In 2007, Pierce, Garnett and Ray Allen formed the Big Three, winning the coveted championship in their first year together. Three years later, James, Wade and Bosh formed the Big Three, and they worked together for 4 years, reaching the finals for 4 consecutive years and winning two championships.
The same three stars team up to compete for the championship, the Heat Big Three has been criticized, some people say that they have created a precedent for hugging the group, but the Celtic Big Three is often ignored by people, they are rarely criticized, obviously they formed the Big Three first, why do everyone scold the Heat Big Three? I think there are three reasons for this:
First, age and status vary greatly
A season before the Celtic Triumvirate:
Pierce, 29, averaged 25 points, 5.9 rebounds, 4.1 assists, 1 steal, 0.3 blocks per game, shot 43.9 percent from the field, and led the Celtics to a 24-58 record, ranking first in the East and second-to-last in the league, and he was not selected as an All-Star, nor was he named to the Best Team and the Best Defensive Team.
Garnett, 30, averaged 22.4 points, 12.8 rebounds, 4.1 assists, 1.2 steals and 1.7 blocks per game, shooting 47.6 percent from the field, leading the Timberwolves to a 32-50 record, third from the bottom of the West, and was named to the All-Star Team, Best Team Second Team and Best Defensive Team Second Team.
At the age of 31, Allen averaged 26.4 points, 4.5 rebounds, 4.1 assists, 1.5 steals and 0.2 blocks per game, shooting 43.8 percent from the field, leading the Supersonics to a 31-51 record, ranking second from the bottom of the West and being named an All-Star, but not in the All-Team and Defensive Teams.
A season before the Heat Big Three:
James, 25, averaged 29.7 points, 7.3 rebounds, 8.6 assists, 1.6 steals and 1 block per game, shot 50.3% from the field, led the Cavaliers to a 61-21 record, ranked first in the East and first in the league, he was selected for the Best Team First Team and Best Defensive Team First Team, selected for the All-Star Starting Lineup, and also won the regular season MVP.
Wade, 27, averaged 26.6 points, 4.8 rebounds, 6.5 assists, 1.8 steals and 1.1 blocks per game, shot 47.6 percent from the field, led the Heat to a 47-35 record, ranked fifth in the East, he was named to the Best Team First Team, Best Defensive Second Team, was named to the All-Star Starting Lineup, and ranked third in the MVP list.
Bosh, 25, averaged 24 points, 10.8 rebounds, 2.4 assists, 0. steals and 1 block per game, shooting 51.8 percent from the field, leading the Raptors to a 40-42 record, ranking ninth in the East, not selected for the All-Team and All-Defensive Team, and was only named to the All-Star Team.
The Celtics big three have good data before forming the team, but Pierce and Ray Allen have particularly low shooting percentages, Garnett's shooting rate is also below average, Garnett and Ray Allen have passed the age of standing, and Pierce is almost 30 years old, their status has declined, and when the three of them lead the team, the records of all three teams are in the bottom three, very bad.
On the other hand, the Heat Big Three are young and strong, the oldest Wade is only 27 years old, they performed particularly well before forming the team, James led the Cavaliers to the first place in the East, selected for the double, won the regular season MVP, Wade ranked third in the MVP list, and Bosh averaged a double-double of 24+10 per game. They are all at their peak, with good results and personal data, and Bosh, who led the team with the worst results, also achieved ninth in the East, much better than the Celtics's big three single-core team to lead the top three.
From the perspective of age and status, when the Celtics Triumvirate teamed up, the fans felt that three old boys were fighting hard to realize their dreams, and when the Heat Triumvirate teamed up, the fans felt that all three of you were at your peak, but chose to take shortcuts, which was not shameful to the fans.
Second, the difference between the will of the team and the will of the individual
Before the Celtics triumvirate formed, pierce-led Celtics, Garnett-led Timberwolves and Ray Allen-led supersonics have not made the playoffs for at least two consecutive years, and the record is getting worse and worse every year, the team adheres to the principle of "no break, no standing", and made up its mind to make the team change dramatically.
The Celtics decided to stud, the Timberwolves and Supersonics decided to trade the star into the rebuilding period, and finally the Celtics used Szebiac, DeRonte West, rookie Jeff Green, from the supersonics to exchange Ray Allen and rookie Glen Davis, with Gerald Green, Theo Ratliff, Ryan Gomez, Al Jefferson and Sebastian Telfer, plus a 2009 first-round draft pick and some cash in exchange for Garnett. The Celtic Big Three are officially formed, and the Timberwolves and Supersonics are in the rebuilding period.
The Celtic Trio's willingness to form a team is greater than their personal will, if it were not for the Celtics who wanted to form the Big Three, Garnett and Ray Allen might also be traded for the team to rebuild, but would not join the Celtics at the same time, and Pierce formed the Big Three.
The Heat Big Three are the complete opposite, James, Wade and Bosh are very good friends, they privately discussed to play together, when Wade had a contract, James and Bosh can leave the team freely, and finally James and Bosh disregarded the retention of their old owners, resolutely joined the Heat, forming the Heat Big Three, their personal will is far greater than the team's will.
Third, James's influence
In fact, the Heat Big Three is the most scolded is James, Wade was originally the heat's star, James and Bosh joined his team, there is nothing to black. Bosh is the weakest of the three giants, the smallest coffee position, the worst influence, fans and black fans are relatively few, and they are rarely scolded.
James was the most scolded because his influence was too great - before joining the Heat, James had led the Cavaliers to a Finals, under his leadership, the Cavaliers have always been a strong team in the East, he has been selected for many consecutive years, selected for the All-Star starting lineup, won the scoring king, won the regular season MVP in 2009 and 2010, he has gradually become the façade of the NBA.
As a player who is only 25 years old, a player who has just led the Cavaliers to the first place in the league and won the regular season MVP, James chose to leave the Cavaliers and join the Heat with Bosh to form the Big Three, when he got the regular season MVP, it means that he has been recognized by most people as the strongest player in the league, but as the strongest player, he chose the easiest way to win the championship, which is not the behavior of the strong.
If it is not James who forms the big three with Wade and Bosh, the public opinion pressure faced by the heat team will be much smaller, but there is no if, James, who calls himself "King", has already had the domineering spirit of King's Landing before this, but the act of joining the Heat is like a king taking the initiative to submit to another king, there is no domineering at all.
Write at the end
In fact, before the Heat Big Three, there have been many times the phenomenon of stars piling up to compete for the championship, but these stars have either passed the peak period, or the team has chosen itself, from rookies to stars, and has never been like the Heat Big Three, which has refreshed people's lower limits, and it is normal to be scolded.
Every player wants to be a winner, when the Heat Big Three use the lineup advantage to beat others, others in order to win also began to recruit other stars to play together, resulting in the peak of the star group become the norm, and even some stars in order to be able to join other teams and the old club against the old club, forcing the old club to trade themselves, etc., the league atmosphere has been damaged.
James was later eaten up by his own hugging atmosphere, in 2012, the Heat Big Three defeated the Thunder Three Less, James won the first championship and the first FMVP, Durant's first championship and the first FMVP have not arrived. Later, he also learned from James to take shortcuts, and in 2017, he led the Warriors to defeat James's Cavaliers, and won the first championship and the first FMVP as desired, and he led the Warriors to sweep the Cavaliers led by James in 2018, winning the championship and FMVP again, just like James in the Heat of that year.
Durant's behavior of joining the Warriors is worse than James's joining the Heat, but if it were not for the fact that James joined the Heat at that time to refresh everyone's lower limit and make everyone accustomed to the peak of the group, Durant would not have risked the world to join the Warriors, as Barkley said when commenting on the riding war: "James opened the wave of hugging, and now it is eaten back."