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Since 1984 every NBA champion has been connected to Shaq
« on: May 26, 2017, 05:57:47 PM »

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Crazy statistic originally from Jackie MacMullan in 2015, but shown recently on Inside The NBA on TNT; Since 1984 every champion in the NBA has had a player (or players) who has been a teammate of Shaquille O'Neal.

1984- Greg Kite
1985- Byron Scott
1986- Greg Kite
1987- Byron Scott, A.C Green
1988- Byron Scott, A.C Green
1989- Dennis Rodman, John Salley
1990- Dennis Rodman, John Salley
1991- Horrace Grant
1992- Horrace Grant
1993- Horrace Grant
1994- Robert Horry
1995- Robert Horry, Tracy Murray
1996- Dennis Rodman, Ron Harper, Steve Kerr, John Salley
1997- Dennis Rodman, Ron Harper, Steve Kerr, Bison Dele
1998- Dennis Rodman, Ron Harper, Steve Kerr, Joe Kleine, David Vaughn
1999- Steve Kerr, Jerome Kersey
2000- Shaq's team
2001- Shaq's team
2002- Shaq's team
2003- Steve Kerr, Steve Smith
2004- Elden Campbell, Lindsey Hunter
2005- Linton Johnson, Sean Marks
2006- Shaq's team
2007- Robert Horry
2008- Ray Allen, Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce, Rajon Rondo, Glen Davis, Kendrick Perkins, James Posey, Leon Powe
2009- Kobe Bryant, Derek Fisher, Luke Walton
2010- Kobe Bryant, Derek Fisher, Luke Walton
2011- Sasha Pavlovic
2012- Dwyane Wade, Lebron James, Udonis Haslem, Joel Anthony
2013- Dwyane Wade, Lebron James, Udonis Haslem, Joel Anthony, Ray Allen
2014- Boris Diaw, Danny Green
2015- Leandro Barbosa
2016- Lebron James, Anderson Varejao, Mo Williams
2017- Lebron James or Matt Barnes
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That's insane.

Neat stat.


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Re: Since 1984 every NBA champion has been connected to Shaq
« Reply #2 on: May 26, 2017, 06:07:28 PM »

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That's mostly cuz shaq went ring chasing. He's played with everyone. Played with non winners to like nash. He tried to win with lebron. Tried to win with Celtics big 3.  Was able to win with wade and kobe

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That's mostly cuz shaq went ring chasing. He's played with everyone. Played with non winners to like nash. He tried to win with lebron. Tried to win with Celtics big 3.  Was able to win with wade and kobe

Pierce played for four different teams, I don't think he would have this kind of connection, it's an aberration but still an amazing stat that will continue next season

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True . Shaq also played for a very long time

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That's mostly cuz shaq went ring chasing. He's played with everyone. Played with non winners to like nash. He tried to win with lebron. Tried to win with Celtics big 3.  Was able to win with wade and kobe

Pierce played for four different teams, I don't think he would have this kind of connection, it's an aberration but still an amazing stat that will continue next season
Yeah but Shaq played with a lot of all time greats, which makes it interesting but not really all that surprising. 

I mean Lebron has played with someone on every title team since the Spurs first title in the 99 season (I mean he has that 1 minute with Bogut after all).  Though he hasn't yet played with any of the current Warriors so that streak could end (or they could win or sometime in the future he plays with one of them).

Great players that win a lot themselves and attract other great players are bound to play with a lot of players that win titles over the years. 
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Guess it's keep Avery Bradley at all costs then  :D