Teams with 3 legit #1 options on the roster during the same year...

[Flauge]

Its been 2 for most of my life. Then the Celtics made the move for KG and Allen, made Lebron feel bad in a playoff series and we got the Heat's Big 3 as well.

I dont think Big 3s are going to be ridiculously common. I think a lot of contenders are going to be built like the Warriors, OKC and the Pacers going forward.

Before Jordan.. this is how they were won. The Lakers had kareem, magic, worthy and they fought bird, McHale, parrish.. even the second bulls run had Rodman, Pippen, Jordan. Rodman may not have been a #1 on offense.. but he is a hall of famer, 2 time defensive player of the year and 7 time rebounding champ and 7 time nba first team defense. he is a #1 option on defense.

but going forward.. with the salary cap, you are probably right about 3 superstars not being able to get together

 

[#1BostonFan]

Bosh was a clear and undisputed #1 option / franchise star for 5 years (before teaming with two -2- other #1 options in Wade and James).

Manu comes off the bench.

Exactly. Bosh was the #1 option in Toronto.

Manu in my mind was at best a #2 option in his prime.

 

[TheDangerousKitchen]

Kareem, Oscar Robertson, Bob Dandridge - 3 hall of famers

Wilt, Jerry West, Elgin Baylor - 3 hall of famers no titles on same team

Bill Russell, John Havlicek, KC Jones - 3 hall of famers

Bill Russell, Bob Cousy, Tom Heinsohn - 3 hall of famers

Wilt Chamberlain, Jerry West, Gail Goodrich - 3 hall of famers

Garnett, Pierce, Allen -3 hall of famers

Dirk, Steve Nash, Michael Finley

Bill Russell, Sam Jones, KC Jones, Bill Sharman, Frank Ramsey , Tom Heinsohn, Clyde lovellett 1963 Celtics.. 7 hall of famers on one team

Your question lacks any basketball history or common sense. Most dynasty teams were because of three stars playing together.

My question makes perfect sense IF you're capable of comprehending what you read. clearly you are not.

For starters I said legit #1 option guys (Rodman is a HOFER but nowhere near a #1... neither were guys like Ramsey, KC Jones, Dandridge, Finley, et al). Furthermore I said "in their prime"... the 08 Celtics trio, early 70's Lakers, etc were past their primes.

Thanks for playing though...

 

[Frank Rizzo]

If you are looking for 3 #1 options on the same team look no further than the current Milwaukee Bucks team. Luke Ridnour, Ekpe Udoh, and Caron Butler are clear #1's on just about every team in the league.

 

[letshavesomedinner]

KC Jones averaged under 10 ppg and under 5 apg.

He's a Hall of Famer strictly off of Bill Russell. You can make the case for a couple others on that team as well.

 

[Lone Granger]

LeBron is a bitch who took the easy way out. He is nowhere near the champion MJ was.

 

[bksballer89]

LeBron is a bitch who took the easy way out. He is nowhere near the champion MJ was.

I love the way people always expect LBJ to do the impossible.....What great player that won multiple titles didn't have another great player by his side?

MJ had Pippen
Kobe had Shaq & Gasol
Shaq had Kobe & Wade
KG had Pierce, Rondo, and Allen
LBJ had Wade.
Duncan had Parker & Manu
Dumars had Isaiah

The list goes on & on. LBJ didn't take the easy way.....It's called being smart and knowing history. History would tell you that it is damn near impossible to win a title if you are surrounded by 11 role players nightly. He know that in order to win multiple titles which was always his goal that he needed to go a team with a proven star that he can count on nightly and this is what he have in Wade.

Look at the other possible contenders now and it is the same formula. Outside of maybe Indiana (only because I'm not big on Hibbert), every other contender have 2 AS/Superstars.

OKC have KD & Westbrook
LAC have CP & Blake
HOU have Harden & Dwight
GSW have Curry, Lee, Iggy, and Klay
POR have Aldridge & Lillard

 

[bksballer89]

Some of you guys on here know nothing about basketball if you actually think superstars used to win titles on their own without another top caliber player on their team. You don't win titles in the NBA with 1 superstar and 11 role players

 

[Lone Granger]

I love the way people always expect LBJ to do the impossible.....What great player that won multiple titles didn't have another great player by his side?

MJ had Pippen
Kobe had Shaq & Gasol
Shaq had Kobe & Wade
KG had Pierce, Rondo, and Allen
LBJ had Wade.
Duncan had Parker & Manu
Dumars had Isaiah

The list goes on & on. LBJ didn't take the easy way.....It's called being smart and knowing history. History would tell you that it is damn near impossible to win a title if you are surrounded by 11 role players nightly. He know that in order to win multiple titles which was always his goal that he needed to go a team with a proven star that he can count on nightly and this is what he have in Wade.

Look at the other possible contenders now and it is the same formula. Outside of maybe Indiana (only because I'm not big on Hibbert), every other contender have 2 AS/Superstars.

OKC have KD & Westbrook
LAC have CP & Blake
HOU have Harden & Dwight
GSW have Curry, Lee, Iggy, and Klay
POR have Aldridge & Lillard

He went to Miami specifically to hook up with Wade and Bosh. He turned his back on the his home state and the team that drafted him when he left. He is a top 5 flopper in the league. He travels all the time. He cries after every foul or no foul, worse than probably anyone. He went on TV and did "The Decision". The fact that you fans of Miami protect him no matter what and NEVER admit to any of those things being true or a reason to dislike him. It's those things combined that make people hate your hero and most Heat fans. If fuckin' Paul George did any of that shit you would see posts by me tearing him up, that's for sure.


Bird, MJ, Magic. They didn't need to run from adversity and Cleveland was hardly a shitty team when he bolted.

 

[Lone Granger]

Some of you guys on here know nothing about basketball if you actually think superstars used to win titles on their own without another top caliber player on their team. You don't win titles in the NBA with 1 superstar and 11 role players

LeBron probably could have done that, but he ran.

 

[bksballer89]

He went to Miami specifically to hook up with Wade and Bosh. He turned his back on the his home state and the team that drafted him when he left. He is a top 5 flopper in the league. He travels all the time. He cries after every foul or no foul, worse than probably anyone. He went on TV and did "The Decision". The fact that you fans of Miami protect him no matter what and NEVER admit to any of those things being true or a reason to dislike him. It's those things combined that make people hate your hero and most Heat fans. If fuckin' Paul George did any of that shit you would see posts by me tearing him up, that's for sure.


Bird, MJ, Magic. They didn't need to run from adversity and Cleveland was hardly a shitty team when he bolted.

The decision was 3.5 years ago....Why should we still be talking about it? Ask TF12, LUSC, Flauge, and CL67 about the decision. We had many discussions back in the summer/fall of 2010 about the decision back when it was relevant. The decision became irrelevant once the 2010 season began. He didn't turn his back on anything. As a Free Agent you have the RIGHT to go wherever the hell you want to. He was a FA and went to the team where he felt he would have the best opportunity to win multiple titles. Just about every star/superstar bitch about calls in this league so stop the BS. KD, Kobe, Melo, Wade, George, Westbrook, Paul, and every other superstar/star bitch about calls nightly. LBJ is far from hero. Everyone who been posting with me for a while knows that Wade is my favorite player of all time

 

[Johnnydollaz89]

He went to Miami specifically to hook up with Wade and Bosh. He turned his back on the his home state and the team that drafted him when he left. He is a top 5 flopper in the league. He travels all the time. He cries after every foul or no foul, worse than probably anyone. He went on TV and did "The Decision". The fact that you fans of Miami protect him no matter what and NEVER admit to any of those things being true or a reason to dislike him. It's those things combined that make people hate your hero and most Heat fans. If fuckin' Paul George did any of that shit you would see posts by me tearing him up, that's for sure.


Bird, MJ, Magic. They didn't need to run from adversity and Cleveland was hardly a shitty team when he bolted.

The BEST post I have ever seen in the NBA forum, spot on, Granger.

 

[bksballer89]

If the decision is still bothering you I think you need to go see a doctor

 

[bksballer89]

Can we get a list of all these great players who won multiple titles on their own without the help of another superstar/HOF on their team? I'll patiently wait since what LBJ did is so rare because superstars never have any help when they win championships as every superstar before LBJ was only surrounded by role players

 

[JDM]

??

Bosh was a legit / undisputed #1 / perennial All-Star for 5 straight years in Toronto... this is 100% fact and not up for debate.

Call it what you want. Ginobli is, was, and always has been better than Bosh.

 

[WhiteMamba]

trying to think of another one for 80s Celtics.

Cant find one. McHale, Bird and a group of great secondary players.

Parish is a stretch to say a 1. As is DJ. But they dont win 3 titles without them so I dont know.

 

[Lone Granger]

The decision was 3.5 years ago....Why should we still be talking about it? Ask TF12, LUSC, Flauge, and CL67 about the decision. We had many discussions back in the summer/fall of 2010 about the decision back when it was relevant. The decision became irrelevant once the 2010 season began. He didn't turn his back on anything. As a Free Agent you have the RIGHT to go wherever the hell you want to. He was a FA and went to the team where he felt he would have the best opportunity to win multiple titles. Just about every star/superstar bitch about calls in this league so stop the BS. KD, Kobe, Melo, Wade, George, Westbrook, Paul, and every other superstar/star bitch about calls nightly. LBJ is far from hero. Everyone who been posting with me for a while knows that Wade is my favorite player of all time

Do you even realize how much you constantly put a warm blanket over LeBron. Fuck. And everything he has done makes up his history to some degree. Maybe if he did a complete 180 and wasnt the same guy from "the decision", maybe things might be a bit different, but he's not. He's that same guy. You Heat fans can keep thinking we all hate LBJ because we are jealous of how good he is, but I'd say probably 95% of us just hate him because he's an A-Hole with all the shit he did and still does. If all he did was win, and didn't do all that other stuff, it would suck for the people that weren't Miami Heat fans, but most of us would respect him. There is a reason people dislike him, BK, and it's hardly because he's a champion.

 

[bksballer89]

Do you even realize how much you constantly put a warm blanket over LeBron. Fuck. And everything he has done makes up his history to some degree. Maybe if he did a complete 180 and wasnt the same guy from "the decision", maybe things might be a bit different, but he's not. He's that same guy. You Heat fans can keep thinking we all hate LBJ because we are jealous of how good he is, but I'd say probably 95% of us just hate him because he's an A-Hole with all the shit he did and still does. If all he did was win, and didn't do all that other stuff, it would suck for the people that weren't Miami Heat fans, but most of us would respect him. There is a reason people dislike him, BK, and it's hardly because he's a champion.

Tell me what he does so bad that makes him a bad person? Does he beat his wifes? Is he some criminal? Is he a terrible father? Idk about you but those things make people bad IMO....not some silly decision he made to go to a new team. He such a bad person but you can't name 2 things he did in his personal life bad since he been in the league.

 

[bksballer89]

Welcome to the LeBron James Family Foundation!

 

[Hornsstampede2.0]

Duncan/Manu/TP is a unique situation.
They sort of took turns at various points in their career.


I am not sure Prime Duncan really played that much with Parker as a #1 guy.
TP has evolved to a #1 guy lately with the declining role of Duncan.


With Duncan in his prime, TP was more of a very good role-player and not really a star.
Now, it has been reversed a bit. Although aging Duncan is closer to a star then young TP.


Manu has been all over the map. I don't think he ever was a #1 option.
He is more like a specialist with two important roles:
1) provide a spark mid game if things are sagging
2) be the late game closer




The SPurs big 3 all had their moments as #1.


But, it never really lined up where they were #1s in their primes all at the same time for any length of time.