Do You Still NEED a Top-5 Player to Win an NBA Championship?
Locked On NBA – Daily Podcast On The National Basketball Association
- Published
- September 1, 2026
- Duration
- 31:00
- Summary source
- description
- Last updated
- Sep 27, 2026
Discusses basketball.
Summary
Do you still need a top-five NBA player to win a championship? Recent champions have challenged one of the league’s oldest team-building rules, and Wes Goldberg, Matt Moore and Haize debate whether having an elite superstar is still the best path to a title — or whether teams are better off building deeper, more balanced rosters around stars such as Jalen…
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Do you still need a top-five NBA player to win a championship? Recent champions have challenged one of the league’s oldest team-building rules, and Wes Goldberg, Matt Moore and Haize debate whether having an elite superstar is still the best path to a title — or whether teams are better off building deeper, more balanced rosters around stars such as Jalen Brunson and Jayson Tatum. Then, should the Indiana Pacers regret trading for Ivica Zubac? The guys revisit the massive deadline deal now that
Themes
- basketball