Panini Basketball Tin (Damian Lillard)

20-21 Prizm/20-21 Optic: Happy New Year!  I don't always gravitate towards tins but when I saw Dame I took the leap.  Just kind of cool and I love Dame.  These come with four packs of cards, two each of 20-21 Prizm and Optic for a total of 16 cards.  I didn't even know what was in it when I bought it.  I assumed it was Hoops actually.

The design on these is good.  They really look good aside of each other.  Brook Lopez is a favorite of mine so I'm happy to see him.

That Caleb Martin is a red parallel.  Not the greatest pull in these two packs overall.  Maybe Optic will be better.

My first look at these.  They are Optic versions of 20-21 Donruss which is fine but not a lot of wow factor for me.  Nice Draymond and my pull was definitely better in these packs. 

Fun tin and pretty good cards.  I wouldn't grab another one of these but I'm happy with my Dame tin.  I can't find a checklist for the tins but looking at eBay most of the major NBA stars are available.  I found mine at Wal-Mart and I think the price was $24.95 but don't hold me to that.

BREAKDOWN:
8 - 2020-2021 Prizm
  1 – RC
  2 – Red Parallel
8 – 2020-2021 Optic
  2 – Rated Rookie
  2 – Purple Parallel

2020-2021 Prizm Basketball

2020-2021 Prizm Basketball: I'm not a shiny card buy but I do like picking up a pack of Prizm basketball when I can.  Didn't expect to see these in the wild but excited to.  We'll kick it off with King James in a really nice horizontal photo. Maybe the Lebron photo could have been bigger in frame but I think him being a bit smaller gives it a bigger presence if that makes any sense.

A very nice LaMelo Ball pull.  That Gilgeous-Alexander is a green parallel.  

Love that we find retired greats in the set.  KG is a fun favorite to find.  The one thing I look forward to in these packs are the Red, White and Blue parallels which are favorites of mine. 

The backs are fine though it is nothing to write home about.  The photo is the same as on the front.

I liked this pack.  LeBron and LaMelo were great pulls but when I was opening the pack I was thinking I wanted a Red, White and Blue Domantas Sabonis and BOOM there he is.  

BREAKDOWN:
12 – Total Cards
3 - RC
3 -  Red, White & Blue Parallel
1 – Retired Great
1 – Green Parallel
1 – Instant Impact

2020-21 Prizm Basketball Blaster

 2020-2021 Prizm Basketball: I was really lucky to grab this box.  I was at my local Wal-Mart as the vendor was restocking.  A first for me.  There was already a guy there waiting and he grabbed all the Prizm but did give me a box which made me happy.  He left all the baseball too which was good.  We'll kick it off with the star of the team with the best record in basketball.  Mitchell is having a career year.  He is so good and only 24 years-old.  

Add in these guys and I'm really enjoying my pull.  Steph is on a tear right now shooting and Kawhi is having another great year.  I'm not a shiny card guy but I think this is a good design.  The color in the outline stands out more in hand.

I like that retired greats are part of the set.  We can never get enough of them.  I can take or leave the Dominance inserts though.

You'll find the younger guys here as well.  If there was any complaint about this box it'd be that I didn't see any rookies who are doing anything right now.  But you can say that about any random break I think.

That Vassell is a green parallel.

That backs are good and colorful.  I still don't get why they have total points (when they already have points per game average) and total blocks and steals when you only see those discussed in terms of per game averages.  These blasters come with hits and mine was a Domantas Sabonis relic.  He's a PC guy and one of my favorites in the game today so I'm very happy.  Good box and glad I had a chance at one.

BREAKDOWN:
24 – Total Cards
5 – RC
1 - Duplicate
1 - Emergent
1 - Dominance
1 – Retired Great
1 – Green Parallel
1 – Instant Impact
1 – Sensational Swatches