Who is the strongest uncrowned king in the NBA?

This year, three great but never won the championship in the NBA entered the playoffs and challenged their first championship again. They were Westbrook, Butler and Harden, but Harden was eliminated in the first round, but Butler and Westbrook also fell in the second round, and the three still could not get rid of the fate of not having a championship.

Harden set a record for 16 seasons of his career. He led the team into the playoffs in 5 different teams, and played 173 games, but he did not get one championship. Butler has created legends in the playoffs many times and reached the championship battle twice. He joined the Warriors this year and had a chance to realize his dream of winning, but his dream was shattered again because of his injury to a teammate Curry.

Westbrook is one of the most versatile players in the NBA, with a total of 181 triple-double in his career ranking first in history. After playing in the NBA for 17 seasons, he found another opportunity to win the championship in the Nuggets this year, but he still lost in the 7th game in the second round, and returned disappointed again.

In the history of the NBA, there are many players as great as the three of them, but never win the championship. Who is the strongest uncrowned king in history? The inventory is as follows:

▌Karl Malone

In the history of NBA, 15 players have won more than two annual MVPs, but only two of them have not had the championship ring, and one of them is the famous postman Malone.

Marron has countless honors in his career. He has won the single-season MVP twice, was selected into the Star Game 14 times, and was selected into the NBA team of the year 14 times. He has accumulated 36,928 points in his career and ranked third in history. However, he challenged the playoffs 19 times, played a total of 193 games, but failed to win the championship, which is the first tragic situation in history.

The postman will become the strongest uncrowned king in history. The biggest key is that he and the god of basketball Jordan overlap in his career. When Malone made two championships during the Jazz, he lost to Jordan's Bulls. Jordan made many NBA players without championships in their lifetime, and the one who suffered the most was definitely Malone.

▌Nash

In addition to Malone, the other player who won the annual MVP twice but did not have a championship is the point guard Nash. He used rapid advancement and wonderful assists in the early 21st century to create the Suns' gorgeous and smooth offensive style. It can be said that he is the most valuable team in the NBA after the Lakers' Show Time in the 1980s.

Nash won the NBA annual MVP in 2005 and 2006 for the second time, but in the past two years, the Suns lost to the Spurs and the Mavericks in the West Finals respectively and missed the championship. Not only did Nash not have a championship in his career, he even had never even played the championship game.

▌Stoketon

, like Nash, is a white point guard. He has accumulated 15,806 assists and 3,265 steals in his career. Both of these data are the most in history. The combination of him and Malone is the strongest duo in the NBA, but no matter how much glory the two accumulate, they cannot win a championship.

Unlike Malone who transferred to the Lakers and joined forces with other superstars to pursue the championship in the later stage of his career, Stockton stayed with the Jazz in his 19th season of his career. Although he made it to the playoffs for 19 consecutive seasons, he ended with disappointment every year. It’s a pity that the NBA was not popular at the time. Otherwise, with Stockton’s characteristic of passing, if he joined other strong teams in the late stage of his career, he would not have regretted his life without a championship.

▌Baylor

Elgin Baylor, a small forward in the Lakers era, is known for his strong scoring ability. He was selected into the Star Game 11 times and was selected into the team of the year 10 times. His career average score of 27.6 is ranked fifth in history, but he has never won a championship.

The most tragic thing about Baylor is that he has played 7 championship games in his career, but he has not won the championship once, and he has lost to the same opponent seven times, namely the Celtics. Baylor's career happened to be in the period when the Celtics dominated the 11-year 10 championships, so he could only sigh that he was born at the wrong time.

Championship is the ultimate goal of NBA players. These uncrowned kings are lifeless because of the times. They can never wear the championship ring they pursue throughout their lives, and also wrote the most regrettable chapter for the NBA.