The officially licensed NFTs of the NBA and WNBA, NBA Top Shot are releasing NFTs of the WNBA star, Sylvia Fowles. Now, users are able to own moments from her final home game, too. It is a one-of-a-kind highlight which was a farewell to the sport, city, arena and fans she loved.
The Sylvia Fowles NFTs
Limited edition Sylvia Fowles NFTs have been released on the NBA Top Shot platform to celebrate her illustrious career in ‘the W’, alongside 24 other players.
In partnership with Top Shot, the WNBA, and the WNBA Players Association. Sylvia will feature on the debut of WNBA Metallic Gold Limited Edition.
It is a rare set of 25 limited edition moments: highlights, buzzer beaters, ankle-breakers, and rejections. They will celebrate the talent of 25 different WNBA players, with Sylvia Fowles being one of them.
In total, 8,750 packs will be available for sale in total. They are currently available on the platform for $89. At 4 pm ET on August 30, users will find out if they got a pack or not, with the packs delivered right to their account if they did.
To clarify, each Metallic Gold LE Moment has an edition size of /499. As a matter of fact, as part of this partnership, Dapper Labs is donating a percentage of revenue from the sales of Moments featuring Syl, up to $50,000, to the National Women’s Law Center in support of gender justice across issues central to the lives of women and girls.
What is NBA Top Shot?
NBA Top Shot is an NFT marketplace where users can buy, sell and trade basketball video clips. These are also known as ‘moments’.
Launched in 2020, NBA Top Shot is a partnership between the NBA and Dapper Labs, the creators of CryptoKitties, to create the league’s officially licensed NFTs. High-profile investors include the NBA players Michael Jordan, Kevin Durrant and Klay Thompson.
Particularly, the platform is run using Flow blockchain, which was developed by Dapper Labs. Overall, it gives users the ability to trade digital assets based on video clips from NBA games. The Flow blockchain supports transactions on a range of other sports NFT marketplaces, like NFL All Day and UFC Strike.
About Sylvia Fowles
Sylvia Fowles is an American former basketball player. She played in the NBA from 2008, when she was picked 2nd overall in the WNBA draft, until 2022 when she retired with the Minnesota Lynx.
All in all, throughout her career, she played overseas and in the WNBA. Overall, her list of teams consists of Chicago Sky, Spartak Moscow, Galatasaray, Shanghai Swordfish, Canik Belediyesi, Beijing Great Wall and Minnesota Lynx. Individually, she won 2 WNBA Finals MVPs, 1 WNBA MVP. As well as 8 All-Star call ups and 3 features in the All-WNBA First Team.
Alongside her two WNBA Championships in 2015 and 2017 with the Minnesota Lynx, the Florida native also represented the USA at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She and her teammates earned a gold medal in the process.
Throughout her WNBA career, she averaged 15.3 PPG, 1 APG and 10.1 RPG.
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