Recent NBA champions — Bucks, Nuggets, Celtics — all failed to build dynasties, which is strange for the league
The NBA as a league has always been about dynasties. The last like five years have been very weird. Giannis and the Bucks win one and you're like, oh, they're gonna win a couple more. Yoic and the Nuggets win one, Celtics win one. And it's like, maybe that's not happening. These teams had this really bright flash of ascension and now where do the Nuggets go from here? Where do the Celtics go from here? All three of those teams, you would've thought when they were winning, they were set up for many wins coming forward. And it just didn't happen.
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