Were Dream's teammates the reason he won 2 championships?

You didnt even read my post.

Did I say he won the championships by himself?
He had good teammates, but Hakeem was a BIG reason we won those championships.
He was the "go-to guy" or "the man" on the team.

And history speaks for itself. What happened when Hakeem was injured, what was our team record like?

 

I liken Dream's team-mates to Dirks and Nash's. High Quality role players who shot the ball well, played thier part and let their superstar do his thing. Not scrubs by any means, not even all stars, just high quality role players.

 

Dream + The Rudy'o the day = Two Rings. The p/o's were unattainable w/o Dream. Look at the year before and the year before that.

Then look at the post-B2B years.

Dream. Was. The. Man.

 

A superstar can only go so far without a good supporting cast, and a supporting cast is only as good as their supertar makes them.

Its like the chicken and the egg theory .......

 

Been my stance for the longest time. Which is why i never use team success to compare players.

 

definitely a team effort...15-0 baby...we should've known then

 

Couldn't have said it better.

Tinman- Could have Hakeem won the championships w/ a different supporting cast? Probably. Could Cassell, Horry, Maxwell, and Smith won the championships w/o Hakeem? Didn't think so.

 

The options are bad. One choice is Dream only, the other Dream's teammates only. How about one for Dream and his teammates? Which is obviously the correct answer.

However, given the current choice, I had to go with Dream. Dream probably could have won a championship with a different team. His teammates couldn't have won a championship without him though. In fact, I can't think of another player in the NBA during that period that could have replaced Dream on that team and still lead them to a championship - Jordan included.

 

How old was Hakeem when he had Vince Carter, Steve Francis (a rookie)? 37? 38?

A 40 years old Michael Jordan wouldn't win it all even with Shaq on his team either.

 

Tinman, your argument really does not make sense.

You sure dont seem to take a lot into consideration into arguing. Horry has had a knack for hitting the big shot, but do you believe he honestly would have won those championships being the man, or without the superstars he had? That is just one example. I mean OT could have been the man when he first got traded for Drexler. What happened? What happened to Vernon? Horry is the exception to the rule, he has always been in the right place at the right time, and he won 4 more not 5.

Do you remember what happened to the team when Dream was injured?

And when ten people to your one is telling you that Dream was the reason for the championships, (I'm not saying a one man team), chances are that you are wrong.

Do you not remember the early '80's we draft Dream, and in 86, in his second year he takes us too the finals. Dream pushed an all-star center out of his natural position, a dynasty lakers team had one major concern, on a team full of talented players, all capable of going off, they were concerned with stopping "Akeem". That is how good he was.

My point is you put Dream with a good supporting cast and he would have won. I dont think it would have worked the other way around.

 

in what thread were people claiming that the championship teams were a 1 man team?

 

thanks for the link

 

i fully agree, especially with the last 2 sentences

 

This poll is childish and silly. Name one player who single handedly won a championship for his team in the history of basketball (not only in the NBA).