The Boston Celtics have a plethora of legendary athletes that have come and go from their roster but none as durable as the 6'3 point guard Jo Jo White. After his four year stint at the University of Kansas, White found his way to the 1986 Summer Olympics where he would earn his first-ever accolade as a member of the Men's US National Basketball Team earning a gold medal. The following year, Jo Jo White was drafted ninth overall in the 1969 NBA Draft by the Boston Celtics where he would go on to have a stellar NBA career.
In 1970, White earned the title of NBA All-Rookie First Team, seven NBA All-Star nods, two championships as a member of the Celtics (1974, 1976), NBA Finals MVP (1976), and eventually an induction into the Basketball Hall of Fame. During his ten-year stint with the Boston Celtics, Jo Jo White broke a franchise record tallying a total of 488 consecutive games played with the Celtics. Unfortunately, Jo Jo passed away from complications with dementia and pneumonia in January 2018. Not only will Jo Jo be remembered for his contributions to the game of basketball but for the beautiful person was.
In the US, the average spent on an engagement ring is $6,351 but how do these figures compare with our favorite celebrities? The answer: they don't. As the diamonds increase in size, obviously the price tag appreciates handsomely. Well, we've compiled a list of some of the most expensive celebrity engagement rings.
This list would be nothing without Kim Kardashian's rock from Kanye, which clocked in at around a cool $4 million when he presented it to her at his stadium proposal in October 2013. Unfortunately, though, the 15-carat sparkler was among the jewelry stolen during Kim's infamous Paris robbery in 2016.
Jennifer Lopez's husband Alex Rodriguez popped the question to the singer, and he really had to step it up to outshine her previous engagement rings—and wow, did he deliver. The baseball star proposed with a reported 15-20 carat emerald cut stunner set on a platinum band that was estimated at $5 million. It's getting harder and harder not to be fooled by the rocks she's got...
It should come as no surprise that Beyonce herself totes one of the world's highest-valued diamonds. Weighing in at 24 carats, Jay reportedly paid around $5 million (now worth $6,047,013) for Bey's flashy emerald-cut ring back in 2008.
Anna Kournikova's relationship Latin music artist Enrique Iglesias since the early '00s has been one of the most lowkey celebrity relationships to date. That is with the exception of her $5,400,000 engagement ring that made headlines in 2004. Now, worth a whopping $7,443,596, the giant yellow stunner was spotted on Kournikova even during her tennis matches. (Pssst! It's rumored she got two rings from Iglesias. Prior to this, she sported an equally giant pink pear-shaped ring.)
Clocking in as the most expensive celebrity engagement ring, Mariah Carey's 35-carat bling from ex-fiancé James Packer reportedly cost a cool $10 million. And the "Obsessed" singer seemed to be a bit, well, obsessed with the jewel. She continued to wear the ring over a year post-breakup, and didn't part ways with the bauble until May 2018, selling it to a Los Angeles jeweler for $2.1 million.