The 2020-21 NBA regular season has begun. The Los Angeles Lakers and the Clippers, the local team, will stage a "Los Angeles Derby" on the opening day. Before the game, the Lakers held a ceremony to award last season's championship rings. The entire team was present, and the family members of the team and coaching staff recorded blessing videos and made award speeches for the Lakers, which was quite heartwarming.
In addition, detailed pictures of the Lakers’ championship rings were also exposed online. This ring is set with 804 diamonds. It has the Lakers logo and the words World Champions on the top. The upper middle part is engraved with the numbers of all players. The interior is also engraved with Kobe's retired jersey and the image of the Mamba snake. A close-up of the team's core LeBron James' ring has his name and jersey number 23 printed on the side.
After everyone got the ring, the entire Lakers team regarded it as a treasure, especially James and Davis, who were extremely excited. The ring awarding ceremony was very ceremonial - the introduction of every staff member, such as assistant coaches, etc., was done by medical staff, and the introduction of all team players was done by family members.
It is precisely because of this method that an extremely interesting scene occurred during the award process - when Giannis appeared on stage to receive the ring, the person who introduced him in the video was none other than the core of the Bucks Antetokounmpo and Antetokounmpo’s older brother. The two-time MVP winner has continuously missed the opportunity to reach the finals, and now he also made an "unexpected appearance" during the ring award ceremony.
In her speech, Lakers owner Jeanie Buss expressed her gratitude to all the players who have left the Lakers. Among the heroes of last season's championship, including Rondo, Howard, McGee and others, have left the team, and Jenny Buss also expressed her gratitude one by one. At the end of his speech, he said extremely domineeringly that his goal in the new season is to defend his title.
It is worth mentioning that after receiving the ring, Lakers general manager Rob Pelinka made the 24 sign with his hands, clasped his hands, closed his eyes and prayed to the sky to express his condolences after passing away unexpectedly. of Kobe.