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After a week of talking about rookies, Fred discusses the five best NBA threesomes in this week's Mad Dog's Top Five. Don't just look at the total points here -- Mad Dog looks at more than scoring with these guys. Any ideas on future topics for the Mad Dog in this feature, e-mail us and we'll get Fred on the case. By the way, Fred makes his ESPN.com audio chat debut with us Thursday at 4 p.m. ET, and will be chatting with NBA editor Eric Karabell each week. But we need a catchy name for the show. If you have one, tell us by clicking here and maybe we will use it. Here's this week's Mad Dog's Top Five.
Reader comments so far on Mad Dog's Top Five:
Regarding Fred Carter's top trios in the league, I've noticed he missed out on Miami's trio.
It's true that Tim Hardaway may be injured but once he gets back in the game, the trio of Hardaway, Alonzo Mourning and Jamal Mashburn may rank up there also. Mashburn has been having a phenomenal season so far due to league rule changes. Alonzo is the hardworker that he is and the best center in the East. I honestly feel that when it comes to crunch time this team will be scary basically because of those rule changes, people will have to lay off Hardaway because he is an outside threat or can drive by you.
I was lauding your inclusion of Dallas' trio of Finley, Dirk Diggler, and Ceballos. Finley is having an all-star year, and Nowitzki should win the NBA's Most Improved Player award. He is third in scoring among second-year players behind Vince Carter and Paul Pierce. Ceballos is just the ultimate garbage man. I think that Tornoto's young trio of Vince Carter, Tracy McGrady, and Antonio Davis deserves some credit as respectable triple threat as well.Chris Myers Dallas
How could Fred Carter leave the trio of Kevin Garnett, Stephon Marbury and Tom Gugliotta out of his list? Oh wait...
What about Sprewell, Houston and Camby (or Ewing) for the best threesome? The only better threesome is Milwaukee.
Not bad, but I would have to include Sacramento's Webber, Williams and Divac. I think these three guys can wipe the floor with those guys from Dallas. And then there's San Antonio. How about Robinson, Duncan, and any guard that shows up that night. Duncan and Robinson are such a force that they just need that third guy to hit his threes when they dish it out to him. As for Portland, they're so stacked that it's hard to pick out just three. But you would have to go with Pippen, Wallace and Smith. Now that's a threesome.
In regard to NBA threesomes, one of the best might be one of the oldest: Karl Malone, John Stockton and Jeff Hornacek. They combine for 51.9 ppg and their combined assist/TO ratio is better than 2-1. These guys can still play. A young combo might be the Celtics' Antoine Walker, Paul Pierce and Kenny Anderson. They average 54 ppg, 4.16 steals per game, and are getting better.
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