Top 10 Unheralded NBA Finals Contributors

[ABM]

http://sports.yahoo.com/photos/top-...rs-slideshow/john-paxson-photo-461561934.html

Says something about how Phil Jackson coached...

No. 1 John Paxson

Paxson is best known for hitting the game-winning three-pointer with 3.9 seconds left in Game 6 of the 1993 NBA Finals, but the longtime Chicago Bulls point guard had his finest moment as a championship-deciding pro down the stretch of the 1991 Finals. After Michael Jordan confirmed in a huddle that “Paxson” was the open man after Bulls coach Phil Jackson asked “who’s open?,” MJ sought to find the sharpshooting Notre Dame product. Paxson finished the deciding Game 6 with a playoff career-high 20 points, and Chicago had its first NBA championship.

 

[NOVoodoo]

Was worth clicking on the link just for this image -

"Nelson is best known for his innovations as both a head coach and personnel chief, but he also was a longtime Boston Celtic and crucial member of an overmatched 1969 crew that somehow managed to win Game 7 of that year’s Finals on the road."

I really didn't realize Nelson was actually an important part to some of the C's titles. I barely even remembered that he was a former player...

 

[Run BJM]

Was worth clicking on the link just for this image -

"Nelson is best known for his innovations as both a head coach and personnel chief, but he also was a longtime Boston Celtic and crucial member of an overmatched 1969 crew that somehow managed to win Game 7 of that year’s Finals on the road."

I really didn't realize Nelson was actually an important part to some of the C's titles. I barely even remembered that he was a former player...

He gets a lot of shiet for never making the finals as a coach, but he won 5 championships with the Celtics and was a really good 6th man. Two time all american in college too.

 

[MickZagger]

Gary Neal.

 

[crandc]

Yeah, I remember Bobby Fucking Hansen.