Putting multiple stars together is often the key to success in the NBA.
That said, with so much time spent together, such high stakes work, and such big personalities, even the most cordial professional NBA relationship can fall apart.
Despite a very up and down relationship, Shaquille O’Neal and Kobe Bryant won three titles in four trips between 2000 and 2004.
Injuries, COVID vaccine mandates, and countless other challenges plagued the Nets, however.
Other cities, like Dallas, couldn’t guarantee the date – either the Dallas Mavericks or Dallas Stars could be competing for a championship in 2016, and the American Airlines Arena might be occupied.
The San Antonio Spurs might have landed the final blow, but the Heatles had been wavering for months.
How quickly things seemingly turned in the summer of 2014, though, deserves special recognition.
Few NBA players have initiated a break up with as big a middle finger as Ray Allen.
Allen felt neglected by the team during the 2012 season, and after five season in Boston decided enough was enough.
It took years, but some members of the Celtics finally let tensions cool a little bit.
Kevin Garnett, at the time of this writing, appears a little less enthusiastic about mending things with his old teammate.
During the 1965 All-Star weekend, Wilt Chamberlain was traded from the San Francisco Warriors to the Philadelphia 76ers.
I guess most fans are for the little man and the underdog, and Wilt is neither.
