The Denver Nuggets of the 1980s, led by coach Doug Moe and then Paul Westhead, played with pace and whipped the ball around the floor, breaking records behind the scoring prowess of Kiki VanDeWeghe and Alex English. The Nuggets could never distinguish themselves in the Western Conference muck, topping out as Western Conference finals fodder for the 1984-1985 Los Angeles Lakers, who won a championship that year. When the Golden State Warriors won their first title in 2015, Steve Kerr, who was the GM of that Suns team, dedicated the victory to coach Mike D'Antoni, who crafted the Suns' system by weaponizing the cognitive powers of Steve Nash.