The Houston Rockets are numerous years from even contending for the Larry O'Brien Trophy as currently constituted, but on Monday night, one former member of the franchise secured a championship as a key veteran for the Denver Nuggets.
Nuggets forward and 2007 lottery pick Jeff Green won the first championship of his career in Denver's 94-89 Game 5 win over the Miami Heat, completing quite a career odyssey for the Georgetown product. The Nuggets are Green's 11th NBA team across 15 seasons, with both this season and 2021-22 coming in Denver.
Green made a pit stop in Houston for a brief stretch in the 2019-20 season, playing alongside Russell Westbrook and James Harden for the last Rockets playoff team before the current rebuild.