While we would have loved to give the Wisconsin NBA crown to Nick Van Exel, there's no denying that Latrell Sprewell shouldn't rep his home state to the fullest on this list. We understand that Sprewell's conflict with then Golden State Warriors head coach, P. J. Carlesimo, and might have stolen his thunder, but that doesn't mean that he wasn't one of the baddest two-guards in the game throughout the 1990s and early 2000s.
After two years of playing college ball for the University of Alabama (1990-92), the 6'5 shooting guard was selected 24th overall in the 1992 NBA Draft by the Golden State Warriors where he would spend six seasons before taking his talents to the New York Knicks. This is where he led the Knicks to the NBA Finals in 1999. He also led the Timberwolves to Western Conference Finals during his tenure with the team. Throughout his thirteen-year NBA career, Sprewell was a 4x NBA All-Star and one-time All-NBA First Team honoree in 1994. While controversy surrounded him, he still is one of the NBA's greatest.
To insure one’s house, one’s car or to underwrite a life insurance policy, that is common practice. But who would pay an insurance premium for his/her thumb, legs or smile? Stars, of course.
At the top of the ranking are the legs of Mariah Carey, worth 810 million USD: The diva became, in 2006, the Gillette brand muse for the advertising campaign «Legs of a Goddess». She then took out an insurance policy with London Lloyds to protect her legs, a decision that is far from being insignificant. Among its customers, the London insurer then included several icons of music, such as Bob Dylan or Rod Stewart.
David Beckham’s body insured for 195 million USD: European champion with Manchester United in 1999, David Beckham was in 2006 the most renowned footballer of the planet. In relation to his sporting activities, he took out an insurance cover for his legs. The huge amount paid for his insurance would reportedly exceed the 103 million USD disbursed by Real Madrid for the cover of Christiano Ronaldo in 2009. The fashion model would later extend his insurance cover to his entire body.
15 million USD in insurance for Kim Kardashian’s curves: The curves of Kim Kardashian are her number one beauty asset. The reality TV star, who is crazy about plastic surgery, has underwritten an insurance policy worth 15 million USD to protect her famous butt.
The culinary critic Egon Ronay assured his taste buds: The famous Hungarian culinary critic has insured his taste buds since 1957, for the amount of 400 000 USD. An original insurance policy which allows him to cover his sense of taste without which he will no longer be able to practice his job.