By Dionysis Aravantinos / info@eurohoops.net
The NBA season is around the corner. This upcoming Tuesday the training camp for the teams begins, with new faces, new coaches, new uniforms for the 2017-2018 NBA season. The trade that occurred yesterday and sent Carmelo Anthony to OKC, was one of the biggest trades, moves this summer. Kyrie Irving’s trade to Boston, to go along with Paul George’s trade to the Thunder, Chris Paul’s trade to Houston, Jimmy Butler’s to Minnesota earlier in the summer have been some of the most notable trades in the NBA this off-season, that may perhaps change the standing this new year.
With Anthony’s move to Oklahoma, the Thunder will now have the ‘Big 3’ with the most All-Star game appearances, over some other notable trios. In detail, Eurohoops brings you, four notable trios, their numbers from the past year and their All-Star game appearances.
| OKC ‘Big 3’ | All-Star Appearances | Stats 2016-2017 (points, rebounds, assists) | |||
| Carmelo Anthony | 10 |
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| Paul George | 4 |
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| Russell Westbrook | 6 |
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| TOTAL: | 20 |
The Oklahoma City Thunder made some serious moves this off-season, as they managed to trade and acquire NBA All-Stars, Paul George from Indiana and Carmelo Anthony from New York. After Oklahoma’s divorce with Kevin Durant last summer, Russell Westbrook had to carry the load and lead this team, this year however with the two stars joining him, this team can actually go much deeper in the playoffs than it did in 2016-2017. Sam Presti, converted Victor Oladipo, Domantas Sabonis, Enes Kanter, Doug McDermott and a second-round pick into Paul George and Carmelo Anthony. The Thunder’s new ‘Big 3’ has 20 All-Star game appearances which are the most in the league.