For the first time since 2010, the Los Angeles Lakers are NBA champions.
LeBron James earned his fourth title — first as a member of the Lakers — and his third NBA Finals MVP Award.
But while Los Angeles takes some time to celebrate their latest title, the rest of the league is looking ahead to the 2020-21 NBA season.
In the West, the Los Angeles Clippers lead the group looking to upend the Lakers. The battle for supremacy in the Eastern Conference, however, is filled with a few more contenders.
The Miami Heat are coming off a surprising run to the NBA Finals — something Jimmy Butler intends to do again. But two of the teams they knocked off on the way to the finals, the Milwaukee Bucks and Boston Celtics, are going to try to cool off the Heat.
Then there’s the Brooklyn Nets, who will have a healthy Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving ready to take the floor once the season begins.
The Nets made sure to remind everyone they’re going to having something to say about how the 2020-21 season shapes up, tweeting:
so y’all ready for next season or what?