Dallas Mavericks Receive Championship Rings

When the Dallas Mavericks won the NBA title last season, owner Mark Cuban said that he was planning something new and foregoing the tradition of handing out rings.  We were expecting bedazzled trophies, belts, bracelets and even cars!.

Okay I was kidding with that last one!

Yet, out of all those expectations, Cuban stayed with the tradition and handed out a diamond-encrusted ring estimated to cost $40,000.

Dallas Mavericks 2011 NBA 
Championship rings
(Photo: Dallas Mavericks)

Wow!  That amount of cash for a ring?!  Maybe that is the reason that they sweat blood and tears the whole season so that when they retire and go bankrupt, they can auction it out.  I'm just sour because I want me one of those!

But whatever price the ring cost, it represents more than anyone could imagine.  It represents the hard work, sacrifice, dedication, challenges, a sense of accomplishment.  It's something you can tell your kids someday of a great team that beat the odds and made it through.  Something you can proudly wear around your finger all the time.  And more importantly, it stands for your LEGACY!  Which no one can take away from you.

Since we are talking about rings, checkout the Championship rings of the past decade.

Dallas Mavericks 2011
(Photo: Gleen James/NBAE via Getty Images)

Los Angeles Lakers 2010
(Photo: Jason of Beverly Hills)

Los Angeles Lakers 2009
(Photo: Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE via Getty Images)

Boston Celtics 2008
(Photo: Brian Babineau/NBAE via Getty Images)

San Antonio Spurs 2007
(Photo: Eric Gay/AP)

Miami Heat 2006
(Photo: Victor Baldizon/NBAE via Getty Images)

San Antonio Spurs 2005
(Photo: Clarke Evans/NBAE via Getty Images)

Detroit Pistons 2004
(Photo: Jesse D. Garrabrant/NBAE via Getty Images)

San Antonio Spurs 2003
(Photo: Eric Gay/AP)

Los Angeles Lakers 2002
(Photo: Kevork Djansezian/AP;
Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE/Getty Images;
Catherine Steenkeste/NBAE/Getty Images)

View this post to check out other Championship rings through out the years.