New York Knicks star Karl-Anthony Towns has been having a solid season . However, he made unexpected headlines off the court this week.

Towns scored one of the biggest financial wins of the young NBA season, and it also had nothing to do with basketball. Towns sold a rare Yoshinobu Yamamoto 1-of-1 rookie card for an eye-popping $72,000. It set a new record for any trading card featuring the Los Angeles Dodgers ace. The sale, completed on Fanatics Collect, instantly became one of the most talked-about moments in both the sports collecting world and the Knicks’ orbit.

The twist? Towns pulled the card himself. The Knicks' big man has become an active figure in the sports card space. He regularly posts unboxings and collection updates through his Big Bodegas Cards Instagram account.

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