Photo: Wemby's 1st Ever Autographed Spurs Rookie Card Revealed in Topps Collection

Basketball fans will have the opportunity to get their hands on a Victor Wembanyama autographed rookie card for the first time ever.

Topps Basketball announced Wednesday that it is returning for the first time in 15 years with its 2024 Chrome Basketball series. The series highlights Fanatics-exclusive athletes such as Wembanyama and will include the first autographed rookie card from the San Antonio Spurs star.

The set will also feature the first autographed cards from Fanatics-exclusive athletes such as Brandon Miller, Jamie Jaquez Jr., Scoot Henderson and Cam Whitmore, as well as a LeBron James autograph.

Packs will contain eight cards 2023-24 Topps Chrome Basketball cards.. Each box will contain 24 base card parallels, 12 insert cards or parallels, two of which will be autographed. Other stars such as Jayson Tatum and Bradley Beal will also have autographed cards in the set, although there will be no team or league marks since Fanatics Collectibles does not have the NBA License.

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While headline names such as James and Tatum are always going to stand out, the autographed Wembanyama rookie is particularly notable.

After all, the No. 1 overall pick of the 2023 NBA draft seems well on his way to becoming one of the faces of the league after his Rookie of the Year season that saw him average 21.4 points, 10.6 rebounds, 3.9 assists, a league-best 3.6 blocks and 1.2 steals per game while shooting 46.5 percent from the field and 32.5 percent from deep.

The 20-year-old figures to become more efficient as a scorer as he garners more experience in the NBA, and that ability to step out beyond the three-point line as a 7'4" big man will continue to be a nightmare for opposing defenses.

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Wembanyama also seems poised to win a number of Defensive Player of the Year awards throughout his career.

He was a member of the All-Defensive First Team and finished in second place in the voting for the award behind only four-time winner Rudy Gobert.

As if that rookie season wasn't impressive enough, Wembanyama spent his summer leading France's men's basketball team to a silver medal in the 2024 Paris Olympics. France threatened the United States for much of the gold-medal game in large part because of the big man's individual brilliance until Stephen Curry took over the closing stretch with his three-point shooting.

Wembanyama finished with 26 points and seven rebounds in that contest.

It was one of what will likely be many memorable performances from the star who now has an autographed rookie card available.