Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2007 2:21 am Post subject: Multiple championships, different ways
A set of questions for the historians:
(If these are answered ar apbr.org or somewhere else and you can point me to it, thanks)
I have heard that Larry Brown is the only coach of an NCAA and a NBA championship team. What other kinds of multiple champions, different ways are out there?
The list of players who won at both levels surely is much longer but how long, particularly from the last 30 years?
A dozen, several or many?
How many have won an NBA title as player and coach? KC Jones, Cunningham, Riley, who else? (not Wilkens, edit per M Tamada. I blurred with his dual hall of fame entry)
How many have won an NBA title as both coach and GM, separately or at same time? Auerbach, Riley... who else?
How many have won an NBA title as player and GM? Riley,
Kupchak, Dumars, West, who else?
I guess Riley is the only NBA triple-crown winner (i.e. champion 3 ways-player, coach, GM)?
Any won NCAA and NBA title as player and NBA as coach or GM? Cunningham, West, Kupchak Riley and Brown missed, but at least Riley and West in NCAA finals. KC Jones achieved this trifecta. Is he the only one?
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Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2007 6:24 pm Post subject:
One impressive thing about Magic Johnson is that he won a championship in High School, College, the NBA, and a gold in the Olympics. Who else has done this? _________________ I'm so sick I be terminally ill
Yes the pestilence this could be expanded to four levels. I thought about international but left that out since my lists were already fairly complicated and did not know the level of interest in the topic.
One impressive thing about Magic Johnson is that he won a championship in High School, College, the NBA, and a gold in the Olympics. Who else has done this?
This would require someone with a very thorough knowledge of NBA players performance in high school and a clearer definition of what is a "championship" in high school. However, I'm sure there are many who have won College, NBA, and Gold Medals.
Bill Russell would be another coach/player that won a title as both. Bill Sharman, Tom Heinshon, Larry Costello, Billy Cunningham, and Red Holzman are a few others that won titles as both players and coaches. _________________ No fancy website
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One impressive thing about Magic Johnson is that he won a championship in High School, College, the NBA, and a gold in the Olympics. Who else has done this?
Ginobili has done the "euro" equivalent of this, winning the Italian league championship, the Euroleague championship, the Americas championship, 3 NBA championships, and an Olympic gold medal.
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