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Dennis Johnson’s ’84 Celtics Championship ring up for auction

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  1. smoove shoez

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    Dennis Johnson’s ’84 Celtics Championship ring up for auction

    Dennis Johnson, won three championships in a career that took him to the Sonics, Suns and Celtics, now one of his three championship rings can be yours.

    “DJ” passed away at the age of 52, in 2007. His family has decided to auction off his 1984 Celtics ring. That championship was the 15th in Celtics franchise history and the second of Dennis Johnson’s storied career.

    The size 12, 14K gold ring was presented to Johnson in commemoration of that 1984 championship season, and it was obtained directly from the Johnson family.

    At last check the current high bid was $14,272.

    http://benmaller.com/2010/07/dennis-johnsons-84-celtics-championship-ring-up-for-auction/
     
  2. smoove shoez

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    Link to the auction
    http://catalog.greyflannelauctions....rtby=0&displayby=2&lotsperpage=100&category=1

    After being known as a slam dunking shooting guard with the Sonics, where he helped the team to their only NBA Championship in 1979, and an all-around scorer with the Suns, Dennis Johnson re-invented himself again when he arrived in Boston, his third and final NBA home. Not only did he establish himself as a playmaking point guard alongside Larry Bird, but even more importantly, he helped to shore up a shaky defense that had often been battered against more physical opponents in the early 80s. In Johnson’s first year with the team, his acquisition proved very beneficial when the Celtics met the Lakers in the NBA Finals, which spawned an historic rivalry that remains alive and well today. In a tooth and nail, seven game contest, the Celtics outlasted the Lakers, in large part because of the defensive work of Dennis Johnson against Lakers star Magic Johnson, who was held to a subpar 17 points per game in each of the last four games of the series and was thereafter referred to as “Tragic” Johnson in Boston. That championship was the 15th in Celtics franchise history and the second of Dennis Johnson’s storied career. His play in the 1984 Finals no doubt influenced his post-humous Hall of Fame induction in 2010. This size 12, 14K gold ring was presented to Johnson in commemoration of that 1984 championship season, and it was obtained directly from the Johnson family. The top boasts a green sapphire Celtics clover with a large circular diamond in its center. Around this clover are the words “BOSTON CELTICS WORLD CHAMPIONS”. On the left panel is the year “1984” around a green NBA logo. Underneath this is a small engraving bearing the word “TEAMWORK”. The right panel displays a casting of the player name “JOHNSON” above a Celtic with a pipe in his mouth who is holding a trophy with the engraving “XV”, which denotes this 15th Celtics championship. Underneath this is engraved the word “PRIDE”. The ring is in overall NRMT condition and comes in a black velour box. Comes with a family LOA.
     
  3. RoxSqaud

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    **** it...sale one...he's got two more.
     
  4. ASidd_1990

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    that's classless as hell!

    I would keep them and pass them down to my kin or have them buried with me in my coffin.
     
  5. peleincubus

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    yeah... if my grandfather or great grandfather had a ring i would love to have it. maybe not everyone's but in my opinion thats pretty trashy.
     
  6. Asian Sensation

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    Like you have a choice once you're gone?
     
  7. mikol13

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    That's a damn shame. I actually liked DJ's game and he was an even more likeable person. Sometimes money is more important to people than family I guess, but I don't get it.
     
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    pathetic, unless he told them they could sell it. disrespectful.
     
  9. ASidd_1990

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    Hell yeah, if its in my will.

    I don't want no random joe shmo to have something that I've worked hard all my life to get. At least give it to my kids or have it buried with me.
     
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    I hope this ends up in a true basketball fan, or a celtics fan's hand...
     
  11. Asian Sensation

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    He did give it to his kids or other family member. They are selling it.

    Like I said... you have no choice what happens when you're gone.

    It is what it is.
     
  12. Raven

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    How horrible.
     
  13. DontTradeOswalt

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    30 bucks!!!! Take it or leave it :p, but seriously if I had a ring, I would keep it even if am in debt, I may be a bum but am a bum with a championship ring....but it was his and maybe he told his family to sell it when he's gone, who knows
     
  14. RocketMadness

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    What a dick, I would treasure that ring and never sell it. SMH...
     
  15. dmenacela

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    I didn't even know he died three years ago... :confused:
     
  16. snc

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    LeBron should have just bought this ring and stayed with the Cavs.
     
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    i'd rather put food on my kids table than give them a relic of how good i was at a playing a game.
     
  18. spysta

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    Somebody alert Charles Barkley and Reggie Miller!!!!!

    after they buy it maybe I will actually listen to there opinions on lebron leaving cleveland
     
  19. v3.0

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    I know there are sports memorabilia collectors that are into this kinda thing, but other than the people who actually had a hand in winning that ring, what good is it?

    I understand if there isn't food on the table, you gotta do what you gotta do in concerning the DJ family.
     
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  20. Raven

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    Cuban probably collects them.

    :grin:
     

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