I feel like the Davis/cousins pelicans shouldn't be on here because no one viewed them as a superteam. That's like calling the mavs a super team right now because they have Luka and Kyrie
I honestly think the true failed superteam was Kyrie, KD, and Harden. Consider everything the Nets gave up to get Harden and how incredible the team was when all 3 actually played together. But they almost never did! Only 16 games total, across most of 2020-2021 and half of 2021-2022. But between injuries and Kyrie being Kyrie, they never could. As Zach Lowe says, they were the one of the greatest “on paper” teams in recent history, but games aren’t won on paper.
I am of the belief that they had a better shot had they kept Allen, Levert, and Dinwiddie. But Kyrie was going to sabotage that anyway, I guess in the name of his master plan.
That 2022 lakers was so demoralizing because it wasted valuable time that AD and Lebron have together. The second Russ was traded they coincidentally had the best record in the west after the trade deadline and got back to the west finals as the 7th seed.
Nuggets reminds me of the Capitals when they always lose to their demon Penguins in the playoffs until 2018 and then win it all. The Caps maybe irrelevant now but so are the Pens
Had less to do with Westbrook and more with the fact that the Lakers got players who can actually shoot at the deadline. Plus the fact they had the most free throws helped tremendously
Lebron can blame himself for that. Deebo or Buddy Heild were clearly the better fits and everyone called it before Russ ever stepped foot in LA. LeGM got his wish
Facts man that pelicans team in 2018 was so fun to watch I still rmeber the night boogie torn his Achilles I was at a house party and we were all so sad when we heard the news
I kinda agree as DMC had a higher usage rate than AD Scoring, playmaking, rebounding... Gentry overused DMC that’s why he got injured and also why Rondo became better with the playmaking role back in his hands
@@Michael-kw1mz As a Suns fan, Im pretty happy. You dont seem to understand the handcuffs this organization had under Sarver as ownership. This guy could care less about winning and it all started back when he let Joe Johnson go to the Hawks. Last year with less than 20 games for Durant, the Suns did pretty well with him and Booker and as a Suns fan even if it doesnt work, Im happy that the new ownership at least is swinging for the fences and not trying to scrape for pennies. Same thing goes on for the other pro teams in AZ, DBacks have huge TV deals and money, but refuses to spend, Cardinals ownership is willing to spend, but dumb decisions. So yeah, finally feels good the Suns trying to get a super team for a push for a championship. Even if it means several years of mediocrity after this team is done. Why? Because this team sucked anyway before that. Did you know just a few years ago the Suns won 19 games in a whole season? So yeah, dont feel bad for the Suns fans, some are loving this.
As a Pels fan, I remember being so excited for that AD and Demarcus Cousins team. I had faith in Jrue back then so I thought they had the starters and depth to go deep in the playoffs. Not saying championship, but could give all the teams trouble in the playoffs. Granted with that I injury my team wouldn’t have the squad they have currently, but regardless I wonder if DC didn’t get injured, would the front office had run it back with adding new pieces?
Im a Pelicans fan and I was excited about that team too no way they were considered a superteam…I remember sweeping the 3 seed Blazers that year, Jrue and Rondo was locking the Blazers backcourt up all series
The problem was that DMC was overused, Gentry used him as a playmaker on the offense and had a higher usage rate than Anthony Davis. Rondo was at his best only when DMC was out (cause he had the full playmaking role). Anyway I guess even with DMC, Pelicans would have lost against GSW because they had no real small forward. Etwaun Moore was playing SF but his short height was a problem. Nobody on the roster was able to stop KD
Man I really want the Kawhi thing to work out, he’s one of my favorite players and having a championship with the Clippers could be amazing. The Clippers have the starters and bench depth for a deep playoff run, but those injuries aren’t playing well.
@bandito241 lol I've always kinda been a closet Clippers fan since the Darius Miles/Q-Rich days. I've been rooting for them since Miles, Richardson, Andre Miller, Elton Brand, CP3, Blake Griffin, Kawhi and PG, but always seem they have some bad luck
It honestly feel like the Nets and Clippers (along with the Lakers since 2011) have taken shortcuts to win rings but as we have seen throughout history, shortcuts almost *NEVER* win championships.
@@kb-is1jnI hate miami but they’ve always had an established owner and front office with one of the greatest coaches. They also have been a solid drafting team and they are known for turning nobody’s into solid role players. If there was any team that deserved to have a super team it was miami, where the lakers have drafted horribly and made stupid decisions but have lucked into getting lebron and AD due to the market.
2021 nets failed because of injuries. They destroyed the bucks with just kd and kai then kai goes down and an injured harden returns they still pushed bucks to 7.
the problem is a lot of teams don't either have the luck of drafting someone like Giannis or Jokic to build around or the best front offices for drafting creating these forced trades.
they just got lucky lol wait for the real dogs like the clippers to be healthy, jokic will go back to playing euro league in serbia and giannis will be back in greece lmfaooo
Durant Kyrie and Harden do fit the criteria of a failed superteam, because injuries stopped them from accomplishing what they should have, but people then say 2013-14 Nets were superteam. Injuries should BE THE ONLY thing that derails a superteam from winning it all. Neither was the Dwight Kobe and Nash Lakers. That would be like calling this new Warriors a superteam with CP3. People use the word 'superteam' to discredit or give credit to the teams in question whether or not they met expectations.
The Davis , Boogie Cousins era in NOLA , okay come on Andy , that’s kinda like nothing , they hardly even played much together and they shouldn’t even belong on this list , cause we all know what happened after , Demarcus went and signed with golden state , that’s really bullshit for putting those two guys on this list
They were clearly the best team in the league for at least the first 3 years of the big 3. They were winning 60+ games and went to 2 finals, in 2009, KG was injured for the playoffs, if not, that was another finals appearance for them.
As a Nets fans, to see your team on the list not once but Twice is embarrassing. That why drafting players and developing them like the Nuggets is the way to go because that how you build a team. Bringing in Superstars creates problems and ego among them and usually don't plan out. Set the teams back for decades and so on
Nothing beats how disappointing and what a let down that LA clippers Kawhi and PG super team and KD, Kyrie and Harden nets supersteams where, literally EVERYONE called the clippers championship favorites, they called them the “deepest team in the league” with “dogs” and that the Nets and Clippers would battle it for a long time… both haven’t made a finals 😂
nah, '22 Lakers finishing 16 games under .500 is the worst bust of any superteam by far it's the equivalent of _spoiled rich-kid B-boy Fresh who couldn't even manage to borrow a cel phone to call a cab to GET to the dance (let alone do any dancing)_
@@shaft9000 no because you had half the fans saying they where going to be a wash, they called them the retirement lakers and saying they weren’t even a superteam because Westbrook was trash and wasn’t going to fit, nets and clippers had EVERYONE calling them finals opponents for years to come, they where favorites for so many times.
The Westbrook trade singlehandedly saved this last season for the Lakers. Best team in the West after the deadline and as a 7th seed, they made a deep run to the West Finals. Sure, they got swept, but that series vs Denver was very competitive. If Murray and Jokic weren't making ridiculous shots left and right, the Lakers at least should have taken 2 games. You could even argue that it was indeed winnable for Los Angeles. Still overall I'm really proud that we redeemed ourselves last deadline, and I'm actually feeling optimistic about the future. In the midst of the Westbrook saga in '22, it looked hopeless.
Yeah whatever only lakers fans are h00kers and mexican dudes that beat their wives so i don’t blame russ for playing terrible there… only dark energy souls like LeSacrifice could thrive there
@@One.Zero.One101 He has been a bad jump shooter in his entire career, period, especially from long range. It really detracts from his game especially as he ages and slowly but surely losing his athleticism and speed.
@@One.Zero.One101he always had bad shot selection 😂 the problem was taking the ball out of his hands and trying to make him a catch and shoot type of player. He needs the ball in his hands to be effective. Him playing good in the playoffs wasn’t a coincidence, he had the ball in his hands and he was more effective except for the first and last game but he made up for that in the first game by being good at other areas of the court
I mean honestly if there’s one thing we have learned since the start of the NBA Superteam era Is that the Lakers did redeem themselves after winning that 2020 Chip in the bubble , yeah 2021-22 they got ridiculed for having so many old geezers on that team but what they did to trade Westbrook for getting so much depth back this past season was incredible
That would definitely be a super team, but a super team only needs to have two bonafide superstars and one star level player to be considered a super team historically. Not many teams in NBA history have had three superstars in their primes together. Maybe only the late 60s and early 70s Lakers West, Wilt, and Baylor squads tbh.
@@QuestionEverything562 ; OK, a superteam needs 2 superstars and a solid star player. Do these teams qualify from the video? - AD and Cousins on the Pelicans? One superstar, one star and ? Not a superteam. - George and Kawhi are superstars. Who is the star? Not a superteam.
@@bb1111116 I would say neither of those teams were or are super teams. Boogie was never a superstar, and I think PG has never really been a true superstar.
@@bb1111116 When I said, "That would definitely be a super team." I was referring to you saying that three superstars makes a super team, it definitely does. However, I am just saying two superstars and one all-star/star level player is all that is required to be a super team. Look at the late 60s to early Lakers, the 83' 76ers, the 86' Celtics, the 87' Lakers, the 2010-13 Heat, and the 2017-19 Warriors. Those are true super squads to me that fit my parameters. They all had two superstars and one star player configurations.
Mannnnn its rough being a pelicans/original hornets fan. they always get so lucky in the draft lottery and do well drafting (kobe, baron davis, chris paul, anthony davis, zion) but are almost never more than a fringe playoff/1st round exit type of team.
No CLIPPERS in the video? During the lob city days as well when they got Josh Smith. And speaking of Josh Smith. The Rockets as well. With Dwight at Harden and company
If there's one thing, the Lakers were able to redeem themselves after two of the worst superteams like winning the 2020 championship after the failed 2013 team and then the latest is when they made the Playoffs in 2023 after the failed Russell Westbrook experiment.
@@fegismcclaren1632why? Brown is 38 years old and in going into his 21st season. Why is lebron held to such high standards compared to other greats? Jordan was out smoking cigars, gambling and golfing in year 21 😂🤣💀
@@jaguareagle7026 Might be worth even more, considering everyone had to be without their families, basically in solitary isolation, fearing random tests, and no crowds to pump them up.
@@jaguareagle7026Don’t worry buddy, your little small market hoodr@t would do anything to have that ring, but cool we have 16 OTHER CHAMPIONSHIPS to show off!
Lol ikr? Only AD was the superstar, Boogie was just the Bradley Beal of centers in Sac Town collecting meaningless numbers. In no way were they considered a super team by anyone at that point in real time going into that 2017-18 season.
I want to tell myself that it's not that simple, but frankly when I see the last seasons I tell myself that it is: to win, you need two stars, one small and one big, to make pick and roll, etc, both in good health, and talented role players by their side.
One year from now, Andy Hoops will make an new video "The NBA’s WORST Superteams Since 2020". 2023/24 Phoenix Suns featuring Devin Booker, Kevin Durant and Bradley Beal will headline that video.
What about the Clippers CP3, Griffin, and DJ? Were they considered a superteam? They did choke a 3-1 lead to the Rockets. And the superteam now is well, the Suns, anything less than a finals, well, you all know how majority will say about KD.
You know whats the crazy thing…many teams from this list & some not mentioned, the general consensus amongst the average NBA fan when these teams were created was “its not gonna work”!! How can the average NBA fan see this but not organizations that pay professionals millions of dollars!!! Lol
The 2013 Lakers come to mind instantly. The Lakers with Westbrook were not good. It failed miserably. The Clippers with Kawhi and PG were great…………. when they were healthy. But they never were. Kawhi and PG almost never saw the court due to injury. That was a botched duo. No way you put KD, Irving, and Simmons on here. 😂
That LAL super team was old as hell. Nash was injured and so was Howard. Nash retired the season after and Howard left. Gasol wasn’t near allstar form. Kobe was playing injured the time.
No offense to Andy, but most of these teams were not even super teams. The 2013 Retirement Home Nets, 2018 OKC We Need More Balls 3, the 2018 Injury Bonafide AD Boogie Pelicans, and the 2020-23 Kawhi+Backboard P Clippers were NOT super teams. None of them had the amalgamation of two bonafide superstars and one perennial all-star or star level player. The 2013 Nets was jokingly dubbed a super team despite not having a single superstar. The only true super teams of the 2010s were the 2010-2013 Heat, the 2012-13 Lakers, and the 2016-19 Warriors. Then if you want to count the 2020-2022 Nets, that would be for the 2020s. Those Nets with KD, Harden, and Irving were definitely a super team. Not the Ben Simmons version, wtf Andy lol. The 2021-22 Lakers were also a super team that failed in epic fashion in the 2020s.
The 2012 Lakers were torn asunder by injuries, so we have no idea if it would have worked or not. A healthy non-injured Steve Nash being the guy left open off ball changes the entire dynamic of that team, like he did for the 2nd half of the season on one leg.
I remember a season of 2k I was on that old super team off the Nets. Made the post season but the team was so slow we couldn't set up on defense and just got ran off the court
Watching the underrated Nuggets sweep the overrated Lakers was so sweet to watch. I dont think Ive been so immersed into a NBA playoff like this year. JOkic and the Nuggets represented the smaller franchises that mainstream media refuses to highlight. The more they won, the more MSM got exposed for their bad takes and bias. The NBA is going in a much better direction now and the Nuggets are a great team to lead it. Teamworkd, hard work, defense, passing, unselfish, humble, post up play, etc. Rules are changing and a new era of basketball has begun. Im watchin the NBA again.
The Nets with KD,Simmons, Kyrie were a 2nd seed before KD got injured and suddenly Kyrie demand a trade, they were actually pretty good. Do some research LOL
When i see Cousins + AD i just knew Clippers will be on here. When did parity in the NBA when every team had 2 stars become a superteam? Andy moving mad right now Andy is also a liar cos Kawhi asked for Westbrook and PG on the Raptors.
There's always debate on the nets having the oldest superteam in history. Like what are you going to have the oldest superteam , competing a championship. But the NBA stepped in to stop seeing trades for making super teams again adding the CBA Rules.
Another thing with superteams, people will fail to say that the Dennis Rodman Bulls teams were a superteam because he was an all star caliber player who helped Jordan win 3 titles, but Durant led Warriors were. To discredit Durant and to add credit to Jordans legacy.
Two reasons they say that: - Neither Pippen or Rodman were the caliber of player that a franchise builds around. - Pippen wasn't even drafted by the Bulls; the Sonics traded him away for Olden Polynice (!). His potential on D didn't show much until playoffs of his 2nd yr, and consistency until his 3rd year in '89-90 = the first yr under Phil Jackson.
Bruh, Rodman was the Draymond Green of the 90s Bulls. After his great 1996 season, in 97 and 98 he was declining hard and often not starting in playoff games because of his loss of focus. Kukoc often started over him. The 90s Bulls were at no point a super team, Rodman was not a star player going into the 1995-96 season. He was a controversial maniac just about out of the league if not for the Bulls. The Bulls only traded Will Perdue for Rodman. That's it....
@@QuestionEverything562 And it isn't like Jordan and Pippen lobbied for the trade considering almost anyone related to the Bad Boy Pistons weren't exactly their favorite people. Rodman was such a wild card and probably only Phil Jackson could have made it work with the lure of a championship. If Rodman didn't buy in he could have torpedoed the whole thing just by being a distraction, or more of one.
@@QuestionEverything562 sadly that’s the joke of it. They went all in for a B team. Similar to the geriatric Nets team. They sold everything to be playoff worthy at best!
I like Paul George game but honestly he hasn't been the same since he broke his leg in that one game... he still a great player and all star but pre injury Paul seemed like he could become an all time great
Feel like super teams that failed due to injury shouldn’t count. The 2022 lakers also had terrible injury luck w bron and Ad, the Kawhi pg clippers, boogie cousins and ad, even the 2013 lakers.
You should talk the seaskn mavs put antoine walker and antawn jamison with Dirk in a non center team.Didn't work as well.But the trades assets of AJ and AW led to Tyson chandler ,Jason Terry ,Marion and Kidd..and the rest is histiry.
Next superteam (that will fail) prediction: Raptors get Steph, LeBron and KD. Everyone but Scottie, Gradey Dick, and for unknown reasons Gary Trent Jr get traded or waived. Drake makes money. Two Canadian media companies make money. Fans get let down... But, we're used to that kinda thing.
halfway into the video and only a single actual possible super team was listed.... you hand picked teams that didnt even reach the super team criteria for a longer video. ad and cousins werent a super team. two players do not make a super team. off the bench russ on the lakers isnt a super team. kawhi and pg arent a super team. having two all star talent players does not make a super team.
I still have some hope for the Clippers but man they've been so disappointing the past few years. That loss to the Nuggets in the bubble was so terrible.
Whenever a superteam fails, I laugh Especially when these "very smart" and "high bbal IQ" players push for a superteam that even casual fans know its not going to work
Westbrook/George/Melo was not a super team nor a failed super team. I classify a super team as 3 CURRENT All-NBA/All-Defensive team players on the same team. And a failed super team is a team that has 3 All-NBA/All-Defensive players from the season prior and it n mot working out. Melo’s last All-NBA/All-Defensive team was the 2012/13 season. Davis and Cousins. Not close to a super team even if they make/made an All-NBA/All-Defensive team. That’s only 2 players. Not 3. Russ, AD, Bron wasn’t a super team or failed super team either. Russ made All-NBA/All-Defensive in 2020. Not 2021, the year prior to joining LA. PG and Kawhi. Again. That’s 2. Not 3. Doesn’t qualify for my standards. Although there’s a bunch of names. It wasn’t a failed super team. None of them even made All-NBA/All-Defensive in 2013. Not a single one of them. Not a super team/failed super team.
5:04 "...and immediately after they traded him away, they got better." LOL. DAMN RIGHT THEY GOT BETTER. They may have been swept in the WCF, but they reached the WCF still.
I feel like the Davis/cousins pelicans shouldn't be on here because no one viewed them as a superteam. That's like calling the mavs a super team right now because they have Luka and Kyrie
Superteam is a team with 3 hofers and superstars. Mavs and pels had two stars.
They also had jrue and rondo (although past his prime). I feel jrue makes them at least 2andahalf superstars :)
@@maartenvzand randle
At the time EVERYONE viewed Davis/Cousins as a superteam lmao why do yall rewrite history so much?
@@DIAB10mtmgno the hell we didn’t! We said they have a chance to take out GS since The Warriors had no bigs
I honestly think the true failed superteam was Kyrie, KD, and Harden. Consider everything the Nets gave up to get Harden and how incredible the team was when all 3 actually played together. But they almost never did! Only 16 games total, across most of 2020-2021 and half of 2021-2022. But between injuries and Kyrie being Kyrie, they never could. As Zach Lowe says, they were the one of the greatest “on paper” teams in recent history, but games aren’t won on paper.
I thought they were minimum a 2 title team. That shit lasted like a calendar year😂😂
Not really since the 21-22 was guaranteed championship if not for the injuries
They really was a good super team but could not play games all together.
@@emayan06 yea
I am of the belief that they had a better shot had they kept Allen, Levert, and Dinwiddie. But Kyrie was going to sabotage that anyway, I guess in the name of his master plan.
That 2022 lakers was so demoralizing because it wasted valuable time that AD and Lebron have together. The second Russ was traded they coincidentally had the best record in the west after the trade deadline and got back to the west finals as the 7th seed.
And got swept.
@@Marlowe10100by the eventual champions
Nuggets reminds me of the Capitals when they always lose to their demon Penguins in the playoffs until 2018 and then win it all. The Caps maybe irrelevant now but so are the Pens
Had less to do with Westbrook and more with the fact that the Lakers got players who can actually shoot at the deadline. Plus the fact they had the most free throws helped tremendously
Lebron can blame himself for that. Deebo or Buddy Heild were clearly the better fits and everyone called it before Russ ever stepped foot in LA. LeGM got his wish
In his prime, DeMarcus Cousins was truly the best center in the league.
I loved the Pelicans with Davis, Cousins, Rondo and Holiday...
They also had Julius randle too
Facts man that pelicans team in 2018 was so fun to watch I still rmeber the night boogie torn his Achilles I was at a house party and we were all so sad when we heard the news
@@TheBlankEvolvedthat was not the same year! They chose to sign Randle instead of giving cousins a contract the following year
Rondo had a game with 25 assist that season throwing lobs to AD and Boogie
I kinda agree as DMC had a higher usage rate than AD
Scoring, playmaking, rebounding...
Gentry overused DMC that’s why he got injured and also why Rondo became better with the playmaking role back in his hands
Feels like we will be seeing KD, Booker and Beal on this list soon
No doubt. I feel for the Sun's fans.
@@Michael-kw1mz As a Suns fan, Im pretty happy. You dont seem to understand the handcuffs this organization had under Sarver as ownership. This guy could care less about winning and it all started back when he let Joe Johnson go to the Hawks. Last year with less than 20 games for Durant, the Suns did pretty well with him and Booker and as a Suns fan even if it doesnt work, Im happy that the new ownership at least is swinging for the fences and not trying to scrape for pennies. Same thing goes on for the other pro teams in AZ, DBacks have huge TV deals and money, but refuses to spend, Cardinals ownership is willing to spend, but dumb decisions. So yeah, finally feels good the Suns trying to get a super team for a push for a championship. Even if it means several years of mediocrity after this team is done. Why? Because this team sucked anyway before that. Did you know just a few years ago the Suns won 19 games in a whole season? So yeah, dont feel bad for the Suns fans, some are loving this.
@@SillysoftYou won't win a championship without a point guard. 2nd round exit next season.
I think Durant, Booker and Paul is a better trio
Unless that trio learns how to pass, they don’t have a shot getting out of the second round.
As a Pels fan, I remember being so excited for that AD and Demarcus Cousins team. I had faith in Jrue back then so I thought they had the starters and depth to go deep in the playoffs. Not saying championship, but could give all the teams trouble in the playoffs. Granted with that I injury my team wouldn’t have the squad they have currently, but regardless I wonder if DC didn’t get injured, would the front office had run it back with adding new pieces?
As a pels fan we are cursed
Im a Pelicans fan and I was excited about that team too no way they were considered a superteam…I remember sweeping the 3 seed Blazers that year, Jrue and Rondo was locking the Blazers backcourt up all series
The problem was that DMC was overused, Gentry used him as a playmaker on the offense and had a higher usage rate than Anthony Davis. Rondo was at his best only when DMC was out (cause he had the full playmaking role).
Anyway I guess even with DMC, Pelicans would have lost against GSW because they had no real small forward. Etwaun Moore was playing SF but his short height was a problem. Nobody on the roster was able to stop KD
I don't think you can call a duo a superteam, unless they have an amaizing supporting cast.
Gretzky and kurri
Man I really want the Kawhi thing to work out, he’s one of my favorite players and having a championship with the Clippers could be amazing. The Clippers have the starters and bench depth for a deep playoff run, but those injuries aren’t playing well.
Not a Clippers fan but I agree. The league is better with them being healthy and being a bane in everyone existence.
@bandito241 lol I've always kinda been a closet Clippers fan since the Darius Miles/Q-Rich days. I've been rooting for them since Miles, Richardson, Andre Miller, Elton Brand, CP3, Blake Griffin, Kawhi and PG, but always seem they have some bad luck
As a Nets fan, for us to appear twice on this list is pure pain, although the Lakers should be on here twice too with the Kobe/Nash/Dwight team
It honestly feel like the Nets and Clippers (along with the Lakers since 2011) have taken shortcuts to win rings but as we have seen throughout history, shortcuts almost *NEVER* win championships.
Lol and Miami did not take shortcuts??😂😂😂
@@kb-is1jnI hate miami but they’ve always had an established owner and front office with one of the greatest coaches. They also have been a solid drafting team and they are known for turning nobody’s into solid role players. If there was any team that deserved to have a super team it was miami, where the lakers have drafted horribly and made stupid decisions but have lucked into getting lebron and AD due to the market.
@@basketballaddict2885why u hate miami? must be a celtics or bulls fan 😂😂 (dont get mad lmao just playing with u)
Lakers won a chip lmao
2021 nets failed because of injuries. They destroyed the bucks with just kd and kai then kai goes down and an injured harden returns they still pushed bucks to 7.
4:01 That’s one thing everyone seems to forget or overlook about the AD/Boogie duo in the Big Easy
The consistency is unmatched, love the vids Andy 🙏🏾
It isn’t worth it guys!! It isn’t worth it!! Denver and Milwaukee proved that through development, you can get a chip!!!
IF you have a guy that’ll probably finish top 5 all time at his position
the problem is a lot of teams don't either have the luck of drafting someone like Giannis or Jokic to build around or the best front offices for drafting creating these forced trades.
they just got lucky lol wait for the real dogs like the clippers to be healthy, jokic will go back to playing euro league in serbia and giannis will be back in greece lmfaooo
@@ChrisSmith-pe4tf Don't hold your breath on a Clippers championship.
@@ChrisSmith-pe4tfthe same clippers tht blew a 3-1 lead to jokic😳
Durant Kyrie and Harden do fit the criteria of a failed superteam, because injuries stopped them from accomplishing what they should have, but people then say 2013-14 Nets were superteam. Injuries should BE THE ONLY thing that derails a superteam from winning it all. Neither was the Dwight Kobe and Nash Lakers.
That would be like calling this new Warriors a superteam with CP3.
People use the word 'superteam' to discredit or give credit to the teams in question whether or not they met expectations.
The 2012-13 Lakers weren't a championship squad.
Kyrie had a drama crap ongoing while in Nets. Flat earth etc. Lol
The Davis , Boogie Cousins era in NOLA , okay come on Andy , that’s kinda like nothing , they hardly even played much together and they shouldn’t even belong on this list , cause we all know what happened after , Demarcus went and signed with golden state , that’s really bullshit for putting those two guys on this list
Ever since Ray Allen and KG joined the Celtics in 2007 and won the championship their first season, everyone is chasing that success
And 15 years later Pearce and KG STILL FLEXING that one ring. I've never seen one team ride a single championship as hard as the '08 Celtics
@@richborn6700 that's because them forming a "big 3" worked and they went to finals twice, some guys never reach the finals so yeah they "flexing"
They were clearly the best team in the league for at least the first 3 years of the big 3.
They were winning 60+ games and went to 2 finals, in 2009, KG was injured for the playoffs, if not, that was another finals appearance for them.
*2008
As a Nets fans, to see your team on the list not once but Twice is embarrassing. That why drafting players and developing them like the Nuggets is the way to go because that how you build a team. Bringing in Superstars creates problems and ego among them and usually don't plan out. Set the teams back for decades and so on
2021 could have been the year for the Ring.
Irving out and Harden not even running on the court (and still almost beating Bucks)
@SIMOLAMBOTZ fax!! The jumpshot KD made was ridiculous!! It is what it is. Coach Nash don't make any adjustments with the small ball b.s. smh!!
Nothing beats how disappointing and what a let down that LA clippers Kawhi and PG super team and KD, Kyrie and Harden nets supersteams where, literally EVERYONE called the clippers championship favorites, they called them the “deepest team in the league” with “dogs” and that the Nets and Clippers would battle it for a long time… both haven’t made a finals 😂
nah, '22 Lakers finishing 16 games under .500 is the worst bust of any superteam by far
it's the equivalent of _spoiled rich-kid B-boy Fresh who couldn't even manage to borrow a cel phone to call a cab to GET to the dance (let alone do any dancing)_
@@shaft9000 no because you had half the fans saying they where going to be a wash, they called them the retirement lakers and saying they weren’t even a superteam because Westbrook was trash and wasn’t going to fit, nets and clippers had EVERYONE calling them finals opponents for years to come, they where favorites for so many times.
did u not watch the fcking video injuries ruined the clippers they looked promising every single year
I wish someone would make a compilation of analysts crowning the Clippers and Nets as champions in pre-season.
The Westbrook trade singlehandedly saved this last season for the Lakers. Best team in the West after the deadline and as a 7th seed, they made a deep run to the West Finals. Sure, they got swept, but that series vs Denver was very competitive. If Murray and Jokic weren't making ridiculous shots left and right, the Lakers at least should have taken 2 games. You could even argue that it was indeed winnable for Los Angeles.
Still overall I'm really proud that we redeemed ourselves last deadline, and I'm actually feeling optimistic about the future. In the midst of the Westbrook saga in '22, it looked hopeless.
Yeah whatever only lakers fans are h00kers and mexican dudes that beat their wives so i don’t blame russ for playing terrible there… only dark energy souls like LeSacrifice could thrive there
Westbrick's bad shot selection really destroys a team's offense.
@@One.Zero.One101 He has been a bad jump shooter in his entire career, period, especially from long range. It really detracts from his game especially as he ages and slowly but surely losing his athleticism and speed.
It wasn't winnable. The Nuggets are simply better put together
@@One.Zero.One101he always had bad shot selection 😂 the problem was taking the ball out of his hands and trying to make him a catch and shoot type of player. He needs the ball in his hands to be effective. Him playing good in the playoffs wasn’t a coincidence, he had the ball in his hands and he was more effective except for the first and last game but he made up for that in the first game by being good at other areas of the court
12:34 am here in the philippines about to sleep now but andy hoops drop a video 🔥 andy hoops since 2k17
I haven't even watch the video yet and i know my Brooklyn team is up there at least 2 or maybe 3 times 😭
Should be 1.
I am a fan of the era of Brooklyn and the Nets are fun to watch
I mean honestly if there’s one thing we have learned since the start of the NBA Superteam era
Is that the Lakers did redeem themselves after winning that 2020 Chip in the bubble , yeah 2021-22 they got ridiculed for having so many old geezers on that team but what they did to trade Westbrook for getting so much depth back this past season was incredible
So incredible, the Nuggets swept them.
Shouldnt "superteams" be 3 or more all-stars or superstars on the team? If theres only 2, I dont think they should be considered a "superteam"
I don't either.
Exactly
A superteam has to have at least 2 superstars and one all star/star level player. Many teams have great/good duos but they are not superteams.
That would definitely be a super team, but a super team only needs to have two bonafide superstars and one star level player to be considered a super team historically. Not many teams in NBA history have had three superstars in their primes together. Maybe only the late 60s and early 70s Lakers West, Wilt, and Baylor squads tbh.
@@QuestionEverything562 ; OK, a superteam needs 2 superstars and a solid star player.
Do these teams qualify from the video?
- AD and Cousins on the Pelicans? One superstar, one star and ? Not a superteam.
- George and Kawhi are superstars. Who is the star? Not a superteam.
@@bb1111116 I would say neither of those teams were or are super teams. Boogie was never a superstar, and I think PG has never really been a true superstar.
@@QuestionEverything562 ; alright, it seems we agree about the video. Thanks for the reply.
@@bb1111116 When I said, "That would definitely be a super team." I was referring to you saying that three superstars makes a super team, it definitely does. However, I am just saying two superstars and one all-star/star level player is all that is required to be a super team. Look at the late 60s to early Lakers, the 83' 76ers, the 86' Celtics, the 87' Lakers, the 2010-13 Heat, and the 2017-19 Warriors. Those are true super squads to me that fit my parameters. They all had two superstars and one star player configurations.
Every NBA fan lowkey wanted the Davis-Cousins Pelicans to do well
Mannnnn its rough being a pelicans/original hornets fan. they always get so lucky in the draft lottery and do well drafting (kobe, baron davis, chris paul, anthony davis, zion) but are almost never more than a fringe playoff/1st round exit type of team.
The cameras weren’t on whenever the Russ-Lakers won the championship
The All messed up by injury team:
PG: Derrick Rose
SG: Idk, maybe Klay?
SF: Kawhi Leanord (bad spelling I know)
PF: Anthony Davis
C: Bill Walton
Might want to have Chris Paul subbed for Derrick Rose if this is a playoff team of injured players.
@danielmainord4737 yeah, forgot that he could've been top 3 point guard if he didn't get hurt so much
2018 thunder, 2018 cavs,2022 lakers those the 3 that still and will forever bother me
No CLIPPERS in the video? During the lob city days as well when they got Josh Smith.
And speaking of Josh Smith. The Rockets as well. With Dwight at Harden and company
Nobody said they were a super team now or then
If you thought Josh Smith was a legit star player at that time, you need to get mentally checked out lol.
If there's one thing, the Lakers were able to redeem themselves after two of the worst superteams like winning the 2020 championship after the failed 2013 team and then the latest is when they made the Playoffs in 2023 after the failed Russell Westbrook experiment.
Having Lebron James and Making the playoffs shouldn’t be celebrated
@@fegismcclaren1632why? Brown is 38 years old and in going into his 21st season.
Why is lebron held to such high standards compared to other greats?
Jordan was out smoking cigars, gambling and golfing in year 21 😂🤣💀
Mickey mouse ring is not a true ring in terms of worth.
@@jaguareagle7026 Might be worth even more, considering everyone had to be without their families, basically in solitary isolation, fearing random tests, and no crowds to pump them up.
@@jaguareagle7026Don’t worry buddy, your little small market hoodr@t would do anything to have that ring, but cool we have 16 OTHER CHAMPIONSHIPS to show off!
That Pelicans team wasn't a superteam. This is the first I have heard ANYBODY refer to them as a Superteam lol
Lol ikr? Only AD was the superstar, Boogie was just the Bradley Beal of centers in Sac Town collecting meaningless numbers. In no way were they considered a super team by anyone at that point in real time going into that 2017-18 season.
Still waiting for the pre-LeBron Cavs, the new CBA and what's next for the teams that got eliminated from the 2023 Playoffs videos.
I want to tell myself that it's not that simple, but frankly when I see the last seasons I tell myself that it is: to win, you need two stars, one small and one big, to make pick and roll, etc, both in good health, and talented role players by their side.
One year from now, Andy Hoops will make an new video "The NBA’s WORST Superteams Since 2020".
2023/24 Phoenix Suns featuring Devin Booker, Kevin Durant and Bradley Beal will headline that video.
The Davis and Cousins team had all the potential to be a dominant team.
Clippers were really such a big disappointment because we never really saw their potential.
What about the Clippers CP3, Griffin, and DJ? Were they considered a superteam? They did choke a 3-1 lead to the Rockets.
And the superteam now is well, the Suns, anything less than a finals, well, you all know how majority will say about KD.
na DJ was good but not great kinda mid, just a constantly injured star duo in CP and BG
Wasn't nobody calling the Pelicans a super team. And even if you do, they don't belong on a list titled worst super teams.
You know whats the crazy thing…many teams from this list & some not mentioned, the general consensus amongst the average NBA fan when these teams were created was “its not gonna work”!! How can the average NBA fan see this but not organizations that pay professionals millions of dollars!!! Lol
The 2013 Lakers come to mind instantly. The Lakers with Westbrook were not good. It failed miserably. The Clippers with Kawhi and PG were great…………. when they were healthy. But they never were. Kawhi and PG almost never saw the court due to injury. That was a botched duo. No way you put KD, Irving, and Simmons on here. 😂
Suns "super team" will be on this list one day
I remember mfs thought Russ Melo and PG would beat golden state and they thought AD and Davis would
That LAL super team was old as hell. Nash was injured and so was Howard. Nash retired the season after and Howard left. Gasol wasn’t near allstar form. Kobe was playing injured the time.
No offense to Andy, but most of these teams were not even super teams. The 2013 Retirement Home Nets, 2018 OKC We Need More Balls 3, the 2018 Injury Bonafide AD Boogie Pelicans, and the 2020-23 Kawhi+Backboard P Clippers were NOT super teams. None of them had the amalgamation of two bonafide superstars and one perennial all-star or star level player. The 2013 Nets was jokingly dubbed a super team despite not having a single superstar. The only true super teams of the 2010s were the 2010-2013 Heat, the 2012-13 Lakers, and the 2016-19 Warriors. Then if you want to count the 2020-2022 Nets, that would be for the 2020s. Those Nets with KD, Harden, and Irving were definitely a super team. Not the Ben Simmons version, wtf Andy lol. The 2021-22 Lakers were also a super team that failed in epic fashion in the 2020s.
The 2012 Lakers were torn asunder by injuries, so we have no idea if it would have worked or not. A healthy non-injured Steve Nash being the guy left open off ball changes the entire dynamic of that team, like he did for the 2nd half of the season on one leg.
The ad and boogie cousin was crazy remember it😭
Why are we refusing to acknowledge how quickly of a failure the Phoenix Suns have become in trading for KD?
I remember a season of 2k I was on that old super team off the Nets. Made the post season but the team was so slow we couldn't set up on defense and just got ran off the court
Watching the underrated Nuggets sweep the overrated Lakers was so sweet to watch. I dont think Ive been so immersed into a NBA playoff like this year. JOkic and the Nuggets represented the smaller franchises that mainstream media refuses to highlight. The more they won, the more MSM got exposed for their bad takes and bias. The NBA is going in a much better direction now and the Nuggets are a great team to lead it. Teamworkd, hard work, defense, passing, unselfish, humble, post up play, etc. Rules are changing and a new era of basketball has begun. Im watchin the NBA again.
If DeMarcus Cousins not serious injury Pelicans serious THREAT in WEST
Well, Nets actually rebuild very well after 2014 superteam. But then messed up it with Harden signing.
I already forgot Westbrook was a Laker. This is crazy.🤣
I feel like you coulda put Paul/Griffin/Jordan Clippers on there. Not making at least the WCF was kinda of underwhelming.
A lot of these super teams were mad up with guys out of their prime or injured!!! Like what do you expect?? Of course they weren’t going to work out!!
Then don't watch the video ? Nobody has a gun to your head....
Tell that to the organizations that made those decisions lol
@@MrWadeSnow they wasn't injured when they were traded bruh
a nerve has been touched
The Nets with KD,Simmons, Kyrie were a 2nd seed before KD got injured and suddenly Kyrie demand a trade, they were actually pretty good. Do some research LOL
Feels like Westbrook/AD/KD's on this list really frequently :/
When i see Cousins + AD i just knew Clippers will be on here.
When did parity in the NBA when every team had 2 stars become a superteam?
Andy moving mad right now
Andy is also a liar cos Kawhi asked for Westbrook and PG on the Raptors.
That KG-Pierce trade to the Nets was so bad it was laughable.
Boogie and ad taking that warriors to 6
will you make a video about the draft?
Simmons will be cut,traded,or be a forever role player
I feel like Kd cp3 dbook n ayton kinda should’ve been on here
Pretty rough for AD and Boogie to be on here, Boogie getting injured ruined whatever that could’ve been
There's always debate on the nets having the oldest superteam in history.
Like what are you going to have the oldest superteam , competing a championship.
But the NBA stepped in to stop seeing trades for making super teams again adding the CBA Rules.
Another thing with superteams, people will fail to say that the Dennis Rodman Bulls teams were a superteam because he was an all star caliber player who helped Jordan win 3 titles, but Durant led Warriors were. To discredit Durant and to add credit to Jordans legacy.
Two reasons they say that:
- Neither Pippen or Rodman were the caliber of player that a franchise builds around.
- Pippen wasn't even drafted by the Bulls; the Sonics traded him away for Olden Polynice (!). His potential on D didn't show much until playoffs of his 2nd yr, and consistency until his 3rd year in '89-90 = the first yr under Phil Jackson.
People will never admit to any facts that go against MJ’s mythology.
Rodman was on his way out of the league if it wasn’t for the Bulls giving him a chance.
Bruh, Rodman was the Draymond Green of the 90s Bulls. After his great 1996 season, in 97 and 98 he was declining hard and often not starting in playoff games because of his loss of focus. Kukoc often started over him. The 90s Bulls were at no point a super team, Rodman was not a star player going into the 1995-96 season. He was a controversial maniac just about out of the league if not for the Bulls. The Bulls only traded Will Perdue for Rodman. That's it....
@@QuestionEverything562 And it isn't like Jordan and Pippen lobbied for the trade considering almost anyone related to the Bad Boy Pistons weren't exactly their favorite people. Rodman was such a wild card and probably only Phil Jackson could have made it work with the lure of a championship. If Rodman didn't buy in he could have torpedoed the whole thing just by being a distraction, or more of one.
Where's the 2012 lakers Nash, Howard, Kobe and Pau the worst superteam in the decade
I don’t think having 2 stars is a super team
Sadly as a Wolves fan the worst “Super Team”
Gorbet, Russell, KAT, and Anthony Edwards.
It was surreal how bad they played as a team.
Lmao that was in no way a super team. A super team should actually have a superstar ya know lol. Y'all some B listers, KAT lolol.
@@QuestionEverything562 sadly that’s the joke of it. They went all in for a B team. Similar to the geriatric Nets team. They sold everything to be playoff worthy at best!
I like Paul George game but honestly he hasn't been the same since he broke his leg in that one game... he still a great player and all star but pre injury Paul seemed like he could become an all time great
With the Clippers a lot of it is also them not taking the regular season seriously enough.
Feel like super teams that failed due to injury shouldn’t count. The 2022 lakers also had terrible injury luck w bron and Ad, the Kawhi pg clippers, boogie cousins and ad, even the 2013 lakers.
We throw around superteam too much, just cause a great player leaves to join another team doesnt mean they are assembling a superteam
You should talk the seaskn mavs put antoine walker and antawn jamison with Dirk in a non center team.Didn't work as well.But the trades assets of AJ and AW led to Tyson chandler ,Jason Terry ,Marion and Kidd..and the rest is histiry.
Where are the bulls with the 3 alphas in BUtler, Wade and Rondo? That was such a failure.
Next superteam (that will fail) prediction: Raptors get Steph, LeBron and KD. Everyone but Scottie, Gradey Dick, and for unknown reasons Gary Trent Jr get traded or waived.
Drake makes money. Two Canadian media companies make money. Fans get let down... But, we're used to that kinda thing.
Durk n Shaq would have been crazy 🔥🔥🔥
in addition to westbrook being inefficient both offensivly and defensivly and not fitting, he was a locker room cancer and had a hugeass bag
Daaaaamn!! Brooklyn on here twice🤣🤣🍻🍺
Pierce proved he could still ball in 2014 on the wizards
Jaylen Brown your next video Andy Hoops 🙏🙏🙏
Not enough balls to go around is wilddd
Wasn’t in the 2010s but all I ever think of was Kidd, Vince Carter, and Richard Jefferson
The nets were absolutely not a super team with kg and that squad
I never understood why they considered that Thunder team a big 3
To spend over $600M on Durant, Beal, n Booker together is crazy n got swept by Edwards n the Timberwolves 😭😭😭😭 Update
You left out the 16-17 Knicks haha
halfway into the video and only a single actual possible super team was listed.... you hand picked teams that didnt even reach the super team criteria for a longer video. ad and cousins werent a super team. two players do not make a super team. off the bench russ on the lakers isnt a super team. kawhi and pg arent a super team. having two all star talent players does not make a super team.
somehow from the title, I see WB in most of it
At this point we need to define what a superteam is cause nobody seems to know
I still have some hope for the Clippers but man they've been so disappointing the past few years. That loss to the Nuggets in the bubble was so terrible.
Make a Brooklyn nets one
There is no such thing as a NBA "superteam". The only "superteam" was the 92 NBA Olympic "Dreamteam".
Whenever a superteam fails, I laugh
Especially when these "very smart" and "high bbal IQ" players push for a superteam that even casual fans know its not going to work
Westbrook/George/Melo was not a super team nor a failed super team. I classify a super team as 3 CURRENT All-NBA/All-Defensive team players on the same team. And a failed super team is a team that has 3 All-NBA/All-Defensive players from the season prior and it n mot working out. Melo’s last All-NBA/All-Defensive team was the 2012/13 season.
Davis and Cousins. Not close to a super team even if they make/made an All-NBA/All-Defensive team. That’s only 2 players. Not 3.
Russ, AD, Bron wasn’t a super team or failed super team either. Russ made All-NBA/All-Defensive in 2020. Not 2021, the year prior to joining LA.
PG and Kawhi. Again. That’s 2. Not 3. Doesn’t qualify for my standards.
Although there’s a bunch of names. It wasn’t a failed super team. None of them even made All-NBA/All-Defensive in 2013. Not a single one of them. Not a super team/failed super team.
I’m convinced The La Flippers are just cursed
I loved Dem at Kentucky even though dey weren't there together
5:04
"...and immediately after they traded him away, they got better."
LOL. DAMN RIGHT THEY GOT BETTER. They may have been swept in the WCF, but they reached the WCF still.
Bro is calling duos super teams
The Brooklyn Nets AKA "The Three Stooges"