.Dave McMenamin, ESPN Staff WriterAug 12, 2024, 08:14 PM ETCloseLakers and NBA press reporter for ESPN.Dealt with the Lakers and also NBA for ESPNLosAngeles.com from 2009-14, the Cavaliers coming from 2014-18 for ESPN.com and also the NBA for NBA.com coming from 2005-09. As uncommon as it was actually for LeBron James, Stephen Curry and Kevin Durant to team up for a handful of activities this summertime, right now there is a collectable honoring their opportunity with each other at the Paris Olympics that is actually even rarer.James, Sauce and Durant will certainly all autograph a 1-of-1 Topps trading card featuring the gold-medal-winning triad in their reddish, white colored as well as blue Team U.S.A. outfits that are going to be actually sent to a client at random who buys the celebrities' bottom card coming from the firm." This memory card pays tribute to the incredible second that our experts saw 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 president of item at Topps, informed ESPN. "This certain card is actually special considering that you have your frequent version and after that you possess an autograph version. There's been various sign memory cards throughout baseball trading memory card history, yet this is the very first time these 3 gamers have actually authorized the very same memory card. Thus, it creates it incredibly one-of-a-kind.": A person who buys a Topps Now servile memory card coming from today's Staff United States Gold Medal activity will definitely acquire this 1/1 Steph, LeBron, KD triple auto.This memory card is the very first:- LeBron Topps vehicle- LeBron & Sauce automobile on the same memory card- Steph/KD/LeBron tripleAnd to cover it ... pic.twitter.com/zzoS6rJhK6u2014 Topps( @Topps )August 10, 2024 The foundation card was actually made available at 6:20 p.m. ET on Sunday-- shortly after the USA males's basketball crew's gold medal event following its 98-87 sway France-- and also the buying home window will finalize Tuesday at 6:20 p.m. ET, at which point Topps will definitely couple an atonement card for the triple-auto randomly for a lucky customer.The atonement memory card will definitely be sent out to the champion within 10 days of the close of the purchase, depending on to a Topps spokesperson.The base memory card featuring James, Sauce as well as Durant sells for$ 11.99. Editor's Picks2 RelatedIn current years, memory cards featuring James' signature alonged with the signatures of Hall of Famers such as Michael Jordan or even Kobe Bryant have actually cost public auction for tens of hundreds of bucks." I assume the memory card is actually conveniently six amounts," Ken Goldin, creator and also chief executive officer of Goldin Public auctions, told ESPN when requested for an estimate of the card's really worth." However, the reality it is actually not a [pack] pulled card hats its own worth." The card becomes part of the Topps Currently system that discharges cards directly to buyers as moments in sporting activities record unfold, instead of via a traditional memory card prepared that usually celebrates a certain period for a sporting activities league." The Topps Right now plan kind of has actually reinvented the means we do trading cards, and also a lot of it had to do with technology as well as electronic publishing," Luraschi told ESPN." Therefore, you have the ability to do these items on demand, and also you have the ability to supply them to the consumer much quicker. Thus, it creates the seconds very appropriate." Topps Now was actually started by the company in 2016. The program likewise discharged a number of other cards during Group U.S.A.'s gone through the Paris Gamings, including one representing Sauce's 36-point frenzy in the semifinals against Serbia one honoring Durant becoming the enduring leading marker in USA Olympic basketball background and also among James and ping pong star Coco Gauff working as The United States's flag-bearers during the course of the opening event.