Every NBA player – no matter their position, experience, team or circumstance – shares a common desire: To win an NBA championship. Even those who may be on a team that has no shot at winning tend to speak of it being their immediate goal in that very season. The players know how hard it is to win a championship, but sometimes they may not fully understand all it really takes. For that reason, at times when players discuss their championship desires, it can sometimes feel like little more than a common cliche or merely the expected talk.
The same can be said for almost any member of a team’s organization to some extent, as even teams in the midst of a rocky rebuild wouldn’t declare anything other than their desire to wend their way toward a championship.