.Dave McMenamin, ESPN Personnel WriterAug 12, 2024, 08:14 PM ETCloseLakers and also 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 the NBA for NBA.com from 2005-09. As uncommon as it was for LeBron James, Stephen Curry and also Kevin Durant to partner for a handful of video games this summer season, right now there is actually a collectable memorializing their opportunity all together at the Paris Olympics that is actually also rarer.James, Curry and also Durant will all signature a 1-of-1 Topps trading card including the gold-medal-winning triad in their reddish, white and also blue Staff United States attires that will definitely be actually sent out to a client at random that purchases the superstars' base card from the firm." This card pays tribute to the amazing moment that our experts viewed in the course of the Olympics where three of the best active baseball gamers integrated to take home the gold award," Clay Luraschi, elderly bad habit president of item at Topps, informed ESPN. "This certain memory card is actually special given that you have your frequent variation and after that you possess an autograph version. There is actually been actually various autograph cards throughout basketball trading memory card background, however this is the very first time these 3 gamers have authorized the exact same memory card. So, it creates it very one-of-a-kind.": Someone who buys a Topps Currently base memory card coming from today's Staff United States Gold Medal game will get this 1/1 Steph, LeBron, KD triple auto.This card is actually the first ever:- LeBron Topps auto- LeBron & Sauce auto on the very same memory card- Steph/KD/LeBron tripleAnd to top it ... pic.twitter.com/zzoS6rJhK6u2014 Topps( @Topps )August 10, 2024 The foundation card was actually provided at 6:20 p.m. ET on Sunday-- quickly after the united state men's baseball crew's gold award ceremony following its own 98-87 gain France-- and also the buying home window will certainly finalize Tuesday at 6:20 p.m. ET, whereupon Topps will certainly match a redemption memory card for the triple-auto at random for a fortunate customer.The redemption memory card will definitely be actually delivered to the winner within 10 days of the close of the purchase, according to a Topps spokesperson.The bottom memory card including James, Sauce as well as Durant retails for$ 11.99. Publisher's Picks2 RelatedIn current years, memory cards including James' autograph alonged with the signatures of Hall of Famers such as Michael Jordan or Kobe Bryant have actually sold at auction for 10s of thousands of bucks." I believe the memory card is simply six bodies," Ken Goldin, creator and CEO of Goldin Auctions, told ESPN when sought an estimation of the memory card's worth." Nonetheless, the fact it is actually not a [pack] attracted memory card caps its own value." The memory card becomes part of the Topps Now program that discharges memory cards straight to consumers as moments in sporting activities past unravel, rather than with a standard memory card prepared that usually commemorates a certain season for a sporting activities league." The Topps Now plan kind of has actually changed the method we perform trading cards, and also a ton of it had to do with modern technology and digital publishing," Luraschi told ESPN." Thus, you have the capacity to perform these products as needed, and you're able to provide all of them to the individual a lot faster. Therefore, it creates the moments incredibly pertinent." Topps Now was actually triggered due to the firm in 2016. The system likewise discharged several other memory cards during Team U.S.A.'s run through the Paris Games, including one showing Sauce's 36-point frenzy in the semifinals versus Serbia one recognizing Durant becoming the enduring leading marker in U.S. Olympic baseball history and also one of James and ping pong celebrity Coco Gauff serving as America's flag-bearers throughout the position ceremony.