2009/10 Panini Playoff Contenders Basketball Box Checklist & Rreview

09/10 Panini Playoff Contenders Basketball Box

09/10 Panini Playoff Contenders Basketball Checklist

By The Box:

- 4 Autograph Cards -
- 1 ROY Contender -
- 1 Legendary Contender -

1 - Autograph Per Case Of:
- Kobe Bryant - Blake Griffin -
- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar or Oscar Robertson -

Contenders is always known for the Rookie Autograph Tickets, and they are seeded two per box on average. The football version of Playoff Contenders is known for its short print SP RC Ticket autographs. Given that panini had 35 rookies sign for this years set, only a handful of players are SP.
Find The Short Print Autograph Rookies Below on eBay:

SP Print Run 499 or less:

SP Print Run 649 or less:

09/10 Panini Contenders Jordan Hill SP Autograph

09/10 Panini Contenders Brandon Jennings SP Auto

2010 Panini Playoff Contenders - Autograph RC Ticket Checklist

101 Blake Griffin 102 Hasheem Thabeet 103 James Harden 104 Tyreke Evans 105 Jonny Flynn	106 Stephen Curry 107 Jordan Hill 108 Brandon Jennings 109 Terrence Williams 110 Gerald Henderson	111 Tyler Hansbrough 112 Earl Clark 113 Austin Daye 114 James Johnson 115 Jrue Holiday	116 Ty Lawson 117 Jeff Teague 118 Eric Maynor 119 Darren Collison 120 Omri Casspi	121 B.J. Mullens 122 Rodrigue Beaubois 123 Taj Gibson 124 DeMarre Carroll 125 Wayne Ellington	126 Toney Douglas 127 Jeff Pendergraph 128 Jermaine Taylor 129 Dante Cunningham 130 DaJuan Summers

2010 Panini Playoff Contenders - ROY Contenders Checklist

ROY Gold Parallel #/100
ROY Black Parallel #/50
ROY Black Autographs #/249 or less

This actually could have been a Tyreke Evans exclusive set as he has been running away with the Rookie of the Year award in the NBA since late 2009. That doesn't mean that there aren't other really good rookies to collect. Stephen Curry has come on strong for the Warriors late in his first season and looks like he might be the point gaurd Golden State has been searching for. Many of these players may develop in year 2, 3 and beyond as they get time to adjust to the NBA game. As is stands now, Tyreke Evans, Brandon Jennings and Stephen Curry are the top rookies. Blake Griffen will have to wait until next season to play (hopefully) and collectors and fans await his return to the basketball court.

09/10 Panini ROY Contenders Blake Griffen Insert

1 Blake Griffin 2 DeJuan Blair 3 Earl Clark	4 Gerald Henderson 5 Hasheem Thabeet 6 James Harden	7 James Johnson 8 Jonny Flynn 9 Jordan Hill	10 Stephen Curry 11 Terrence Williams 12 Ty Lawson	13 Tyler Hansbrough 14 Tyreke Evans 15 Wayne Ellington

2010 Panini Playoff Contenders - Legendary Contenders Checklist

Legendary Contenders Gold Parallel #/100
Legendary Contenders Black Parallel #/50
Legendary Contenders Black Autographs #/50 or less

Some of the names on this list makes me wonder why this set is called Legendary Contenders. Cards #2 Shawn Bradley and #19 Gheorghe Muresan might be legends of being tall or being dunked on ... but not much else. Actually, its kind of nice to have players not used very often in sets but we're not sure what the legendary reference with those players is refering to. The rest of the checklist is a mix of former NBA greats and well known players. Card #20 of Jerry West might be the best in the entire set. The Autograph versions serial #/50 or less are some of the most rare in the entire set.

09/10 Panini Contenders Willis Reed Legendary Auto

1 Willis Reed 2 Shawn Bradley 3 Jeff Hornacek 4 Patric Ewing 5 Dolph Schayes	6 Bill Laimbeer 7 Kenny "Sky" Walker 8 Connie Hawkins 9 Clyde Drexler 10 Rony Seikaly	11 Larry Johnson 12 Cedric Ceballos 13 Alonzo Mourning 14 Kurt Rambis 15 Joe Dumars	16 Bobby Wanzer 17 Dan Majerle 18 George McGinnis 19 Gheorghe Muresan 20 Jerry West


2010 Panini Playoff Contenders - Perennial Contenders Checklist Perennial Contenders Gold Parallel #/100 Perennial Contenders Black Parallel #/50 Perennial Contenders Black Autographs #/50 or less

1 Rasheed Wallace 2 Joakim Noah 3 Shaquille O'Neal 4 Jason Terry 5 Chauncey Billups	6 Tayshaun Prince 7 Tracy McGrady 8 Kobe Bryant 9 Nate Robinson 10 Vince Carter	11 Grant Hill 12 Greg Oden 13 Tony Parker 14 Carlos Boozer 15 Ron Artest	16 Paul Pierce 17 Deron Williams 18 Ben Wallace 19 LeBron James 20 Andre Iguodala


2010 Panini Playoff Contenders - Award Contenders Checklist Award Contenders Gold Parallel #/100 Award Contenders Black Parallel #/50 Award Contenders Black Autographs #/50 or less

1 Kobe Bryant 2 Danny Granger 3 Al Harrington 4 Ben Gordon 5 Carmelo Anthony	6 Chris Bosh 7 Dirk Nowitzki 8 Dwyane Wade 9 Kevin Love 10 LeBron James	11 Tony Parker 12 Michael Redd 13 Ray Allen 14 Tim Duncan 15 Tracy McGrady	16 Deron Williams 17 Dwight Howard 18 Paul Pierce 19 Chris Paul 20 Chauncey Billups

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