Trophies: How it Looks When NBA Superstars Win Their First Title

Stephen Curry joins championship fraternity.

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Magic Johnson - 1980 - Magic Johnson's dominant performance as a rookie in the 1980 NBA Finals will go down as one of the most clutch performance in Finals history. Starting at center, all Magic did was drop 42 points, grab 15 boards and dish out seven assists in the Los Angeles Lakers clinching Game 6 victory. He also won Finals MVP. Not bad for a first time.(Photo: Focus on Sport/Getty Images)
Michael Jordan - 1991 - Michael Jordan finally overcame the roadblock of the Detroit Pistons, which beat him up and eliminated his Chicago Bulls from 1987-1990, to defeat his rival and go on to win his first of six NBA titles. MJ's first title came in his seventh season.(Photo: AP Photo/Reed Saxon)Tim Duncan and David Robinson - 1999 - It took a young stud named Tim Duncan — then only 23-years-old — to help veteran David Robinson finally win his first title in 1999 after 10 years in the league with the San Antonio Spurs. Robinson would go on to win one more ring with Duncan in 2003, but Duncan wound up winning three more titles.(Photo: Bernie Nunez REUTERS /Landov)

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Stephen Curry Wins First NBA Title - It took six full seasons before Stephen Curry could taste and savor his first NBA championship. His Golden State Warriors finished the Cleveland Cavaliers in six game of these NBA Finals to win the title. In doing so, Curry joins a laundry list of NBA superstars, who finally earned that coveted title. He and the following ballers will never forget their first time winning it all. —By Mark Lelinwalla(Photo: Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)

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