I just had to post this stat. I couldn't resist it.

[MaD_hAND1e]

The reason why Horry and Kerr are consistently on championship teams probably isn't a total coincidence. Because these guys have proven to be clutch performers, title contending teams make a run for them to help put them over the top, and therefore, they are more likely to be on the championship teams. The coincedence lies in the fact that those teams happened to win the championship.

[Andrew]

On a similar note, Horry has rings with 3 different teams. Does anyone know who has the most rings with different teams?

I think it's actually Horry now. John Salley also has rings with three different teams, but he's "only" got four.

[air gordon]

there seems to be some backlash against american/nba style play that's unwarranted.

How is it a backlash when I basically said the USA's team clearly had better players than anyone else there? All I meant was despite having man for man better talent, they didn't play well as a team. I realise that there are reasons for that (less time to prepare together, a poor mix of players selected, etc), but that really re-enforces my point: in a team sport the whole can be greater or less than the sum of its parts. You can't just whack a bunch of players together and expect it to work. It only works in cases like 92 because the players selected are so unbelievably good that all other considerations need not apply.

I mean come on, maybe 1 in 8 players in the NBA are international players? This is the best paid league on Earth that everyone wants to play in, and 7 out of 8 players are from the USA. Of course the US has the best players, anyone who tries to tell you otherwise is an idiot.

I'm not sure why some people are so defensive about all this. Getting upset because you think someone's suggesting America doesn't have the best basketballers because they lost the Olympics is like getting upset over this thread because you think it suggests Steve Kerr is better than John Stockton because of the number of championships he won. The fact is you went off on a complete tangent of a rant over something that wasn't even said.

first off, my so called rant was not directed at you. certain comments by international players like ginobili and most recently bogut 'inspired' me to comment about it...

nor did i imply that you said america doesnt have the best players lol...

still waiting for your reply in the curry news thread

[End Boss]

horry had better retire before he runs out of fingers for his rings

[Andrew]

I'm sure Bill Russell can advise him on how to deal with that situation.