In an era dominated not only by NBA superstars but also the process of collecting as many of them as reason allows, the Golden State Warriors and San Antonio Spurs are reinventing the superteam mold.
Indeed, both squads—two of the best in league history, no less—employ more than their fair share of superstars. The Spurs are enjoying the primes of LaMarcus Aldridge and Kawhi Leonard, in addition to the twilights of Tim Duncan, Manu Ginobili and Tony Parker. The Warriors deploy three All-Stars, one of whom may be an alien life form, in Stephen Curry, Draymond Green and Klay Thompson.
But neither Golden State nor San Antonio is exclusively dependent on high-profile names, and they most certainly don't subscribe to the conventional Big Three model that seduced many a team.
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It was the 2007-08 Boston Celtics that reignited interest in the Big Three model. The Spurs' dynastic tricycle of Duncan, Ginobili and Parker was in its heyday but flew under the radar as always, and the immediacy of Beantown's transformation translated into envious curb appea ...
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Golden State Warriors, San Antonio Spurs Are Tearing Down the Big 3 Concept
March 5th, 2016 by Dan Favale Leave a reply »
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