NBA Big 3's That FAILED Miserably

Here are the worst cases of superstar implosion and the biggest big 3's that failed miserably.
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[@bonzobonanza]

The 2021-22 Lakers is the definition of a disaster. Terrible offense, horrible defense, and hilariously awful chemistry overall.

[@jdelgado216]

Don't forget injuries and drama, nothing about that team was good

[@thomasgrabkowski8283]

@@jdelgado216what about Lebron

[@diegochavez6203]

Brandon Ingram played less games than AD and lebron with no Zion and Carried rookies to the playoffs while lakes missed it yet lbj got all NBA over Ingram 😂

[@TonySiragusa99]

@@diegochavez6203the Lakers were 33-49 and missed the playoffs in 2021-22

[@baller07-85]

Yes the lakers of 2021 - 2022 did fail and everyone saw it coming

[@arikejoja9461]

We all knew that that Lakers team wasn't gonna be good at all

[@TheNorthie]

No one saw it coming, just like no one saw the OKC 2018 Thunder failing. But after a few games, people backtracked.

[@MichaelDelfin0]

@Real Ryte why cry?

[@DddDdd-ym9we]

No one saw it coming 💀💀💀

[@youngmoneyclutch]

from the moment we got Russ i knew he wasn’t gonna fit. would’ve loved to see it work since he is a hof pg but you can’t force a square peg in a round hole

[@august6281]

the bench 3 of Kahwi, PG, Wall didn't last a season. It's a shame.

[@jayus2033]

Russ is better trust

[@Shoyo_Edits]

@@jayus2033 lol he is 100% but it's so sad watching kawhi and pg getting injuries and not being able to support the franchise when it can healthy very well get a chip.

[@BK22230]

I think if the clips were healthy the three big contenders would be the celtics, nuggs, and clips. They’re bench isn’t bad either

[@Shoyo_Edits]

@@BK22230 yes. The first two games against the suns kawhi was destroying them even without PG. If he hadn't been benched without PG we could have won easily and later when PG came back had been a major contender

[@BK22230]

@@Shoyo_Edits Yea, also your the 3rd clips fan I’ve ever seen in my life. I like you just because you didn’t pick the lakers like everyone else did.

[@chiarosuburekeni9325]

My biggest what if “Big 3” was when Gary Payton and Karl Malone joined the mid 2000s Lakers. I know it was technically more than 3 stars but Malone and Payton count for 0.5 stars each at that point in their careers cuz they were old 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@adekunle4672]

Kobe's ego ruined it for everyone, they then left to see if his ego could win titles, it didn't

[@alexescutia4805]

@@adekunle4672 he did though

[@adekunle4672]

@@alexescutia4805 when he brought his ego down

[@eaglewinnings8003]

Wouldn’t that be a “Big 4”? How is Payton, Malone, Kobe and Shaq a “Big 3?” Lol

[@chiarosuburekeni9325]

@@eaglewinnings8003 did you read my post. I called Payton and Malone 0.5 because they were basically washed at that point. 1 (Kobe)+1(Shaq)+0.5(Malone)+0.5(Payton)= 3

[@SpicyProdYT]

The Nets Fell Apart 💀

[@Grievous_]

Twice 😂🤣💀

[@Cobratate723]

ok?

[@eddiew5018]

3:57 The 3-1 blown lead was actually in 2015, not 2014. In 2014 they choked against the Thunder.

[@theblackmamba8686]

Casual spotted...

[@theblackmamba8686]

It was the Spurs**

[@eddiew5018]

@@theblackmamba8686 What are you talking about? Clippers lost to Thunder in 2014 in 6 and then lost to Rockets in 2015 WCSF in 7.

[@walker68175]

I think pretty much everyone knew Westbrook was a bad fit to begin with on the Lakers. I don't think however that everyone expected for it to be THAT bad. But man, I really wanted it to work, personally. But it wasn't to be.

[@TheGamingShogun]

It was mostly injuries tbh. Both AD and LeBron had multiple injuries that year

[@arikejoja9461]

Facts

[@TheNorthie]

It felt like people ignored it until the first few games. Then it was blatantly obvious to everyone this wasn’t gonna work.

[@MichaelDelfin0]

NAH, I saw lakers fan celebrating like they gonna won championship when Westbrook traded to Lakers. Just like when Lakers get new coach over and over again, I saw the saw narrative that they're gonna be a good because they had a good coach(Ham) now, but after a few games they want to fired the coach and had the balls to say that the previous coach(Vogel) is good but they are the one who also hated Vogel and wanted to be fired when he was the coach of the Lakers.

[@walker68175]

@@TheNorthie I mean it was the first few games, so of course you gotta give it a chance. I think the first red flag was when we blew that massive lead and lost against OKC, with that L being the Thunder's first win of the season lol

[@CJBAR29]

Correction: the 2011 vetoed Laker trade would not give Kobe a big three. Pau Gasol would have been traded to the Rockets, as it was a 3-team trade

[@MEma-qd4hl]

But D12 will come in his best season which is 2011.

[@carrastealth]

The Lakers Big 3 attempts were always torn apart by injuries. The Malone and Payton one was derailed by Malone's injury and he never got fully back to form. Prior to Malone going down the Lakers were 20-4 and cruising. The 2012 Lakers were derailed by Nash first getting bulldozed by Isaiah Thomas unnecessarily in the pre-season, and then getting his leg broken in a freak accident by Damian Lillard and then of course Kobe right at the end of the season. If Malone or Nash and by extension Kobe never go down with injury, both those Lakers big threes could have been successful and one of those still made the Finals albeit in a losing effort. So it was more so injuries that derailed them more so than the fits just 'not working'. A TRUE Superteam failure that doesn't have the injury excuse is the 2019 76ers. They had Joel Embiid, Jimmy Butler, Ben Simmons, Tobias Harris, JJ Redick. And they lost to Toronto in a 7 Game Series. And despite Ben Simmons always being a scapegoat of some kind, nobody talked about Embiid's 17 PPG performance on 37% Field Goal Percentage across that entire series. Particularly his 11 point game on 28% Field Goal where he shot the ball 7 times and the 76ers lost by 5.. but Joel escapes criticism for that series. But the 2019 76ers was an actual Superteam fail that had to do with players coming up short more so than injuries.

[@romanramirez7847]

The 2013 Lakers are a really interesting case, as I do agree that they might have gone farther if they all could have stayed healthy. However, I don’t think Kobe and Dwight never really meshed all that well in their play styles, and as teammates. It’s well known that they had beef that season, and I think that would have been a factor that might have held them back in the playoffs.

[@mcoeif]

The 2004 and 2013 Lakers were Big 4's not Big 3's 2004 Shaq, Kobe, Malone, Payton 2013 Kobe, Dwight, Nash, Gasol

[@joelbreuer4906]

As a nets fan for so many years, it hurts every time you show the video of k d's toe. I was there in person and I'm about to cry again.

[@charlottecorday8494]

It's not they would have won the next series, I don't get why people treat that like such a big deal.

[@joelbreuer4906]

@@charlottecorday8494 You think we would've lost to Atlanta? Are you stupid or what where you from

[@rubes147]

@@charlottecorday8494they would’ve won the entire thing easily

[@chefvindurkee9805]

Kobe said it best The goal was to win a championship," Bryant said. "It wasn't to win MVP or anything like that, it was to win a championship. So in that aspect, we failed."

[@AgeraXXX]

This is so well edited, love how you edited this and flowed all the Big 3s together

[@TopDrifter203]

If Kyrie aint go down in the first round against bucks aint no doubt that the nets would have won the title that year

[@deathmarkpejoi]

🧐

[@michaelmonahan1645]

I think your right despite how good Milwaukee was the big 3 of kd harden and kyrie they would have won the title

[@eaglewinnings8003]

How do you “break” an Achilles?

[@ragavmahi]

Dammn Kobe at 34 makes Lebron at 38 look younger lol

[@johnthonig1692]

Lmbbfao LJ looks 50

[@danboing3864]

To be fair to Charles, he said that he wouldn't have counted a championship like that. Not sure how much that means considering they lost, but it's there.

[@dayostical]

Sure, he says that now because they didn't win. Had they gone all the way, he would have hung onto that championship memory for dear life, especially since people always roast him about never winning one.

[@UPFSonic]

13:03 LeBron missed the playoffs in the 2018-19 season

[@ValleyboizAmbassdor]

*He could barely walk" 😂😭 i am still laughing

[@EmilioHA110]

Great video 👏👏

[@JaidenHere.]

This bout to be lit 🔥

[@hungryglass5638]

Bulls players need a year without injuries they didn’t get a chance and I can’t believe this big 3 collapsed like this

[@thepoisonouspotato3631]

I am a HUGE Rockets fan, I think, what if the CP3 trade to lakers happened, that means Pau Gasol would have been on the rockets

[@marceloasensiofilho3833]

Jeremy Lin is a guy I wanted to see what he could be if he was given the chance to be a star at NY

[@kendricksmith4708]

Linsanity was already falling before melo came back. Miami showed it and the rest of the league adjusted. Lin wasn’t a star, and was only a star during that stretch

[@BK22230]

The nets are like the bills of the nba

[@user-jw5qj8kv2y]

The Los Angeles Clippers in the "Lob City" era were a very attractive team. It's such a shame that Chris Paul, Blake Griffin and DeAndre Jordan didn't manage to win a championship with the Clippers.

[@EZNutz]

overrated

[@therealblacksheep330]

2:50 Lebron ain’t never weighed 280 😂😂😂

[@LIFE-fs8zr]

You haven't seen him in 2012 ??? He was like a fucken tnk going at you

[@Soldier979]

He was up there. He bulked up in Miami

[@Bakazmann74]

0:38 Kobe wasn’t 38 in 2012 me and Kobe was the same age and I was 34

[@stevenscummy1458]

Lmao I remember when people had avenger memes about the Lakers with Dwight and Nash, hilarious how that turned out

[@cosmichooligan]

What’s the instrumental that starts at 9:30 when he’s talkin bout the Knicks. It’s so fire

[@kylebritner3013]

In the NBA to win it all you have to have a deep roster with good chemistry and defense having a team ot stars doesn't translate to that besides the early 2010s heat teams. And they still lost 2/4

[@shinysniper9537]

the nuggets proved this the most

[@MannyMensah94]

Dope video

[@Celuta96]

Nah the Hindenburg line was out of pocket 😂 12:44

[@CrankingItWithJeffToobin]

How tf was Mello in his prime in 2017? Buddy tripping

[@mylesmann1124]

New vid let’s go

[@ismailathiam8166]

Love it ❤

[@ed3rrrxP]

This guy is ruthless 😂

[@flaggel00]

You cannot call the 2017 Thunder a big 3. Melo was past his prime at this point.

[@shyguyeli2178]

I was genuinely thinking the exact same song 3:04

[@BK22230]

I think everyone saw the nets with that locker room chemistry

[@bryceyoungenthusiast]

LeBron also missed it in 2019 tho

[@briaunbellows2251]

He was injured

[@simeonroberts2004]

@@briaunbellows2251 but still played majority of the season

[@MrGoddlie]

The only ones I agree with are Brooklyn and the clippers aka lob city. I can't agree Westbrook and the Lakers because the Lakers failed Russ by not allowing him to who he's nature is. He's not a 3rd string yet the team most be build or molded around he's positive abilities

[@hughjass2640]

"Yeah! Let's build a team around an inefficient volume scorer, who needs the ball in his hands at all times to be effective, who turns the ball over constantly, and plays terrible defense" -Some dipshit

[@jackspalding8468]

Lakers brought in Russ to help take the load off of an aging LeBron and an oft-injured Anthony Davis. Most people knew it wasn’t going to work out from the get-go based on the lack of shooting and perimeter defense. Think it absolutely counts as a failed super team since the Lakers management were too caught up in their own heads going star hunting instead of building a quality roster around Bron and AD. What ur saying is the team should’ve built Russ’ strengths which are transition offense and driving to the rim, two traits which require shooting and defense to build around.

[@chagairosen]

Is it only me but the editing becomes better after every vedio

[@gustavoramirez-mendoza832]

5:42 “However KDS big foot step on the line”🤣 lmaoo

[@mosstwig3591]

If the Lakers were a big three, then the Clippers were too. They gained miserably as well since they lost in the first round. Let's not give them a pass like everyone does EVERY YEAR.

[@ROLLUP424]

“His Achilles was broken” 😂😂😂

[@DerSuperStreamer]

Seeing Garnett in a Nets jersey is so weird lol

[@Tayte25]

I feel like the OKC Big 3 of Russ, PG, & Melo should’ve been thumbnail.

[@BallinVlogs]

Carmelo Anthony Needs TO BE NBA RIGHT NOW

[@Tayte3]

yes 👏

[@JamarcusSamuel]

I love watching nonstop

[@quailbaugh]

Great vid! Good work and keep it up. I'd give ya a raise if I could

[@rileykhodadadi7631]

I remember all this bro especially seeING AD ON THE BENCH SO YEA MAN

[@samrobbins782]

The villains in James Bond movies roast is crazy 💀

[@beast24x]

That lakers team with Kobe doesn’t count. Everyone was hurt.

[@bitfrosteseigeheim5605]

Big 3 is going to be a Huge Success in NBA if they played with 3 balls

[@alexanderbrown9440]

you should do how good was Michael Jordan ACTUALLY

[@voidpacer]

4:25 bro just referenced the modern commercials of BK (Burger King) 💀💀💀💀💀

[@isekaiquartet5495]

Clipps choked in 2015. It is the bucks who forced a game 7, not the nets.

[@DRDIII25]

That bulls team would’ve went far in the playoffs if Lonzo didn’t get hurt 💔

[@AsianDoug]

Nah they were 2nd rounders at best.

[@kben101]

Everyone knows about the 2020-21 Brooklyn Nets Big 3

[@KillingInstinct]

People give 2022 Lakers and Kobe’s lakers all the smoke but nobody is giving KD’s nets ANY SMOKE

[@ddmarsh21]

I don’t see Lob City Clips as a fail-they were awesome to watch, DJ gave us one of the best poster dunks ever, J-Corssover broke ankles off the bench, and Tyga gave us a legendary remix to “Rack City”.

[@nickeh8083]

Markkanen-Alen-Mobley, the Clevelands Cavs big 3s was a revulution. Markkanen has kept it going in Utah Jazz.

[@bandito241]

If we get another round of Lakers and the Heat I will cream my pants

[@Riese79]

I dont understand how Carmello has become 10 times all star, his plus minus cant be good. And his shooting was inconsistent

[@12890mrkickass]

It's horrible how they forced people to take that poison

[@JustChristianBlack]

even worse how this guy tried to shame him for not doing it

[@12890mrkickass]

@@JustChristianBlack I know, I was enjoying the video up until that point

[@JuniorSoprano]

Harden so selfish 🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️

[@Kmk-ky9le]

Westbrook's chemistry with lebron and AD was the worst ever

[@jbizz80]

Most of the players in this video didn't "join" teams. They were traded there. The verbiage matters.

[@Gabeyreal]

Here I am clicking on this video thinking he meant "big man threes that failed miserably"

[@louiedoestuf]

2019 76ers left the chat

[@ryuji1615]

To me nothing will take the cake over OKC being up 3x1 against the 73-9 warrios with Russell, KD in their prime, with Steve Adams and Serge Ibaka in their roster and somehow still lost to the warrios.

[@multiyapples]

It’s a shame some of these players never won a ring.

[@charlesdavidmazon2690]

12:45 In my opinion, the reason why Westbrook failed in Lakers Big 3 is because he can't accept that he was the 3rd or 4th option of the team. He wants to be the main man of the team even though you already got LeBron and AD.

[@morpheusrising9534]

I'm sorry we gotta stop calling aging superstars past their prime coming together a big anything because it almost always ends in injury. Like the 04 Lakers

[@jbean9564]

Taco fall is a big 3 all in 1 guy

[@joesakic91]

Now, add the Suns with Kevin Durant, Devin Booker, and Bradley Beal.

[@actioninmyphannypack]

Half these teams werent even Big 3s

[@dillianvinci7827]

4:25 BK Have it your way You Rule!

[@bananaman281]

Calling tht bulls team a real big 3 is a stretch

[@lily-uh2pl]

Can a you make a story about giannis

[@Anon-qp3kt]

You need 1 superstar, 2 max with the rest being very productive role players. MJ had Scottie then added Dennis, Harper and the rest of the guys knew that they weren’t the bus driver

[@FightEuphoria]

Carmelo was not in his prime when he was in OKC lol

[@hiyas1027]

Clippers big 3 only worked in NBA 2k, they're really annoying in that game in hof difficultly.

[@jbean9564]

Why the title about Yao ming

[@jaydenvalssaint4544]

Can you make how good was Patrick Ewing the man who carried the Knicks🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@whyamihere6969]

for the clippers i dont think that its Chris DeAndre ore Blake i think that it was doc rivers

[@danteperry7692]

I Thought NBA Big 3 could Build a Superteam Like Always be the Best but still things Could not Work Together as Team and Failed as a Superteam.

[@jasper7424]

Nets has a big chance to win ring because the big 3 click together but Irving drama is too much to handle. I hope the nets in the future win a championship.

[@Kyriesnumber1fan]

the nets shouldve won the title in 2021 but injury is what stopped them.

[@CRAiCED.]

What's with the lopsided audio on this video?

[@nuwgs]

small children in the school yard is outrageous

[@kr2731]

Since the 08 boston celtics big 3’s are the holy grail of every GM? Are you sure?

[@shauncameron8390]

It worked for Miami with LeBron, DWade and Bosh.

[@kr2731]

@@shauncameron8390 what i mean is big 3’s are common in the league waaaaaayy before the 08 celtics

[@kylecombs2187]

bro westbrook shot like a stormtrooper in the 2022 season. That was soooo bad

[@shauncameron8390]

3:58 That was 2015.

[@TonySiragusa99]

Lebron was never 280 pounds.

[@Steve_305]

Forgot to mention 2017 Bulls when they had Butler, Wade and Rondo

[@Blaze302]

aint no way

[@benni.fly_]

What about beal, kuzma and porzingis

[@BlackFlash7]

LeBron was never 280 lol

[@ctcards2636]

The Knicks are finally coming back to life as an organization after we got Mello'd years ago. :-P lol

[@jonmiller4361]

You kept saying all star while showing Lanzo Ball 😅