All three Brooklyn Nets stars — Kevin Durant, James Harden and Kyrie Irving — are on course to average in excess of 20 points per game. They would be the 23rd trio to accomplish that feat, and the history of their NBA predecessors suggests winning a championship with similar roster construction is a long-shot at best.
Then again, only one other 20-point triumvirate has been so adept at long shots. They, too, featured Durant, and they just so happen to be the only such grouping to have ever won a title. Durant, Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson, who each averaged more than 20 points per game for three straight seasons together, led the Golden State Warriors to back-to-back championships in 2017 and 2018.