Everybody is chasing the ring. Which means, for now, everybody is chasing the Nuggets.
The NBA's 78th season starts Tuesday, with a ring ceremony in Denver — the traditional celebration of the reigning champions — highlighting the opening-night celebration. The Nuggets beatlast June to become the league's fifth different champion in the last five years, a run of parity the likes of which the league hasn't seen in more than 40 years.
The offseason included several major transactions. Lillard's quest to get traded to Miami wound up with him getting traded to Milwaukee and instantly forming a championship-caliber duo with"I just know when you have a team that can be one of those teams that's going to compete for a title," Miami coach Erik Spoelstra said."And we have one of those teams."and ends with a Final Four in Las Vegas on Dec. 7 and 9.
"It makes November and December not so gloomy," McCollum said of the in-season event."And it gives people a chance to go to Vegas and compete at a high level on television for a chance to make more money. So, you have all these incentives in place, along with the fact that the season is so long, you have to figure out ways to continue to make it entertaining. This is a way to accomplish that."There's also, the NBA hopes, more reasons for players to play.
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