About the partnership with Baller Mixed Reality, Lloyd's son Kevin said, "The memorabilia that my father left behind are historical treasures that remind us of both the differences and similarities within the times we live. I'm excited to work with Jonathan Herman and the Baller team to digitally capture these items into Augmented Reality, where their quality can be preserved forever and fans around the world can enjoy them as limited edition NFTs."
$AMLH related In 1950, Earl Lloyd broke the color barrier to become the first African-American to play in the National Basketball Association followed by a distinguished career. Lloyd endured intense discrimination before helping the Syracuse Nationals win the NBA Championship in 1955 and was later inducted into the Naismith Hall-of-Fame in 2003. Entering the league six years before Bill Russell, Earl Lloyd was often described as the "Jackie Robinson of basketball" and passed away in 2015 at the age of 86.