Name one player who's won a championship by himself

[SShorefan 4.0]

Then he had to go and ruin it by doing drugs. Yes I'm still bitter lol.

Maradona didn't win it by himself, he had a hand!!!

[Chief]

I still think Hakeem's first Rockets team is the best example of this.  None of the all-stars on Duncan's team were in their prime, but he was still playing with three former or future all-stars (Robinson, Manu, Parker) and another future 20 point per game scorer (Jackson).

The guys on Hakeem's Rockets team made one All-star game, ever, ten years after that title team.  That one all-star (Sam Cassell) averaged around 7 ppg in the regular season and 9 ppg in the playoffs.  None of Hakeem's teammates ever averaged 20 points per game.  It was literally Hakeem and a bunch of role players, many of whom were mediocre at best.

Yeah, this is the team. They got lucky Jordan wanted to play baseball. Other notables on that team were Mario Ellie, Kenny Smith, and Mad Max.

The other amazing thing was trading Otis Thorpe in the off-season for Clyde Drexler and basically another championship. Too bad Jordan came back the next season.

[johnnyrondo]

Jimmy Chitwood?

[BballTim]

Then he had to go and ruin it by doing drugs. Yes I'm still bitter lol.

Maradona didn't win it by himself, he had a hand!!!

  You beat me to it, although I was leaning towards "god had a hand in the victory"...

[housecall]

I still think Hakeem's first Rockets team is the best example of this.  None of the all-stars on Duncan's team were in their prime, but he was still playing with three former or future all-stars (Robinson, Manu, Parker) and another future 20 point per game scorer (Jackson).

The guys on Hakeem's Rockets team made one All-star game, ever, ten years after that title team.  That one all-star (Sam Cassell) averaged around 7 ppg in the regular season and 9 ppg in the playoffs.  None of Hakeem's teammates ever averaged 20 points per game.  It was literally Hakeem and a bunch of role players, many of whom were mediocre at best.

Otis Thorpe was as good as (example)S.Pippens at one stage of his career.He contributed a lot to their success in that season.Also Mario Ellie was a hard nose defender that could score with the best of them.Otis Thorpe probably was a better offensive player than S.Pippens(imo).

[TrueGreen]

Putting aside the obvious fact that basketball is a team sport I'm just racking my brain here trying to understand the label of Pierce and KG as losers because they didn't win a ring until they became part of the big 3. Is there someone who's won a ring without at least another allstar on their team?

I don't think one player can win a championship for his team. If there was such a player the only one I can think of is Bill Russell. But, he would be the first to say that you need to win as a team. Your question is the reason why I think the C's have a good chance to repeat, assuming they are healthy. (Am assuming they'll need to go thru Cav's and LA). The other two teams are too dependent on one player, even if they don't need to be. The C's are totally team oriented. One player might be able to win one or two games, but not a series.

[Edgar]

Then he had to go and ruin it by doing drugs. Yes I'm still bitter lol.

Maradona didn't win it by himself, he had a hand!!!

  You beat me to it, although I was leaning towards "god had a hand in the victory"...

wait...
it was HIS hand
and la mano de dios

[Edgar]

I am a pele lover
but i respect a good song..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipzhH9-Afl0

Please listen to this song it really rock and roll, p.s. the paranoic mice its really a nice name