In early April, gonzaga guard Jalen Suggs made NCAA history by nailing the first semi-final of the gonzer in more than 40 years. With just 3.3 seconds left, he advanced the hardwood and hit a triangle from just past the halfway line. The shot sent Gonzaga to the national championship, where they eventually lost to Baylor.
With Suggs expected to end up somewhere between the top three picks, he is auctioning off a memorable NFT that is celebrating the moment. Entitled “The Shot”, the character is linked to a work of art that shows Suggs pumping his fist and smiling. A, for those who are still unsure about what it is all about, is a way to change an intangible asset to a specific sign that is immutable.
What sets the NFT Suggs apart is auctioning off a lot of what we’ve seen in the past is that it also includes the shoes he wore during the game, which he also signed with his signature. That is, the person who wins the auction will get a tangible asset. College athletes may not be able to make money from what they did in school, but Suggs seems to have found a clever solution by having the artwork approach a career-defining moment instead of repeating it wholesale.
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