Best player on each championship team 1957-2015

[SouBeachTalents]

1950's
1957: Russell
1958: Pettit
1959: Russell

1960's
1960: Russell
1961: Russell
1962: Russell
1963: Russell
1964: Russell
1965: Russell
1966: Russell
1967: Wilt
1968: Havlicek
1969: Havlicek

1970's
1970: Reed
1971: Kareem
1972: Wilt
1973: Frazier
1974: Havlicek
1975: Barry
1976: Cowens
1977: Walton
1978: Hayes
1979: Gus Williams

1980's
1980: Kareem
1981: Bird
1982: Magic
1983: Moses
1984: Bird
1985: Magic
1986: Bird
1987: Magic
1988: Magic
1989: Dumars

1990's
1990: Isiah
1991: Jordan
1992: Jordan
1993: Jordan
1994: Hakeem
1995: Hakeem
1996: Jordan
1997: Jordan
1998: Jordan
1999: Duncan

2000's
2000: Shaq
2001: Shaq
2002: Shaq
2003: Duncan
2004: Big Ben
2005: Duncan
2006: Wade
2007: Duncan
2008: KG
2009: Kobe

2010's
2010: Kobe
2011: Dirk
2012: LeBron
2013: LeBron
2014: Duncan
2015: Curry

Players with multiple appearances
Russell: 9
Jordan: 6
Duncan: 5
Magic: 4
Bird: 3
Shaq: 3
Havlicek: 3
Kareem: 2
Wilt: 2
Hakeem: 2
LeBron: 2
Kobe: 2

Which ones would you guys change?

[HOoopCityJones]

1950's
1957: Russell
1958: Pettit
1959: Russell

1960's
1960: Russell
1961: Russell
1962: Russell
1963: Russell
1964: Russell
1965: Russell
1966: Russell
1967: Wilt
1968: Havlicek
1969: Havlicek

1970's
1970: Reed
1971: Kareem
1972: Wilt
1973: Frazier
1974: Havlicek
1975: Barry
1976: Cowens
1977: Walton
1978: Hayes
1979: Gus Williams

1980's
1980: Kareem
1981: Bird
1982: Magic
1983: Moses
1984: Bird
1985: Magic
1986: Bird
1987: Magic
1988: Magic
1989: Dumars

1990's
1990: Isiah
1991: Jordan
1992: Jordan
1993: Jordan
1994: Hakeem
1995: Hakeem
1996: Jordan
1997: Jordan
1998: Jordan
1999: Duncan

2000's
2000: Shaq
2001: Shaq
2002: Shaq
2003: Duncan
2004: Big Ben
2005: Duncan
2006: Wade
2007: Duncan
2008: KG
2009: Kobe

2010's
2010: Kobe
2011: Dirk
2012: LeBron
2013: LeBron
2014: Duncan
2015: Curry

Players with multiple appearances
Russell: 9
Jordan: 6
Duncan: 5
Magic: 4
Bird: 3
Shaq: 3
Havlicek: 3
Kareem: 2
Wilt: 2
Hakeem: 2
LeBron: 2
Kobe: 2

Which ones would you guys change?

07, 14 and maybe even 05 (yes it's arguable) are certainly not Duncan.

[ArbitraryWater]

1973, 1982 (cmon now), 2014 is close

[dubeta]

2000's
2000: Shaq
2001: Shaq
2002: Shaq
2003: Duncan
2004: Big Ben
2005: Duncan
2006: Wade
2007: Duncan
2008: KG
2009: Kobe

2010's
2010: Kobe
2011: Dirk
2012: LeBron
2013: LeBron
2014: Duncan
2015: Curry

Players with multiple appearances
Russell: 9
Jordan: 6
Duncan: 5
Magic: 4
Bird: 3
Shaq: 3
Havlicek: 3
Kareem: 2
Wilt: 2
Hakeem: 2
LeBron: 2
Kobe: 2

Which ones would you guys change?

Gasol was the best player in 2010, had the higher playoff PER, finals PER, more winshares, and had the better Finals Game 7

Win Shares
1. Pau Gasol ▪ LAL 4.3
2. Kobe Bryant ▪ LAL 3.6
3. Rajon Rondo ▪ BOS 2.7
4. Paul Pierce ▪ BOS 2.5
5. Ray Allen ▪ BOS 2.4

http://www.basketball-reference.com/.../NBA_2010.html


Kawhi was also better than Duncan in 2014 (especially Finals)


I was going to say Tony Parker was better in 2007 as well, but felt bad for exposing Duncan

[Spurs5Rings2014]

07, 14 and maybe even 05 (yes it's arguable) are certainly not Duncan.

Maybe if you don't value defensive impact, but why wouldn't you do that?

[Legends66NBA7]

82 Kareem and 89 Isiah ? Those are probably the ones I would change. Reed for 73 as well ?

14 Spurs is probably the most debatable, but I go with Duncan there too. I know some will say Billups for 04, but I agree with Big Ben there.

[Spurs5Rings2014]

Kawhi was also better than Duncan in 2014 (especially Finals)


I was going to say Tony Parker was better in 2007 as well, but felt bad for exposing Duncan

Kawhi didn't play well the first 2 games in '14 and Duncan was the better player based on advanced stats.

Parker just had slightly higher PPG in '07, but was worse everywhere else.

[HOoopCityJones]

Maybe if you don't value defensive impact, but why wouldn't you do that?

Forget 05 because it was still Duncan's Team at the end of the day, but you seriously trying to argue 07 and 14?

You Spurs fans are funny sometimes, Tim is probably the only guy where doing one thing tilts the entire scale in his favor. So just because he anchored a Defense ( which many bigs in Today's league do, arguably their main assignment) Duncan should be considered the best player because of that fact? The man hasn't had to carry the offense since 05 and Manu was arguably the better player in the post season.

Tony Parker has been the best Spurs player since 07, and you foos don't deserve him for how much you all down play his impact, as a Laker fan though I understand the attitude, some short sighted idiots did the same to Gasol when he probably should've been our main option after the cp3 trade was nixed just to get back in his good graces.

[ArbitraryWater]

2010 Gasol, obviously a great argument.. never seen a player lead their team in so many categories both regular season, playoffs, AND lead the team in Finals win-shares (among '05 Ginobili the only 2 to ever do this and not become FMVP), and get so rarely mentioned.

[dubeta]

Forget 05 because it was still Duncan's Team at the end of the day, but you seriously trying to argue 07 and 14?

You Spurs fans are funny sometimes, Tim is probably the only guy where doing one thing tilts the entire scale in his favor. So just because he anchored a Defense ( which many bigs in Today's league do, arguably their main assignment) Duncan should be considered the best player because of that fact? The man hasn't had to carry the offense since 05 and Manu was arguably the better player in the post season.

Tony Parker has been the best Spurs player since 07, and you foos don't deserve him for how much you all down play his impact, as a Laker fan though I understand the attitude, some short sighted idiots did the same to Gasol when he probably should've been our main option after the cp3 trade was nixed just to get back in his good graces.

Neither Duncan or Kobe have been the best player in a championship team since 2009

[HOoopCityJones]

Neither Duncan or Kobe have been the best player in a championship team since 2009

Duncan wasn't on a championship Team in 2009.

[Ne 1]

Kareem for '82 and probably '85 too

[HOoopCityJones]

2010 Gasol, obviously a great argument.. never seen a player lead their team in so many categories both regular season, playoffs, AND lead the team in Finals win-shares (among '05 Ginobili the only 2 to ever do this and not become FMVP), and get so rarely mentioned.

Gasol outplayed Kobe in one game that entire post season bro , a game 7 at home that you haters clutch on to with dear life. Gasol choked in every game we had in Boston, there's no way he was getting the FMVP over Kobe who played outta his mind up until the first 3 quarters of game 7. Still ended with a double-double.

What am I saying though, you're the least knowledgeable person about this sport on the forum.

[dubeta]

Gasol outplayed Kobe in one game that entire post season bro , a game 7 at home that you haters clutch on to with dear life. Gasol choked in every game we had in Boston, there's no way he was getting the FMVP over Kobe who played outta his mind up until the first 3 quarters of game 7. Still ended with a double-double.

What am I saying though, you're the least knowledgeable person about this sport on the forum.

Then how come Gasol had a much greater PER and Win Share advantage than Kobe throughout the playoffs, if he only outplayed Kobe in '1 game'?

The sudden realization that Kobe has never been the best player on a championship team is something you Kobestans can never come around to admitting.

[Ne 1]

2010 Gasol, obviously a great argument.. never seen a player lead their team in so many categories both regular season, playoffs, AND lead the team in Finals win-shares (among '05 Ginobili the only 2 to ever do this and not become FMVP), and get so rarely mentioned.