.Dave McMenamin, ESPN Personnel WriterAug 12, 2024, 08:14 PM ETCloseLakers as well as NBA reporter for ESPN.Covered the Lakers and NBA for ESPNLosAngeles.com coming from 2009-14, the Cavaliers from 2014-18 for ESPN.com as well as the NBA for NBA.com coming from 2005-09. As uncommon as it was for LeBron James, Stephen Sauce and Kevin Durant to collaborate for a handful of activities this summer, right now there is a collectable honoring their time all together at the Paris Olympics that is actually also rarer.James, Sauce and Durant are going to all signature a 1-of-1 Topps trading memory card featuring the gold-medal-winning trio in their red, white and also blue Team United States attires that are going to be sent out to a consumer randomly that buys the stars' bottom card coming from the business." This card commemorates the fabulous moment that our team found during the course of the Olympics where three of the best active baseball players incorporated to take home the gold medal," Clay Luraschi, elderly bad habit head of state of item at Topps, told ESPN. "This certain card is special due to the fact that you possess your regular version and then you possess a signature variation. There's been actually many different autograph memory cards throughout basketball investing card background, however this is the very first time these 3 players have actually signed the very same card. Therefore, it makes it incredibly special.": Someone who gets a Topps Currently servile memory card from today's Staff U.S.A. Gold Medal video game will certainly acquire this 1/1 Steph, LeBron, KD triple auto.This card is actually the first ever:- LeBron Topps auto- LeBron & Sauce automobile on the very same memory card- Steph/KD/LeBron tripleAnd to cover it ... pic.twitter.com/zzoS6rJhK6u2014 Topps( @Topps )August 10, 2024 The base memory card was actually offered at 6:20 p.m. ET on Sunday-- soon after the united state males's basketball group's gold medal ceremony observing its 98-87 win over France-- as well as the buying window will certainly finalize Tuesday at 6:20 p.m. ET, at which point Topps are going to match an atonement card for the triple-auto at random for a privileged customer.The atonement card will certainly be delivered to the victor within 10 days of the close of the sale, according to a Topps spokesperson.The base memory card featuring James, Sauce as well as Durant retails for$ 11.99. Publisher's Picks2 RelatedIn current years, cards including James' autograph accompanied by the signatures of Hall of Famers including Michael Jordan or even Kobe Bryant have actually cost auction for tens of 1000s of bucks." I presume the card is actually quickly 6 figures," Ken Goldin, founder and chief executive officer of Goldin Public auctions, informed ESPN when requested for an estimate of the card's worth." Having said that, the reality it is not a [pack] pulled memory card hats its worth." The memory card becomes part of the Topps Now system that discharges cards straight to buyers as minutes in sports record unravel, as opposed to through a traditional card set that commonly celebrates a certain season for a sports league." The Topps Now course type of has actually reinvented the means our team carry out trading memory cards, as well as a considerable amount of it related to innovation and also digital publishing," Luraschi informed ESPN." So, you manage to do these products as needed, as well as you have the capacity to provide all of them to the individual a lot a lot faster. So, it makes the instants tremendously appropriate." Topps Now was actually triggered due to the company in 2016. The plan additionally discharged many other memory cards in the course of Group U.S.A.'s run through the Paris Gamings, consisting of one showing Curry's 36-point flare-up in the semifinals against Serbia one recognizing Durant becoming the everlasting leading scorer in U.S. Olympic basketball record and some of James as well as ping pong superstar Coco Gauff serving as United States's flag-bearers during the course of the opening service.