2025-26 Panini Select Basketball continues the popular Optichrome brand without NBA licensing for the first time.
The end result is a selection of current and retired NBA players, plus top rookies and college talent, in airbrushed images.
Just like in past releases, the Hobby boxes yield three hits that can be autographs or relics.
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2025-26 Panini Select Basketball Checklist Rundown
Although 2025-26 Panini Select Basketball loses the official NBA team and league logos, most of what remains should be familiar to collectors.
Base & Parallel Details
The tiered base set again offers Base Concourse, Base Premier Level and Base Courtside subsets.
Classic colors contribute to the overall total of 24 different Prizms parallels, including Tie Dye (/25), Gold (/10), Green (/5) and Black Finite (1/1).
The animal-themed versions are hard to miss, like Dragon Scale and Zebra.
Insert Details
In addition, the 2025-26 Panini Select Basketball checklist goes heavy on vivid inserts.
Collectors can find multiple brand staples exclusively in Hobby boxes, like En Fuego, Introductions and Select Future. The Hobby-exclusive inserts have parallels numbered to 149 or less.
Debuts appear via Select Buckets and more.
Although Notoriety is another all-new option, it first arrived in 2025-26 Select EuroLeague.
The super short print (SSP) chase includes Color Wheel, Solar Eclipse and Stained Glass.
Autograph & Relic Details
Lastly, the hits add to the explosion of shine in 2025-26 Panini Select Basketball. While it was previously associated with the Spectra brand, Coloragraphs is another first-time series in Select.
Select Few Signatures is one of the returning autograph options.
While Panini only has access to a portion of the NBA draft class, the Rookie Jersey Autographs line is home to the product's key RPA cards.
Check out Select Swatches and more for unsigned memorabilia, including parallels numbered to 75 or less.
Estimated Release Date: October 14, 2026
2025-26 Panini Select Basketball Product Configuration
Hobby Boxes
- 5 cards per pack; 12 packs per box; 12 boxes per case
2025-26 Panini Select Basketball Box Break
Hobby Boxes (on average)
- 3 Autographs or Relics
- 24 Base Prizms Parallels
- 6 Insert/Insert Parallels
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