Victor Wembanyama, Jalen Brunson and every other player from the San Antonio Spurs and New York Knicks suiting up for the NBA Finals will sport a special patch on their jersey to commemorate the United States’ 250th birthday.Fanatics-owned Topps announced Monday that those patches will be removed after each game of the series, and a selection of them will be inserted into a limited number of basketball cards to be featured in a future set.It’s become a staple for Topps and a variety of major sports leagues to collaborate on unique, game-used patch trading cards to mark special moments. For the NBA, that began this season with Topps acquiring the exclusive license to create the league’s trading cards in October 2025.
BREAKING: Every player in the 2026 NBA Finals will wear a USA 250 patch on their jersey. The patches will be removed after each game, with select game-worn patches later featured inside ultra-rare trading cards 🔥 pic.twitter.com/xLwC4YAhe6
— Topps (@Topps) June 1, 2026In addition to the USA 250 patch, last season’s NBA award winners have been wearing gold NBA Logoman patches on their jerseys throughout this season, with some of the patches being included in cards in the 2025-26 Topps Chrome Basketball set. The redemption card for the Shai Gilgeous-Alexander one-of-a-kind autographed gold NBA Logoman MVP card is up for auction at Goldin, with bidding currently at nearly $415,000, including the buyer’s premium. This season’s rookies also wore Debut Patches in their first regular-season appearance, which will go into a future set.
