Few days from now or on October 27, 2015 to be exact will be the start of another golden year for every basketball fans as our favorite sports pastime is set to be back. Speaking of gold, Panini has just announced the return of Panini Gold Standard Basketball and guess what, this will give LA Lakers fan to rejoice as the cover boy of the product is none other than the 2015 NBA Draft second overall draft pick, D’Angelo Russell. 
2015-16 Panini Gold Standard Basketball featuring D’Angelo Russell
Panini mentioned on Knight’s Lance that the upcoming seven-card box will feature a memorabilia but not just an ordinary game used jersey card but they promised prime or patch memorabilia in every box.
- Strike gold again with the return of the AU autograph insert. All cards are sequentially numbered to a print run of 79, the atomic number of gold.
- All memorabilia inserts are prime. Look for rich patch content in Newly Minted Memorabilia, Golden Pairs/Trios/Quads, White Gold Threads and Golden Jumbo Threads.
- Look for the ultra-rare Solid Gold set featuring 1/1 cards made of real gold.
- Find the updated Bullion Brand Logo Tag insert; all Bullion Brand cards are 1/1s.
- The popular Ring Bearers autograph insert returns to honor the NBA’s greatest champions.
- Chase the epic Rookie Jersey Autographs RC subset numbered to 199 or less and including single, double, triple and jumbo patch versions.
Product configuration
- 12 boxes per case
- 1 Pack per box
- 7 Cards per pack
What a box-breaker will expect from a hobby box
- 1 Rookie Jersey Autograph
- 2 Autographs or Memorabilia Cards
- 3 Base Cards
- 1 Parallel Cards
Release date: Late December 2015 Mid February 2016
Checklist
Coming soon. For those fans who are chasing the card variations where a certain player featured in different jersey, Panini hasn’t made any details yet but I’m positive that it will be included in the 2015-16 Panini Gold Standard. Checkout below the design and the awesome beauty of the cards.
1. Kevin Durant
2. Emmanuel Mudiay
