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There was much ado over Miami's "Big Three" heading in to this season.  Almost as much has been made over their "struggles" in the early going.  So are LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh Bosh really the NBA's top threesome?  And, if not, are they struggling as bad as people are making them out to be.  That is what I'm looking to discover with this new, ongoing feature - The Real Big Three Rankings.  It's fairly simple - I take the three top Win Score (yes, I'm a fan of that advanced stat) earners of each team, add them up and see which NBA threesome have won the most games for their team so far.  You'll find the first round of results below.

1 Lakers Pau Gasol-Lamar Odom-Kobe Bryant 10
2 Utah Deron Williams-Paul Millsap-Al Jefferson  9.2
3 Miami LeBron James-Chris Bosh-Dwyane Wade 9
4 Dallas Dirk Nowitzi-Tyson Chandler-Jason Terry 8.4
5 San Antonio Manu Ginobili-Richard Jefferson-Tony Parker 8.2
6 Atlanta Al Horford-Josh Smith-Mike Bibby 8.2
7 New Orleans Chris Paul-David West-Emeka Okafor 7.9
8 Boston Paul Pierce-Keving Garnett-Rajon Rondo/Ray Allen 7.8
9 New York Amar'e Stoudemire-Ramond Felton-Danilo Gallinari 7.6
10 Orlando Dwight Howard-Jameer Nelson-Brandon Bass 7.2
11 Oklahoma City Russell Westbrook-Serge Ibaka-Kevin Durant 6.7
12 Chicago Joakim Noah-Derrick Rose-Luol Deng 6.4
13 Memphis Marc Gasol-Rudy Gay-Mike Conley 6.4
14 Phoenix Steve Nash-Jason Richardson-Grant Hill/Hakim Warrick 6
15 Denver Nene-Carmelo Anthony-Arron Afflalo 5.9
16 Houston Kevin Martin-Luis Scola-Brad Miller 5.9
17 Charlotte D.J. Augustin-Tyrus Thomas-Gerald Wallace/Stephen Jackson 5.3
18 Indiana Roy Hibbert-Danny Granger-Mike Dunleavy 5.2
19 New Jersey Devin Harris-Kris Humphries-Brook Lopez/Anthony Morrow 5.1
20 Portland Andre Miller-LaMarcus Aldridge-Bradon Roy/Marcus Camby 5.1
21 Clippers Eric Gordon-Blake Griffin-DeAndre Jordan/Craig Smith 4.9
22 Toronto Amir Johnson-Jose Calderon-DeMar DeRozan 4.6
23 Minnesota Kevin Love-Anthony Tolliver-Luke Ridnour 4.3
24 Milwaukee Brandon Jennings-Andrew Bogut-Ersan Ilyasova 4
25 Detroit Rodney Stuckney-Tayshaun Prince-Charlie Villanueva 3.9
26 Washington JaVale McGee-Nick Young-Kirk Hinrich 3.5
27 Cleveland Daniel Gibson-Anderson Varejao-Ryan Hollins 3.3
28 Sacramento Beno Udrih-Francisco Garcia-Omri Casspi 2.8
29 Philadelphia Elton Brand-Jrue Holiday-Andrei Iguodala 2.5
30 Golden State Andris Biedrins-Monta Ellis-Stephen Curry 1.3