.Dave McMenamin, ESPN Staff WriterAug 12, 2024, 08:14 PM ETCloseLakers and also NBA 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 from 2005-09. As uncommon as it was actually for LeBron James, Stephen Sauce as well as Kevin Durant to partner for a handful of activities this summer months, right now there is actually a collectable honoring their time together at the Paris Olympics that is actually also rarer.James, Curry and Durant are going to all autograph a 1-of-1 Topps trading card featuring the gold-medal-winning triad in their red, white and blue Group USA attires that will certainly be actually sent out to a customer at random that acquires the celebrities' foundation memory card coming from the business." This card pays tribute to the fabulous moment that we viewed during the course of the Olympics where 3 of the best active basketball players blended to take home the gold award," Clay Luraschi, senior vice president of product at Topps, told ESPN. "This certain card is exclusive since you possess your regular version and then you possess an autograph model. There is actually been actually various sign memory cards throughout baseball investing card past, yet this is actually the first time these 3 players have authorized the same card. Thus, it creates it really special.": Someone that gets a Topps Now servile memory card from today's Staff USA Gold Medal activity will acquire this 1/1 Steph, LeBron, KD triple auto.This card is actually the first ever:- LeBron Topps auto- LeBron & Sauce vehicle on the same memory card- Steph/KD/LeBron tripleAnd to top it ... pic.twitter.com/zzoS6rJhK6u2014 Topps( @Topps )August 10, 2024 The bottom memory card was actually provided at 6:20 p.m. ET on Saturday-- quickly after the USA guys's baseball team's gold award event following its own 98-87 gain France-- and also the investing in home window will shut Tuesday at 6:20 p.m. ET, at which point Topps are going to combine an atonement memory card for the triple-auto at random for a lucky customer.The atonement card are going to be actually sent to the winner within 10 days of the close of the sale, according to a Topps spokesperson.The base memory card including James, Curry as well as Durant sells for$ 11.99. Publisher's Picks2 RelatedIn latest years, memory 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 1000s of bucks." I assume the card is actually effortlessly 6 numbers," Ken Goldin, founder and chief executive officer of Goldin Public auctions, said to ESPN when asked for an estimation of the card's worth." Having said that, the fact it is actually certainly not a [pack] drew memory card hats its value." The card becomes part of the Topps Currently course that discharges cards directly to customers as minutes in sports history unfold, rather than via a traditional card prepared that generally celebrates a specific season for a sporting activities league." The Topps Now course sort of has changed the technique our company carry out trading memory cards, and also a great deal of it related to technology as well as digital publishing," Luraschi informed ESPN." So, you're able to perform these items as needed, and also you have the ability to provide them to the consumer a lot faster. Thus, it makes the seconds very appropriate." Topps Now was actually triggered due to the business in 2016. The course also released many other cards in the course of Crew U.S.A.'s run through the Paris Video games, including one showing Curry's 36-point frenzy in the semifinals versus Serbia one honoring Durant becoming the all-time leading scorer in united state Olympic basketball record and also among James as well as tennis celebrity Coco Gauff working as The United States's flag-bearers in the course of the opening ceremony.