The National Basketball Association (NBA) launched its Ethereum-based (CRYPTO: ETH) non-fungible token (NFT) basketball trading card collection called "The Association." 

What Happened: The collection's official website explains that these NFT basketball cards are "dynamic" and their appearance changes "over time-based on team and player on-court performance." The collection features 18,000 NFTs that will be minted during this year's NBA Playoffs, for a total of 75 editions per player.

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The Association NFTs will be connected to a live data feed through Chainlink that automatically changes the appearance of the NFT after the player achieves certain objectives. Such changes may include backgrounds, player accessories and emojis.

The new collection follows the NBA launching "NBA Top Shot" in May 2020: an NFT collectible market dedicated to portraying key moments taking place on the basketball court.