Braden Smith has always been about setting the table. Now he’s starting to collect it, and he started with his own cards. The Purdue point guard recently showed off a personal stash of his own trading cards, autos, parallels, and even custom pieces, offering a rare look at how one of college basketball’s most accomplished players is documenting his career as it unfolds. The NCAA's all-time assist leader Braden Smith dropped by to show us his insane collection of ultra-rare trading cards OF HIMSELF... 🔥 pic.twitter.com/oonhTeYR0r — Topps (@Topps) May 7, 2026 And this isn’t just any player building a personal collection. Smith is the NCAA Division I all-time assists leader. He passed Bobby Hurley’s long-standing mark of 1,076 during the 2026 NCAA Tournament and now sits north of 1,100 career assists, a record that had stood for more than three decades. From Record Book to Cardboard That moment didn’t just live in the box score. It made its way onto cardboard almost immediately.…