.Dave McMenamin, ESPN Personnel WriterAug 12, 2024, 08:14 PM ETCloseLakers and also NBA reporter for ESPN.Covered the Lakers and NBA for ESPNLosAngeles.com coming 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 for LeBron James, Stephen Curry and also Kevin Durant to collaborate for a handful of activities this summer months, right now there is a collectable celebrating their time together at the Paris Olympics that's even rarer.James, Sauce and Durant will all sign a 1-of-1 Topps trading card featuring the gold-medal-winning triad in their red, white as well as blue Staff United States outfits that will definitely be sent out to a consumer at random that acquires the stars' foundation memory card coming from the provider." This card pays tribute to the fabulous moment that we found in the course of the Olympics where 3 of the greatest energetic basketball gamers combined to take home the gold award," Clay-based Luraschi, elderly bad habit president of item at Topps, informed ESPN. "This specific memory card is unique due to the fact that you have your routine version and afterwards you have an autograph version. There's been actually several sign cards throughout basketball investing memory card past history, but this is the very first time these three players have actually authorized the very same card. Therefore, it creates it quite unique.": A person that buys a Topps Currently base card coming from today's Group U.S.A. Gold Award activity will certainly get this 1/1 Steph, LeBron, KD triple auto.This card is the first ever:- LeBron Topps automobile- LeBron & Sauce automobile on the same card- Steph/KD/LeBron tripleAnd to top it ... pic.twitter.com/zzoS6rJhK6u2014 Topps( @Topps )August 10, 2024 The foundation memory card was actually made available at 6:20 p.m. ET on Saturday-- soon after the U.S. guys's basketball team's gold medal ceremony observing its own 98-87 gain France-- as well as the purchasing home window will shut Tuesday at 6:20 p.m. ET, whereupon Topps will definitely couple an atonement card for the triple-auto randomly for a fortunate customer.The atonement memory card are going to be actually sent out to the winner within 10 times of the close of the sale, according to a Topps spokesperson.The foundation card including James, Sauce and also Durant retails for$ 11.99. Editor's Picks2 RelatedIn recent years, memory cards including James' signature accompanied by the trademarks of Hall of Famers like Michael Jordan or even Kobe Bryant have sold at public auction for 10s of lots of bucks." I believe the memory card is quickly 6 bodies," Ken Goldin, founder as well as chief executive officer of Goldin Auctions, said to ESPN when sought an estimation of the card's worth." Nevertheless, the truth it is not a [pack] pulled card caps its value." The memory card is part of the Topps Now course that discharges cards straight to customers as moments in sporting activities record unfurl, instead of with a traditional memory card prepared that typically honors a particular season for a sporting activities game." The Topps Now course type of has revolutionized the technique our experts perform trading cards, and a considerable amount of it pertained to innovation as well as digital printing," Luraschi informed ESPN." Therefore, you have the ability to perform these products on demand, and you have the capacity to supply all of them to the customer much a lot faster. So, it creates the seconds extremely relevant." Topps Now was actually triggered due to the business in 2016. The program also released several other memory cards during Staff U.S.A.'s run through the Paris Video games, consisting of one representing Sauce's 36-point episode in the semifinals versus Serbia one honoring Durant ending up being the everlasting leading scorer in U.S. Olympic basketball background and among James as well as ping pong superstar Coco Gauff functioning as United States's flag-bearers throughout the opening ceremony.