Saturday, January 20, 2024

Lakers' LeBron James on Autographed Card with Bronny: '1 Of the Toughest Cards Ever'


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Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James has previously said one of his remaining career goals is to play with his eldest son, USC Trojans guard Bronny James.

Bronny may not be eligible to play in the NBA until the 2024-25 season, but father and son are already on the court together on a new 1/1 trading card.

James on Friday shared an image of an exclusive dual autograph Fanatics card.

"This is one of the toughest cards EVER," James wrote.

The card is in Fanatics' 2023-24 Bowman University Chrome Basketball collection, which hit retail Friday.

James is seen wearing his high school uniform from St. Vincent-St. Mary's in Akron, Ohio, while his son is featured in his USC jersey.

Rare editions of James trading cards have previously fetched as much as $2.4 million at auction, and his rookie cards are so valuable James previously said he owns two himself.

The release of the card follows last week's announcement from Fanatics of an exclusive multi-year trading card deal with James, which could be worth around $5 million annually, according to CNBC. He had previously spent more than two decades as a trading card partner Upper Deck.

Fanatics is also set to become the NBA's official trading card partner in 2026.

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