Larry O’Brien Championship Trophy

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The Larry O’Brien Championship Trophy is the gold trophy awarded annually to the NBA team that wins the league’s championship.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf NBA award
basketball trophy
sports trophy
alsoKnownAs NBA championship trophy
associatedRegion North America
associatedWith NBA Finals MVP ceremony
NBA playoffs
awardedBy National Basketball Association
awardedFor winning the NBA Finals
awardedSince late 1970s
category National Basketball Association trophies and awards
basketball awards
competition NBA Finals
country United States
culturalSignificance iconic symbol of NBA success
designFeatures ball positioned above a hoop and net
basketball tilted at a 23.5-degree angle
designUpdates periodically refined while retaining core form
displayLocation often displayed in winning team’s arena
engraving includes name of winning team
eraOfUse post-1977 NBA championships
firstSeasonAwarded 1976–77 NBA season
frequency annually
governingBody NBA Board of Governors
height about 2 feet
inceptionContext NBA rebranding of championship trophy in late 1970s
introduced 1977
league National Basketball Association
manufacturer Tiffany & Co.
material 24-karat gold overlay
sterling silver
mediaCoverage televised presentation after deciding NBA Finals game
namedAfter Larry O’Brien
namedAfterFullName Lawrence Francis O’Brien Jr.
namedAfterOccupation former NBA commissioner
namedAfterRole former United States Postmaster General
former chairman of the Democratic National Committee
ownership permanently retained by winning team
presentedTo NBA champion team
previousName Walter A. Brown Trophy
replaced Walter A. Brown Trophy
shape basketball on a hoop and net
sport basketball
symbolizes NBA championship
supremacy in professional basketball in North America
trophyType league championship trophy
weight about 14.5 pounds


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