2025-26 Topps Signature Class Basketball Nikola Topic Veteran Auto Orange /50

Nikola Topic's NBA story is unlike anything in recent memory — and this card captures it perfectly. Selected No. 12 overall by the Oklahoma City Thunder in the 2024 NBA Draft, Topic missed his entire first season recovering from a torn ACL, then battled back through a testicular cancer diagnosis before finally making his NBA debut on February 12, 2026, to a standing ovation at Paycom Center. He closed his official rookie year with back-to-back double-doubles, including 14 points and 11 assists against Denver — tying a Thunder franchise record. The level of adversity overcome makes his certified autograph one of the most emotionally resonant rookie signatures in the hobby right now.

This specific card is the 2025-26 Topps Signature Class Veteran Class Autographs #VCA-NT Nikola Topic — Orange parallel, numbered to just 50. It is a true on-card auto from a release that Topps built entirely around the art of the signature, and it marks the first time Topps Signature Class Basketball carries the full NBA license, adding a layer of collectability the football version never had. With a print run of only 50 copies worldwide, this is the tightest serial-numbered auto parallel available on Topic outside of a 1-of-1.

• Set: 2025-26 Topps Signature Class Basketball — a premium, autograph-first release spanning Chrome parallels, acetate inserts, and deep on-card content
• Card number: VCA-NT (Veteran Class Autographs)
• Parallel: Orange, serial-numbered /50
• Player: Nikola Topic — OKC Thunder, 2024 lottery pick, NBA champion before playing a single game, and a rising force in the league's most dangerous backcourt

Topic plays beside Shai Gilgeous-Alexander on a Thunder team that already owns a championship banner. His upside — and the sheer weight of his comeback story — make this 50-copy Orange auto a low-risk, high-ceiling hold. The window to own his early certified ink at this print run won't stay open long.

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