.Dave McMenamin, ESPN Workers WriterAug 12, 2024, 08:14 PM ETCloseLakers and also NBA press reporter for ESPN.Dealt with the Lakers as well as NBA for ESPNLosAngeles.com from 2009-14, the Cavaliers from 2014-18 for ESPN.com and the NBA for NBA.com coming from 2005-09. As unusual as it was actually for LeBron James, Stephen Sauce and also Kevin Durant to collaborate for a handful of games this summer, right now there is a collectable commemorating their time all together at the Paris Olympics that is actually also rarer.James, Curry and Durant will all autograph a 1-of-1 Topps trading card featuring the gold-medal-winning trio in their red, white as well as blue Staff U.S.A. outfits that will certainly be sent to a customer at random that acquires the stars' foundation memory card coming from the provider." This memory card pays tribute to the astonishing second that we viewed during the Olympics where 3 of the best energetic basketball gamers combined to take away the gold award," Clay-based Luraschi, elderly vice head of state of item at Topps, said to ESPN. "This certain card is actually exclusive considering that you possess your normal variation and after that you possess an autograph variation. There is actually been several autograph memory cards throughout baseball exchanging card background, yet this is the very first time these 3 gamers have signed the very same card. Thus, it creates it really one-of-a-kind.": An individual that purchases a Topps Currently base card from today's Crew United States Gold Medal game will certainly acquire this 1/1 Steph, LeBron, KD triple auto.This card is actually the very first:- LeBron Topps car- LeBron & Sauce car on the same memory card- Steph/KD/LeBron tripleAnd to cover it ... pic.twitter.com/zzoS6rJhK6u2014 Topps( @Topps )August 10, 2024 The bottom memory card was actually made available at 6:20 p.m. ET on Saturday-- soon after the U.S. men's basketball staff's gold award ceremony following its own 98-87 draw France-- as well as the buying home window will shut Tuesday at 6:20 p.m. ET, whereupon Topps will certainly match a redemption memory card for the triple-auto at random for a blessed customer.The atonement card will definitely be actually sent to the victor within 10 days of the close of the purchase, according to a Topps spokesperson.The base memory card featuring James, Curry as well as Durant sells for$ 11.99. Editor's Picks2 RelatedIn latest years, memory cards featuring James' autograph alonged with the trademarks of Hall of Famers like Michael Jordan or even Kobe Bryant have actually cost auction for tens of countless bucks." I assume the card is conveniently six numbers," Ken Goldin, founder and also CEO of Goldin Auctions, said to ESPN when asked for an estimate of the memory card's well worth." Having said that, the fact it is certainly not a [pack] pulled memory card limits its market value." The memory card is part of the Topps Now program that discharges memory cards straight to consumers as seconds in sporting activities past history unravel, rather than via a traditional memory card established that commonly celebrates a certain period for a sports league." The Topps Currently program type of has changed the way our experts do trading cards, and also a lot of it concerned technology and also electronic publishing," Luraschi informed ESPN." So, you manage to do these items as needed, and also you manage to deliver all of them to the individual a lot quicker. So, it makes the instants tremendously pertinent." Topps Now was actually launched by the provider in 2016. The system additionally launched numerous various other cards in the course of Staff United States's run through the Paris Games, featuring one illustrating Curry's 36-point frenzy in the semifinals versus Serbia one recognizing Durant becoming the all-time leading marker in USA Olympic baseball history as well as one of James and also tennis superstar Coco Gauff working as America's flag-bearers during the position ceremony.