The National Basketball Association …

The National Basketball Association (NBA) is digging deeper into Web 3, tipping off plans for non-fungible tokens (NFTs) in a series of April 7 trademark filings made public Monday. The filing, submitted by the NBA for “The Association,” covers a laundry list of virtual items including “game tickets, game programs, trading cards, collectibles, memorabilia, jerseys” and even “memes relating to the field of basketball authenticated by non-fungible tokens.”