NBA: Ranking the 30 best NBA Championship Rings

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1989 and 1990 Detroit Piston championship trophies (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images) /

Ranking the best championship rings in NBA history: 27. Detroit Pistons, 1990

The 1990 Detroit Pistons simply don’t get enough credit or love.

It isn’t hyperbole to say that the history of basketball cannot be fully discussed without mentioning them. They were one of the greatest teams of all time and for a two-year span, no one was better.

After taking home the chip in 1989, the Pistons did it again one year later. With Isiah Thomas, Joe Dumars, and the rest of that hard-nosed club making their mark amongst the Lakers and Bulls, they established themselves as a powerhouse, albeit for a short amount of time.

As the start of the 1991 season kicked off, the Pistons raised banner number two and were grinning from ear to ear when they were presented with another ring. On this year’s version of their jewelry, a huge red ruby was placed as the background piece. In the center, was a fairly large diamond, surrounding that were several smaller diamonds as the year, team name and world champions name circled all around.

Their next ring wouldn’t come for more than a decade but Pistons fans have become accustomed to their ball clubs grinding things out.