{"id":38084,"date":"2021-03-15T12:30:30","date_gmt":"2021-03-15T16:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=38084"},"modified":"2021-03-14T21:24:55","modified_gmt":"2021-03-15T01:24:55","slug":"nba-top-shot-what-is-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2021\/03\/15\/nba-top-shot-what-is-it\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Top Shot: What is it?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The internet has swirled with people discussing and raving about NBA Top Shot. At first, it seemed like a fad that would pass rather quickly. However, it&#8217;s been the most popular thing for both sports fans and collectors and isn&#8217;t going anywhere anytime soon. NBA Top Shot has become wildly popular and at the latest drop had almost 100,000 people waiting in line just to get a pack. That&#8217;s a tremendous amount of people for something that has been pegged as &#8220;digital trading cards.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Nonetheless, it&#8217;s working, and it&#8217;s getting more and more popular by the week.<\/p>\n<h2>NBA Top Shot: What is it?<\/h2>\n<p>Glad you asked because a lot of people have these questions. For starters, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PCT1wlHvcnE\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here&#8217;s a YouTube video<\/a> from the NBA Top Shot website if you want to check it out.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PCT1wlHvcnE\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>To put it simply, NBA Top Shot is like trading cards, except in video form. You wait in line for a pack (good luck, by the way), and you open a pack of random video clips. It can vary anywhere from <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/d\/doncilu01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Luka Doncic<\/a> <\/strong>dunking to <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/p\/plumlmi01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Miles Plumlee<\/a> <\/strong>making a jumper.<\/p>\n<p>If you get lucky you&#8217;ll snag a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/j\/jamesle01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>LeBron James<\/strong><\/a> moment that can be valued anywhere in the six-figures. Yes, really, they can sell for that much.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s not get ahead of ourselves yet, because that&#8217;s a whole other issue to discuss. In the simplest form, NBA Top Shot is digital trading cards from &#8220;moments&#8221; during NBA games <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2021\/03\/03\/james-harden-on-fire\/\" target=\"_self\">featuring NBA players.<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>How to Get a Pack<\/h3>\n<p>Top Shot has &#8220;drop days&#8221;, which are days when the packs can be purchased. However, here&#8217;s the catch: you have to wait in a queue, similar to the newest shoe dropping or the PS5 dropping, and it&#8217;s all the luck of the draw.<\/p>\n<p>For example, one user logged on a half-hour before the drop and got placed 30,000 in line with a total number of 60,000 packs available, guaranteeing that the user was going to get a pack (that&#8217;s me, FYI.)<\/p>\n<p>If you were past that 60,000th mark, there&#8217;s a chance to get a pack if users drop out and lose their place in line, which doesn&#8217;t happen very often.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, when&#8217;s it&#8217;s your turn, you purchase using real money and open the pack to unveil your moments. It will show you the player, the clip, and a serial number and whether it&#8217;s a common moment or not.<\/p>\n<p>There are five tiers when it comes to moments, and you can read about that by clicking\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nba\/news\/nba-top-shot-everything-you-need-to-know-about-next-level-collectibles-and-what-it-means-for-the-league\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>So, best of luck, try and make an account, and watch out for drop days by checking the website or following NBA Top Shot on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nbatopshot\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter,<\/a> which is probably the easiest way to stay tuned with everything.<\/p>\n<h3>NBA Top Shot is a Goldmine<\/h3>\n<p>NBA Top Shot is full of potential and is a goldmine, not just for the company itself but for the collectors. We could go on and on about how much money you can make from it, but here&#8217;s one example: a LeBron James dunk over <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/b\/bjeline01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nemanja Bjelica<\/a> <\/strong>sold for $208,000 earlier this year, as stated in the same <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nba\/news\/nba-top-shot-everything-you-need-to-know-about-next-level-collectibles-and-what-it-means-for-the-league\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CBS Sports article.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s a ton of money, and you can get moments for as cheap as $7 dollars for a common one like <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/r\/riverau01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Austin Rivers<\/a><\/strong> or Plumlee. The packs range anywhere from $14 (which is what yours truly paid) to a few hundred, depending on the type of drop, if it&#8217;s rare or common.<\/p>\n<p>NBA Top Shot is far and away the leader in cryptocurrency and <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslam.io\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CryptoSlam has them well over $4 million<\/a> in sales so far, which will only get bigger as more people catch on to the latest buzz around the collectible world.<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t worry, the NBA has a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nba\/news\/nba-top-shot-everything-you-need-to-know-about-next-level-collectibles-and-what-it-means-for-the-league\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">partnership<\/a> with Top Shot, which should help maintain long-term success. Many are worried about a market crash, which can be said for anything especially with the stuff of this type.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Did someone say pack break opening? \ud83d\ude4c\ud83c\udffc<\/p>\n<p>Tune in, NBA Top Shot Community \ud83d\udcfa\ud83c\udf7f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sT5rSFFhCA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/sT5rSFFhCA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NBA Top Shot (@NBATopShot) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBATopShot\/status\/1370786228749037573?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 13, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Nonetheless, don&#8217;t waste any more time. Buy a pack. It&#8217;s fun, it&#8217;s hot, and hey, there&#8217;s a good chance to make some money and if you get lucky, can flip one single moment for thousands of dollars.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a lot to figure out, but NBA Top Shot has communities, blogs, all social media, and Discord for those who have that platform. In all honesty, there&#8217;s a lot to learn about this latest craze, and if interested go to the NBA Top Shot site and <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.nbatopshot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">check out the blogs<\/a> to learn more.<\/p>\n<p>Make an account, buy a pack, have some fun, and happy trading.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<br \/>\n<a id=\"rW6_IrJvShNeiu4Ups9V2A\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1299877816\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'rW6_IrJvShNeiu4Ups9V2A',sig:'Eg7AWAuJ0etrAv7cnQS3cPnfGqm9zSkh_CigreQNZ6g=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1299877816',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The internet has swirled with people discussing and raving about NBA Top Shot. 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