The NBA superstar team up era is ova

I’m talking about 2+ ball dominant Superstars teaming up on one team

KD/Irving/Harden = nothing
KD/Beal/Booker = nothing
Dame/Giannis = nothing, granted Giannis is hurt but this is outlier due to injury. They weren’t gonna win title regardless
George/Harden/Kawhi=bout to get beat
Embiid/Harden=nothing
Lebron/AD Mickey Mouse title=nothing of substance

One of the takeaways could be that KD and Harden are cancers, Warriors would’ve won those without KD btw

Im glad these owners are eating shite, especially Ishbia, for thinking they can buy a title by putting as many max guys together as possible regardless of chemistry

The NBA is effectively going back to a Superstar with a Star as a sidekick and good role players to win titles. Big 3 Celtics and Big 3 Heat style are gone with the wind.

I’d put the below teams with a Superstar and Star with good role players in this category as Title contenders and it’s because their superstars and stars are true team players

Nuggets-Jokic (superstar), Murray (star)
Wolves-Ant(superstar), KAT (star)
Mavs-Luka(superstar), Kyrie (has fallen to Star lately, he’s still really good though)
Celtics-Tatum(superstar), Brown (star)

The remaining field falls in the below and it’s mainly because overall roster just isn’t good enough

Sixers-Embiid(superstar), Maxey(emerging star) but rest of cast sucks
Pacers-Halliburton(emerging star) really good pieces but not there yet
Thunder-SGA(superstar) really good pieces but not there yet imo
Knicks-Brunson(emerging superstar), need Randle to be healthy to truly contend otherwise could potentially beat Celtics

Cavs/Magic-both have young emerging stars but I don’t think anyone on roster will reach superstar status and surrounding cast isn’t good enough

Long post to say I love that Suns got swept, Bucks are out, Lakers are out, Nets in previous years did shite….the “buying a title” era is over