Why Denver Nuggets star Jamal Murray's dad deserves a trophy

• Roger is responsible for putting Jamal through rigorous training in Kitchener, Ontario, where the Nuggets' guard would do deep-knee squats while balancing hot tea cups and dribble on ice to improve his ball handling.

What they're saying: Jamal's focus and fierceness on the court, particularly when times get tough, are "from years of work. This is what he's been doing since he was a little boy," Roger said.

• "This is not new to me or him. He's just gotten better over the years."

The bottom line: Roger always knew his son could deliver the championship trophy to Denver. And deliver he did.

• "My training works, OK?" Roger told DNVR. "No matter what they say, my training works."