Build Your Own Big-3

udfa · Post #1 » by **udfa** » Fri Sep 6, 2019 1:34 am

Choose one player from each of the categories to form your big 3 for one regular season + playoffs. Players are in an average prime season condition. Assume rest of roster is filled with marginal players and in the current rules environment.

Category A
Giannis Antetekuonmpo
Kawhi Leonard
Steph Curry
Kevin Durant
Dwyane Wade
Tim Duncan
Dirk Nowitzki
Kevin Garnett
Steve Nash
Kobe Bryant

Category B
Joel Embiid
Anthony Davis
James Harden
Chris Paul
Pau Gasol
Tracy McGrady
Paul Pierce
Ray Allen
Jason Kidd
John Stockton

Category C
Draymond Green
Klay Thompson
Kyrie Irving
Russell Westbrook
Kyle Lowry
Kevin Love
Chris Bosh
Amare Stoudemire
Shawn Marion
Chris Webber

_Game7_ · Post #2 » by **_Game7_** » Fri Sep 6, 2019 1:39 am

Duncan
J Kidd
Klay

eminence · Post #3 » by **eminence** » Fri Sep 6, 2019 2:10 am

Tough to pick just one, plenty of fun ones here. I'll put together one for each of my favorite A players (each player only used once, can't be having Draymond on all of them).

Steph
AD
Draymond

KG
CP3
Marion

Duncan
McGrady
Lowry

Kobe
Stockton
Bosh

udfa · Post #4 » by **udfa** » Fri Sep 6, 2019 2:44 am

Kobe
Draymond
Embiid

No-more-rings · Post #5 » by **No-more-rings** » Fri Sep 6, 2019 3:49 am

Duncan
Tmac
Amare

Try and beat that.

Post #6 » by **trex_8063** » Fri Sep 6, 2019 4:01 am

I would have liked to see Lowry/AD/Durant [among others].

Stockton/KG/Klay is another I'd like to see.

A small variation on those excellent [and super fun] Suns teams of the mid-00's: Nash/AD/Marion.....would be nasty, imo.

KobesScarf · Post #7 » by **KobesScarf** » Sun Sep 8, 2019 6:46 am

Duncan Embiid Kyrie is my #1 choice

Post #8 » by **rrravenred** » Mon Sep 9, 2019 11:10 am

Duncan
Kidd
Klay

Dull, defensively stifling and able to control the pace of the game.

Kidd sets the table, with both Klay and TD excellent off ball options. These three are also almost without ego, and would leverage the non-star players perfectly.

CumberlandPosey · Post #9 » by **CumberlandPosey** » Mon Sep 9, 2019 1:24 pm

bryant
harden
westbrook

chucking and freethrows plus insane media coverage

SHAQ32 · Post #10 » by **SHAQ32** » Mon Sep 9, 2019 1:54 pm

Kevin Durant
Ray Allen
Chris Bosh

An Unbiased Fan · Post #11 » by **An Unbiased Fan** » Mon Sep 9, 2019 2:29 pm

Kobe
Pau
Dray

HBK_Kliq_33 · Post #12 » by **HBK_Kliq_33** » Mon Sep 9, 2019 2:33 pm

Kawhi leonard, pau gasol, draymond green

This is the rich man's version of Lakers 2008-2010 big three.

homecourtloss · Post #13 » by **homecourtloss** » Mon Sep 9, 2019 2:34 pm

Embiid
Draymond
Kawhi

Embiid
Draymond
Curry

KG
Draymond
CP3

rocopc · Post #14 » by **rocopc** » Mon Sep 9, 2019 3:27 pm

rrravenred wrote:Duncan
Kidd
Klay

Dull, defensively stifling and able to control the pace of the game.

Kidd sets the table, with both Klay and TD excellent off ball options. These three are also almost without ego, and would leverage the non-star players perfectly.

Wow... the same exact thing.... I read the OP and think this team exactly.

Sublime187 · Post #15 » by **Sublime187** » Mon Sep 9, 2019 4:07 pm

Looks like nobody is interested in having Harden who is supposed to be a perennial MVP candidate over guys like Kidd, Allen, Pau etc. I think it tells us a lot about what kind of player he is when nobody wants him on their squad.

clyde21 · Post #16 » by **clyde21** » Mon Sep 9, 2019 4:15 pm

my 2 favorites

Steph Curry
Klay Thompson
Joel Embiid

Chris Paul
Kevin Durant
Chris Webber

clyde21 · Post #17 » by **clyde21** » Mon Sep 9, 2019 4:17 pm

Sublime187 wrote:Looks like nobody is interested in having Harden who is supposed to be a perennial MVP candidate over guys like Kidd, Allen, Pau etc. I think it tells us a lot about what kind of player he is when nobody wants him on their squad.

not shocking, he's an insanely high-usage player that needs to the ball in his hands to do anything, if you're building a team with other superstars you kinda also want them to be able to have the ball too

eminence · Post #18 » by **eminence** » Mon Sep 9, 2019 4:58 pm

I mean, it's not like it'd be hard to build one with Harden, he's just not among 'neutral' fans favorite players (mine either), subbing him in for CP3 in my original one would obviously be a killer trio.

KG
Harden
Marion

bledredwine · Post #19 » by **bledredwine** » Mon Sep 9, 2019 5:22 pm

Defense is incredibly important in the playoffs, so I'll choose 2-way players who can shoot/create and run the floor against tough defense.

Kawhi Leonard
John Stockton
Chris Webber

Wins the championship every year, period.

That said, a line-up of

Kevin Durant
Chris Paul
Amare Stoudemire

or

Tim Duncan
James Harden
Klay Thompson

... would be pretty sick.

bledredwine · Post #20 » by **bledredwine** » Mon Sep 9, 2019 5:23 pm

eminence wrote:I mean, it's not like it'd be hard to build one with Harden, he's just not among 'neutral' fans favorite players (mine either), subbing him in for CP3 in my original one would obviously be a killer trio.

KG
Harden
Marion

Man, I'd hate to face a line-up of Marion and KG on the defensive end.