The NBA superteam can be traced all the way back to 1966 whenthe Boston Celtics, led by Bill Russell, John Havlicek, Sam Jones, and Bailey Howell, lost to the equally as loaded Philadelphia 76ers who also had a superteam: Wilt Chamberlain, Billy Cunningham, Hal Greer, and Chet Walker.
That was when the league was about the “team” and less of a player league.
Those franchises built those superteams from the ground up – through the draft and trades – instead of the player movement we have today.