NBA: The 30 best trios in league history

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Best trios in NBA history: 6. Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen, and Toni Kukoc

Jordan: 29.4 ppg, 6.1 rpg, 4.1 apg
Pippen: 20.2 ppg, 6.7 rpg, 5.6 apg
Toni: 13.9 ppg, 4.6 rpg, 4.2 apg
Finals record: 3-0
Time together: 1996-1998

Anything that has to do with the Chicago Bulls in the late 1990s, immediately revolved around Scottie Pippen and of course, Michael Jordan. Once his Airness decided to drop the basketball and pick up a baseball instead, Toni Kukoc came on board.

The pressure that was placed on his shoulders were enormous. Dubbed as the second coming of Magic Johnson from Europe, Kukoc quickly proved that he belonged. He averaged 10.9 points in his first year in the league and followed that up by averaging 15.7.

Once Jordan realized that hitting home runs was a far more difficult task than knocking down mid-range jumpers, he returned to the league. From there, no one stood a chance.

If we left out that abbreviated short stint of when Jordan first came back during the 1994-95 season, the trio was unstoppable. While it was obvious that the bulk of the scoring was going to be done by Jordan and Pippen, Kukoc found a way to fit in nicely as he was the third leading during all three of their championships together.

They were the perfect compliment to one another. Jordan was a mid-range assassin, Pippen continually placed defenders on posters when attacking the rim and Kukoc oftentimes camped out behind the 3-point line and made it rain. Considering that the Bulls only lost a combined (blank) amount of games during that three-year stretch and have three golden balls to show for it, their high placement on this list is an absolute no-brainer.