NBA Podcast: Reflecting on Nuggets' title, pondering Heat's future

Welcome to the latest edition of "Pound the Rock," an NBA podcast hosted by Joseph Casciaro and Joe Wolfond.

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Topics for this episode include:

• Looks like we made it
• How the Nuggets answered every question with a 16-4 romp to the title
• An all-time run from Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray
• Dispelling the "easy path" narrative
• Defense still wins championships, and Denver's proved to be the real deal
• Jokic's individual defense played a huge part
• No one has found a solution for the Jokic-Murray two-man game, and Miami tried absolutely everything
• How the Nuggets' offense helps their defense
• Denver got lucky landing Jokic with the 41st pick, but Tim Connelly and Calvin Booth made all the right moves to put a championship team around him
• Bruce Brown will be sorely missed
• The historical rarity of having five different champions across five years
• Is parity here to stay?
• What's next for the Heat?
• Can the front office pull another rabbit out of a hat and land another star?
• This team is approaching luxury-tax hell
• What's Tyler Herro's value?
• Somehow, Miami will continue to find a way
• Let's not retroactively litigate Joel Embiid's MVP