With multiple seven-figure deals on the table, the person who owns the most valuable basketball trading card on the market currently is taking their time on a decision about what to do with it.
Just days after pulling Topps' one-of-one Cooper Flagg trading card - which features his autograph and the jersey patch from his rookie debut with the Dallas Mavericks - the new owner said he's taking his time to soak it all in.
"It's in a safe place for right now," South Carolina native Jason Williams said to ESPN this week. "I'm just sort of trying to lay low."
The Mavericks franchise offered a "bounty" as soon as Topps released its updated Chrome packs, which fans knew included the ultra-rare piece of memorabilia, along with many other debut patch cards from this past rookie class.
The card was first seen by RhodyBreakers, a division of a Rhode Island-based retail shop that opens card packs purchased by viewers live on stream.
Williams, 55, explained the feeling when he saw the coveted card inside a pack that belonged to him, ending a manic worldwide search.
""They slid that card over and I just slid to the floor crying," Williams said. "... It took me about five seconds to realize what I was looking at on that screen."
"Who would have thought?" he added. "It still hasn't really sunk in. I know what I got, but I dunno, it's surreal."
Here is what Williams has available to him through the Mavs' trade offer:
* 2 premium, lower-level Mavericks season tickets for the next 32 years.
* A game-worn Cooper Flagg jersey from his rookie season
* Private photoshoots with Flagg, the Rookie of the Year trophy and Larry O'Brien trophy
* VIP tour of the Mavs practice facility
* Full-team meet-and-greet
* Private basketball experience with up to 10 friends at American Airlines Center
* A road trip covering airfare, hotels and tickets to see the Mavs play at the Boston Celtics
A respectable offer, no doubt. But there's also a strong chance this card could reach a valuation of over $1 million, with some auction houses saying it could double or triple that projection.
Flagg signed the card on July 17 at Fanatics Fest NYC, in a room offstage before he appeared with ESPN's Kevin Negandhi at the Javits Center.
Embedded in the card is the patch worn on Flagg's jersey in the first half of his NBA debut on Oct. 22, 2025.
That jersey sold for $1 million at NBA Auctions in February, and the most anyone has paid for a Flagg card is $366,000 in a March auction, Dan Hajducky of ESPN reported.
Last year a similar debut patch card of Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Paul Skenes sold for $1.11 million.
Geoff Wilson, founder of Sports Cards Investor, told ESPN he had once put Flagg's card in the $1.5 million range.
"Now? Five million," Wilson said.
Negandhi asked Flagg at Fanatics Fest whether he would buy the card himself once it surfaces.
"Maybe eventually," Flagg said.
For now, the search is over and fans eagerly wait for its owner to decide what's next.
