.Dave McMenamin, ESPN Personnel WriterAug 12, 2024, 08:14 PM ETCloseLakers and also NBA press reporter for ESPN.Covered the Lakers and NBA for ESPNLosAngeles.com from 2009-14, the Cavaliers coming from 2014-18 for ESPN.com and also the NBA for NBA.com from 2005-09. As uncommon as it was for LeBron James, Stephen Sauce and also Kevin Durant to partner for a handful of activities this summer, currently there is actually a collectable honoring their opportunity all together at the Paris Olympics that's also rarer.James, Sauce as well as Durant will definitely all autograph a 1-of-1 Topps trading card featuring the gold-medal-winning triad in their red, white as well as blue Group USA attires that will certainly be actually sent to a customer randomly who purchases the superstars' foundation card coming from the business." This card commemorates the extraordinary second that our team observed in the course of the Olympics where 3 of the best active baseball players mixed to take home the gold medal," Clay Luraschi, senior bad habit head of state of item at Topps, informed ESPN. "This particular memory card is unique because you possess your routine version and after that you have a signature variation. There is actually been actually various signature cards throughout baseball exchanging memory card background, however this is actually the first time these 3 players have authorized the exact same card. Therefore, it makes it really special.": Someone that acquires a Topps Right now base memory card coming from today's Group United States Gold Award video game will certainly acquire this 1/1 Steph, LeBron, KD triple auto.This card is the very first:- LeBron Topps vehicle- LeBron & Sauce car on the very same card- Steph/KD/LeBron tripleAnd to cover it ... pic.twitter.com/zzoS6rJhK6u2014 Topps( @Topps )August 10, 2024 The base card was actually made available at 6:20 p.m. ET on Sunday-- shortly after the U.S. guys's basketball crew's gold award ceremony observing its own 98-87 sway France-- as well as the obtaining window will definitely close Tuesday at 6:20 p.m. ET, whereupon Topps will certainly match an atonement memory card for the triple-auto randomly for a lucky customer.The atonement memory card are going to be sent out to the champion within 10 times of the close of the sale, according to a Topps spokesperson.The base card including James, Curry and also Durant retails for$ 11.99. Editor's Picks2 RelatedIn latest years, memory cards featuring James' autograph accompanied by the signatures of Venue of Famers including Michael Jordan or even Kobe Bryant have actually cost public auction for 10s of hundreds of dollars." I believe the memory card is effortlessly 6 numbers," Ken Goldin, founder as well as chief executive officer of Goldin Auctions, informed ESPN when asked for an evaluation of the memory card's really worth." Nonetheless, the truth it is actually certainly not a [pack] attracted card caps its own value." The card becomes part of the Topps Now program that launches cards straight to customers as moments in sports record unravel, as opposed to by means of a typical memory card set that typically celebrates a certain season for a sporting activities game." The Topps Currently program sort of has transformed the means our team carry out trading cards, and also a ton of it related to modern technology and electronic publishing," Luraschi told ESPN." So, you have the capacity to perform these items on demand, and also you have the ability to deliver all of them to the consumer a lot a lot faster. Therefore, it creates the seconds very pertinent." Topps Now was triggered by the company in 2016. The program likewise launched a number of other cards during the course of Group United States's run through the Paris Games, including one representing Curry's 36-point frenzy in the semifinals versus Serbia one recognizing Durant becoming the all-time leading scorer in united state Olympic basketball record as well as among James and tennis superstar Coco Gauff working as United States's flag-bearers throughout the position event.