CP3 talks about the emotional challenges of trying to win a championship. Some kid told my daughter haha your father will never win a ring. It’s tough

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Look at all the talent he’s played with, just off the top of my head

David West
Tyson Chandler
James Harden
Blake Griffin
DeAndre Jordan
Eric Gordon
Devin Booker
Kevin Durant

All in their primes
That’s a list of mid-tier stars except for KD who wasnt as dominant in PHX.
 

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Coli will :mjlol: @ CP3 for this but will :mjcry: @ Russell Westbrook when his sons are traumatized by Skip Bayless calling him Westbrick

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2022 (Steph)
2015 (Steph)
2014 (Parker)

2004 (Billups)

1990 (Zeke)

1989 (Zeke)

1973 (Frazier)

1957 (Cousy)

But I agree, they are the exceptions, not the rule...
Magic in 87/88


Worth pointing out that every one of those (except arguably 2022 Steph) was a "win by committee" title too, not a single dominant star or even two dominant stars. I agree with the argument that it's way more difficult for a point guard to dominate. They're simply too small to impact the whole court.
 

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Worth pointing out that every one of those (except arguably 2022 Steph) was a "win by committee" title too, not a single dominant star or even two dominant stars. I agree with the argument that it's way more difficult for a point guard to dominate. They're simply too small to impact the whole court.
Well I wanna be clear, every championship won in any team sport is win by committee. Teams where one guy is doing all the heavy lifting don't win it all, ever...

Hakeem doesn't win in '94 without his committee stepping up, doesn't repeat in '95 without adding Clyde to The Committee, and we can go forward and backwards every single year and it's the same story. So I'm not saying stars don't have support, they all do...

I guess what I'm trying to convey are championships that are won that are less centric on a single star. I don't disagree that it's harder for point guards to engineer titles as #1's, but this board as well as analysts like Parker and Broussard and others, routinely say "the only little guys (6'3 or less) to steer championships as #1s are Zeke and Steph", and that isn't true...

Small points have to be surrounded by dominant inside presence and/or great defense, in addition to being elite closers themselves (among many other attributes). They have to be buoyed in ways larger wings or bigs don't necessarily need; its rare for a small point to run a title off but it isn't unheard of and most guys get lost in the sauce because the collective focus is on Zeke and Steph...

I forgot Magic on my original post because he's a given, my brain was on that "small guards as #1s" thing 😆 it's relatively rare but it's not unheard of, when the right point has the right team around him and the right, unique attributes of being able to elevate in the postseason...
 
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