The Real Big Three Rankings: 2012, Volume 2

I introduced my Real Big Three Rankings last season to determine whether Miami's much ballyhooed trio of LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh really was the NBA's top threesome.  The math behind it was fairly simple - I took the three top Win Share (yes, I'm a fan of that advanced stat) earners of each team, added them up and saw which NBA threesome "won" the most games for their team.  And in the end, the Miami Three were the league's best last year.  In the first edition of our 2012 rankings, Miami still came out on top, but Wade's place was taken by Mario Chalmers.  Update two is here, and you'll see Wade has once again taken his rightful place among the Heat's Big Three.  And sorry Jeremy Lin fans - Linsanity hasn't taken over the rankings.... yet.


(number in brackets is team's place in previous rankings)

1	(1)	Miami	LeBron James-Chris Bosh-Dwyane Wade	15.9
2	(5)	Oklahoma City	Kevin Durant-James Harden-Russell Westbrook	14.4
3	(6)	Orlando	Ryan Anderson-Dwight Howard-J.J. Redick	13.1
4	(3)	Lakers	Pau Gasol-Kobe Bryant-Andrew Bynum	12.8
5	(2)	Chicago	Derrick Rose-Carlos Boozer-Joakim Noah	12.7
6	(9)	Portland	LaMarcus Aldridge-Nicolas Batum-Gerald Wallace	11.7
7	(7)	Minnesota	Kevin Love-Ricky Rubio-Nikola Pekovic	11.4
7	(16)	Clippers	Chris Paul-Blake Griffin-DeAndre Jordan	11.4
9	(4)	Philadelphia	Andre Iguodala-Louis Williams-Thaddeus Young	11.1
10	(19)	Memphis	Marc Gasol-Mike Conley-Rudy Gay	10.2
11	(13)	New York	Tyson Chandler-Landry Fields-Carmelo Anthony	10.1
12	(11)	Houston	Kyle Lowry-Kevin Martin-Samuel Dalembert	9.8
13	(20)	Phoenix	Marcin Gortat-Steve Nash-Jared Dudley	9.7
14	(18)	San Antonio	Tony Parker-Tim Duncan-Matt Bonner/Tiago Splitter	9.2
15	(22)	Boston	Paul Pierce-Kevin Garnett-Ray Allen	8.7
16	(12)	Dallas	Dirk Nowitzki-Shawn Marion-Jason Terry	8.6
17	(10)	Denver	Danilo Gallinari-Ty Lawson-Andre Miller	8.4
17	(17)	Indiana	Danny Granger-Roy Hibbert-Paul George/David West	8.4
19	(14)	Utah	Paul Millsap-Al Jefferson-Gordon Hayward	8.3
20	(8)	Atlanta	Josh Smith-Jeff Teague-Joe Johnson	8.2
21	(24)	Detroit	Greg Monroe-Rodney Stuckey-Jonas Jerebko	7.9
22	(27)	New Jersey	Deron Williams-Kris Humphries-Jordan Farmar	7.1
23	(21)	Cleveland	Anderson Varejao-Kyrie Irving-Antawn Jamison	7.0
24	(15)	Toronto	Jose Calderon-Amir Johnson-Ed Davis	6.6
24	(26)	Golden State	David Lee-Stephen Curry-Monta Ellis	6.6
26	(23)	Milwaukee	Brandon Jennings-Ersan Ilyasova-Carlos Delfino	6.4
27	(30)	Washington	JaVale McGee-Trevor Booker-Nick Young/John Wall	5.1
28	(25)	New Orleans	Jarrett Jack-Emeka Okafor-Gustavo Ayon	4.9
29	(29)	Sacramento	DeMarcus Cousins-Tyreke Evans-Marcus Thornton/Jason Thompson	4.7
30	(28)	Charlotte	Derrick Brown-D.J. White-Byron Mullens	2.4