NBA Top Shot: What You Should Know About "Seeing Stars" and "Rising Stars" Packs

About a week ago, NBA Top Shot had two huge pack drops. The first was the “Seeing Stars” pack. This drop included a whopping 203,622 packs that were evenly distributed to 203,622 users. Collectors were only eligible to receive one pack in an attempt to satisfy the exponential consumer demand. The Seeing Stars packs were sold for $14 each and contained two base set moments and one Seeing Stars moment.  

The Seeing Stars set includes 26 NBA players that were selected for the 2021 NBA All-Star game. This is the first seeing stars set ever minted by NBA Top Shot which could increase long-term value among collectors.  

The second pack drop was the “Rising Stars” pack. This was a rare drop which proved to be much more exclusive than the Seeing Stars common packs. In an effort to find a price point that justifies supply/demand, the Rising Stars pack was sold for $199. This did not affect user demand however, with over 200,000 users joining the queue in an effort to secure one of the 36,378 Rising Stars packs.  

Included in the Rising Stars packs were 18 moments from player’s identified as “Rising Stars” during the 2021 season.  The Seeing Stars saw a mint count of x/10,000 per moment whereas the Rising Stars mint count per moment was only x/2,021.  The rarity of the moments, in addition to the rookie badges being added to the first year Rising Stars has greatly increased the value of the moments in this set on the marketplace.

The Seeing Stars moments are on a lot of radar’s right now due to the challenges that require these specific moments to complete.  Currently, the only challenge on the marketplace for Seeing Stars is the Seeing Stars Challenge 1.  

To complete this challenge, collector’s must acquire all 12 players from Team Durant in this year’s All-Star game.  

• James Harden
• Kyrie Irving
• Jayson Tatum
• Zach LaVine
• Kawhi Leonard
• Zion Williamson
• Julius Randle
• Nikola Vucevic
• Joel Embiid
• Devin Booker
• Donovan Mitchell
• Bradley Beal

Once a user collects all of these moments and holds onto them until March 29th @ 2pm EST, they will be gifted a Kevin Durant moment that has never been released in packs. The latest update on challenge completion percentage is included in the tweet below.

The Rising Stars pack drop came shortly after the completion of the Seeing Stars. To complete the Rising Stars challenge, a collector must acquire all of the Rising Star moments via the marketplace or through securing/opening a Rising Stars pack.  Only 2,021 of the 18 moments will ever be minted which has directly correlated to the premium on these moments in the marketplace.

The current Rising Stars challenge requires users to collect nine moments from the set.

• LaMelo Ball
• De’Andre Hunter
• Facundo Campazzo
• James Wiseman
• Mychal Mulder
• Brandon Clarke
• Luguentz Dort
• Keldon Johnson
• Rui Hachimura

Once a collector has compiled all of these moments, when the timer runs out on March 30th @ 3pm EST, they will receive an insane Anthony Edwards poster dunk. I am of the thought that this challenge is particularly a great buy right now. However, I am not pursuing it due to the fact I am already in on the Seeing Stars challenge and am not looking to liquidate any other moments I own in order to complete this challenge.

While not financial advice, my best recommendation to new users looking to build a valuable collection is to target the Seeing Stars Challenge 1.  In my opinion, both the Durant and potential LeBron challenge provide a good value that warrants completion.

The expected value of a <10,000 minted Durant and LeBron should hold a lot of sentiment on the marketplace. In addition, these are the first Seeing Stars moments ever minted. 10-15+ years from now, this set may look like a steal as it is the first of its kind.

It may be hard to keep up with everything going on in this new space.  The One37pm team has a ton of content in the pipeline to keep you up to date on everything NBA Top Shot.

In the meantime, I recommend following @TheFirstMint, @OwnTheMomement, @One37pm and @Bobby2Nicee on twitter for real-time updates/news/analysis.