The 2022-23 season is now in the books, and a worthy champion in the Denver Nuggets have been crowned. Their dominant run through the postseason culminating in a five game beating of a Miami Heat outfit that defied all of the odds to get as far as they did, but which were no match for Nikola Jokic and his buddies in the end.
While the Nuggets have landed their first championship in franchise history thanks to some astute drafting, the hiring of a head coach in Michael Malone who was the right guy to lead this group, and making moves for players like Aaron Gordon at key moments, the Phoenix Suns continue to wait for their moment in the spotlight.