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Luka drains chaotic 3 to bushed changeable timepiece successful crunch clip (0:55)
Luka Doncic corrals a escaped shot and heaves up a 3-pointer to bushed the changeable timepiece for the Mavericks. (0:55)
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Dan HajduckyESPN
- Hajducky is simply a reporter/researcher for ESPN. He has an MFA successful originative penning from Fairfield University and played connected the men's shot teams astatine Fordham and Southern Connecticut State universities.
Early Friday morning, an highly uncommon Luka Doncic rookie paper sold for $3.12 cardinal with buyer's premium, the astir ever paid for a hoops paper astatine nationalist auction.
The 2018-19 National Treasures RPA (rookie spot autograph) Logoman features an on-card autograph and a player-worn NBA shield logo -- hence, "Logoman" -- and is numbered 1-of-1. This is the aforesaid Doncic Logoman that reportedly changed hands successful a backstage merchantability successful March 2021 for $4.6 cardinal -- astatine the time, the astir costly hoops paper ever.
This was the archetypal clip the Doncic Logoman deed the unfastened market. The grounds for a hoops card is the $5.2 million LeBron James RPA, brokered by PWCC successful April 2021. The Luka Logoman present accounts for, publically and privately, the second- and third-highest prices ever realized for a hoops card. The $2.7 cardinal Michael Jordan Upper Deck Game Jersey autographed spot card, sold successful October 2021, remains the fourth-most expensive.
"This is the highest terms ever realized for a hoops paper sold successful a verified nationalist auction," said Jesse Craig, vice president of income astatine PWCC. "This was an important infinitesimal for the marketplace to determine connected the worth of Luka's champion trading card. The paper stood connected its ain merits [and] if you see backstage sales, Luka present sits betwixt the precocious income for LeBron and Jordan. The marketplace confirmed Luka is successful uncommon aerial successful presumption of collectability with this sale."
The Luka Logoman, arsenic acold arsenic this merchantability goes (per PWCC): is tied for seventh-most costly trading paper ever sold astatine a nationalist auction; 14th-most costly paper ever sold successful nationalist auction oregon reported backstage sale; and the astir costly hoops paper sold this year, nationalist oregon private. (Rankings bash not see backstage fractional purchases/valuations, arsenic opposed to income numbers.)
In aboriginal November, Doncic, who is successful his 5th play with the Dallas Mavericks, became the archetypal subordinate since the 1962-63 play to notch 30-plus points successful each of a season's archetypal 7 games. He leads the NBA with 34.4 points per crippled and a 33.1 subordinate ratio rating.
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