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SUMMARY:shai-gilgeous-alexander-los-angeles-clippers-2018-19-panini-flawles
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 okie-card-on-card-autograph-game-worn-patch - Date de vente : 30/09/2025
DESCRIPTION:Nom du lots : Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Los Angeles Clippers 2018
 -19 Panini Flawless Basketball Vertical Patch Autographs 10/25 #3 #VP-SGA 
 BGS 9.5/10 Autograph | Rookie Card | On-Card Autograph | Game-Worn Patch\n
 \nBeckett Grading Services\, BGS\, 9.5 Gem Mint/Autograph 10\, sealed plas
 tic holder\, Cert number: 0012683751\n\nCardboard\, Cloth\, and Plastic\n\
 nWhen it comes to young\, exciting talent in the NBA\, Shai Gilgeous-Alexa
 nder has undoubtedly burst onto the scene as one of the brightest stars. A
 t just 27 years old\, Gilgeous-Alexander finds himself at the summit of th
 e league’s most elite talent. The offered card is one of the finest comm
 emorations of the beginning of this extraordinary athlete’s career avail
 able.\n\nWith the 11th pick in the 2018 NBA Draft\, the Charlotte Hornets 
 selected Gilgeous-Alexander. His time as a Hornet did not last long\, not 
 even a full day to be exact as he was traded later that night to the Los A
 ngeles Clippers in exchange for Miles Bridges\, who the Clippers had selec
 ted with the 12th pick\, and two additional second round picks. Shai felt 
 good about the trade\, commenting shortly after\; "I feel like they don’
 t have an alpha dog point guard right now and a guy that brings ultimate l
 eadership to the group\, I feel that’s one of my biggest attributes and 
 what I bring to the table."\n\nAt just 20 years old\, Shai was quickly thr
 own into the equation for the Clippers\, seeing action in all 82 games whi
 le serving as the starting guard in 73 contests. He hit the 20-point mark 
 for the first time in his career on December 17\, 2018 against the Portlan
 d Trail Blazers\, notching 24 points in a 131-127 loss. Just a few weeks l
 ater\, he matched his career-high point total in a January 18\, 2019 conte
 st against the Golden State Warriors\, a team he would become very familia
 r with come season’s end. Gilgeous-Alexander finished his rookie season 
 with averages of 10.8 points\, 2.8 rebounds\, and 3.3 assists per game whi
 le shooting just under 50% from the field. He finished sixth in Rookie of 
 the Year voting behind Collin Sexton\, Jaren Jackson Jr.\, Deandre Ayton\,
  Trae Young\, and Luka Dončić\, while also earning second team All-Rooki
 e honors.\n\nAs a team\, the Clippers finished the regular season with a r
 ecord of 48-34\, securing a spot in the playoffs. This set the stage for a
 n opening round matchup against the Golden State Warriors. Although the Cl
 ippers lost the series 4-2\, Gilgeous-Alexander made a strong impression. 
 He notably scored a regular season and postseason career-high 25 points in
  Game 4\, also the team-high for the game.\n\nThe following offseason saw 
 major changes. On July 6\, 2019 at 1:54 a.m. eastern time\, while most of 
 America was sleeping\, ESPN reporter and NBA insider Adrian Wojnarowski sh
 ocked the basketball world via Twitter by firing off a series of tweets: 
 “Free agent forward Kawhi Leonard has informed runners-up teams of his p
 lans: He’s signing with the Clippers\, league sources tell ESPN.” And 
 just one minute later: “Oklahoma City is trading All-Star Paul George to
  the Los Angeles Clippers for a record-setting collection of draft choices
 \, league sources tell ESPN.” It was clear the Clippers were looking to 
 drastically change their starting rotation as they aimed to become the jug
 gernaut in the West. What was not immediately clear\, was the entire packa
 ge being shipped off to acquire Paul George. As details were revealed\, th
 e Thunder would now own the rights to five first round draft picks\, abili
 ty to swap two future first round picks with the Clippers\, and players Da
 nilo Gallinari and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. The trade marked a dramatic sh
 ift in the Clippers’ pursuit of a championship\, while the Thunder enter
 ed full rebuild mode. In his first season with the Thunder\, Shai led the 
 team in scoring\, averaging 19 points per game. Though his second season i
 n OKC was cut short by injury\, Gilgeous-Alexander increased his scoring t
 o 23.7 points per game\, alongside 4.7 rebounds and 5.9 assists.\n\nOn Aug
 ust 3\, 2021\, Gilgeous-Alexander agreed to a $172 million rookie extensio
 n keeping him in Oklahoma City for the next five years\, signaling his com
 mitment to Oklahoma City’s rebuild. Shai continued to battle injuries in
  his third season with the Thunder and only appeared in 56 games. In his f
 ourth season there\, Gilgeous-Alexander took another step toward stardom\,
  becoming only the third guard in NBA history to average 30 points\, 1.5 s
 teals\, and 1 block per game\, joining Dwyane Wade and Michael Jordan. The
 se averages earned him his first All-NBA First Team selection.\n\nFast for
 ward to the start of the 2024-25 season and the fruits of Oklahoma City’
 s rebuild were evident. The Thunder had just made the Conference Semifinal
 s\, where they fell to the eventual Western Conference Champion Dallas Mav
 ericks\, and in the offseason Gilgeous-Alexander’s determination to get 
 over the hump was plain to see. He spent the offseason refining his game\,
  preparing for another season. And as the 2024-25 regular season came to a
  close\, it was clear that his hard work had paid off. He became a scoring
  machine\, leading the league in 20 point\, 30 point\, 40 point\, and even
  50 point outbursts.\n\nOn January 22\, 2025 in front of more than 17\,000
  fans in Oklahoma City\, Gilgeous-Alexander had a career night\, scoring 5
 4 points in a 123-114 win over the Utah Jazz. 54 marked a new career high\
 , and at the time\, the most points scored by a Canadian in an NBA game\, 
 a record that would later be broken by Jamal Murray. With this stellar per
 formance\, Gilgeous-Alexander became only the 12th player in NBA history t
 o record 50 points in four or more contests in a single season joining leg
 ends like Wilt Chamberlain\, Kobe Bryant\, Michel Jordan\, Kareem Abdul-Ja
 baar and others.\n\nHis four 50-point games in the 2024-25 season also gav
 e him the record for most in a season by a Canadian born player\, a countr
 y that has consistently produced top NBA talent including Steve Nash\, And
 rew Wiggins\, and RJ Barrett.\n\nLast season Gilgeous-Alexander also becam
 e only the third player in league history to record 45 30+ point games in 
 three consecutive seasons. He joined pretty good company: Michael Jordan a
 nd Wilt Chamberlain. He also became just the fourth player in NBA history 
 to score 20+ points in 65 straight games in a single season\, joining only
  Oscar Robertson\, Jordan\, and Chamberlain.\n\nGilgeous-Alexander and the
  Thunder breezed through the opening round of the 2024–25 NBA Playoffs w
 ith a commanding 4–0 series win over the Memphis Grizzlies. In the Confe
 rence Semifinals\, the Thunder were set to face the Denver Nuggets\, led b
 y reigning NBA MVP Nikola Jokić. The series proved to be difficult for th
 e young Thunder squad\, but they managed to take the series in seven games
 \, closing things out with a dominant 125–93 victory at home. The Thunde
 r advanced to the Conference Finals\, where they faced a red-hot Minnesota
  Timberwolves team that had defeated both the Los Angeles Lakers and Golde
 n State Warriors 4–1. Despite Minnesota’s impressive run\, the Thunder
  flipped the script and cruised to a 4–1 series win. In the midst of the
  series\, on May 22nd\, Gilgeous-Alexander was named the 2024-25 Kia NBA M
 ost Valuable Player\, beating out Jokić and joining Steve Nash as the onl
 y Canadiens to accomplish the feat. Along with Michael Jordan\, Gilgeous-A
 lexander is the only other player in league history to average 32 points a
 nd 6 assists per game while shooting 50% from the floor in a season. The T
 hunder were NBA Finals bound for only the second time in franchise history
  since relocating to Oklahoma City.\n\nThe stage was set for the 2024-25 N
 BA Finals\, with the Oklahoma City Thunder facing off against the Indiana 
 Pacers\, led by Tyrese Haliburton and his clutch late-game heroics.\n\nHal
 iburton didn’t miss a beat in Game 1\, stunning the Oklahoma City crowd 
 with a game-winning mid-range jumper to give the Pacers a 1-0 series lead.
  Gilgeous-Alexander responded in Game 2\, dropping 34 points to lead the T
 hunder to a 123-107 win\, evening the series at 1–1. Just three days lat
 er\, Indiana struck back in Game 3 with a 116–107 victory. But SGA again
  rose to the occasion in Game 4\, scoring 35 points to knot the series at 
 2-2. Back in Oklahoma City for Game 5\, Gilgeous-Alexander delivered with 
 another 30-point performance to give the Thunder a 3-2 lead\, putting them
  one win away from their first championship since the franchise moved to O
 klahoma City. Facing elimination\, the Pacers clawed out a Game 6 win\, fo
 rcing a decisive Game 7. Midway through the first quarter of Game 7\, Hali
 burton suffered an Achilles injury taking him out of the game and drastica
 lly reducing the Pacers’ chances. SGA led all scorers with 29 points\, a
 s the Thunder secured the title and hoisted the NBA trophy for the first t
 ime in Oklahoma City history and only the second time in franchise history
 . Over the seven-game series\, Gilgeous-Alexander averaged 30.3 points\, 4
 .6 rebounds\, 5.6 assists\, 1.9 steals\, and 1.6 blocks per game\, earning
  him the 2025 NBA Finals MVP.\n\nThe future could not be any brighter in O
 klahoma City. With the team continuing to reap the rewards of the Paul Geo
 rge trade\, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the Thunder are poised to remain a
 t the forefront of the NBA for years to come.\n\nThe offered card commemor
 ates this perennial All-Star and reigning MVP’s debut season in a produc
 t that has become legendary in the trading card scene: Panini Flawless.\n\
 nIn October of 2013\, Panini released Flawless for the first time with 201
 2-13 Flawless Basketball\, and it instantly became a set of basketball fan
 tasy. Delivered to collectors not in a standard box but instead in a metal
  briefcase\, the product made history: $1250 for a box\, the most expensiv
 e trading card product ever at the time of release. For that\, collectors 
 received seven autographed cards\, two patch cards\, and a card embedded w
 ith a precious gem\, either a diamond or emerald. None had a print run lar
 ger than 25. Each 2012-13 box also included a Kobe Bryant Anthology pack.\
 n\nThe set became an instant classic and has become for many the highest p
 rofile release of the year not only for basketball but also American footb
 all and international soccer\, while also seeing releases in baseball\, co
 llegiate football\, and WWE wrestling. For basketball hobbyists\, it has b
 ecome especially beloved for rarities like the six-logoman booklets offere
 d in the initial release as well as the return of triple logomen in 2020-2
 1. The low print runs remain highly appealing\, and in many cases\, since 
 the COVID-19 pandemic\, it offers one of the few opportunities for collect
 ors to chase game-worn patches and patch autographs of that year’s top r
 ookies. These factors have combined to make Flawless a staple in the baske
 tball card space and have placed it in the eyes of many as a spiritual suc
 cessor to Exquisite Collection.\n\nThis card is an exemplary print of Shai
 ’s vertical rookie patch autograph. It features a striking on-card autog
 raph along with a breathtaking game-worn four color patch. The card has be
 en authenticated and deemed to be in Gem Mint condition\, receiving a grad
 e of 9.5 from Beckett Grading Services (BGS). The autograph was graded and
  received a 10 from BGS. It is among the highest condition prints of the c
 ard ever certified and\, at the time of cataloging\, none of the other 19 
 examples of this card have been graded higher by Beckett. The "10/25" stam
 p on the card signifies its place in the limited print run.\n\nThe BGS cer
 tificate number for this card is: 0012683751.\n\nGoing Deeper - Shai Gilge
 ous-Alexander’s Journey to the NBA\n\nBefore he was an MVP frontrunner o
 n the best team in the league\, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander was a teenager who
  failed to make the junior varsity roster as a freshman. This failure spar
 ked a years-long fire to become the best he could ever be. Gilgeous-Alexna
 der’s athletic pedigree was strong: his mother participated in the 1992 
 Summer Olympics and his dad\, who coached him as a youth player\, won a ba
 sketball championship while enrolled at Georges Vanier Secondary School in
  Toronto. From a young age\, SGA knew he wanted to be the face of the NBA.
 \n\nAs a result of not making the junior varsity roster\, Shai found himse
 lf on the midget squad at St. Thomas More Catholic Secondary School. He fo
 und success as he was named team MVP while taking the team to the midget b
 oys’ city championship. He transferred to Sir Allan MacNab Secondary Sch
 ool for his sophomore year\, but soon realized he needed to face tougher c
 ompetition to reach the next level.\n\nJust prior to his junior year\, Gil
 geous-Alexander and his cousin\, current Minnesota Timberwolves shooting g
 uard Nickeil Alexander-Walker\, transferred to Hamilton Heights Christian 
 Academy in Tennessee where they faced better competition. In his first yea
 r\, Gilgeous-Alexander helped bring a National Association of Christian At
 hletes national championship to Chattanooga\, although his cousin was know
 n to be the point scorer at the time.\n\nIn 2016\, Shai participated in Ba
 sketball Without Borders\, a program aimed at promoting basketball and pos
 itive social change amongst youth. That same year\, he competed in the FIB
 A Americas Under-18 Championship in Chile as a member of the Canadian team
 . SGA\, alongside his cousin\, helped lead Canada to the title game\, befo
 re falling to the United States and finishing with a silver medal.\n\nGilg
 eous-Alexander’s two years in Tennessee and on the international stage w
 ere certainly fruitful as he saw his stock rise to that of a four star rec
 ruit. He received offers from some of the top programs in the country such
  as the University of Kansas\, Syracuse University\, and the University of
  Texas. He ultimately settled on the University of Florida. In a turn of e
 vents that is not uncommon for high school athletes\, Gilgeous-Alexander w
 ound up decommitting from the University of Florida. He opted to stay in t
 he SEC\, after being offered a scholarship from then University of Kentuck
 y coach\, John Calipari.\n\nAt Kentucky\, despite a stacked roster\, Gilge
 ous-Alexander quickly became the starting point guard midway through the s
 eason. By January\, he had been penciled in for the starting point guard p
 osition for the remainder of the season.\n\nGilgeous-Alexander looked phen
 omenal in the SEC tournament\, cruising through the competition even in th
 e SEC championship game against rival Tennessee. In a 77-72 win\, Shai put
  up 29 points\, 7 rebounds\, 3 assists\, and 2 steals while helping Kentuc
 ky to punch their ticket to the NCAA tournament. Gilgeous-Alexander’s st
 andout performance in the tournament resulted in him being selected to the
  All-SEC Tournament Team and being named the most valuable player of the t
 ournament.\n\nSimilarly to the SEC tournament\, Gilgeous-Alexander and Ken
 tucky rolled through the first two rounds of the NCAA tournament with comm
 anding wins over Davidson and Buffalo. Kentucky was met with its toughest 
 matchup in the Sweet 16 against Kansas State. With just a second left on t
 he clock\, SGA attempted the game-tying three-pointer only to have it boun
 ce off the glass and off of the rim. With a 61-58 victory\, Kansas State\,
  as a nine seed\, had pulled off the upset against a stacked Kentucky team
 . University of Kentucky fans and players were stunned\, and with that cam
 e the end of Gilgeous-Alexander’s collegiate career.\n\nGilgeous-Alexand
 er’s meteoric ascent to the top of the NBA is a testament to his dedicat
 ion\, vision\, and unparalleled work ethic to the game of basketball. From
  an unknown prospect to one of the league’s most dominant forces\, he ha
 s made it known where he stands among the game’s best\, showcasing the l
 ifelong dedication that it takes to be a superstar.\n\nShould you wish to 
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