And now there are just four teams remaining. The 2025 NBA Conference Finals begin on Tuesday out West between the Minnesota Timberwolves and Oklahoma City Thunder. The Eastern Conference Finals begin Wednesday as the Indiana Pacers will take on the New York Knicks. Three of the four teams have never won an NBA championship in team history (Pacers won three in the ABA, Thunder won as the Seattle SuperSonics in 1979). The Knicks last won it all in 1973. Here are the players on the four conference finals rosters that previously won a championship during their playing career. There are none that have won multiple rings thus far in their career, but these players have a chance to win their second.
Players On Conference Finals Teams That Already Have A Ring
New York Knicks
Selected 23rd overall in the 2017 NBA Draft, Anunoby won a championship in his second season with the Toronto Raptors. Unfortunately, the 6-foot-7 forward did not play for Toronto in that year’s postseason. He needed to undergo an emergency appendectomy right before the playoffs began.
One of just two active players at 40 years old, Tucker only has appeared in one playoff game for the Knicks this year. That came in their Game 6 blowout last round against the Boston Celtics. It wasn’t too long ago that the burly 6-foot-5 forward played a large role in helping the Bucks win it all in 2021. He started 19 of their 23 games in that postseason run, averaging 29.6 minutes.
Indiana Pacers
The 27-year-old Bryant was a member of the 2023 Denver Nuggets championship team after he was acquired by them at that year’s trade deadline. The 6-foot-10 center appeared in just one playoff game for Denver during the title run which was a brief appearance in Game 3 of the NBA Finals.
Like Anunoby, Siakam also was a member of the 2019 Raptors championship team. In that 2018-19 season, he was named Most Improved Player. In what was his third season in the league, the 6-foot-8 forward averaged 19.0 points and 7.1 rebounds in that year’s playoffs.
Minnesota Timberwolves
DiVincenzo was teammates with Tucker on the Bucks championship team in 2021. Unfortunately, the 6-foot-4 guard last played in that year’s playoffs in Game 3 of the opening round. In that outing, he tore a ligament in his left ankle which left him sidelined for the rest of Milwaukee’s playoff run.
Oklahoma City Thunder
Known as one of the standout backcourt defenders in the league, Caruso was on the 2020 Lakers team that won it all in the bubble. Undrafted in 2018, that was the 6-foot-5 guard’s third year in the league. While he only started one game in that postseason, he played 24.3 minutes per playoff contest and often guarded the opposing team’s best perimeter player.
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