Previous Kansas watch Jayhawk Christian Braun turned into the fifteenth Jayhawk to come out on top for an NBA championship when the Denver Chunks crushed the Miami Intensity 94-89 on Monday night to win the 2023 NBA Finals, 4-1.

A youngster in 2022-23, Jayhawk Braun was the No. 21 determination in the 2022 NBA Draft by the Chunks. In his most memorable season, Braun played in 76 standard season games, beginning six for top-cultivated Denver. He found the middle value of 15.5 minutes, 4.7 focuses, 2.4 bounce back, and shot 49.5 percent structure the field, including 35.4 percent from three-point range during the customary season.

Jayhawk Christian Braun Comes out on top

Jayhawk played 19 season finisher games and found the middle value of 13.0 minutes, 3.2 focuses, and 2.1 bounce back with a 53.3 field objective rate. In Game 3 of the NBA Finals, Braun completed 7-8 from the field for 15 places in a short time of activity as the Pieces won 109-94 to take a 2-1 lead in the series.

Denver was the Western Gathering No. 1 seed after going 53-29 in the customary season. At the end of the season games, the Chunks crushed Minnesota (4-1), Phoenix (4Jayhawk Christian Braun Comes out on top-2) and the L.A. Lakers (4-0) to arrive at the NBA finals. The series prevail upon Miami permitting Denver to guarantee its most memorable NBA Title.

Braun played three seasons at Kansas from 2019-20 to 2021-22. In 2020, the Burlington, Kansas, local was named to the Large 12 All-Green Bean Group and he was a 2021 all-gathering decent notice determination the accompanying season. In Kansas’ 2022 NCAA Public Title season, Braun arrived at the midpoint of 14.1 places and 6.5 bounce back per game. The double cross Scholastic All-Large 12 First Group determination was an all-association second-group choice and was in the all-competition groups for the Huge 12 Title and the NCAA Competition Midwest Territorial. In his three seasons at KU, Braun played in 101 games with 74 beginnings and had 1,018 professional focuses, 506 bounces back, 183 helps and 97 takes.

Braun is presently the fifth player in NBA history to come out on top for an NCAA championship and an NBA title in consecutive seasons. He joins Bill Russell (1956 San Francisco; 1957 Boston Celtics), Henry Bibby (1972 UCLA; 1973 New York Knicks), Enchantment Johnson (1979 Michigan State, 1980 L.A. Lakers), and Billy Thompson (1986 Louisville; 1987 L.A. Lakers).

With the expansion of Braun, there have been 15 Jayhawks who have come out on top for 20 NBA championships during their expert professions. Braun turns into the seventh Jayhawk under lead trainer Bill Self to come out on top for an NBA championship. He joins Wayne Simien (2006), Mario Chalmers (2012, 2013), Brandon Rush (2015), Sasha Kaun (2016), Markieff Morris (2020) and Andrew Wiggins (2022).

Braun is the fifth Kansas player to have won both an NCAA and NBA title and the fourth under Self. He joins Lovellette (1952 NCAA title) and Chalmers, Brandon Rush, and Sasha Kaun, who were individuals from the 2008 NCAA Public Title group.

With Andrew Wiggins coming out on top for the 2022 championship with Brilliant Express, Braun’s accomplishment denotes the fourth time at least two different KU players have brought home consecutive NBA championships. Simien (2006) and Jacque Vaughn (2007) were the first, trailed by Vaughn (2007) and Paul Penetrate, and Scot Pollard in 2008 and Rush (2015) and Kaun (2016). Chalmers won consecutive with the Intensity in 2012 and 2013 and Clyde Lovellette likewise brought home consecutive NBA championships with the Celtics in 1963 and 1964.

KU legends Shrivel Chamberlain (1972), Jo White (1976), and Penetrate (2008) were Jayhawks who were additionally named NBA Finals Most Significant Players.

NBA Champion Jayhawks (*Finals Most Important Player)
Clyde Lovellette (1950-52 at KU)
1954 – Minneapolis Lakers
1963, 1964 – Boston Celtics

Maurice Ruler (1955-57 at KU)
1960 – Boston Celtics

Shrivel Chamberlain (1957-58 at KU)
1967 – Philadelphia 76ers
*1972 – L.A. Lakers

Jo White (1966-69 at KU)
1974, *1976 – Boston Celtics

Charge Scaffolds (1959-61 at KU)
1975 – Brilliant State Heroes

Wayne Simien (2002-05 at KU)
2006 – Miami Intensity

Jacque Vaughn (1994-97 at KU)
2007 – San Antonio Prods

Paul Penetrate (1996-98 at KU)
*2008 – Boston Celtics

Scot Pollard (1994-97 at KU)
2008 – Boston Celtics

Mario Chalmers (2006-08 at KU)
2012, 2013 – Miami Intensity

Brandon Rush (2006-08 at KU)
2015 – Brilliant State Heroes

Sasha Kaun (2005-08 at KU)
2016 – Cleveland Cavaliers

Markieff Morris (2009-11 at KU)
2020 – Los Angeles Lakers

Andrew Wiggins (2014 at KU)
2022 – Brilliant State Fighters

Christian Braun (2020-22 at KU)
2023 – Denver Chunks