Fri Feb 19, 2010 4:35 pm EST

Phenomenal Swag: Marquis Daniels' jeweled head piece
By Trey Kerby

Trey Kerby of The Blowtorch searches high and low across the Internet for NBA-related goods you never knew you needed. You know, phenomenal swag. Email Ball Don't Lie any relevant products you find here.

Here I am thinking there could be no greater birthday gift than the Chicago Bulls trading for Brad Miller(notes).

I was wrong, Internet. Very wrong.

It turns out the greatest gift I, or anyone, could ever receive involves another former Indiana Pacer, Marquis Daniels. In fact, it is Marquis Daniels. Kind of. It's Marquis Daniels' head on a necklace ... and it's covered in diamonds.




Forged in the fires of Mordor from 1,300 grams (or 2.9 pounds) of 14-karat gold, this head is an exact replica of Daniels or possibly Whoopi Goldberg. Either way, it's both amazing and terrifying.

It's a one of one, so there's no way we'll ever get to lay our hands on it. Even if we could, we really couldn't. Smothered in white and cognac diamonds, this piece of art must have cost a fortune.

...and with that, I'll take my leave....


[Edited 2/20/10 19:07pm]

It looks like a shrunken head found in an ancient tomb.

bboy87 said:

remember on my thread when I was talking about stupidity??

simply the ugliest piece of jewelry I have ever laid eyes on...

and WTF is a cognac diamond?????

I was curious, too, so I Googled...
http://www.diamondvues.co...e_dia.html

I learned something new tonight!

bboy87 said:

chocolate1 said:

so IS it a lesser quality stone and a marketing coup???

chocolate1 said:

Me too!

RenHoek said:

a lesser quality to the diamond industry, but as the article was saying, someone saw something others didn't and made it valuable.
a diamond in the rough if you will. lol.
i think marketing it with the name "chocolate" or "cognac" gave it appeal.
smart move.

CHIC0 said:

Yup!
And if celebrities start sporting them, then it's a wrap! Sales triple...