It was a moment most people wouldn’t have caught, but it positively screamed the two words that have come to define this year’s NBA Finals between the Miami Heat and Denver Nuggets: Heat Culture. Yes, some pundits and T.V. analysts roll their eyes when the two words come up because they think “culture” is a bunch of hooey. But as the Heat’s talismanic on-floor leader, Jimmy Butler, might say via his Twitter account, hooey don’t win you no games.
Caleb Martin? Nikola Jokic? This NBA Finals Is Dedicated To The Grinders
It’s NBA Finals time. The time of the year when everyone tunes in to watch their favorite stars go head-to-head in the series that matters most. The star power can be so strong that even if we have a rooting interest in one team, we want the series to go to seven games just so we can watch a LeBron or a Steph or a Caleb at work!