.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 coming 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 Sauce and Kevin Durant to team up for a handful of activities this summer months, right now there is actually a collectable celebrating their opportunity together at the Paris Olympics that's also rarer.James, Sauce and Durant will certainly all autograph a 1-of-1 Topps trading memory card including the gold-medal-winning trio in their reddish, white colored and also blue Group U.S.A. uniforms that are going to be delivered to a consumer at random who purchases the superstars' base memory card coming from the business." This memory card commemorates the extraordinary instant that we viewed during the Olympics where 3 of the best energetic basketball gamers integrated to take away the gold medal," Clay Luraschi, senior vice head of state of product at Topps, informed ESPN. "This specific memory card is unique since you have your normal model and after that you possess an autograph version. There is actually been actually many different sign memory cards throughout baseball trading card record, yet this is actually the very first time these three players have authorized the exact same card. Thus, it creates it extremely one-of-a-kind.": An individual who acquires a Topps Right now base memory card from today's Group USA Gold Award activity will obtain this 1/1 Steph, LeBron, KD three-way auto.This memory card is actually the first ever:- LeBron Topps auto- LeBron & Sauce auto on the exact same card- Steph/KD/LeBron tripleAnd to cover it ... pic.twitter.com/zzoS6rJhK6u2014 Topps( @Topps )August 10, 2024 The base card was actually offered at 6:20 p.m. ET on Saturday-- soon after the USA guys's basketball crew's gold medal event following its 98-87 gain France-- and also the obtaining window are going to shut Tuesday at 6:20 p.m. ET, at which point Topps are going to couple a redemption card for the triple-auto randomly for a fortunate customer.The atonement card will definitely be actually delivered to the winner within 10 days of the shut of the purchase, according to a Topps spokesperson.The base memory card including James, Sauce and Durant retails for$ 11.99. Editor's Picks2 RelatedIn latest years, cards featuring James' autograph alonged with the trademarks of Hall of Famers like Michael Jordan or even Kobe Bryant have sold at public auction for tens of countless dollars." I think the card is simply six amounts," Ken Goldin, founder and also CEO of Goldin Auctions, said to ESPN when requested an evaluation of the memory card's really worth." Nonetheless, the fact it is not a [pack] pulled memory card hats its market value." The card is part of the Topps Now program that launches memory cards directly to consumers as instants in sporting activities history unfold, instead of by means of a standard card set that commonly honors a specific period for a sports organization." The Topps Currently system sort of has actually revolutionized the method our company perform trading cards, and a lot of it related to technology and electronic printing," Luraschi told ESPN." Therefore, you have the ability to do these items on demand, and you have the capacity to supply all of them to the consumer a lot faster. Therefore, it makes the instants extremely appropriate." Topps Now was initiated due to the business in 2016. The program likewise launched many various other memory cards during Team USA's run through the Paris Video games, consisting of one portraying Curry's 36-point outburst in the semifinals versus Serbia one honoring Durant coming to be the enduring leading marker in USA Olympic basketball history and also some of James as well as tennis superstar Coco Gauff functioning as The United States's flag-bearers in the course of the position ceremony.