http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/columns/story?columnist=hollinger_john&page=PERDiem-101224

Season Team Trio Rating Player 1 Player 2 Player 3
1991-92 Bulls 26.4 Jordan Pippen Grant
1995-96 Bulls 25.0 Jordan Pippen Kukoc
2006-07 Spurs 25.0 Duncan Ginobili Parker
1999-00 Lakers 24.1 O'Neal Bryant Rice
1990-91 Bulls 24.1 Jordan Pippen Grant
1996-97 Bulls 23.5 Jordan Pippen Kukoc
1985-86 Celtics 23.4 Bird McHale Parish
1982-83 76ers 23.3 Malone Erving Cheeks
1979-80 Lakers 23.2 Kareem Magic Wilkes
1992-93 Bulls 23.1 Jordan Pippen Grant
2004-05 Spurs 22.8 Duncan Ginobili Parker
1983-84 Celtics 22.8 Bird Parish McHale
1981-82 Lakers 22.2 Magic Kareem Wilkes
2008-09 Lakers 22.0 Bryant Gasol Bynum
2007-08 Celtics 21.8 Garnett Pierce Allen

2010-11 Trio Ratings
Team Top Three Players Rating
MIA James, Wade, Bosh 26.7
LAL Bryant, Gasol, Odom 24.8
SA Ginobili, Duncan, Parker 23.2
OKC Westbrook, Durant, Ibaka 21.5
BOS Garnett, Rondo, Pierce 21.5
BOS Garnett, Pierce, Allen 21.2

Your thread title is little off. It's the best 3 player combos on championship teams.

jordan pippen rodman?

i love how espn included odom.

that guy is a career role player

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Your thread title is little off

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Title of the ESPN article: Greatest Big 3s in modern NBA history

This is stupid. Hollinger just makes up any ridiculous formula he wants, slaps the label "player/trio/howmuchdickisuck rating" on the final number, and then writes a column about it.

This guy is a huge dewsh.

I guess Worthy wasn't worthy.

Having Grant, Kukoc and Rice in 5 of the top 6 really cheapens it. Seems like he could make some sort of "star rating" adjustment to account for that. He could just adjust it for players that made an all-NBA team within ~3 years of the listed season. He explains that the 80s Lakers didn't make it because Jabbar was too old by the time Worthy was a star.

You might have copied from ESPN, but your thread title is still off. You're not understanding the article. The ESPN headline is Best big 3s in NBA. It's talking about Heat this year and where they stand.

But the chart you've listed is misleading. It only contains the best 3-player combos on the championship teams. ESPN listed it correctly, you don't. Basically, it lists the top 10 combos on last thirty champions.

[This message has been edited by birdman (edited 12/25/2010 8:18p).]

that list should be titled "dominating duos and the role players that coat ride"

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I guess Worthy wasn't worthy

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+1

First thing I noticed... It proves this list is garbage.