NBA rookie Rodney Hood $80k jewelry run...for NBA draft | TMZ.com

[VINYLONE]

https://www.tmz.com/2014/06/28/nba-...elry-rafaello-and-company-diamonds-nba-draft/

Before he became a 1st Round NBA Draft pick ... Rodney Hood got himself ice'd out with $80k in high-end jewelry ... TMZ Sports has learned.

We know ... the day before the draft, the 21-year-old phenom hit up Rafaello & Co. in NYC -- and picked himself up a $50k diamond-coated stainless steel Breitling Bentley watch.

He also dropped another $30k on an 18-carat gold and diamond bracelet with princess cut and round diamonds. Not too shabby.

But Hood wasn't the only baller to go on a pre-draft jewelry spree ...Cleanthony Early also hit up Rafaello and got a $62k Rafaello & Co. yellow gold watch and a Cuban link diamond bracelet.

It's good to be rich.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

It was an endorsement, didn't pay for watch.

 

[slc]

Wow Cleanthony does not even have guaranteed money yet does he?

 

[VINYLONE]

It was an endorsement, didn't pay for watch.

Or the jewelry was lent to him like many of these jewelers do...it's free advertising.

 

[slc]

Or the jewelry was lent to him like many of these jewelers do...it's free advertising.

That sounds right.

 

[Doublea]

He said on twitter that he was fortunate to be able to wear something like that from the company, but people who know him knows that he'd never spend money on something like that.

And this too haha:

@rodneymhood: My mom would kill me if I spent $80,000 on a watch. I borrowed it for the draft. It's just a funny rumor. That's all

 

[Zulu]

No wonder he was getting nervous when he started dropping on the draft board!!!