Deadspin linked today to a piece on Hoopism where every NBA Championship ring is shown by team. It's incredible to see how they went from incredibly simple to works of art starting in the 1980s. The Lakers' 1987 ring is the first to really be iced out but what is also of note is how the following ring war was waged. (Say that five times fast.)
1981: The Boston Celtics add green around their singular diamond, the first team in history to do so.
1982: The Los Angeles Lakers add purple around their diamond to keep up with their rivals in Beantown.
1983: The Philadelphia 76ers add red just to fit in with the kids at the lunch table.
1984: The Celtics say fuck this and add a shamrock around their diamond, daring the next team to do the same.
1985: The Lakers, lacking shamrocks in their team logo, use the Larry O'Brien trophy on their rings.
1986: The Celtics play the shamrock card once again, this time adding the O'Brien trophy to the ring with a shamrock in the background.
1987: The Lakers use five diamonds representing their five NBA Championships since moving to Los Angeles then follow that with a singular diamond surrounded by a purple field with a perimeter of diamonds, essentially the "I have infinity plus one!" argument of NBA Championship rings.
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