Tag: ring
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Media too often frames NBA teams as championship or bust. Is this a wrong way for NBA media and fans to evaluate a/their team?
Yeah, and this mentality is also to blame for players not being as ‘loyal’ to their teams anymore, because they want to get rings as fast as possible. Now, going back to the days of Russell vs Wilt we have always judged superstars on how many rings they won. But now due to rise of…
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How could Elgin Baylor have never won an NBA championship playing so many years with the Lakers?
Pretty simple answer, the Celtics simply outmatched the Lakers, and by the time the Lakers caught up, he was injured and no longer the same. We can check his stats in the Finals 1959 Finals (loss): 22.8 PPG / 11.8 RPG / (no APG recorded on bball reference for some reason for this Finals) Baylor…
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Who would you put in a starting five lineup of retired NBA legends that never won a ring?
PG: John Stockton / Steve Nash SG: George Gervin / Allen Iverson SF: Elgin Baylor / Dominique Wilkins PF: Karl Malone / Charles Barkley C: Patrick Ewing / Nate Thurmond PS: I would put CP3 and Dwight Howard if current players were allowed.