A closer look at the Celtics’ 2024 mock championship rings originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston
One of the best teams in Boston Celtics franchise history deserves some special recognition. And the 2023-24 C’s certainly got that Tuesday night.
The Celtics received their 2024 championship rings and raised Banner 18 to the TD Garden roofers in a special ceremony before their 2024-25 season opener against the New York Knicks. Several Boston players had visceral reactions as they receive their rings, and now we know why: These rings are among the most elaborate (and high-tech) in NBA history.
For starters, each ring has 15 carats (one for each Eastern Conference team), 18 emerald-cut diamonds (one for each of Boston’s championships) and 80 white diamonds in the word “champions” (one for each combined victory in the usual client of the Celtics). season and playoffs).
It also features the team’s 2023-24 mantra, “Whatever It Takes,” on its side panels, which are engraved in a parquet floor pattern. Inside each ring is the result of each of the final series of the Celtics against Miami (4-1), Cleveland (4-1), Indiana (4-0) and Dallas (4-1).
And the best part? It opens.
Jason Arasheben, the CEO of the jeweler who designed the ring – Jason of Beverly Hills – joined NBC Sports Boston’s Kayla Burton. Celtics Halftime Live to offer a close-up look at the unique ring.
“This particular ring here, it’s opening up,” Arasheben told Burton. “And what makes it so unique is that inside is an actual piece of the parquet that we cut up and sanded and put the final score as well as the date of the final clinching victory.
“In here, you have the actual banner, and you have the parquet floor with all the jersey numbers of all the active players on the playoff roster.”
Arasheben then explained how this Celtic championship ring is the first of its kind.
“For this particular ring, if you pick up your phone, it’s the first ring in the history of the championship ring that has the NFC chip installed in it,” Arasheben said. “If you take your phone and you tap it against the green parquet floor, it will pull up a video that shows how that particular ring was made.”
We’d expect nothing less for the 2024 champions, who now have the most titles in NBA history (surpassing the Los Angeles Lakers) after winning Banner 18. Watch Burton’s full interview with Arasheben in the video player above.
