Regardless of differences, we strive shoulder to shoulder... [T]eamwork can be summed up in five short words: "We believe in each other."

Like MJ once said, talent wins games but teamwork and intelligence wins championships. Great NBA teams can score and there are go to guys on every team. However, you can make up for lacking a scorer by playing within each other and the system, the team. Play for each other. Don't let egos hinder the goal of getting a win. When there's too much talent, players rely solely on the ball being in their hands and they disregard how to use each other effectively, on offense and defense. Look to pass before you shoot and include your teammates in what you do and do everything in relation to them and the team's goal of getting a W; disregard the stats if all you want to do is win!



Team USA had great talent but they also had discipline, leadership and exercised teamwork. Skill was there, like the 2004 USA team but sometimes, you need to sacrifice your game for the greater good of everyone.








Doc Rivers' play of ubuntu, "there's gonna come a moment when you face unreal adversity and you must play together, play with ubuntu, a person is a person thru other ppl, I can't be all that I can be unless you're all that you can be." For the sacrifice and togetherness of the group, best summed up by BOS and KG, who sacrificed his game along with others to get the W. Chemistry is vital to a teams success plus is even more entertaining to see teams willingly give up the ball and know where each other is at all times. DET and SAS were and is great team basketball. They don't necessarily have great scorers but they play with each other and have been successful for years, playoffs and regular season. There cohesiveness and bonds are a key to their success as winners.

Also, PHX was a great team, when the offense revolved around Nash and his great passing and court vision. He's a superstar who passes first, shoots second. With an unselfishness to pass and share the ball, they flourished, not to mention they had great team chemistry.


DET had stars but they didn't need to go and score 30/game. They had roles and all played defense as a requirement. When you play as a team without flashy scorers and just hard-nosed defense, team basketball is at its best; no one lets up and you all defend as a team, like in 04 when they won a title. This is also demonstrated by SAS for a long time.

Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success. ~Henry Ford

The ratio of We's to I's is the best indicator of the development of a team. ~Lewis B. Ergen






















In union there is strength. ~Aesop


Remember upon the conduct of each depends the fate of all. ~Alexander the Great









Don't pull apart but pull together!