Here's a rundown of every Arizona Wildcat to win an NBA championship as a player.
Justin Spears A champagne diet is in order for Aaron Gordon and Zeke Nnaji, both of whom became the most recent former Arizona Wildcats to win an NBA championship on Monday, after the top-seeded Denver Nuggets cruised by the eighth-seeded Miami Heat in five games.
Gordon — who averaged 14 points and 7.4 rebounds per game in the NBA Finals alongside NBA Finals MVP Nikola Jokic — and Nnaji are the first Wildcats to win an NBA championship as a player in seven years.Jud BuechlerNumber of championships: 3What they did: Buechler was a reserve forward during the second three-peat of the Michael Jordan era in Chicago.Teams: Chicago Bulls , San Antonio Spurs
What they did: Kerr etched his name in NBA Finals lore in the 1997 NBA Finals, knocking down a midrange shot at the top of the key to beat the Utah Jazz and seal the second consecutive title of Chicago's second three-peat. Joked Kerr, to thousands of fans in Chicago during the Bulls' championship celebration: “When we called timeout with 25 seconds to go, we went into the huddle and Phil told Michael, ‘Michael, I want you to take the last shot.
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