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The Golden State Warriors beat the Boston Celtics 103-90 on Thursday in the sixth game of the NBA finals.
With this triumph Stephen Curry and company obtained the seventh title in the NBA.
The ultimate triumph for an NBA team is, of course, to add one more championship to its franchise, for the title showcases to get bigger and bigger.
However, when winning the finals (this year between the Golden State Warriors and the Boston Celtics), there are also individual glories and accolades, including the championship ring that all the players on the winning team receive.
Have you ever wondered what these rings are made of and how much they are worth?
Actually, there are two questions that do not have exact answers, but here we present a general overview to get closer.
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The materials of the NBA championship rings
Champion ring made for Shaquille O'Neal, of the Miami Heat, a team that became NBA champion in the 2005-2006 season by beating the Dallas Mavericks.
(Photo: Doug Benc/Getty Images)
These rings usually have hundreds of diamonds, which is equivalent to thousands of dollars.
However, the number of jewels they have changes every year.
Sometimes they have more diamonds, sometimes less.
Why is this happening?
It is not because they want to make them of lesser or greater value, but rather each of the details added by the jewelers in charge of the design has a specific meaning.
For example, the Los Angeles Lakers (top winners in the NBA along with the Celtics, both with 17 titles) have a page entirely dedicated to their championship rings, where you can read the details that all of them have.
To get an idea of what they contain, let's see the details of the winner's rings of the Milwaukee Bucks, who were crowned in the NBA in the 2020-2021 season (that is, they are the most recent champions, although not by much).
(It should be noted that the jewelry that designed these rings for the Bucks was Jason of Beverly Hills, who in addition to those designed "previously those of the 2009, 2010, 2015, 2017, 2018 and 2020 editions", point out the NBA and the jewelry ).
The Bucks champion ring has over 400 diamonds.
Of this total, 360 diamonds at the top represent "the win total since the owner purchased the team," the NBA says.
Then, 16 emerald-shaped diamonds on the left side of the ring represent the Bucks' 16 wins in the 2020-2021 postseason.
Meanwhile, another 16 emerald-shaped diamonds on the right side refer to the 16 division titles that the Bucks have in their entire history.
"In total, there are approximately 4.14 carats of emeralds that represent Milwaukee's 414 area code. The 50 round stones on the inner bezel symbolize 50 years since the team's last championship victory," explains the NBA.
The Bucks ring features the Larry O'Brien Trophy on the front, which is made up of an exclusive batch of 65.3% pure yellow gold, which represents the team's winning percentage for that season.
Everything is made up of details on the championship rings.
The one for the Bucks even has a QR code that, when scanned, shows you a video with the most memorable moments of the 2020-2021 season.
How much are they worth?
Being a collector's item, NBA rings do not have an exact price.
However, we can get closer to the cost with what happened to former basketball player Lamar Odom in 2020.
In that year, Odom pawned his two NBA championship rings, which he got by becoming champion with the Lakers in 2009 and 2010.
They were then taken to an auction, where the total sale was estimated at $100,000 ($50,000 each).
Likewise, you can also find official replicas in the team stores.
For example, the replica Bucks ring is priced at $150, according to the official team store.
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