NBA: Ranking the 30 best NBA Championship Rings

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Ranking the best championship rings in NBA history: 9. Syracuse Nationals, 1955

For the vast majority of NBA rings, they’ve mostly come made out of gold. We aren’t entirely sure why that’s the case but they simply are. This is especially true in the early years of the NBA. Yet, when it comes to the 1955 Syracuse Nationals they changed things up completely when they took home the crown.

Traditionally, NBA Champions were given a golden ring with one singular small diamond in the middle. In the case of the 1947 Philadelphia Warriors, it looked as though someone actually wrote “champions” on their rings in pencil.

No longer interested in the dull usual design of NBA rings in the past, the Nationals created a ring that deserves a spot amongst the best ever made.

In the center, just below the word “world” and above the word “champions”, the Nationals had most of the center of their ring covered in diamonds. From there, a small carving of the United States of America was placed in the middle with the year in which the ring was won.

Considering that the Nationals logo was a shape of America, it was perfect. To make things even better, on the outside edges of the ring, we’re five stones on each side. Those stones were in the color of the American flag, red, white, and blue.

It was as though the Nationals took a peek into the future before coming out with those rings. And even though it’s been well over five decades since being released, these rings can still match up with the best of them.