.Dave McMenamin, ESPN Workers WriterAug 12, 2024, 08:14 PM ETCloseLakers and also NBA reporter for ESPN.Covered the Lakers and also NBA for ESPNLosAngeles.com from 2009-14, the Cavaliers coming from 2014-18 for ESPN.com and the NBA for NBA.com from 2005-09. As uncommon as it was actually for LeBron James, Stephen Sauce and also Kevin Durant to partner for a handful of video games this summer months, currently there is actually a collectable honoring their opportunity together at the Paris Olympics that's also rarer.James, Sauce as well as Durant will all autograph a 1-of-1 Topps trading memory card including the gold-medal-winning trio in their reddish, white and also blue Group USA outfits that will definitely be actually sent to a client at random who buys the celebrities' base memory card coming from the company." This card commemorates the extraordinary second that our experts saw during the Olympics where three of the best active basketball players blended to take away the gold medal," Clay-based Luraschi, elderly vice head of state of product at Topps, informed ESPN. "This particular card is special considering that you have your routine variation and then you have a signature model. There is actually been various signature cards throughout baseball trading card record, but this is actually the first time these 3 players have authorized the same memory card. Therefore, it creates it quite distinct.": A person who gets a Topps Now base memory card from today's Group USA Gold Award video game will certainly acquire this 1/1 Steph, LeBron, KD three-way auto.This card is actually the first ever:- LeBron Topps car- LeBron & Curry vehicle on the very same memory card- Steph/KD/LeBron tripleAnd to cover it ... pic.twitter.com/zzoS6rJhK6u2014 Topps( @Topps )August 10, 2024 The base card was offered at 6:20 p.m. ET on Saturday-- shortly after the U.S. guys's baseball team's gold medal event observing its own 98-87 draw France-- and also the buying home window are going to shut Tuesday at 6:20 p.m. ET, at which point Topps will certainly pair a redemption card for the triple-auto at random for a lucky customer.The redemption card will be actually sent to the winner within 10 days of the close of the purchase, according to a Topps spokesperson.The base memory card including James, Sauce and Durant retails for$ 11.99. Publisher's Picks2 RelatedIn current years, cards featuring James' signature accompanied by the signatures of Venue of Famers including Michael Jordan or even Kobe Bryant have cost public auction for 10s of hundreds of dollars." I presume the memory card is actually easily six figures," Ken Goldin, creator and also CEO of Goldin Auctions, said to ESPN when requested an estimate of the memory card's really worth." Having said that, the reality it is actually certainly not a [pack] drew memory card limits its worth." The card is part of the Topps Right now system that discharges cards directly to customers as minutes in sporting activities record unfold, instead of via a typical memory card specified that typically celebrates a particular period for a sporting activities organization." The Topps Right now system kind of has actually reinvented the technique our experts do trading memory cards, and a lot of it related to modern technology and electronic publishing," Luraschi said to ESPN." Thus, you're able to perform these items on demand, as well as you're able to supply all of them to the individual much faster. So, it creates the instants incredibly appropriate." Topps Now was actually launched due to the business in 2016. The course also launched several other memory cards during Team United States's run through the Paris Video games, including one portraying Curry's 36-point outburst in the semifinals versus Serbia one recognizing Durant ending up being the everlasting leading marker in united state Olympic baseball past history and also some of James and tennis superstar Coco Gauff working as United States's flag-bearers during the position service.