Forgotten Big Threes

[ChrisKreager]

Sometimes, there is a big three or trio that, with the passage of time or another trio, gets forgotten and it's easy to dismiss how good they were.

What are some groups that fall under this category?

Two that come to my mind: Steve Nash/Dirk Nowitzki/Michael Finley in Dallas and Ray Allen/Glenn Robinson/Sam Cassell in Milwaukee.

[selrahc]

Derek Fisher/Steve Blake/Metta World Peace

[All Net]

Sam Cassell/Ray Allen/Glenn Robinson

back in the early 2000's they were considered the big 3.

[CavaliersFTW]

Wilt Chamberlain, Jerry West, Elgin Baylor
(definitely the first one of super-star status)

Wilt Chamberlain, Jerry West, Gail Goodrich
(this should also count, they won a ring and Goodrich was prime all-star caliber at the time)

Magic Johnson, James Worthy, Kareem Abdul Jabbar

Jordan, Pippen, Rodman

Jordan, Pippen, Grant

[wagexslave]

Steve Nash, Amare Stoudemire, Joe Johnson?

[Richesly]

Zaza, Speedy, Josh Smith.

All heil 2006 hawks!

[wagexslave]

Kevin Johnson, Charles Barkley, Tom Chambers

1993 Suns(Lost to Jordan's Bulls in the Finals)

[koBEDABEST]

Wilt Chamberlain, Jerry West, Elgin Baylor
(definitely the first one of super-star status)

Magic Johnson, James Worthy, Kareem Abdul Jabbar

Jordan, Pippen, Rodman

yeh ppl definitely forgot about them :rolleyes:

[chips93]

tough juice, hibachi, and twan.

not much defense, or any meaningful success really, but so fun to watch.

[I<3NBA]

Jordan, Pippen, Rodman were called the Trinity at one point

[Micku]

Jason Kidd, Vince Carter, Richard Jefferson

[cuad]

Hakeem Olajuwon, Vince Carter, Mamadou N'diaye

[Simple Jack]

Not really forgotten but Nash/Amare/Marion were a very talented Big 3.

[Bandito]

What about Gilbert, Hughes and Jamison from the Wiz back in the middle of the last decade. They were entertaining to watch...

[QuebecBaller]

Masburn-Kidd-Jackson

http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/sportatorium/mavs%20three%20j%27s.jpg

Payton-Kemp-Schrempf

http://a.espncdn.com/photo/2009/0610/nba_g_kemp_payton_576.jpg http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/ABPub/2008/04/07/2004333755.jpg

[OmniStrife]

http://ext.pimg.tw/derekhsu/e952d7a5d6fa5b5532806d655df3b47c.jpg

[Reggie43]

Garnett Sprewell Cassell and Garnett Marbury Gugliota

[miller-time]

http://youalreadyknowwhoitis.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/run-tmc-1.jpg

[QuebecBaller]

RUN TMC are far from forgotten

[jbryan1984]

Brad Daugherty, Mark Price & Larry Nance.

Terry Cummings, Paul Pressey & Sidney Moncrief.

Charles Barkley, Kevin Johnson & Dan Majerle.

Clyde Drexler, Terry Porter, Clifford Robinson.

And growing up, I loved watching the 3 J's in Dallas (Kidd, Mashburn & Jackson). Why did Dallas blow it up? They never really gave it a chance.

[Nash]

Kidd, Jefferson, Carter.

[blackification]

Lin, Melo, amare

[OmniStrife]

Lin, Fields, Novak

fixed

[CavaliersFTW]

yeh ppl definitely forgot about them :rolleyes:

lol I guess I didn't pay attention to the "forgotten" part oops - not entirely my fault, OP didn't specify which ones he remembers!!! :lol

[kuniva_dAMiGhTy]

Wilt Chamberlain, Jerry West, Elgin Baylor
(definitely the first one of super-star status)

Wilt Chamberlain, Jerry West, Gail Goodrich
(this should also count, they won a ring and Goodrich was prime all-star caliber at the time)

Magic Johnson, James Worthy, Kareem Abdul Jabbar

Jordan, Pippen, Rodman

Jordan, Pippen, Grant

No one but the casual fan forgets about these trios.

Anyway, I'd go Marbury, KG and Gugliotta.

[Scholar]

Wilt Chamberlain, Jerry West, Elgin Baylor
(definitely the first one of super-star status)

Wilt Chamberlain, Jerry West, Gail Goodrich
(this should also count, they won a ring and Goodrich was prime all-star caliber at the time)

Magic Johnson, James Worthy, Kareem Abdul Jabbar

Jordan, Pippen, Rodman

Jordan, Pippen, Grant

Terrible post.

Quoted, copied & pasted into an e-mail to myself, printed, framed and put on my mantel, with the words "Future Neg" on the frame in gold writing.




Anyway, I think a trio that people tend to forget about are VC, Kidd & Richard Jefferson. They didn't make much noise as far as contending in the Playoffs goes but that was a very talented threesome right there.











































No h0m0

[swi7ch]

Rasheed Wallace
Chris Webber
Juwan Howard

Washington Bullets

[RaininTwos]

Kobe Bryant, Caron Butler, Lamar Odom

Stephen Jackson, Jermaine O'neal, Peja Stojakovic

[DMV2]

Young Baron Davis, Monster Mash and Wesley

They were kind of an overachieving trio that went into the 2nd round a couple of times.

[Whoah10115]

Ewing, Oakley, Starks.

[wagexslave]

http://ext.pimg.tw/derekhsu/e952d7a5d6fa5b5532806d655df3b47c.jpg
:cry: I miss them!

Btw wow... I forgot how young Steve used to look. :facepalm Looking at this picture just reminded me how much he's aged... -sigh-

[QuebecBaller]

Rasheed Wallace
Chris Webber
Juwan Howard

Washington Bullets

I remember Webber, Howard and Hot Rod Strickland, but not Rasheed

[zizozain]

Dan Issel, Kiki Vandeweghe and Alex English

[Burgz]

Sam Cassell/Ray Allen/Glenn Robinson

back in the early 2000's they were considered the big 3.

this.

[Burgz]

http://youalreadyknowwhoitis.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/run-tmc-1.jpg

if RUN TMC are forgotten then shame on whoever forgot them

[Jotaro Durant]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3yXrlptJrg

[HurricaneKid]

http://youalreadyknowwhoitis.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/run-tmc-1.jpg

Thank you. Page 2? Seriously??

[rule1223]

vince carter, t-mac and antonio davis

[rodman91]

Mourning,Johnson & Bogues.

[AMISTILLILL]

Hakeem, Barkley, Pippen :lol

[VIP2000]

Dwyane Wade, Lamar Odom, Eddie Jones

Karl Malone, John Stockton, Jeff Malone

Patrick Ewing, Latrell Sprewell, Allan Houston

[Bosnian Sajo]

Kobe Bryant, Caron Butler, Lamar Odom

Stephen Jackson, Jermaine O'neal, Peja Stojakovic

Wtf...lol, Bryant/Butler/Odom was considered a trio...? They never even made the playoffs together.

And how in the world are Jackson/Oneal/Peja a trio when Oneal only played 16 games with Peja? And Peja was there for only half the season, which came to an end in the 1st round.

Some people really need to try and understand what a big three is, it isnt just the three best players on any given team...

[FindingTim]

http://www.alicia-logic.com/capsimages/3a_022Tubman.jpg

not forgotten, but they need more hype.

[Mr. I'm So Rad]

Bibby/Webber/Stojakovic

Nowitzki/Howard/Terry

Kidd/Jefferson/Kittles (So fun to watch on the break)

Hawkins/Van Arsdale/Goodrich (even though they only played like 1 season together I think)

Johnson/Chambers/Johnson

Cassell/Garnett/Sprewell

Kidd/Carter/Jefferson

Price/Daugherty/Nance

Barkley/Erving/Malone

[ILLsmak]

Payton-Kemp-Schrempf

http://a.espncdn.com/photo/2009/0610/nba_g_kemp_payton_576.jpg http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/ABPub/2008/04/07/2004333755.jpg

Yes.

-Smak

[SwooshReturns]

Sam Cassell/Ray Allen/Glenn Robinson

back in the early 2000's they were considered the big 3.
That isn't a big three. Sam Cassell wasn't a "star" caliber player.

[rodman91]

Most of the guys listed aren't big threes.

[hon]

http://dalje.com/slike/slike_3/r1/g2007/m12/x146157759099883683_3.jpg

http://www.nba.com/hawks/media/HWK_Smitty_Classic2.jpg

http://straightfromthea.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/HWK_Classic_Mutombo_5.jpg


Blaylock, Smith, Mutombo - mid 90's

[SHAQisGOAT]

Is it just me or this is what's supposed to be a big three? Because you know three great players and, 6'9, 6'10, 7' (all at least)

http://i49.tinypic.com/2qdsc47.jpg

[winnnaz]

Russell/Havlicek/Cousy
Malone/Stockton/Hornacek

[La Frescobaldi]

Bobby Dandridge, Marquis Johnson & Bob Lanier.... shoot Sidney Moncrief too
early 80s Bucks squad was fierce

[Clippersfan86]

Baron Davis, Jamal Mashburn, Jamal McGlore :applause:

[Clippersfan86]

That isn't a big three. Sam Cassell wasn't a "star" caliber player.

:facepalm Sam Cassell was one of the best PG's in the game and yes that was a legit big 3. If anything Robinson was the weakest link of that trio.

[La Frescobaldi]

:facepalm Sam Cassell was one of the best PG's in the game and yes that was a legit big 3. If anything Robinson was the weakest link of that trio.

Cassell was a star to me back in that day

[Jolokia]

Hardaway, Mourning, & Mashburn :confusedshrug:

[Scholar]

Wilt Chamberlain, Jerry West, Elgin Baylor
(definitely the first one of super-star status)

Wilt Chamberlain, Jerry West, Gail Goodrich
(this should also count, they won a ring and Goodrich was prime all-star caliber at the time)

Magic Johnson, James Worthy, Kareem Abdul Jabbar

Jordan, Pippen, Rodman

Jordan, Pippen, Grant

Is this a serious post? Who the **** forgot any Jordan, any Magic or any Chamberlain/West trios? Get the hell outta here.

[KOBE143]

Bosh, Wade and Joel Anthony

Shaq, Williams, Varejao

[Just2McFly]

And how in the world are Jackson/Oneal/Peja a trio when Oneal only played 16 games with Peja? And Peja was there for only half the season, which came to an end in the 1st round.

Some people really need to try and understand what a big three is, it isnt just the three best players on any given team...


You should try watching basketball before making posts. That Indiana team was poised to do some major damage with that trio, but Jackson wore out his welcome.

[Whoah10115]

I don't think Horace Grant made that a big 3.



Steve Nash, Amare Stoudemire, Joe Johnson?


Who? You mean Shawn Marion.




Kevin Johnson, Charles Barkley, Tom Chambers

1993 Suns(Lost to Jordan's Bulls in the Finals)



Who? You can't mean Tom Chambers. He was on the bench by then. Dan Majerle, ok.

[VIP2000]

Baron Davis, Jamal Mashburn, Jamal McGlore :applause:

It sucked that Baron and Mashburn were never healthy at the same time though.