Former Duke shooting guard Isaiah Evans channeled the Met Gala at the 2026 NBA draft in Brooklyn on Tuesday.
The 20-year-old sophomore wore a $3 million diamond broach and a $1 million diamond wallet chain by Jason of Beverly Hills while on the red carpet at the Barclays Center — and The Post got an exclusive sneak peak before the draft.
After meeting through a mutual friend at Duke, Evans and the celebrity jeweler worked together for nearly a year crafting his accessories for arguably the biggest night of his life.
His diamond broach includes a 45 karat pigeon blood ruby in the center, and was carefully chosen to match the red pinstripes in his navy blue suit.
There are another six karats of baroque shaped white diamonds around the perimeter of the broach.
“There’s never been a brooch that’s made at this level for any NBA draft history,” Jason told The Post. “And then on top of that, we went with a wallet chain that has over 170 carats of diamonds.”
Evans added that he wanted to “make an impact” with his ensemble on draft night.
“I think it represents me well,” he said of his diamond accessories, noting that broach is not as heavy as it appears. “Me and Jason have pretty cool relationship.”
Evans’ wallet chain is the first of its kind at the evaluation of $1 million in NBA history, and the most expensive jewelry fit of NBA draft history, according to Jason.
“I’ve been doing this for 22 years, and you’re so used to a lot of NBA draftees getting drafted and wearing big medallions with their initials on in and big earrings,” Jason said. “I think what we wanted to do was to bring a little bit of a different energy to the draft with Isaiah, and we sat down with him months ago, and we had this vision of bringing the Met Gala to the NBA draft. I wanted it to have a very royal vibe to it… it’s unique and timeless.”