Best NBA Trios of All-Time

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Paul Pierce, Ray Allen, Kevin Garnett - The 2007 offseason acquisitions of Ray Allen and Kevin Garnett resulted in the best turnarnound in NBA history and a league championship for Paul Pierce and the Boston Celtics in 2008. The Celtics improved by 42 victories that season before dusting off Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers in six games during the 2008 NBA Finals. Pierce, Allen and Garnett kept the Celtics in contention for the next several seasons, although they were never able to be crowned as champions again. (Photo: Christian Petersen/Getty Images)
Miami's Big Three Meet - Just as they did in 2010 before all signing with the Miami Heat, the Big Three of LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, and Chris Bosh met to collectively discuss their future on Wednesday, ESPN is reporting. James opted out of the final two years and $42 million of his Heat contract on Tuesday. Wade and Bosh will have until midnight on Monday to decide whether or not they will follow suit. ESPN is also reporting that the Heat want to make an aggressive attempt to move up in Thursday’s NBA Draft to select UConn’s point guard Shabazz Napier. James tweeted during the NCAA title game, which Napier’s Huskies won, in April: "No way u take a PG in the lottery before Napier." Landing Napier would entince King James to return to Miami, the Heat organization is hoping. (Photo: Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)
Magic Johnson, James Worthy, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar - The "Showtime" Los Angeles Lakers of the 1980s were nothing short of thrilling, live theater brought to Tinsletown, and their main pieces consisted of the trio of Magic Johnson, James Worthy and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. With Johnson leading the fast break, the scoring prowess of "Big Game James" and Kareem's trademark skyhook...the Lakers were truly a must-see show every time they took the court. With five NBA championships to their names, one can see why this trio was arguably the greatest in league history. (Photo: Elsa/Getty Images)
Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen, Dennis Rodman - To be considered a great NBA trio, each of the three players must be great. That's exactly what Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen and Dennis Rodman were during the Chicago Bulls' second three-peat from 1996-98. Funny how it took arguably the greatest player to ever play in the NBA and his sidekick to control Rodman at times, but the trio worked...in the fashion of three championship rings, not to mention the greatest NBA season ever in 1995-96, when the Bulls went 72-10.AFP PHOTO/Jeff HAYNES (Photo: JEFF HAYNES/AFP/Getty Images)Jerry West, Elgin Baylor, Wilt Chamberlain - The skill of Jerry West, all-around game of Elgin Baylor and dominance of Wilt Chamberlain made this Los Angeles Lakers contingent an all-time great NBA trio. It's a shame that Baylor's NBA career came to an end a year before West and Chamberlain won a title with the Lakers in 1972. Still a memorable trio, though. (Photo: Ken Levine/Getty Images)

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LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh - The Big Three of LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh led the Miami Heat to four consecutive NBA Finals appearances from 2010-14, with the franchise being crowned back-to-back NBA champions from 2012-13. The trio was dismantled when King James elected to go back home last month to play for the Cleveland Cavaliers, but the Heat trio definitely made history. (Photo: Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)

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