2023-24 Panini Contenders Basketball Checklist, Set Details, Date

2023-24 Panini Contenders Basketball is back for NBA fans with the latest rookies and top veterans.

Look for two autographs per Hobby box.

2023-24 Panini Contenders Basketball Checklist Rundown

As is the case every year, the 2023-24 Panini Contenders Basketball checklist revolves heavily around the hard-signed Rookie Ticket cards.

Teased signers include Amen Thompson, Ausar Thompson, Bilal Coulibaly and Cason Wallace.

2023-24 Panini Contenders Basketball Base & Parallel Details

The base set for 2023-24 Panini Contenders Basketball goes by Season Ticket, with various parallels like Cracked Ice.

Parallels, variations and inserts combine to average three per Hobby pack.

The Game Ticket Red and Game Ticket Blue (/49) parallels are only in Blasters.

2023-24 Panini Contenders Basketball Insert Details

Speaking of inserts, 2023-24 Panini Contenders Basketball has several options that are exclusive to Hobby.

The Lottery Ticket, Rookie of the Year Contenders, Suite Shots and Superstar Die-Cuts inserts appear only on Hobby boxes.

Look for rare License to Dominate and Permit to Dominate die-cut cards.

The colorful Supernatural is a new option this year.

On the Retail front, exclusives include 2023 Draft Class Contenders, Historic Draft Class Contenders, Game Night Ticket and Rookie Stallions. Crown Jewels is a new Retail-only short print.

2023-24 Panini Contenders Basketball Autograph & Relic Details

Of course, Contenders is most associated with the popular Ticket cards. 2023-24 Panini Contenders Basketball offers the Rookie Ticket subsets with parallels. The short-printed Premium Edition Autographs line adds Gold (/10) and Gold Vinyl (1/1) parallels.

Some of the top first-year names are also found on Rookie Ticket Variation cards.

Seasoned stars get the call in Veteran Season Ticket and Veteran Clear Ticket.

2023-24 Panini Contenders Basketball supplies more signed cards via Contenders Autographs, Legendary Contenders Autographs, MVP Contenders Autographs and the return of NBA Ink Autographs, which is exclusive to Hobby.

Other autograph exclusives include Rookie Season Ticket Retail and Veteran Season Ticket Retail, which is new. Both sets offer names not found in the main lines.

Fans can turn to Blasters for exclusive memorabilia offerings, such as Rookie Ticket Swatches and Rookie Ticket Dual Swatches.

Estimated Release Date: June 19, 2024