First look: 2010-11 Panini Prestige basketball cards

First look: 2010-11 Panini Prestige basketball cards by Chris Olds

July 22, 2010, 10:04 am
Filed under: First look, NBA, Panini | Tags: 2010-11 basketball cards, 2010-11 Prestige basketball, Alonzo Mourning, Basketball, basketball cards, Carlos Boozer, Carmelo Anthony, Chris Bosh, Derrick Rose, Elgin Baylor, Evan Turner, Gary Payton, John Wall, Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Magic Johnson, NBA, NBA Draft, Panini, Rajon Rondo, Shaquille O’Neal, Steve Nash, Tyreke Evans, Wesley Johnson

Panini America revealed its first basketball set for 2010-11 — its sophomore season as the NBA’s lone trading card licensee — and it’s Prestige leading the way.

Set to arrive on Sept. 29, Prestige will include a rookie in every pack and each 24-pack hobby box will include one autograph, one NBA Auto Draft Class card (limited to 499 or less) and two memorabilia cards.

Oh, and perhaps Panini’s biggest selling point? There are more than 20,000 on-card autographs to be found in this product.

Eight-card packs will carry a $4 suggested retail price.

The set will mark the first cards of No. 1 overall pick John Wall as well as autographs from Panini-exclusives Evan Turner and Wesley Johnson. It also will include the first Knicks autographs of Amar’e Stoudemire as well as debut autographs of Chris Bosh and Carlos Boozer in their new uniforms.

Among the autograph checklist are Kobe Bryant, Carmelo Anthony, Shaquille O’Neal, Derrick Rose, Steve Nash, Tyreke Evans, Rajon Rondo, Magic Johnson, Gary Payton, Elgin Baylor and Alonzo Mourning.

See more images from the set after the jump.

Chris Olds is the editor of Beckett Baseball. Have a comment, question or idea? Send an e-mail to him at colds@beckett.com. Follow him on Twitter by clicking here.

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