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They were lead by a transcendent star player. The lone anomaly was the Detroit Pistons , who won with a great set of role players who played perfectly as a team. I recently wrote about that team and why taking Darko Milicic over Carmelo Anthony helped them win that title. You can read that explanation here. Twenty-nine of those 30 teams had another thing in common. A star player as the second best player on the team.

Only the Houston Rockets bucked that trend with Otis Thorpe playing second fiddle to an inhuman Hakeem Olajuwon that year. It is fair to say that if 29 out of 31 champions fit the same mold, that blueprint should be followed in the future. You would be right. However, we need to take an in depth analysis as to why that pairing, and this team as a whole, are more than likely destined to fail. First, we need to examine the three different types of players a championship can be built around as the main player — the dominant big man, the dynamic wing or the elite true point guard.

The dominant big man does each of the following at a high rate — score, rebound and defend. Eleven of the 30 championship teams were led by a dominant big man, including five different players. The dynamic wing does each of the following at a high rate for his position — score, rebound and distribute the ball. Twelve of the 30 championship teams were led by a dynamic wing, including four different players.

The elite true point guard does each of the following at a high rate for his position — distribute the ball, score and direct the team as the coach on the court. Seven of the 30 championship teams were led by an elite true point guard, including two different players. The rest of each of these championship teams were made up of second and third options that were lesser versions of the aforementioned types or fell into one of three role player types — shooters, wing defenders or low post defenders.

This is where the analysis of championship team composition gets juicy. Of the 11 championships won by dominant big men, seven of the 11 had a dynamic wing as the second option. Clearly, pairing a dominant big man with a dynamic wing as a second option and a shooter as the third option yields results. Of the 12 championships won by dynamic wing men, six of the 12 had a dominant big man as the second option. Digging deeper, five of those six featured a wing defender or low post defender as the third option — Ariza, Artest, Haslem, Parish and Cedric Maxwell.

For the teams where a dominant big man was the focus, having a shooter as the third option is more important so he can kick it out to him to hit open jumpers. However, on the teams where a dynamic wing is the main focus with the dominant big man playing second fiddle, a player with more of a defensive mindset fits better as the third option. The other six championships won with a dynamic wing man as the star were Jordan's Chicago Bulls , but I will touch on that more later.

Of the seven championships won by an elite point guard, the split between dominant big men and dynamic wings as the secondary option was pretty even. Magic had Kareem as the second option for three titles. He also had James Worthy as the second option for two titles. Both of Isiah Thomas' titles came with Joe Dumars as the second option. The mix of third options varied the most here, but clearly, building around an elite point guard as the first or second option yielded the least success.

Of the 30 championships, elite point guards were the first or second option on only nine of the teams. The aforementioned seven titles, plus two titles Duncan won with Parker as his second option. As a comparison, dominant big men were involved as a first or second option in 20 of the 30 titles and dynamic wing men were involved in 23 of the 30 titles. San Antonio Spurs Advanced Stats. More Playoffs Pages.

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