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The NBA Finals are set. Victor Wembanyama and the San Antonio Spurs will face off against Jalen Brunson and the New York Knicks in a finals that will break historic NBA clichés. Either an inexperienced team will prove you don’t need experience to win a title, or that you can win a championship with a small guard that isn’t the greatest shooter of all-time (Steph Curry) leading your team in the modern NBA. Can’t forget about those Bad Boy Pistons of course!
No matter the income, a former Phoenix Sun will be victorious and win their first NBA title for the first time since Ish Smith did it with the Denver Nuggets in 2023.
PHOENIX, AZ – DECEMBER 19: Landry Shamet #14 and Mikal Bridges #25 of the Phoenix Suns warm up before the game against the Los Angeles Lakers on December 19, 2022 at Footprint Center in Phoenix, Arizona. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2022 NBAE (Photo by Barry Gossage/NBAE via Getty Images) | NBAE via Getty Images
If the Spurs win, Bismack Biyombo, who played on the Suns from 2022-2023, will get a ring, as will Mason Plumlee, who was on the team in 2024-25. If the Knicks win, both Landry Shamet, who was on the Suns from 2021-2023, and Mikal Bridges, who started his career in Phoenix in 2018 until he was traded for Kevin Durant in the franchise-altering deal in 2023, will get a ring. Biyombo, Shamet, and Bridges were all members of the franchise’s most successful regular season in team history, the 2021-2022 season, where Phoenix had the best record in the league and went 64-18.
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Bridges, who started alongside Chris Paul, Devin Booker, Jae Crowder, and Deandre Ayton as a part of the 2021 Finals squad, had his best year as a member of the Suns in the 2021-2022 season, averaging 14 points per game on 53% shooting from the field and 37% from deep, and received All-Defensive First Team honors. Bridges didn’t miss a single game during his time as a Sun and holds the longest active…
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