.Dave McMenamin, ESPN Workers WriterAug 12, 2024, 08:14 PM ETCloseLakers as well as NBA reporter for ESPN.Covered the Lakers as well as NBA for ESPNLosAngeles.com coming from 2009-14, the Cavaliers coming from 2014-18 for ESPN.com and the NBA for NBA.com from 2005-09. As rare as it was actually for LeBron James, Stephen Sauce and Kevin Durant to collaborate for a handful of video games this summer, right now there is actually a collectable commemorating their time with each other at the Paris Olympics that is actually even rarer.James, Curry and also Durant will all signature a 1-of-1 Topps trading memory card featuring the gold-medal-winning triad in their red, white as well as blue Group USA uniforms that are going to be actually sent to a client at random that buys the celebrities' bottom memory card from the business." This memory card pays tribute to the fabulous moment that our company found during the Olympics where 3 of the best energetic basketball players mixed to take away the gold award," Clay Luraschi, elderly vice president of item at Topps, told ESPN. "This particular card is actually special since you possess your normal version and after that you have a signature model. There is actually been actually several sign memory cards throughout basketball trading memory card history, but this is actually the very first time these 3 players have authorized the very same memory card. Therefore, it makes it very unique.": Somebody that buys a Topps Currently base memory card from today's Team United States Gold Medal game will obtain this 1/1 Steph, LeBron, KD three-way auto.This memory card is the very first:- LeBron Topps automotive- 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 bottom card was actually made available at 6:20 p.m. ET on Sunday-- shortly after the USA guys's basketball team's gold award service observing its 98-87 win over France-- as well as the acquiring window will definitely finalize Tuesday at 6:20 p.m. ET, whereupon Topps will combine a redemption card for the triple-auto at random for a fortunate customer.The atonement card will definitely be sent to the champion within 10 times of the shut of the sale, according to a Topps spokesperson.The base card including James, Sauce as well as Durant sells for$ 11.99. Publisher's Picks2 RelatedIn latest years, memory cards featuring James' sign accompanied by the signatures of Venue of Famers including Michael Jordan or even Kobe Bryant have actually cost auction for tens of thousands of bucks." I think the card is actually simply six amounts," Ken Goldin, founder and CEO of Goldin Auctions, said to ESPN when requested for an estimate of the memory card's well worth." Having said that, the simple fact it is certainly not a [pack] pulled card caps its worth." The memory card is part of the Topps Now program that launches memory cards directly to buyers as moments in sports past unfold, as opposed to through a conventional memory card established that typically celebrates a particular season for a sports game." The Topps Now program type of has actually changed the method our experts carry out trading memory cards, and also a great deal of it involved innovation and electronic printing," Luraschi informed ESPN." Therefore, you have the capacity to perform these items on demand, and also you have the capacity to provide all of them to the buyer much faster. Therefore, it creates the moments incredibly appropriate." Topps Now was actually launched due to the firm in 2016. The course also released many various other cards during Group U.S.A.'s run through the Paris Games, consisting of one illustrating Curry's 36-point frenzy in the semifinals against Serbia one recognizing Durant ending up being the all-time leading scorer in U.S. Olympic baseball record and among James and also tennis superstar Coco Gauff acting as United States's flag-bearers during the position ceremony.