The Denver Nuggets officially captured their first title after defeating the Miami Heat in Game 5 of the 2023 NBA Finals. After a 47-year wait, Mile High City is now home to the world’s basketball champions.
As such, the brilliant golden reflection prompted NBA Champion Michael Malone to announce that they were not done yet conquering the world of basketball.
For Malone, they are just getting started and they look to cement their legacy as one of the great teams of all time – in the words of the legendary Pat Riley.
“Pat Riley said something many years ago,” Malone said in his post. “I used to have it on my board when I was head coach in Sacramento, and it talked about the evolution in this game and how you go from nobody to upstart, and you go from novice to winner and winner to contender and contender to champion.
“The last step after a champion is to be a bloodline. We are not satisfied yet.”
With Nikola Jokic enjoying the World Cup Final, Jamaal Murray and Michael Porter Jr. now healthy and poised for a catapult to superstardom, while the likes of Aaron Gordon and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope are also poised to make important calls, the Nuggets are set to maintain their competitive edge for years to come. .
Given the historic run they’ve made and the number of moments they’ve charted in league records this year, Malone is confident in their chances of extending their reign.
He added, “We’ve accomplished something this franchise hasn’t done before, but we’ve got a lot of young talented players in this locker room.” “I think we’ve just shown with 16 playoff wins what we’re capable of on the biggest stage in the world.”