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Podcast: Sports Cards Live
Episode: Antitrust Clouds, LCS Squeeze, and Eulogizing the Panini Era - Can Topps Replace NT & Flawless?
Description: Chris McGill and Josh Adams join Jeremy to unpack the post-Adam Martin discussion and press into the biggest questions of the moment: Can Topps/Fanatics instantly stand up high-end basketball brands to replace National Treasures/Flawless/Immaculate, or are we headed for high-end uncertainty in a truly new basketball card era? They get into allocations, LCS margins, breaker dynamics, and whether live platforms tilt the field.
The trio “eulogizes” the Panini era—gold /10, black 1/1s, shields/logomen, and the rise of case hits (Kaboom, Downtown, Color Blast)—and asks if we’re ready for “kabooms without logos.” On the legal f...