Ahead of the tipoff for Game 1 of the 2023 NBA Finals on Thursday night, let us take a deep dive into what this championship series will mean for the legacies of so many of the Denver Nuggets and Miami Heat.
Nikola Jokiu0107, Denver Nuggets
The Coca-Cola and horse-loving Serbian 7-footer is stamped forever in the NBA's pantheon if he wins a title. The entire MVP discourse centered around whether Jokiu0107 deserved a third straight award when his playoff success did not match previous three-peat winners Larry Bird, Wilt Chamberlain and Bill Russell, which was a ridiculous premise, since the electorate gave the award to an even worse playoff performer.