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Metallic Gold LE's January Drop features Chet Holmgren, Bilal Coulibaly, and LeBron James as set Challenge Rewards — laying the foundation for a season-long Metallic Gold LE Expert Challenge featuring superstar rookie Victor Wembanyama as the Expert Challenge Reward. Simply collect and lock every single Metallic Gold LE Rare Moment from this NBA season to earn an exclusive Rare Moment from Wembanyama's rookie campaign.

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Throughout the early-to-mid 2000s, it became well-established that even up-and-coming Western Conference bigs had to be prepared to pay their nightly dues — sometimes in the form of a “Big Ticket” — before graduating into a proven great at the talent-rich position. A problem for the league from Day One, Pau Gasol took the challenge, using his trademark footwork to create his own unseen entry. Forced to calcuate his way through a high-post, high-profile clash against future Most Valuable Player winner Kevin Garnett, Gasol shifts nearly his entire frame away from the basket, feigning a middle drive convincingly enough to shift Garnett from the baseline. Nimble in a sweep through the left side, Gasol powers up, lifting off into a two-handed facial over three different defenders, followed by a staredown thereafter. Tested in a league where most newcomers are understandably wide-eyed, Gasol left that honor solely to the fans and observers, seamlessly working himself into a near-unanimous 2001-02 Rookie of the Year award. Productive in a loss against the postseason-bound Minnesota Timberwolves, the eventual Hall of Famer deposited 22 points (on 8-of-13), 11 rebounds, two assists, one steal, and three blocks on December 6, 2001.

Pau Gasol

Pau Gasol swings baseline, dunks over three defenders as rookie

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