An NBA Top Shot premium pack drop has fans and users buzzing
Oh boy.
The NBA Top Shot phenomenon has reached a fever pitch as users and fans continue to pay a ton of money for digital highlights — just the other day, someone purchased a LeBron James highlight for $208,000.
Yes, this is all very strange, the idea of buying a digital highlight that you can watch on YouTube. Think of it as buying a basketball card that isn’t printed on paper!
On Thursday, everyone started buzzing about a new drop of a pack — that’s a group of random highlights you can purchase in the hopes of finding some rare ones. This one’s a “premium pack” with some limited edition highlights from the site’s Series 2 — Top Shot says they’ll have six moments in each pack and highlights from names like Trae Young, Ja Morant and Anthony Davis will be mixed in.
The cost? A cool $99.
What time will it be? Set your alarms for 12 p.m. PST. (UPDATE: It’s been delayed, see below):
In case you’ve never participated in one of these before, you can join a drop and are placed in a waiting room. When the drop begins, users are randomly assigned a place in the queue to purchase a limited number of packs that are available.
Good luck!