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10 best players ever with no rings. Rockets have 5.

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by BigBum, May 27, 2019.

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  1. apollo33

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    Neither deserve to be on the list and Yao is my favorite player ever
     
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  2. Juxtaposed Jolt

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    It's one poster's opinion / list, though.

    I'd also say that we can take into context a retired player's career and judge based on that. Underrating still-active players is fine, since the story isn't over yet.
     
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    Thanks to WikiPedia info he rode the Lakers to a championship.

    He made the Playoffs just not regularly, few times.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitch_Richmond
     
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    this is a top five bigdum thread
     
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  5. durvasa

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    Top 10 players to never win a championship:

    Karl Malone
    Charles Barkley
    Steve Nash
    John Stockton
    Chris Paul
    Elgin Baylor
    James Harden
    Patrick Ewing
    Reggie Miller
    Artis Gilmore

    3 players.
     
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    Where is Vince Carter?
     
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    I was thinking just this morning about how great a player Gus Johnson was, and that he seems to be largely forgotten now.

    And, he did a brief stint on Rox in the early-mid 1980s, coming over in the Mo Malone trade.

    He never won a championship, but he was very good, and had a very notable and high-level career.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gus_Johnson_(basketball)

    Edit: Hmmmm, I thought for sure Johnson was one that scrub Rockets team that existed after the Mo Malone trade, but perhaps I am thinking of someone else.....

    Ok I am thinking of Phil Ford. The guy was the bomb on the Kansas City Kings, but he had lost a lot of his athleticism when he joined the Rox. He was on the post-Malone Rockets team. I would say he fits the bill of this thread.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Ford_(basketball)
     
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    I looked into it further. I'm wrong about that. Only made it four times though.
     
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    @Plowman it hurts getting close so many times and teased at a chance as a fan.
     
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    I find that this board hates all players equally unless they were from the 93-96 teams.
     
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    Pete Maravich
     
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  12. rockets1995

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    Glen Rice and Mitch Richmond won a Championship with Shaq and Kobe Lakers

    Gary Payton, Alonzo Mourning, Jason Williams won a Championship with Shaq and Dwyane Wade Heat

    Jason Kidd, Shawn Marion, Peja Stojakovic, Jason Terry, Dirk Nowitzki. The Great Corey Brewer won a Championship with the Mavericks
     
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    The Big E!
     
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  14. UrbanEnterprise

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    what? lol

    Tracy Mcgrady was way more of a superstar than Yao will ever be

    I think its you that never watched Tmac play
     
    #34 UrbanEnterprise, May 28, 2019
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    Elvin Hayes won a Championship with the Washington Bullets with Wes Unseld

    Moses Malone was a 24 yr old NBA MVP for the Rockets was traded to the 76ers, won a Championship with Julius Erving, Maurice Cheeks.
     
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  16. Mr. Clutch

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    Championship players we acquired:

    Pippen
     
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    Didn't Elvin win a ship with the Bullets? I think he did ....
     
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  18. BruceAndre

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    This board (well, most posters) doesn't even acknowledge players that played before 1993.
     
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    Lots of hall of fame players won their rings either being a role player or being at best a second option (Clyde Drexler, Jason Kidd, Chris Bosh, Oscar Robertson, Spencer Haywood, Bob McAdoo etc) after being the first option at one point in their career.
     
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  20. napalm06

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    Wow, reading about Gus Johnson was awesome. "The Nail" story was great.

    Also, what if they were still the Chicago Zephyrs instead of the Chicago Bulls? lol
     
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