What if there was an official basketball card museum…and you could only choose 10 cards total?

In this episode, Max @PutnamCards is joined by Adam Gray @thereal27guy as they draft the ultimate top 10 basketball cards to put in a museum — featuring everything from Michael Jordan ‘90s grails, to 2003 LeBron James rookies and legendary Kobe Bryant cards.

From 1/1 ghost cards to the hobby’s most recognizable vintage icons, this is our take on what belongs in a true basketball card shrine.

Chapters
0:00 Episode Introduction
3:19 Basketball Card Museum Draft
26:00 Draft Snubs (Honorable Mentions)
36:28 John Stockton Ultimate Logoman Auto 1/1

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Max @PutnamCards breaks down the final Panini NBA-licensed 2024-25 basketball products, including Prizm Black, Donruss Optic, Flawless, and National Treasures.

Highlights include:

• Top inserts: Downtowns, Color Blast, Manga, Slammy
• Insane NBA Finals game-worn materials
• Key rookies, stars, and rare parallels

Chapters

00:00 Episode Introduction

03:25 Mosaic

07:14 Photogenic

09:52 Noir

14:21 National Treasures

19:44 Donruss Optic

23:07 Silhouette

29:00 Obsidian

30:37 One and One

34:52 Immaculate

39:16 Flawless

42:09 Eminence

44:34 Prizm Black

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The 2024-25 season marked the final year of Panini holding the exclusive NBA trading card license—and it’s one of the most important years for basketball card collectors in modern hobby history.

In Part 1 of this breakdown, Max @ PutnamCards dives deep into the first half of Panini’s 2024-25 basketball releases — analyzing every product, underrated sets, and what actually matters for collectors going forward.

From Prizm and Select to Kabooms, Revolution Galactics, Court Kings, and Manga inserts, this episode covers it all. This is your complete guide to how Panini closed out its NBA-licensed trading card era.

Chapters

• 00:00 Introduction
• 01:04 Dallas Card Show, Stacking Slabs, & Cade Injury
• 04:57 Hoops
• 09:03 Prizm
• 16:59 Donruss
• 22:02 Court Kings
• 28:23 Prizm Monopoly
• 29:49 Totally Certified
• 32:38 Origins
• 34:43 Prizm Deca
• 36:40 Revolution
• 41:53 Select

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