Normally, when a player is declaring for the NBA draft they’d send out a tweet or something. Or maybe a mass e-mail. Sometimes a player will make an Instagram post if they want to get a little spicy.
But never before have we seen anyone use a non-fungible token to declare for the NBA draft.
Until Friday, that is. USC center and potential top 3 pick Evan Mobley announced he was declaring for the NBA draft using an NFT. He posted it to Twitter and it looked like something that came straight out of NBA Topshot.
It was so wild to see.
LEAGUE BOUND! I’ve dreamed about turning pro since I was a kid. Come along for the journey: https://t.co/mIpfUaZRy0 #1of1 #NFT pic.twitter.com/nD1uTVkSkv
— Evan Mobley (@evan_mobley7) April 16, 2021
He created this one-of-one video (asset?) and posted it on Opensea — a marketplace for digital assets. That means people can actually bid on his declaration for the draft. And, apparently, someone already has a bid in for $1,619 as of Friday afternoon.
2021 is so weird, fam.
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