Interesting Fact/Article

[cobber]

SI's Ian Thomson wrote an article the other day about how the Warriors upset was good for the NBA as it busted the playoffs wide open. He mentioned something that I found quite interesting:

Ever since Magic Johnson and Larry Bird revolutionized pro basketball in 1979-80, a cabal of eight stars -- Magic, Bird, Moses Malone, Isiah Thomas, Michael Jordan, Hakeem Olajuwon, Shaquille O'Neal and Tim Duncan -- have claimed 26 of the 27 championships.

It really makes you appreciate what the Pistons did in 2004, becoming the only team in the last quarter of a century to win the title without having a super-star player.

[Matt]

add Wade to that list because it was more of his contributions than shaq's that won it.

[Gedas]

If we add Wade, then we should add like 60 other players.

[yosifun]

:lol:
If we add Wade, then we should add like 60 other players.

Damn right

I think Shaq was metioned mostly becasue of his 3 rings and not becasue he was the best player in his team (although without him, Kobe and Wade wouldn't have been champs...)

[maes]

Replace Zeke with Joe Dumars and count the Pistons championship too, as he put together that team.

Shaq may not have been as powerful an on-court presence for the Miami win, but guys like Payton & Antoine Walker would not have accepted roles as subs for anybody else.