Name one player who's won a championship by himself

[twinbree]

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?

[Roy Hobbs]

Is there someone who's won a ring without at least another allstar on their team?

Off the top of my head:  Hakeem Olajuwon in '93-'94. 

[SShorefan 4.0]

Chamberlain in 1967

(he had help --- but he led the team in all stats)

[RebusRankin]

Chamberlain in 1967

Wilt had Hal Greer and Billy Cunningham.

[Lucky17]

Rick Barry in 1974-75?

Jamaal Wilkes, ROY that year, made his first All-Star team a year later.

[Truck Lewis]

03 spurs had no other players make the 03 ASG

manu averaged 7 points, parker was an inconsistent rookie who lost playoff minutes to speedy claxton, and david robinson was very done

doesnt mean that they were not a tough tough team....but duncan was the only asg

[Big Ticket]

Duncan was pretty close to a one-man team in the 2003 finals.  Regular season 2nd leading scorer was a 20 year old 2nd year Tony Parker (15.5 ppg), 3rd leading scorer was then journey man Stephen Jackon (11.8 ppg).  The same two were the 2nd and 3rd leading scorers in the playoffs (14.7 ppg, 3.5 apg for Parker, 12.8 ppg for Jackson).  Ginobili was a sub 10 ppg player that year and D-Rob was a 7.8 pts-6.6 reb role player.

[Steve Weinman]

Duncan was pretty close to a one-man team in the 2003 finals.  Regular season 2nd leading scorer was a 20 year old 2nd year Tony Parker (15.5 ppg), 3rd leading scorer was then journey man Stephen Jackon (11.8 ppg).  The same two were the 2nd and 3rd leading scorers in the playoffs (14.7 ppg, 3.5 apg for Parker, 12.8 ppg for Jackson).  Ginobili was a sub 10 ppg player that year and D-Rob was a 7.8 pts-6.6 reb role player.

If I recall, the key storyline of that series was "How good will the Spurs be once Jason Kidd takes over at the point next year?"...four years later, TP won Finals MVP.  Funny how things work out sometimes.

-sw

[Big Ticket]

Duncan was pretty close to a one-man team in the 2003 finals.  Regular season 2nd leading scorer was a 20 year old 2nd year Tony Parker (15.5 ppg), 3rd leading scorer was then journey man Stephen Jackon (11.8 ppg).  The same two were the 2nd and 3rd leading scorers in the playoffs (14.7 ppg, 3.5 apg for Parker, 12.8 ppg for Jackson).  Ginobili was a sub 10 ppg player that year and D-Rob was a 7.8 pts-6.6 reb role player.

If I recall, the key storyline of that series was "How good will the Spurs be once Jason Kidd takes over at the point next year?"...four years later, TP won Finals MVP.  Funny how things work out sometimes.

-sw

Yup, I remember some of Tony Parker's grumblings during the following offseason, paraphrased as "we just won the championship with me at point guard... why do you want/need Kidd?"

[twinbree]

I love Celticsblog its like having my own little NBA encyclopedia. I'm going to have to look up these teams. The only one I was old enough to remember are the '03 Spurs. I'd totally forgotten Manu and Parker weren't playing as well back them.

[Cman]

Duncan was pretty close to a one-man team in the 2003 finals.  Regular season 2nd leading scorer was a 20 year old 2nd year Tony Parker (15.5 ppg), 3rd leading scorer was then journey man Stephen Jackon (11.8 ppg).  The same two were the 2nd and 3rd leading scorers in the playoffs (14.7 ppg, 3.5 apg for Parker, 12.8 ppg for Jackson).  Ginobili was a sub 10 ppg player that year and D-Rob was a 7.8 pts-6.6 reb role player.

Yeah, I remember that as well.  And he showed all the haters -- I love it.

If I recall, the key storyline of that series was "How good will the Spurs be once Jason Kidd takes over at the point next year?"...four years later, TP won Finals MVP.  Funny how things work out sometimes.

-sw

Yup, I remember some of Tony Parker's grumblings during the following offseason, paraphrased as "we just won the championship with me at point guard... why do you want/need Kidd?"

Great memories.  Tony proved them all wrong!
Not to take us off topic, but my favorite Spurs title is probably the one in 1999, if only becuase of Phil Jackson's ridiculous comment that it deserved an asterisk next to it because it was a shortened season.  I suppose he wants an asterisk next to the Cs 2008 title since the Lakers didn't have Bynum. 

[KCattheStripe]

Duncan was pretty close to a one-man team in the 2003 finals.  Regular season 2nd leading scorer was a 20 year old 2nd year Tony Parker (15.5 ppg), 3rd leading scorer was then journey man Stephen Jackon (11.8 ppg).  The same two were the 2nd and 3rd leading scorers in the playoffs (14.7 ppg, 3.5 apg for Parker, 12.8 ppg for Jackson).  Ginobili was a sub 10 ppg player that year and D-Rob was a 7.8 pts-6.6 reb role player.

If I recall, the key storyline of that series was "How good will the Spurs be once Jason Kidd takes over at the point next year?"...four years later, TP won Finals MVP.  Funny how things work out sometimes.

-sw

Yup, I remember some of Tony Parker's grumblings during the following offseason, paraphrased as "we just won the championship with me at point guard... why do you want/need Kidd?"

C'mon TP, a lightning quick PG with a suspect Jumpshot never leads a team to the NBA title. And certainly not three times this decade.

[twinbree]

Great memories.  Tony proved them all wrong!
Not to take us off topic, but my favorite Spurs title is probably the one in 1999, if only becuase of Phil Jackson's ridiculous comment that it deserved an asterisk next to it because it was a shortened season.  I suppose he wants an asterisk next to the Cs 2008 title since the Lakers didn't have Bynum. 

I'm shocked he hasn't yet pulled that out from his bag of excuses. Maybe he has and we missed it? Why anyone wants a Lakers/Cavs series is beyond me. All the in-game and post-game whining (not to mention stat-padding and flopping galore) will just overshadow any basketball being played.

[ACF]

Duncan was pretty close to a one-man team in the 2003 finals.  Regular season 2nd leading scorer was a 20 year old 2nd year Tony Parker (15.5 ppg), 3rd leading scorer was then journey man Stephen Jackon (11.8 ppg).  The same two were the 2nd and 3rd leading scorers in the playoffs (14.7 ppg, 3.5 apg for Parker, 12.8 ppg for Jackson).  Ginobili was a sub 10 ppg player that year and D-Rob was a 7.8 pts-6.6 reb role player.

If I recall, the key storyline of that series was "How good will the Spurs be once Jason Kidd takes over at the point next year?"...four years later, TP won Finals MVP.  Funny how things work out sometimes.

-sw

Yup, I remember some of Tony Parker's grumblings during the following offseason, paraphrased as "we just won the championship with me at point guard... why do you want/need Kidd?"

C'mon TP, a lightning quick PG with a suspect Jumpshot never leads a team to the NBA title. And certainly not three times this decade.

We just need 18 and 19.

 

[guava_wrench]

Great memories.  Tony proved them all wrong!
Not to take us off topic, but my favorite Spurs title is probably the one in 1999, if only becuase of Phil Jackson's ridiculous comment that it deserved an asterisk next to it because it was a shortened season.  I suppose he wants an asterisk next to the Cs 2008 title since the Lakers didn't have Bynum. 

I'm shocked he hasn't yet pulled that out from his bag of excuses. Maybe he has and we missed it? Why anyone wants a Lakers/Cavs series is beyond me. All the in-game and post-game whining (not to mention stat-padding and flopping galore) will just overshadow any basketball being played.

Perk can out-whine both teams in-game. Post-game, the Lakers do have a bunch of whiners, starting with Kobe. Not sure who the post-game whiner is supposed to be on the Cavs.