I've said it before, and i'll say it again - Panini, like all other multi-sport companies, use the same templates across the board. And also don't forget that a lot the products (well, all of the former donruss/playoff/pinnacle/leaf stuff) were products that collector's wanted to see in basketball for years - especially during the 1990's and early 2000's. Panini is just giving us what we wanted. could they have done better with some of the designs? Probably yes. Could they have varied the designs from set to set? they have done that. At least it's not like when Fleer had Fleer and force with exactly the same design just a different finish. Ditto with Fleer tradition and fleer glossy. Or, how about 1999-00 Upper Deck, Upper Deck Gold Reserve and Upper Deck Encore all being identical except for the finish? At least panini aren't putting out two or three different products with identical designs and calling them something else because of the finish.
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