Random Thoughts

[JSD]

I have 2 random thoughts this evening that others might want to ponder with me...

1. Aside from Robert Horry, is there any other non-celtic with more than 6 rings?

2. If the Celtics can somehow go back to back this year, would Sam Cassell be the only player to ever begin and end his career with back to back championships?

[Kwhit10]

I don't thin anyone other non celtic has more than 6 rings other than Horry.  Jordan, Pippen and Kareem have 6.

[Toine43]

Nope, no other non-Celtic besides Robert Horry has more than 6 rings.

[Fafnir]

Here's what I found while searching:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_National_Basketball_Association_players_with_most_championship_rings

Not sure about the Sam question. I'd say that he would be the only one but that is hard to check.

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I did some more digging.

Here is the list of players with four or more titles from basketballreference.com

     Bill Russell     BOS     
    Sam Jones    BOS    
   John Havlicek    BOS    
   Tom Heinsohn    BOS    
   K.C. Jones    BOS    
   Tom Sanders    BOS    
    Robert Horry    HOU/LAL/SAS    1
   Frank Ramsey    BOS    
   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar    
   Bob Cousy    BOS    
   Michael Jordan    CHI    
   Jim Loscutoff    BOS    
   Scottie Pippen    CHI    
    Michael Cooper    LAL    
   Ron Harper    CHI/LAL    
   Magic Johnson    LAL    
   Steve Kerr    CHI/SAS    
   Slater Martin    MNL/STL    
   Don Nelson    BOS    
   Dennis Rodman    DET/CHI    
   Larry Siegfried    BOS    
   Tim Duncan    SAS    
   Horace Grant    CHI/LAL    
   George Mikan    MNL    
   Vern Mikkelsen    MNL    
   Shaquille O'Neal LAL/MIA    
   Robert Parish    BOS/CHI    
   Will Perdue    CHI/SAS    
   Jim Pollard    MNL    
   Kurt Rambis    LAL    
   John Salley    DET/CHI/LAL    
   Pep Saul    ROC/MNL    
   Bill Sharman    BOS    

Going through the list no one has started and then ended their careers with two titles. However Jim Pollard would have had he not played for one more year in 54-55!