NBA: The 30 best trios in league history
Best trios in NBA history: 24. Chris Webber, Peja Stojakovic, and Mike Bibby
- Webber: 22 ppg, 9.7 rpg, 4.9 apg
- Peja: 21.5 ppg, 5.7 rpg, ft% 89.2
- Bibby: 16 ppg, 5.2 apg
- Finals record: 0-0
- Time together: 2002-2004
Not all NBA trios on our list were fortunate enough to win an NBA title but that doesn’t mean they weren’t a great cast of players.
The Sacramento Kings were incredible during their three seasons together. It was the perfect blend of inside play as Chris Webber was about as dominant as it gets and shooting, with Mike Bibby a capable 3-point shooter and absolutely money from mid-range. Peja Stojakovic, of course, was a deadeye shooter from distance. In two of his three seasons with Bibby and Webber, Stojakovic punished teams who had the audacity to leave him open by nailing over 40% of his 3-pointers.
Webber was selected to two straight All-Star games and would have made it for a third straight time but he battled injuries during their third season together. Stojakovic would make three consecutive trips to the mid-season classic. Ironically enough, he was never chosen to another All-Star game again after those three seasons.
Bibby though, always caught the short end of the stick. He’s widely considered one of the best players to never get the nod.
In those three seasons, the Kings never finished lower than third in the Western Conference. And, in two of those seasons, they outpaced the Los Angeles Lakers in terms of wins, even when they were smack dab in the middle of the championship dynasty.
For the Kings, this trio would be remembered in a far more memorable light if it wasn’t for some shady business during the 2002 playoffs and disgraced former referee Tim Donaghy.
If everything was on an even playing field, the Kings could have won an NBA title and quite possibly carried that momentum to several more. Unfortunately for everyone involved, we’ll never know how much this trio could have accomplished.