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LeBron James’s Highlights Sell for Thousands in Online Market

Ja Morant dunk listed for $43,313 in peer-to-peer marketplace
NBA Top Shot lets collectors buy top basketball moments

LeBron James dunks over Nemanja Bjelica of the Kings in 2019.Photographer: Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images

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By Brandon Kochkodin

January 15, 2021 at 4:00 PM UTC

Starting just outside the three-point line, Memphis Grizzlies point guard Ja Morant used a crossover to freeze Aron Baynes, then a Phoenix Suns defender. Morant then makes a mad dash to the rim, switches the ball back to his right hand mid-air and finishes the play with a jaw-dropping dunk that sends fans to their feet and leaves Baynes to dejectedly run back up the court knowing he was “posterized.”

For just $43,313, you can buy one of the 25 video trading cards of the moment on NBA Top Shot, a platform marrying the trading of the league’s top highlights with cryptocurrency.