Athletes and celebrities showing off cards on social media that they recently signed for upcoming products isn’t anything new. But one image has been floating around the internet this week which has a lot of collectors talking.
Former Kentucky Wildcats guard Tyler Herro posted a video which shows three stacks of cards he signed. What has people all in a buzz is that they seem to be Topps cards. Topps Chrome to be exact.
Topps hasn’t produced a basketball product since 2009-10. Panini currently has an exclusive NBA and CLC license. These cards obviously don’t have any licensed team names and/or logos.
By the looks of it, Topps is working on an unlicensed basketball draft picks Topps Chrome set that features autographs. With all of the hype around Zion Williamson, Topps seems to have decided to get back into the basketball card business.
Its very possible that a company like Topps could sign Zion Williamson to an exclusive autograph agreement even though they currently don’t have an NBA and/or CLC license. Upper Deck has done this with Ben Simmons and Michael Jordan in the past.
When the Topps Industry Conference was held earlier this year, rumors were flying around that Panini is deathly afraid that something like this might happen with Zion Williamson. It doesn’t look good when the exclusive NBA licensed card manufacturer (Panini) can’t strike a deal with the #1 draft pick.
We don’t have any specific details yet. These cards could be distributed in a number of ways.
COME TO TOPPS ZION!!!
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Man they better! Look at all the sneaker companies plunging back in. Love the article!