The System of Basketball Becomes a God

Chapter 197 The Origin of the Champion Trophy
The Larry O'Brien NBA Championship Trophy is a trophy awarded annually by the American Professional Basketball League (NBA) to the winning team in the NBA Finals series.The trophy has been in use since 1977, replacing the previous Walter A. Brown Trophy.The trophy has been using the old name of "Walter A. Brown Trophy" until the 1984 NBA Finals, and then the trophy was named "Larry O'Brien Champion Trophy" to commemorate the former NBA chairman (later called the "Larry O'Brien Trophy"). NBA Commissioner) Larry O'Brien, who served as the NBA Commissioner from 1975 to 1983.Before joining the NBA, Larry O'Brien served as United States Postmaster General under President Lyndon Baines Johnson (1965-1968).

While the Larry O'Brien Championship Trophy is often compared to the National Hockey League's (NHL) Stanley Cup, it has never received the same degree of recognition as the Stanley Cup.In order to increase the awareness of the Larry O'Brien Championship Trophy, the NBA has been actively promoting the trophy, in order to make more people know and affirm the status of the trophy. After the Detroit Pistons won the NBA championship in 2004, the Larry O'Brien Championship Trophy was paraded in Michigan.This is the first time the trophy has been paraded around the state with the winning team. [4] In 2005, the NBA Legends Tour (NBA Legends Tour) was launched in New York. As part of the trip, the Larry O'Brien championship trophy was displayed in many cities (including multiple playoff host cities) for fans Sign autographs and take pictures.During the journey, the trophy was escorted by several former NBA players, including Julius Erving, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Bill Russell. [3] In May 2007, the NBA was unveiled at the headquarters of Second Life (SecondLife).In this network virtual reality environment, fans can take pictures with the championship trophy in the virtual "Toyota Larry O'Brien Trophy Room" (ToyotaLarryO'BrienTrophyRoom)!In August of the same year, as part of the "NBA Madness Asia Tour" (NBAMadnessAsiaTour), the trophy was also displayed in Hong Kong for the first time. DHL presents the "NBA Championship Trophy Asia Tour" to fans, bringing the trophy to BJ, Shanghai, Macau, Hong Kong and Taiwan in China, as well as the Philippines, Japan, South Korea and Singapore in Asia.

Larry O'Brien was named president of the National Basketball Association (NBA) in 1975 and left in 1984.The first major event after O'Brien took office was the successful merger of the ABA (American Basketball Association), which solved the problems of soaring wages and declining box office caused by the vicious competition between the two leagues, including the very difficult "Oscar Robertson jersey". "event.

In 1983, the new labor agreement reached between O'Brien and the NBA Players Union is considered to be the blueprint and foundation for the development of the NBA league; and his greatest contribution to the reform of NBA rules lies in the establishment of the three-point line in 1979.Shortly after O'Brien left office (1984), the NBA named the championship trophy the Larry O'Brien Cup. In 1991, O'Brien was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame.

The winner of the NBA Finals will receive the Larry O'Brien Championship Trophy.The Boston Celtics were the first team to win the trophy when they defeated the Los Angeles Lakers 1984-4 in the 3 NBA Finals. [The Boston Celtics have won the trophy 17 times, the Los Angeles Lakers have won the trophy 16 times, the Chicago Bulls have won the trophy 6 times, and the San Antonio Spurs have won the trophy 5 times.

NBA championship rings, each NBA championship ring has to go through the manual labor of 75 to 100 people, and the average time spent on each production process is about 10 weeks. The championship ring is similar to a trophy. No matter the main players, substitutes or coaches of the team, everyone has a share. NBA championship rings have their own characteristics. Although the decoration is not very luxurious, the humanized design makes it have great collection and commemorative value.

Usually the ring has the year of winning the championship and the name of the team. Each player's ring is also engraved with his own name. Some of them will also be engraved with the regular season, playoffs record and other memorable information in the championship season. .

Every NBA championship ring has to go through the manual labor of 75 to 100 people from the initial design concept to the mold, and then to the final shining finished product, and the average time spent on each production process is 10 weeks. Some of the more complicated championship rings will even take about half a year to complete.These rings are all made of 14K white gold, and the weight of platinum must be more than 2 ounces. The diamonds on the rings are more expensive. It is said that each diamond on the championship ring when the Bulls won the championship in 1996 is no less than 7500 US dollars, and the number of diamonds has reached as many as 76.

Playing in the NBA, the biggest dream of a player is to be able to wear a championship ring.However, only a small number of players are lucky.Superstars such as Charles Barkley, Karl Malone, John Stockton, and Reggie Miller have never had such an experience in their brilliant careers.Boston Celtics center Bill Russell is currently the player with the most championship rings in the NBA.He won a total of 13 championships in 11 seasons, which means that he has more championship rings than his fingers.

Because basketball players are tall and their fingers are thicker than ordinary people, the championship ring is larger than ordinary people imagine.For example, O'Neill's ring is the largest number 17.

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Li Qian needs to get the championship ring, so some of them need to get his own, really!
What kind of performance Li Qian wants to bring us, and how time will come again, let us look forward to it together!

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