Most deserved rings you witnessed (Players and series you have watched)

[Andrei89]

Note my list includes series I have actually watched live. Not some bullshit series I was not even born to see.

1. Dirk 2011 ( loyal to the bone, average supporting cast, heart)


2. Lebron 2016 ( brough Cleveland first championship, led all teams in all categories, played with incredible heart)

3. Dwyane Wade 2006 ( Lebron and Carmelo taking the spotlight, everyone forgot about D-Wade. In his third season he turns into 6th gear to backdoor sweep the Mavs)

4. The entire Piston Team 2004 ( Beat the three peat Lakers with pure defense)

5. Kobe 2009 ( showed he can win without Shaq)

Note, I was too young to watch Jordan the GOAT. He probably would have a spot in the top 5 if I had

[ImKobe]

1. Kobe 2000
2. Kobe 2001
3. Kobe 2002
4. Kobe 2009
5. Kobe 2010

[Andrei89]

1. Kobe 2000
2. Kobe 2001
3. Kobe 2002
4. Kobe 2009
5. Kobe 2010

:biggums:

[superduper]

Dirk.
MJ.
Kobe.
Hakeem.

[Andrei89]

Dirk.
MJ.
Kobe.
Hakeem.

Which seasons?

[BigKAT]

2014 Spurs.

Their one fault is maybe that Ibaka injury that swung the WCF in their favor, but they just owned those finals.

And look,

Warriors are very, very, very special.
They are amazing.

But ffs,

Look at their 3 rings.

2015 (Kyrie goes down)
2017 (Leonard goes down)
2018 (Paul goes down)

[E_Stamkos]

Watch this and soak up the greatness...

https://youtu.be/530z-_yjdlU

[FKAri]

I think what you meant to say was something like "statement rings".

[Manny98]

08 KG I was so happy he finally got a ring that year I love how passionate for the game of basketball he is and the energy he brings

https://media.giphy.com/media/dl9qqqDEjENY4/giphy.gif

[Andrei89]

2014 Spurs.

Their one fault is maybe that Ibaka injury that swung the WCF in their favor, but they just owned those finals.

And look,

Warriors are very, very, very special.
They are amazing.

But ffs,

Look at their 3 rings.

2015 (Kyrie goes down)
2017 (Leonard goes down)
2018 (Paul goes down)

2015 both Kyrie and Love went down.

I do believe in 2017 they would have beat the Spurs even with Kawhi Lenard not injured. But deserved? No way man, they recruited the 2nd best player in the league to join their already record breakin team.

[Andrei89]

08 KG I was so happy he finally got a ring that year I love how passionate for the game of basketball he is and the energy he brings

https://media.giphy.com/media/dl9qqqDEjENY4/giphy.gif

Great mention there.

I also respect how those Celtic teams even though they were all old fought tooth and nail against those Miami teams.

[sammichoffate]

1. Kobe 2010
2. Dirk 2011
3. Kobe 2009
4. Spurs 2014
5. Wade 2006/Kyrie 2016

[superduper]

Which seasons?

2011.

[Spurs m8]

2014 Spurs.

Their one fault is maybe that Ibaka injury that swung the WCF in their favor, but they just owned those finals.

And look,

Warriors are very, very, very special.
They are amazing.

But ffs,

Look at their 3 rings.

2015 (Kyrie goes down)
2017 (Leonard goes down)
2018 (Paul goes down)

Yeah this....they deserved it in every way, they played with complete heart, and there was something so special about their finals series...they were not going to lose it, they played with fire, but also composed.

After the OKC series when Tim said post game that they were gonna get it this time, he knew, he made us know, he was so damn sure.

[Andrei89]

1. Kobe 2010
2. Dirk 2011
3. Kobe 2009
4. Spurs 2014
5. Wade 2006/Kyrie 2016

You lost me at Kobe 2010 bud:lol

But then I saw Kyrie 2016 and I knew you are trolling

[sammichoffate]

You lost me at Kobe 2010 bud:lol

But then I saw Kyrie 2016 and I knew you are trollingKobe himself said that was his best title because of how tough Boston was. He would never hear the end of it if he lost because people would be saying his 09 title was a fluke and that he lost to Boston twice in 3 years. It solidified him the way 2016 did for LeBron or 2011 did for Dirk.

How am I trolling lol, it's all opinion.

[Andrei89]

Kobe himself said that was his best title because of how tough Boston was. He would never hear the end of it if he lost because people would be saying his 09 title was a fluke and that he lost to Boston twice in 3 years. It solidified him the way 2016 did for LeBron or 2011 did for Dirk.

Sorry. His sever decline in performance was dissapointing. He badly needed his teammates to step up for him. He almost singlehandedly lost the Lakers the title shooting only bricks the whole game 7.

Every ring is deserved at some level. But not top 5 deserved.

[sammichoffate]

Sorry. His sever decline in performance was dissapointing. He badly needed his teammates to step up for him. He almost singlehandedly lost the Lakers the title shooting only bricks the whole game 7.

Every ring is deserved at some level. But not top 5 deserved.Everyone shot bricks in that series though, it wasn't a series based on offense. Kobe overall was the best player in that series, he made the momentum changing plays and kept them afloat with 15 boards and 15 FT attempts in game 7. He also was playing heavily injured at the time with his broken finger and injured knee.

I'd say beating one of the best defenses of all time is well deserved.

[ImKobe]

You lost me at Kobe 2010 bud:lol

But then I saw Kyrie 2016 and I knew you are trolling

Got his revenge on Steve Nash, got his revenge on Boston, got 1 more than Shaq.

[Andrei89]

Everyone shot bricks in that series though, it wasn't a series based on offense. Kobe overall was the best player in that series, he made the momentum changing plays and kept them afloat with 15 boards and 15 FT attempts in game 7.

I'd say beating one of the best defenses of all time is well deserved.

I mean no insult but I am always amazed at people mentioning Kobe

[red1]

Last 5 years

1. 2016 cavs
2. 2014 spurs



3. 2015 warriors

[BigKAT]

Last 5 years

1. 2016 cavs
2. 2014 spurs



3. 2015 warriors

Honestly I would put 2018 Houston Rockets before the 2015 Warriors. :confusedshrug:

[sammichoffate]

[QUOTE=Andrei89]I mean no insult but I am always amazed at people mentioning Kobe

[red1]

Honestly I would put 2018 Houston Rockets before the 2015 Warriors. :confusedshrug:
Yeah that was rough cp went down for game 7. I have no problem ranking them over the warriors. :cheers:

[Andrei89]

Yeah that was rough cp went down for game 7. I have no problem ranking them over the warriors. :cheers:

Actually CP went down for game 6 and 7 no?

[red1]

Actually CP went down for game 6 and 7 no?
cant remember just remember the warriors being bitches in typical fashion.


draymond would be the worst number one or number two option in the league and kd needs to prove that he can win without a 73-win team.

curry klay and iggy are the only ones on the team that deserve the rings.

[sdot_thadon]

Here are the years that stuck with me:

95 Rockets, defending champs turned underdogs proved em all wrong perhaps my favorite top to bottom finals run.

98 Bulls just a gutsy last run for the bulls/ Mj and had a storybook ending.

04 Pistons even though a rooted against them that year i respect what they were able to accomplish.

09 Lakers because Kobe deserved to prove he could win on his own.

11 Mavs, rooted against them but in hindsight their run was almost as good as the 95 rockets top to bottom imo.

16 Cavs we all know what happened there.

[Real14]

91 Mj
92 Mj
93 Mj
94 X
95 Hakeem
96 Mj
97 Mj
98 Mj
99 X
00 Shaq
01 Shaq
02 X
03 Duncan
04 Billups
05 X
06 X
07 Parker
08 X
09 Kobe
10 Kobe
11 Dirk
12 X
13 X
14 K.leonard
15 should of been Curry
16 X
17 Durant
18 Durant

[SouBeachTalents]

1991 Jordan

1994 & 1995 Hakeem

2000 Shaq

2003 Duncan

[ballinhun8]

That I witnessed in chronological order.....


95 Rockets. Agreed with everything sdot said. Hakeem,Clyde finally gets his. The underdog. Low seed. Sweep of Shaq and Penny. Granted who knows what happens if Anderson hits one FT......


96 Bulls. MJ full season back. Takes over league. GOAT team. Just completely annihilated competition and let the foot off gas to win the title at home. Image of MJ sobbing on the floor will stick with most people's minds.


00 Lakers. Shaq finally gets his wrong. Dominant season. Jackson comes back to coach the new dynasty. LA's first title in over a decade.


09 Lakers. Kobe gets the monkey off his back. Proves he can win without Shaq. Solidifies his ATG status.


11 Mavs. Dirk breaks thru with clutch performances throughout the playoff run. Dismantling the back to back Champs. Taking out young OKC. The comeback in game 2 against the Heat. Kidd and JT with back breaking 3s all series


12 Heat. Bron and Wade just on a mission. The great back and forth against the Celts. Then taking out the still young Thunder to finally give justify LeBron's decision.


14 Spurs. Only because of how they lost the previous year. Just straight up murdering Miami on a historical rate.


17 Warriors. KD made the right choice. The team gelled from day 1 unlike the previous superteam in Miami and it did what it set out to do. Money well spent.



Good thread OP.

[r0drig0lac]

Hakeem 94/Dirk 2011/Duncan 2003
/thread

[3ball]

In 1989, the bulls won 47 games and would've missed the 45-win playoff cut without mj's 33/8/8

So they were a lottery roster without MJ

MJ led that exact same roster to a championship in 1991, after 3 years of agonizing defeat to a dynasty that had 3 extra all-stars in their starting lineup.

It would be like these Lakers losing to the warriors for 3 years and finally busting through in year 4 while curry/durant/klay were still under 30 (like isiah/dumars/rodman were)

Beating the warriors with this growing Laker team would be greater than any of lebron's wins with ready-made star teams

Wouldn't you agree?

[Celtics 1825]

1. 2008 Celtics (Biased I know but whatever. Still one of the best memories I ever had watching them hold up that trophy. Celtics needed that championship after 20 years of mostly mediocrity.)
2. 2011 Mavs (Had arguably the GOAT playoffs run and Dirk finally got the ring he deserved.)
3. 2016 Cavs (Honestly I was sort of a LeBron hater up until this point but after watching him come back down 1-3 against possibly the GOAT team just made me gain a ton of respect for the guy and solidified him as an all time great.)
4. 2014 Spurs (Perfect revenge story after what happened the previous year. That Spurs team played some of the most beautiful team basketball I've ever witnessed and I loved every minute of it.)
5. 2015 Warriors (Would've been higher if they beat a healthy Cavs team but it was still awesome seeing Steph take that leap into superstardom that season and seeing him win the championship.)
6. 2013 Heat (Wasn't happy at all about the Heat repeating at the time, but they did deserve the ring, it was only right after the monster season LeBron and the Heat had that year.)
7. 2010 Lakers (Still a bit upset about this one considering we had it in the bag and blew it, but can't say Kobe and the Lakers didn't deserve that title. At the end of the day they outplayed us and deserved to win.)
8. 2012 Heat (They went up against a young, inexperienced Thunder team so of course they were going to win. Not the way LeBron should've gotten his 1st ring in my opinion but he did earn it.)
9. 2017 Warriors (Obvious reasons. The snake didn't deserve that ring whatsoever but of course he was going to get it being on the most stacked team of all time.)
10. 2018 Warriors (Same as above except even less deserving because they basically went up against a 1 man army in LeBron. At least Kyrie was still there in 2017.)

Didn't watch the 2009 finals