10 TOTAL SPOTS - Each spot gets 1 Top 10 team, 1 Mid tier team, & 1 Bottom 10 team. List below.
Tier One:
Cavaliers
Lakers
Magic
Mavericks
Pelicans
Pistons
Raptors
Rockets
Thunder
Warriors
Tier Two:
Bucks
Bulls
Celtics
Grizzlies
Knicks
Kings
Nets
Nuggets
Pacers
Timberwolves
Tier Three:
76ers
Clippers
Hawks
Heat
Hornets
Jazz
Spurs
Suns
Trail Blazers
Wizards
Bringing Optichrome technology to the Contenders NBA brand for the fourth time, 2021-22 Panini Contenders Optic Basketball sticks with the six-card Hobby box format.
The popular product features on-card autographs and multiple inserts.
Release Date: December 14, 2022
Product Configuration: 6 cards per pack, 1 pack per box, 20 boxes per case
2021-22 Panini Contenders Optic Basketball Hobby Box Break Average
- 1 Autograph
- 2 Inserts and 2 Parallels
2021-22 Panini Contenders Optic Basketball Base / Parallels
The main set for 2021-22 Panini Contenders Optic Basketball features Season Ticket and Rookie Ticket subsets.

Look for unsigned base rookie versions and parallels. This includes the Hobby-exclusive Black Pandora, shown for Evan Mobley, which is a super short print.

Each box has two parallels.
2021-22 Panini Contenders Optic Basketball Base Parallels Breakdown
Hobby Parallels
- Silver
- Red
- 75th Anniversary
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Blue - #/99
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Orange - #/49
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Green Pulsar - #/25
- Black Pandora SSP
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Gold - #/10
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Gold Vinyl - 1/1
2021-22 Panini Contenders Optic Basketball Inserts
2021-22 Panini Contenders Optic Basketball boxes also deliver two inserts.

The selection includes Lottery Tickets and Uniformity.

The die-cut Superstar is another returning insert series.

In addition, Legendary Tandems is new this year.
Other inserts consist of All-Star Aspirations, Hoop Dream, Playing the Numbers Game, Pick N Roll, and Suite Shots.
2021-22 Panini Contenders Optic Basketball Autographs
Boasting on-card content, the 2021-22 Panini Contenders Optic Basketball checklist works in several autograph sets.
The Rookie Ticket and Rookie Ticket Variation autographs come hard-signed.

Look for hard-signed cards in the Veteran Ticket insert, as well.

The 1984 Tribute Autographs set pays tribute to the earlier Donruss Baseball design with another batch of on-card autographs.
