Day: March 25, 2023

The USA Basketball insert set pays tribute to the 2012 men’s Olympic basketball team. The insert set also includes the standard both green and gold Prizm cards with the latter only being serial numbered to 10 which makes it the most valuable Prizm in the USA Basketball insert set. There has long been the debate about which men’s Olympic basketball team is the greatest of all time and this team definitely deserves to be in the conversation. This team included stars like LeBron James, Kobe Bryant, Kevin Durant, Chris Paul, Anthony Davis, James Harden, and more.

The Panini Prizm, Most Valuable Players, checklist may not be the most visually appealing insert set but, it makes up for it with the big-name players in the set. This set includes 25 of the greatest players to ever hit the hardwood like Oscar Roberston, Wilt Chamberlain, David Robinson, LeBron James, Magic Johnson, Kobe Bryant, and so many more. Just like all the other insert sets from the 2012-2013 Prizm basketball set, the Most Valuable Players insert set includes both green and gold Prizm with the latter only being serial numbered to 10. Check out the list of greats included in the Most Valuable Players set below.

The Finalists inserts, from the 2012-2013, feature some of the best NBA players of all time. The Panini Prizm Finalists insert set includes all-time greats like Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Bill Russel, Kobe Bryant, Shaquille O’neal, Magic Johnson, and Larry Bird. The Finalists insert set, like the other 3 insert sets included in the overall 2012-13 Panini Prizm Basketball set have three variations the Prizm, sometimes referred to as the “silver” Prizm, green, and gold Prizm variation (serial numbered out of 10). If you are looking for a small insert set to complete, this one may be for you. 

The 2012-13 Panini Prizm basketball card series includes four types of inserts. These include Downtown Bound, USA Basketball, Finalists, and Most Valuable Players. The Downtown Bound insert features 25 of the best basketball players of the year. The set includes stars like Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Steve Nash, Dwyane Wade, Stephen Curry, and more. The insert set also has a few variations which include the base Prizm, Prizm (commonly referred to as the “silver” Prizm), green, and the gold Prizm which are serial numbered out of 10 making this rarest variation from the Downtown Bound insert set.

2012-2013 marks the first year for Panini Prizm basketball cards and there are a handful of great autographed Prizms from this set. There are a total of 100, what we would call, base-autographs in the set. Each card also has a shiny counterpart (commonly referred to as “silver” Prizm) serial numbered out of 25. While the serial numbered autos obviously bring significantly more value due their rarity and their visual appeal there are still some standard Prizm autos from this set that are extremely popular. These include the likes of Kobe Bryant, Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving, Anthony Davis, Kareem Abdul Jabbar, and Draymond Green.