The Real Big Three Rankings: 2012, Vol 1

(Who doesn't belong here? Hint - it's NOT Mario Chalmers)


I iintroduced 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.  But here we are: new year, new season - is Miami still tops?  You'll see in our first update (below) that the answer is yes, but it's not the three Heat players who you'd expect.

1	Miami	LeBron James-Chris Bosh-Mario Chalmers	6.2
2	Chicago	Derrick Rose-Carlos Boozer-Luol Deng	6.0
3	Lakers	Kobe Bryant-Pau Gasol-Andrew Bynum	5.9
4	Philadelphia	Andre Iguodala-Louis Williams-Spencer Hawes	5.8
5	Oklahoma City	Kevin Durant-James Harden-Russell Westbrook	5.7
6	Orlando	Ryan Anderson-Dwight Howard-Hedo Turkoglu/J.J. Redick	5.6
7	Minnesota	Kevin Love-Luke Ridnour-Ricky Rubio	5.5
8	Atlanta	Joe Johnson-Josh Smith-Al Horford	4.9
9	Portland	LaMarcus Aldridge-Gerald Wallace/Nicolas Batum/Wesley Matthews	4.6
10	Denver	Danilo Gallinari-Ty Lawson-Andre Miller/Al Harrington	4.5
11	Houston	Kyle Lowry-Samuel Dalembert-Kevin Martin	4.5
12	Dallas	Dirk Nowitzki-Jason Terry-Ian Mahinmi	4.3
13	New York	Tyson Chandler-Carmelo Anthony-Josh Harrellson/Amar'e Stoudemire	4.3
14	Utah	Paul Millsap-Al Jefferson-Josh Howard	4.0
15	Toronto	Jose Calderon-Andrea Bargnani-Amir Johnson	3.9
16	Clippers	Chris Paul-Blake Griffin-DeAndre Jordan	3.7
17	Indiana	Paul George-David West/Darren Collison/Roy Hibbert/George Hill	3.7
18	San Antonio	Tony Parker-DeJuan Blair-Richard Jefferson	3.6
19	Memphis	Marc Gasol-Tony Allen-Mike Conley	3.5
20	Phoenix	Marcin Gortat-Steve Nash-Jared Dudley	3.4
21	Cleveland	Anderson Varejao-Kyrie Irving-Antawn Jamison	3.4
22	Boston	Ray Allen-Rajon Rondo-Brandon Bass	3.1
23	Milwaukee	Brandon Jennings-Jon Leuer-Carlos Delfino	2.8
24	Detroit	Greg Monroe-Jonas Jerebko-Rodney Stuckey	2.7
25	New Orleans	Jarrett Jack-Emeka Okafor-Carl Landry	2.6
26	Golden State	David Lee-Brandon Rush-Nate Robinson	2.6
27	New Jersey	Kris Humphries-MarShon Brooks-Jordan Farmar	2.5
28	Charlotte	D.J. Augustin-D.J. White-Byron Mullens	2.3
29	Sacramento	Marcus Thornton/Tyreke Evans/DesMarcus Cousin	1.8
30	Washington	JaVale McGee-Trevor Booker-Chris Singleton	1.7