8, Black White Gold 1/1.
CRACKED ICE PARALLELS: Blue White Purple, Red White Green.
FLASH PARALLELS: Red White Orange, Blue White Green /49, Black White Gold 1/1.
SHIMMER PARALLELS: Red White Orange, Blue White Green /49, Black White Gold 1/1.
PRIZMS PARALLELS: Blue Retail, Elephant, Scope, Silver, Tiger, Tri-Color, Zebra, Light Blue /299, Red /199, White /149, Neon Green /75, Tie-Dye /25, Gold /10, Green /5, Black 1/1
DISCO PRIZMS PARALLELS: Base, Red /49, Blue /25, Gold /10, Green /5, Black 1/1
PULSAR PRIZMS FOTL PARALLELS: Neon Orange /15, Neon Purple /5, Black Snake Skin Pulsar 1/1.
WAVE PRIZMS PARALLELS: Gold, Red.

 

Silver

Light Blue

Scope

??? (haha)

(Same goes for this one ????) This is a Blue Die Cut

Now onto these inserts. Well, insert I pulled.

INSERTS:

There are 9 overall inserts to chase in Select, but I only found one in the whole box. Most of the inserts also offer the following parallels, Blue, Green, Red, Silver, Gold /10, and Black 1/1.

Future Isaiah Stewart

Now onto what you have been waiting for....THE HITS!

HITS:

Selective Swatches Myles Turner

Rookie Jersey autographs of Jordan Nwora

And finally, MY PRECIOUS (I state as I hold this card) a rookie signature of Precious Achiuwa.

All hits have their form of parallels as well. The Precious I believe is just what the base rookie signatures looks like with the silver.

OVERALL THOUGHTS:

I have always been a fan of Select since the 90's. I really like what Panini has done with the product as well and this is a product just behind Prizm in terms of hobby popularity when it comes to rookie card chasing. Some believe it may be ahead.

Obviously the price right now is really steep, and my break doesn't suggest over $850 in value so I sure that glared at you as well.. The product is obviously a huge gamble that can definitely pay off with the right hit or right rookie parallel. So I would suggest jumping in on a box break if you like this product and can't afford a box.

Thoughts on my break is welcomed below and stay tuned for some giveaways either on here or on Twitter coming up soon!

REVIEW:2019-2020 Prizm Draft Picks Basketball

ZION MANIA is in full force in the hobby. Every collector wants him and every collector seeks him. Even those that don't even collect basketball.

I know I have fallen victim to it myself and I don't consider myself a basketball guy by any means. Only problem, I have yet to find a Zion.

One of the most popular lines in basketball cards is Prizm and when you combine Zion Mania with a popular line, well, you create chaos!

Let's see if I created any chaos in my break

Every box of 2019-2020 Panini Prizm basketball has 5 packs of 8 cards. Each pack also has an autograph as there are 5 per box.  Boxes currently are still high at $260.

BASE CARDS

There are 100 cards in the base set including two subsets. I haven't yet pulled a Zion base.

All-Americans are one of the subsets

and Crusades is the other. A lot of repeat players in the base and subsets.

PARALLELS
There are a ton of parallels in every box and many I have no idea what they are without looking them up card by card.

Here is an overall look at the parallels,
Silver, Blue, Green, Orange, Pink Pulsar, Purple, Red, R/B Snake Skin, Blue Wave /299, Green/Yellow /249, Purple/Green /199, Neon Orange /149, Neon Green /125, Red/White/Blue /99, Hyper /75, Mojo /49, Carolina Blue /30, Camo /25, Orange Pulsar /20, Green Ice FOTL /18, Gold /10, Gold Vinyl /5, Black 1/1, and Black Mosaic 1/1. 

Like I said, a lot.

Silver Prizms. These are the most popular. They are even more popular than the numbered ones. I see Panini has strategically made them that way both for hobby and retail. Try pulling a retail silver, I dare you.

?

Orange

Hyper

Green Yellow

Purple

Green

Purple Green

Start of a rainbow...I have the pink pulsar to.

Some fun color in this break, just really hard defining what is what since a few of them look like each other.

THE HITS!
My hope was to pull one of the few players I know from this years draft, well, that didn't work out so well. But, let's check out to see what I did pull.

First a look at the overall Prizm parallels for autographs
Blue, Green, Orange, Red, R/B Snake Skin, Purple/Green /199 or less, Neon Orange /149 or less, Neon Green /125 or less, Red/White/Blue /99 or less, Hyper /75 or less, Mojo /49 or less, Carolina Blue /30 or less, Camo /25 or less, Orange Pulsar /20 or less, Green Ice FOTL /18 or less, Gold /10, Gold Vinyl /5, Black 1/1, and Black Mosaic 1/1.

Vic Law silver prizm

Isiah Roby

Lindell Wiggington

TY Jerome

 

Zylan Cheatham

Sorry I couldn't define what each one of these parallels are. I wished someone like Beckett or even Panini themselves would just make a visual list of each of the parallels so I can just go there and look and say, hey, this is what I pulled.

OVERALL THOUGHTS:
Well, this box was a bit brutal all around when talking about value. No good autographs, no good Prizm parallels. Of course some of the players pulled could surprise us next year and make this review different, but as of now, ouch.

As for the product in general, looks beautiful. It's just frustrating trying to figure out the parallels.

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