Rookie cards feed the hobby beast, but …

Rookie cards feed the hobby beast, but it’s always interesting to see which rookies eclipse others as the years pass us by. This list is meant to help you track down the Panini (Prizm, NBA Hoops, Contenders, etc) rookie cards over the past half-decade, so you won’t be stuck on the outside looking in. Top Five 2021 NBA Rookies: While Scottie Barnes took home the 2021 NBA Rookie of the Year Award, I don’t think his substance will overcome the flash of some of the other rookies in this class. Cade Cunningham, Detroit Pistons. Evan Mobley, Cleveland Cavaliers. Scottie Barnes, Toronto Raptors. Jalen Green, Houston Rockets. Josh Giddey, Oklahoma City Thunder

During game 4 on May 10, 1997, L.A. — …

During game 4 on May 10, 1997, L.A. — down two games to one — was defeated 110-95. Mamba, who came off the bench that series, had a down game, scoring 9 points in 28 minutes. It was some of the last losing Bryant — who ultimately won 5 NBA titles — would experience in the postseason. SCP also had a rare — likely one-of-one — signed 1997 Precious Metal Gems Kobe card on the auction block … which sold for over $403K!

Viewers might also see the dining area, …

Viewers might also see the dining area, splashed with Gatorade logos, the basket stanchions wrapped in State Farm’s logo, the winter dunk competition that was broadcast in virtual reality within Meta Quest, Facebook’s virtual-reality headsets, and the Topps trading cards with players’ images. They are the result of “brand partnerships” Leavitt helped orchestrate that he called multiyear, multimillion-dollar deals. “We make money the same way other sports leagues do — we build a robust sponsorship pipeline, group licensing around trading cards and more,” Porter said. “We also build media rights and grow those over time starting with an already engaged Overtime audience.”

The most expensive Top Shot moment of each NBA star

Top Shot has gained a lot of popularity over recent months in the NBA and financial communities, and that popularity will only continue to grow. Below, we have compiled the most expensive Top Shot moment of some of the NBA’s biggest stars. Check it …

Top Shot has gained a lot of popularity over recent months in the NBA and financial communities, and that popularity will only continue to grow.

Below, we have compiled the most expensive Top Shot moment of some of the NBA’s biggest stars. Check it out before the numbers continue to grow quickly.

Upper Deck is bringing back trading cards featuring Tiger Woods, Danielle Kang and more

Upper Deck is bringing back trading cards featuring Tiger Woods, Danielle Kang and more current and former legends of the game.

Chances are high many of you reading this right now have an old box of trading cards lying around the house somewhere.

Come next spring, a new set of trading cards will be available for golf fans thanks to Upper Deck. The sports and entertainment collectibles company announced a new set of cards that will feature golf’s current stars like Tiger Woods, Justin Thomas, Bryson DeChambeau, Matthew Wolff, Danielle Kang and Lexi Thompson alongside legends like Arnold Palmer and Annika Sorenstam.

“Collectors have been begging us to bring golf cards back for years,” said Upper Deck’s Sports Brand Manager, Paul Zickler.

Justin Thomas' trading card, part of Upper Deck's 2021 release
Justin Thomas’ card. (Photo: Upper Deck)

“Professional golf is in such a great place right now, with new young stars emerging on the PGA TOUR and players challenging long-standing records almost daily, it seems like the perfect time to introduce a new golf product to fans around the world.”

The release will be Upper Deck’s first golf cards since 2014 and feature a 50-card base set, a 30-card rookie set, a multi-major winners subset and rare signed memorabilia cards.

What really makes the release unique will be the “Course Relic” cards that feature course-used sand and dirt from TPC Sawgrass’ Stadium Course in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida.

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LeBron James says he has a few of cards that just sold for $1.8 million

Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James says he has a couple of the trading cards that just went for $1.8 million at auction.

Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James has been pretty smart about his investments over the course of his career. Along with his business partners and friends, James has charted a path to tons of off-court success to go with his legendary NBA career. In addition to that, LeBron shared over the weekend that he also has a couple of trading cards from the collection of his rookie cards that went for $1.8 million. Talk about having diversified investments.

On Saturday night, a LeBron rookie card that has his autograph and a patch from a game-worn jersey went for nearly $2 million and James commented on an Instagram post about it that he has a couple that he’s sitting on.

Even as a rookie, LeBron clearly understood the value that his image would have. It’s also likely one of the biggest reasons that he decided to skip college and go straight to the league out of high school, is that his high school games sold out college arenas, as well as being shown on local pay per view, all money that young LeBron never saw.

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