LeBron James and his elder son, Bronny, won’t have graced the identical basketball courtroom for an NBA sport but, however they will quickly seem on the identical basketball card.
The 1-of-1 card options photos of LeBron James in his St. Vincent-St. Mary’s highschool uniform and Bronny James in his USC Trojans jersey with twin on-card autographs from the father-son pair. It is going to be included within the 2023-24 Bowman College Chrome Basketball set, which shall be launched later this month. All-Individuals Caitlin Clark of Iowa and Paige Bueckers of UConn additionally can have playing cards within the set.
LeBron James signed the collectible as a part of a brand new multiyear buying and selling card partnership with Fanatics Collectibles, a consultant for Fanatics informed ESPN on Wednesday.
James is partnering with Fanatics after beforehand working with Higher Deck his complete profession.
The 21-year veteran teased the announcement on his Instagram account earlier this week.
“As somebody who appreciates all of the moments — massive and small — alongside the journey, I am excited to share extra with my followers by this partnership with Fanatics,” James mentioned in a press release. “In sports activities there’s a lot greatness to rejoice and I’ve all the time been one to take a second to acknowledge that in athletes on the prime of their video games. It is all about celebrating the journey and having fun with these moments, with many extra to return.”
A James “Triple Logoman” card from the 2020-21 Panini basketball card set bought at public sale for $2.4 million in June 2022. And one in every of James’ Higher Deck rookie playing cards, an autographed 2003-04 Beautiful Rookie Patch numbered 14-of-23 in existence, bought at public sale for $1.8 million in June 2020.
After the 2020 public sale, James revealed that he has diversified his funding portfolio by holding on to a few of the playing cards he seems on.
“I’ve two [of those] rookie playing cards of my very own,” James mentioned on an off-day in the course of the 2020 NBA Finals. “So I will be good for a really, very very long time. It doesn’t matter what occurs, I am good.”