How many teams in history have had three max contract caliber players?

ceiling raiser · Post #1 » by **ceiling raiser** » Sun Jul 3, 2022 2:24 am

Was just thinking of Brooklyn with Kyrie, Harden, Durant. There are probably some others. Which come to mind? I guess Boston with the Big 3 from 08 too.

youngcrev · Post #2 » by **youngcrev** » Sun Jul 3, 2022 2:51 am

Bosh, Wade and that other guy

youngcrev · Post #3 » by **youngcrev** » Sun Jul 3, 2022 2:53 am

Duncan, Manu, Parker
Lebron, Love, Kyrie
Steph, Klay, KD
Magic, Kareem, Worthy

giberish · Post #4 » by **giberish** » Sun Jul 3, 2022 2:54 am

What are you defining as max contract caliber? is it being worth a 25% max, a 30% max, or is it only 35% max worthy guys? Does it matter if a player actually performs at a max contract worthy level for the season(s) in question, or is it fine if they're vaguely worthy of a max contract in a 'best case scenario' even if they didn't perform anywhere near that level in a given season?

ceiling raiser · Post #5 » by **ceiling raiser** » Sun Jul 3, 2022 3:02 am

giberish wrote:What are you defining as max contract caliber? is it being worth a 25% max, a 30% max, or is it only 35% max worthy guys? Does it matter if a player actually performs at a max contract worthy level for the season(s) in question, or is it fine if they're vaguely worthy of a max contract in a 'best case scenario' even if they didn't perform anywhere near that level in a given season?

Performance, not actual contract. In terms of which max, subjective. I had 30% in mind.

MyUniBroDavis · Post #6 » by **MyUniBroDavis** » Sun Jul 3, 2022 4:12 am

ceiling raiser wrote:Was just thinking of Brooklyn with Kyrie, Harden, Durant. There are probably some others. Which come to mind? I guess Boston with the Big 3 from 08 too.

Kyrie, Lebron, AD

2023 Lakers

RCM88x · Post #7 » by **RCM88x** » Sun Jul 3, 2022 4:16 am

The problem with determining "max contract" players is that the threshold for being such a player had changed over the course of NBA history has changed. So in general I don't like this sort of analysis.

However, recently perhaps:
2015-2017 Cavs

Technically the 2016 Thunder?

Post #8 » by **penbeast0** » Sun Jul 3, 2022 1:09 pm

69 Wilt, Elgin, Jerry

jasonxxx102 · Post #9 » by **jasonxxx102** » Sun Jul 3, 2022 8:01 pm

youngcrev wrote:Duncan, Manu, Parker
Lebron, Love, Kyrie
Steph, Klay, KD
Magic, Kareem, Worthy

You’re just naming random big 3s. Love, Manu, Parker, Bosh, Worthy none of these guys were max players

Colbinii · Post #10 » by **Colbinii** » Sun Jul 3, 2022 9:32 pm

jasonxxx102 wrote:
youngcrev wrote:Duncan, Manu, Parker
Lebron, Love, Kyrie
Steph, Klay, KD
Magic, Kareem, Worthy

You’re just naming random big 3s. Love, Manu, Parker, Bosh, Worthy none of these guys were max players

What are you taking about? LaVine is a max player.

jasonxxx102 · Post #11 » by **jasonxxx102** » Sun Jul 3, 2022 10:24 pm

Colbinii wrote:
jasonxxx102 wrote:
youngcrev wrote:Duncan, Manu, Parker
Lebron, Love, Kyrie
Steph, Klay, KD
Magic, Kareem, Worthy

You’re just naming random big 3s. Love, Manu, Parker, Bosh, Worthy none of these guys were max players

What are you taking about? LaVine is a max player.

What did I say about Lavine? What a random comment

Colbinii · Post #12 » by **Colbinii** » Sun Jul 3, 2022 10:27 pm

jasonxxx102 wrote:
Colbinii wrote:
jasonxxx102 wrote:
You’re just naming random big 3s. Love, Manu, Parker, Bosh, Worthy none of these guys were max players

What are you taking about? LaVine is a max player.

What did I say about Lavine? What a random comment

He is clearly worse than Bosh, Love, Manu, Parker and Worthy.

jasonxxx102 · Post #13 » by **jasonxxx102** » Sun Jul 3, 2022 10:31 pm

Colbinii wrote:
jasonxxx102 wrote:
Colbinii wrote:
What are you taking about? LaVine is a max player.

What did I say about Lavine? What a random comment

He is clearly worse than Bosh, Love, Manu, Parker and Worthy.

Lmao what? Worse by what measure?

Who cares anyways it’s not relevant.

Some of y’all make some really bizarre connections that don’t mean anything

Colbinii · Post #14 » by **Colbinii** » Sun Jul 3, 2022 10:34 pm

jasonxxx102 wrote:
Colbinii wrote:
jasonxxx102 wrote:
What did I say about Lavine? What a random comment

He is clearly worse than Bosh, Love, Manu, Parker and Worthy.

Lmao what? Worse by what measure?

Who cares anyways it’s not relevant.

Some of y’all make some really bizarre connections that don’t mean anything

You listed handful of players saying "None of these guys were Max Players".

I responded by stating "Zach LaVine is a max player", informing you that a player worse than the guys you listed is a current max player.

You do realize this thread says Max Caliber Player and not Played on a Max Contract.

If you don't believe Zach LaVine is a max caliber player, then what caliber of player deserves the max?

There are 30 teams in the NBA, do you think there are atleast 30 Max Caliber players? 60 Max Caliber players if each team gets two?

jasonxxx102 · Post #15 » by **jasonxxx102** » Sun Jul 3, 2022 10:38 pm

Colbinii wrote:
jasonxxx102 wrote:
Colbinii wrote:
He is clearly worse than Bosh, Love, Manu, Parker and Worthy.

Lmao what? Worse by what measure?

Who cares anyways it’s not relevant.

Some of y’all make some really bizarre connections that don’t mean anything

You listed handful of players saying "None of these guys were Max Players".

I responded by stating "Zach LaVine is a max player", informing you that a player worse than the guys you listed is a current max player.

You do realize this thread says Max Caliber Player and not Played on a Max Contract.

If you don't believe Zach LaVine is a max caliber player, then what caliber of player deserves the max?

There are 30 teams in the NBA, do you think there are atleast 30 Max Caliber players? 60 Max Caliber players if each team gets two?

So every player in NBA history “better” than LaVine now deserves to be a max? What an awful argument.

But still… by what measure are all those guys obviously so much better than LaVine?

jasonxxx102 · Post #16 » by **jasonxxx102** » Sun Jul 3, 2022 10:48 pm

Why stop at LaVine? Why not compare everyone in NBA history against Chandler Parsons max deal? By that measure pretty much every team has 3-4 max players

Post #17 » by **penbeast0** » Mon Jul 4, 2022 12:39 am

What is a deserving MAX player? Rough estimate I would divide the number of teams in the league by 2 and round up. I don't believe every team has a deserving max contract player; I didn't think Brad Beal deserved one this year except maybe to compensate him for years of playing for our incompetent franchise without asking out. But not as a pure talent.

That would make roughly 15 players in today's league based on expected value (not just the season just completed).

Mazter · Post #18 » by **Mazter** » Mon Jul 4, 2022 2:08 pm

Wouldn't the Warriors have like 4: Curry - Thompson - Wiggins - Green?

Considering everyone not in their first 4 years, at least an all something or team leading scorer in the previous 2-4 years, not in their declining years or actually being paid peak salary by their team:
Jordan - Pippen - Rodman
Bird - McHale - Parish
Chamberlain - Baylor - West
Pierce - Allen - Garnett - Rondo
James - Bosh - Wade
Curry - Durant - Thompson - Green
James - Irving - Love
Olajuwon - Barkley - Drexler
Duncan - Parker - Ginobili (although it didn't work out with the Spurs even Jefferson could in someway be seen as a max player)
Griffin - Paul - Jordan
Giannis - Middleton - Holiday