2013-14 Panini Prizm Giannis Antetokounmpo #290 RC

Chrome comes back to basketball

Panini launched Prizm basketball in 2012-13 with Hobby and Retail versions and three parallels: Silver, Gold and Green. It was the first chromium basketball set collectors could chase since 2008-09, and its clean design and long rookie checklist made it a hit.

The 2013-14 set, released December 27, 2013, was the brand's second year. The biggest change was the number of colored Prizm parallels, which grew to include a Purple Die-Cut numbered to 49, a Gold numbered to 10, and the first Black Prizm one-of-ones. Hobby boxes held 20 packs of six cards, with two autographs and five Prizm parallels per box.

Giannis Antetokounmpo is card #290 in the base checklist. The plain base version is the most common form of his Prizm rookie, which is why it is the card most collectors know, and why condition matters so much: copies graded PSA 10 sell for several times what lower grades bring.

From Sepolia to Milwaukee

Giannis Sina Ugo Adetokunbo was born December 6, 1994, in Athens, Greece, to Nigerian parents who had moved from Lagos three years earlier. He grew up in the Athens neighborhood of Sepolia. His parents lacked work permits, and as boys he and his older brother Thanasis helped the family by selling watches, handbags and sunglasses on the street.

Born in Greece but not a Greek citizen, he had no papers from Greece or Nigeria for the first 18 years of his life and could not travel abroad. He played youth basketball for Filathlitikos in Athens and joined its senior team in the Greek third division in 2011-12. He declared for the 2013 NBA draft on April 28, 2013, and received Greek citizenship on May 9, 2013, less than two months before the draft. His passport spelling, Antetokounmpo, came from a letter-for-letter transliteration of the Greek form of his name.

Milwaukee chose him 15th overall. He signed on July 30, 2013, and picked number 34 by combining the last digits of his mother's and father's birth years, 1963 and 1964. Fans who struggled with his surname quickly called him the 'Greek Freak.'

An 18-year-old in the 2013-14 NBA

The 2013-14 season opened on October 29, 2013. Antetokounmpo made his debut the next night, October 30, at New York, still 18 years old. He played 77 games and started 23, averaging 6.8 points, 4.4 rebounds and 1.9 assists in 24.6 minutes. His 61 blocks led all rookies, he played in the Rising Stars Challenge at All-Star Weekend in New Orleans, and he made the All-Rookie second team.

It was not a glamorous start. The card came out two months into a season in which Kevin Durant won the MVP with 32.0 points a game and the San Antonio Spurs won the title, with Kawhi Leonard named Finals MVP. A rookie card of a raw teenager on a rebuilding Bucks team was a long shot.

The growth came fast. He won Most Improved Player in 2016-17, when he led the Bucks in all five major statistical categories and became the first player to finish a regular season in the top 20 in total points, rebounds, assists, steals and blocks.

MVP, champion, and a move to Miami

Antetokounmpo won back-to-back MVP awards in 2019 and 2020, joining Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and LeBron James as the only players to win two before turning 26. In 2020 he was also Defensive Player of the Year, the third player after Michael Jordan and Hakeem Olajuwon to win both in the same season. On December 15, 2020, he signed a five-year, $228 million extension with the Bucks, then the largest in league history.

In the 2021 Finals against Phoenix, Milwaukee lost the first two games and won the next four. Antetokounmpo closed the series in Game 6 with 50 points, 14 rebounds and 5 blocks, giving the Bucks their first championship in 50 years. He averaged 35.2 points and 13.2 rebounds in the series and was a unanimous Finals MVP.

Through 2025-26 he played 13 seasons, all in Milwaukee, with 10 All-Star selections and nine All-NBA teams. On July 6, 2026, the Bucks traded him and Bobby Portis to the Miami Heat for a package of players and draft picks. The Prizm rookie still shows him in a Bucks uniform.

Identifying the card and its rarer cousins

The base card is numbered 290 on the back and has no serial number. The Prizm parallels share the same photograph and number but add a colored or patterned refractive finish; the 2013-14 list includes Silver Prizm, retail Green, Walmart Blue, Target Red, Red White and Blue Pulsar, Light Blue Die-Cut numbered to 199, Orange numbered to 60, Purple Die-Cut numbered to 49, Gold numbered to 10, Black 1/1 and, from jumbo hobby boxes, a Black Mosaic 1/1. The plain base card has no refractive Prizm finish, which is how it differs from the Silver Prizm.

The parallels are a different market. One Gold Prizm copy numbered 05/10 and graded BGS 9.5, one of five at that grade per its auction listing, sold for $115,200 including premium. The base PSA 10, by contrast, is a card thousands of collectors can own: PSA's condition census lists 3,287 copies at Gem Mint 10.

Completed sales of the base PSA 10 in July through September 2026 ran from $600 to $755.

The numbers

2013-14 rookie season

77 G, 23 starts, 24.6 min, 6.8 pts, 4.4 reb, 1.9 ast, 0.8 stl, 0.8 blk, .414 FG. Totals: 525 pts, 339 reb, 150 ast, 61 blk. All-Rookie second team

2016-17

80 G, 22.9 pts, 8.8 reb, 5.4 ast, 1.6 stl, 1.9 blk. Most Improved Player

2018-19 (MVP)

72 G, 27.7 pts, 12.5 reb, 5.9 ast, .578 FG

2019-20 (MVP, DPOY)

63 G, 29.5 pts, 13.6 reb, 5.6 ast, .553 FG

2021 playoffs (champion)

21 G, 30.2 pts, 12.8 reb, 5.1 ast. Finals: 35.2 pts, 13.2 reb; 50 pts in Game 6. Finals MVP

Career through 2025-26

13 seasons, 895 G, 24.1 pts, 9.9 reb, 5.0 ast, .554 FG

Honors

2 MVPs, 1 DPOY, 1 title, Finals MVP, 10 All-Star, 9 All-NBA, 5 All-Defensive, NBA 75th Anniversary Team

Timeline

1. Dec 6, 1994

   Giannis Adetokunbo is born in Athens to Nigerian parents.

2. 2011

   He joins the senior team of Filathlitikos in the Greek third division.

3. Apr 28, 2013

   He declares for the 2013 NBA draft.

4. May 9, 2013

   He receives Greek citizenship, ending 18 years without papers.

5. 2013

   Milwaukee drafts him 15th overall.

6. Jul 30, 2013

   He signs his rookie contract and chooses number 34.

7. Oct 30, 2013

   He makes his NBA debut at New York, age 18.

8. Dec 27, 2013

   Panini releases 2013-14 Prizm basketball with his rookie as card #290.

9. 2014

   He is named to the 2013-14 All-Rookie second team after leading rookies in blocks.

10. 2017

    He wins Most Improved Player and makes his first All-Star team.

11. 2019

    He wins his first MVP award.

12. 2020

    He wins a second MVP and Defensive Player of the Year.

13. Dec 15, 2020

    He signs a five-year, $228 million extension, then the largest in NBA history.

14. 2021

    He scores 50 in Game 6 of the Finals to win Milwaukee's first title in 50 years and is unanimous Finals MVP.

15. Jul 6, 2026

    Milwaukee trades him to the Miami Heat.

The world in 2013

• Jan 21, 2013

  President Obama's second inaugural takes place in Washington.

• Apr 15, 2013

  Two bombs explode near the Boston Marathon finish line.

• Jun 26, 2013

  The Supreme Court strikes down Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act.

• Oct 1, 2013

  A federal government shutdown begins over a debt-ceiling standoff and lasts until October 16.

• Oct 29, 2013

  The 2013-14 NBA season opens.

• Feb 23, 2014

  Jason Collins signs with the Brooklyn Nets, becoming the first openly gay athlete in North America's four major pro leagues.

• 2014

  Kevin Durant wins the MVP after averaging 32.0 points a game.

• Jun 2014

  The San Antonio Spurs win the NBA title; Kawhi Leonard is Finals MVP.

Price record

A realized private sale is a completed transaction outside an auction room. The amount is what changed hands on the date shown. Private sales are reported less consistently than auction results, so a single comparable carries less weight than a run of them.

By reference price, 2013-14 Panini Prizm Giannis Antetokounmpo #290 RC is number 96 of 100 in the trading cards entries of the FLOAT 100. 97 of those 100 rest on a realized sale; the rest carry an asking price or a guide value, and each page says which. Rank within the FLOAT 100 itself (47 here) is editorial: how much an object defines its field, not price alone.

Did you know

• For his first 18 years Antetokounmpo had no papers from Greece or Nigeria; he became a Greek citizen less than two months before the 2013 draft.
• As boys, he and his brother Thanasis sold watches, handbags and sunglasses on the streets of Athens to help their family.
• His number 34 combines the last digits of his parents' birth years, 1963 and 1964.
• He is the third player, after Michael Jordan and Hakeem Olajuwon, to win MVP and Defensive Player of the Year in the same season.
• In the 2021 All-Star Game he shot 16 of 16 from the field and became the first non-American All-Star Game MVP.
• The 2013-14 Prizm set was the first to include Black Prizm one-of-one parallels.
• The card still shows him as a Buck, though Milwaukee traded him to Miami in July 2026.