Greatest Championships ever won

MemphisX · Post #61 » by **MemphisX** » Mon Sep 28, 2020 12:59 am

SpaceCenter wrote:There has been a lot of talk about Lebron being the GOAT after yesterday's win over the Nuggets so I decided that a thread was needed to give credit to the great players who have won rings on much worse teams than Lebron. This thread is necessary to not only give credit where it is due but to properly rank guys like Lebron/Durant who coasted to rings because of their manufactured super teams.

I will start the list off by adding some recent champions who won with very little support

1. Dallas Dirk's ring in 2011 over one the most stacked super team's in NBA history containing Lebron/Wade/Bosh (6 games)
2. Wade's ring with the Heat in 2006
3. Kawhi's ring with the Raptors in 2019

Keep adding to the list so that we can get a true assessment of where guys like Lebron/Durant truly rank. You will notice that all three rings in the current list were won by a superstars who had with very little support. Please consider this when adding to the list.

Shaq was 1st team All NBA that season. :nonono:

Meeksology · Post #62 » by **Meeksology** » Mon Sep 28, 2020 1:08 am

ReddoverKobe wrote:
SpaceCenter wrote:
homecourtloss wrote:

Man, this is truly sad and cannot be healthy. It’s OK.

Don't derail the thread because you're mad that I'm not a Lebron fan.

You dont have to be a fan to properly rate people. In no world is Kobe better then Lebron. For example I hate the Spurs, nothhing but respect for that franchise though and Tim Duncan is highly underrated.

Your name is Redd over Kobe, and you're telling him he's wrong? Lol

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Tor_Raps · Post #63 » by **Tor_Raps** » Mon Sep 28, 2020 1:15 am

No love for Duncan in '03? Guy ended the Lakers reign himself lol.

Post #64 » by **-Sammy-** » Mon Sep 28, 2020 1:47 am

Tor_Raps wrote:No love for Duncan in '03? Guy ended the Lakers reign himself lol.

Yeah, '03 Duncan doesn't get enough shine. Everyone remembers that Robinson, Gino, and Parker were all there, but they forget that Gino was a rookie who was a few years away from being a major factor, Parker was an inconsistent second-year player whom many thought was going to be replaced by Jason Kidd in the offseason, and Robinson was playing his last season and on his last legs.

bamheat · Post #65 » by **bamheat** » Mon Sep 28, 2020 1:52 am

2011 Miami Heat was NOT stacked lmfao.

Wade bosh and Bron had the worst supporting cast of all time.

Anyways Lebron beating the greatest team of all team by himself im 2016 in unmatchable.

NyKnicks1714 · Post #66 » by **NyKnicks1714** » Mon Sep 28, 2020 1:55 am

LeBron in 2016. Coming back from 3-1 against a 73-win team while leading BOTH teams in points, rebounds, assists, blocks, and steals is absolutely incredible.

Wile E. Coyote · Post #67 » by **Wile E. Coyote** » Mon Sep 28, 2020 1:57 am

I would say 2016 too.

syrus3 · Post #68 » by **syrus3** » Mon Sep 28, 2020 2:14 am

The Dream’s back to back runs

Duncan in ‘03

Kareem’s ‘74 Bucks & ‘80 Lakers

Plossum · Post #69 » by **Plossum** » Mon Sep 28, 2020 2:15 am

1995 Rockets. Won as the sixth seed taking out Malone/Stockton Jazz round one, Barkley Suns round two (coming back from 3-1 down), top seeded D Rob Spurs in WCF and then the Penny/Shaq Magic in the finals. Crazy good run.

2011 Mavs. Took out Blazers, defending champ Lakers, KD/Russ Thunder and then Bron/Wade/Bosh super team. An unreal run from the team and Dirk particularly.

2016. The East was very weak so it was a bit of a cake walk to finals for the Cavs but taking out that Warriors team the way they did was pretty amazing. The run LBJ and Kyrie had from games 5-7 was pretty amazing.

The Bulls in 93 is an underrated playoff run. Having to beat that tough Knicks team and then the Suns in the finals was rough. Three-peating is not easy and that Bulls team had a tough run at the end.

JordansBulls · Post #70 » by **JordansBulls** » Mon Sep 28, 2020 2:18 am

1991 Bulls and 1998 Bulls come to mind.

1991 Bulls beat two teams that were higher preseason favorites in Detroit and the Lakers and the top 2 preseason favorites. https://www.basketball-reference.com/leagues/NBA_1991_preseason_odds.html

Dallas 2011 beat 3 teams that were ahead of them as preseason favorites and the #1 and #2 teams.

2016 Cavs were favorites at the beginning of the season.

https://www.basketball-reference.com/leagues/NBA_2008_preseason_odds.html (Boston 5th

)

https://www.basketball-reference.com/leagues/NBA_2003_preseason_odds.html (Spurs 4th)

https://www.basketball-reference.com/leagues/NBA_1995_preseason_odds.html (Rockets 2nd)

https://www.basketball-reference.com/leagues/NBA_2004_preseason_odds.html (Pistons 7th)

https://www.basketball-reference.com/leagues/NBA_2011_preseason_odds.html (Dallas 7th)

https://www.basketball-reference.com/leagues/NBA_2014_preseason_odds.html (San Antonio 6th)

https://www.basketball-reference.com/leagues/NBA_2015_preseason_odds.html (Golden State 8th)

https://www.basketball-reference.com/leagues/NBA_2019_preseason_odds.html (Raptors 5th)

Southpaw · Post #71 » by **Southpaw** » Mon Sep 28, 2020 3:22 am

SpaceCenter

Washed up 33year old Shaq averaging 20pts was his best support player.

Washed up but averages 20ppg? lol

WHITE_HOT_HEAT · Post #72 » by **WHITE_HOT_HEAT** » Mon Sep 28, 2020 6:13 am

Chronz wrote:Spurs didn't sweep anyone. Lakers swept those nets

Thanks for pointing it out. Mixed that up. Getting old :nonono:

Corrected now.

SpaceCenter · Post #73 » by **SpaceCenter** » Mon Sep 28, 2020 6:30 am

Southpaw wrote:
SpaceCenter

Washed up 33year old Shaq averaging 20pts was his best support player.

Washed up but averages 20ppg? lol

Yeah..he was still decent but that was a washed up version of Shaq compared to his prime. Shaq used to average close to 30pts.

Lalouie · Post #74 » by **Lalouie** » Mon Sep 28, 2020 6:59 am

walton's blazers '77 - youngest team ever. average 2yrs of the starting 5

sixers '67 - unseated the celts in the midst of the dynasty. albeit the sixers didn't beat the c's in the finals

spurs '14 - the revenge series

milkii · Post #75 » by **milkii** » Mon Sep 28, 2020 7:16 am

Raptors for sure and yes I hate Lebron.

LAKESHOW · Post #76 » by **LAKESHOW** » Mon Sep 28, 2020 7:21 am

We've got tons of Chips. Pat Riley calls 85 his favorite. No one is stopping our 2001 squad. Jordan had some great ones. city. Russell.
But, you can never go home, promise something to a destitute, desperate and Championshipless city, and deliver. And please, dont go back to the 50s.
Lebron went back home and won for Cleveland. A straight up Loser town. Multiply them by 10, they still amount to Zero. Who does that? Props to the Man who went home and won 1 for that citty.

Egg Nog · Post #77 » by **Egg Nog** » Mon Sep 28, 2020 8:37 am

JasonStern wrote:
OldSchoolNoBull wrote:I'll nominate the 94 Rockets. That was one of the greatest carry jobs ever. Hakeem put up 28/11/4 in the playoffs. The next highest scorer was Vernon Maxwell at 13.8ppg. It was 100% a team of role players around Hakeem. The Rockets were down 3-2 in the finals before they came back.

Close. 1995 Rockets.

Won NBA Western Conference First Round (3-2) versus a 60-win Utah Jazz team lead by HOFers Karl Malone and John Stockton
Won NBA Western Conference Semifinals (4-3) versus a 59-win Phoenix Suns lead by HOFer Charles Barkley
Won NBA Western Conference Finals (4-2) versus a 62-win San Antonio Spurs team lead by HOFers David Robinson and Dennis Rodman
Won NBA Finals (4-0) versus a 57-win Orlando Magic team lead by HOFer Shaquille O'Neal and Penny Hardaway, would easily would have been a HOFer had he not get injured

Other championship runs had better individual series, but if you're focusing on the entire run itself, that has to be it.

This is my answer too, along with the 2011 Mavs and 2016 Cavs. That was an absolute war for the Rockets.

Post #78 » by **Mavrelous** » Mon Sep 28, 2020 9:22 am

2011 Mavs
2004 Pistons (no one outside of Detroit saw them beating Shaq/Kobe Lakers), Robert Horry three denied them a repeat.
2016 Cavs
2019 Toronto

antonac · Post #79 » by **antonac** » Mon Sep 28, 2020 9:47 am

JordansBulls wrote:
2016 Cavs were favorites at the beginning of the season.

yep, everyone brushes over this, the Cavs had a wealth of assets and were considered stacked. To an extent they manufactured their own underdog status in the run up by being a bit underwhelming in the RS while the Warriors played excellently. no one had that Warriors team winning 73 games in the RS (and in fact, even while they were doing that people still thought the Spurs were actually the better team, there were plenty of articles stating this, even after the all-star break).

2016 was still a fantastic achievement but it does feel like we now get a revisionist view of it where the Cavs were falling apart when they were actually built a season prior with a wealth of assets and the Warriors are made to carry the burden of signing Durant before he had even joined them.

Southpaw · Post #80 » by **Southpaw** » Mon Sep 28, 2020 11:36 am

SpaceCenter wrote:
Southpaw wrote:
SpaceCenter

Washed up 33year old Shaq averaging 20pts was his best support player.

Washed up but averages 20ppg? lol

Yeah..he was still decent but that was a washed up version of Shaq compared to his prime. Shaq used to average close to 30pts.

Oh I know all about Shaq's dominance. I watched the rise and fall of the Shaq-Kobe Lakers. But someone who averaged 20ppg for the season and was 2nd team all-NBA is definitely not washed up. He was in decline for sure but he still commanded double teams. Remember this was 1 year removed from their 3-peat.