The job is done, we can go home now

This Denver team looked so complete. Congratulations to them! I had so much fun watching the postseason for the first time this year

Adam Silver bout to drop the next installment in the Ja Morant saga now that this is done.

An interesting subplot is that since Kawhi's 2020 Raptors run, none of the finals teams have had a dominant, heliocentric wing. Maybe Boston, but even that team didn't quite rely on Tatum in the same way that other teams before had. Since the Heatles, the consensus has basically been that wings are the most important position in modern basketball, allowing teams to play 'positionless' and spread the floor.

But over the last three years the best teams have bucked that trend, instead being lead primarily by guards or bigs. Going into next season, most people would probably have a couple of centers at the top of their best players list. And in the last 6 NBA drafts, the only dominant wing player to be taken was Ant. Interesting to see the league pivot so quickly, considering it was only a few years ago that Ballmer went all out and built almost a whole team with 6'7" - 6'9" guys

It wasn't that long ago that it seemed like space-and-pace would kill the center position

So happy that my nuggets finally won! Hoping for a few more with this core. Jokić is god.

Congrats to the Nuggets. They in a good spot moving forward.

Congrats Denver! Love seeing a small market team win it all, very happy for both Murray and Jokic.

https://twitter.com/shannonsharpeee/status/1668454405069475841 lmao

After Miami's performances in the previous playoffs games, it is crazy this only went to 5 games.

Long time Nuggets fan. This run by Jokic is insane. and I think will get even better over the next few years.

Welcome to the NBA Championship Club, Denver.

Had a blast following the game day thread, I have a good feeling about this Lemmy community!

Man it's great to see a team win for the first time ever! Congrats to Denver! Great ending to the season!

Ah shit, I forgot this means Stan Kroenke is a winner. Fuck that

Congrats Denver!!

The real winner here is the Serbian horse racing industry.

I was hoping the Heat would win but I'm really happy for Joker, he really earned it. Plus of course I'm super happy for Jamal Murray too.

Booker going nuclear twice was the biggest hurdle. They couldnt be stopped otherwise.

Grats to the nuggs! Always been more of a college football fan, but went to college @ CU and fell in love with all three teams (broncos, nuggets, avs) and brought them home with me… been a really cool last 10 years to see so many championships out of Denver.

This run by Jokic has been something special, and the Heat's run was pretty awesome too, even if they took out my Knicks on the way.

Finally the subreddit blackouts are working to its fullest. If the nuggets havent won reddit would had won because game 6 was on thursday.

Just hope there's any way at all we can keep Brucey around?

The team as a whole had horrid shooting numbers from 3 but the team played incredible defense and gave it their all. Well deserved!

I’m sad Miami lost a winnable game. Congrats to the Nuggets! Onwards and upwards!!

Always nice to see a team finally break through and win a championship. Congratulations Denver, you have an awesome team!

Kudos to Miami for their impressive playoff run. Now for a break from basketball, at least until next week when we start chasing trade/FA/draft rumors, and of course, counting down until October.

Are we sure the Zombie Heat are actually dead?

Man what a joy this series was! This is the first time in a long while I've taken the time to watch playoff games beyond just highlights (mostly due to timezone reasons), and it was definitely worth it. Congrats to the Nuggets!

i'm a nuet but i was/am a fan of this nuggz team. so happy!