{"id":135169,"date":"2025-10-07T04:23:44","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T08:23:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ripped.topps.com\/?p=135169"},"modified":"2025-10-10T10:44:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T14:44:13","slug":"topps-and-the-nba-reunite-a-new-era-of-basketball-collecting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ripped.topps.com\/uk\/topps-and-the-nba-reunite-a-new-era-of-basketball-collecting\/","title":{"rendered":"Topps and the NBA Reunite: A New Era of Basketball Collecting"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"hero-container hero-image-container\" id=\"hero-image-container\">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"hero-image\" src=\"https:\/\/ripped.topps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/topps-nba-announcement.webp\" \/>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s official \u2014 <strong>Topps and the NBA have reunited<\/strong>&nbsp;in a long-term exclusive trading card partnership. This marks the beginning of an exciting new chapter for basketball fans and collectors around the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Why This Partnership Matters<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This partnership puts the NBA back where it belongs \u2014 on Topps trading cards. Collectors will once again be able to chase <strong>rookies, stars, and legends<\/strong>&nbsp;in designs that celebrate both the history of the hobby and the excitement of today\u2019s game. It\u2019s a major step in growing the basketball collecting community, offering something for lifelong collectors and newcomers alike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What&#8217;s To Come<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The<strong>&nbsp;2025\u201326 Topps Basketball<\/strong>&nbsp;set is on the way, bringing one of the most exciting checklists the hobby has seen in years. Collectors can look forward to a stacked rookie class led by Cooper Flagg, along with the first Victor Wembanyama autographs in a Spurs jersey.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The deep 300-card base set will showcase stars, legends, and newcomers, alongside fresh innovations like Golden Mirror photo variations, ultra-rare Home Court and Comic Court case hits, and Rookie Photoshoot autographs. Also for the first time, fully licensed LeBron James autographs will also be part of the chase.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the release basketball collectors have been waiting for.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Want to be the first to know when it drops? Sign up for release notifications at <a href=\"https:\/\/uk.topps.com\/pages\/topps-basketball\">Topps.com<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s official \u2014 Topps and the NBA have reunited<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":135170,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"mc4wp_mailchimp_campaign":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[9955,8829],"tags":[10819],"class_list":["post-135169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-basketball-cards","category-hobby-news-uk","tag-ldn-basketball"],"acf":{"color_theme":"rgba(255,80,119,1)"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ripped.topps.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135169","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ripped.topps.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ripped.topps.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ripped.topps.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ripped.topps.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135169"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ripped.topps.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135169\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ripped.topps.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/135170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ripped.topps.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ripped.topps.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ripped.topps.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}