Has any NBA team gone to the Finals without even one 1st 2nd, or 3rd team All NBA Player?

If not, we may be the first. I can't think of any in the past 10 years. Heck, I just Googled NBA championships, and I can't see one team in the past 40 years (!) that did not have an All NBA player on the roster:

http://www.landofbasketball.com/championships/year_by_year.htm

worcester wrote:If not, we may be the first. I can't think of any in the past 10 years. Heck, I just Googled NBA championships, and I can't see one team in the past 40 years (!) that did not have an All NBA player on the roster:

http://www.landofbasketball.com/championships/year_by_year.htm

Horford was all nba back in 2010-11 - so we have one active on the team - and one inactive (Irving)

swish

The team that comes to mind for me on these kind of questions is the 1978 Sonics

KyleCleric wrote:The team that comes to mind for me on these kind of questions is the 1978 Sonics

Kyle

Your right - no all-league player on that champ.

swish

DJ was in the NBA All Star game in 1978-79, the year they won, and all NBA first team defensively but not an overall first, second or third team All NBA selection. Al Horford had been an overall All NBA player, but was not so voted this year. I am referring to teams in the playoffs, especially the Finals. Other than the Sonics with their near miss in DJ, I can't think of teams going to the NBA Finals without having an active player on the squad who had been voted a 1st,2nd, or 3rd team All NBA player that year.

Even Kyrie, who has not played since March, was not voted an 1st, 2nd, or 3rd team All NBA player this year. Face it, we are Brad's Butler teams that went to the NCCA Finals in back to back years. Mid-Level Miracles.

worcester wrote:DJ was in the NBA All Star game  in 1978-79, the year they won, and all NBA first team defensively but not an overall first, second or third team All NBA selection. Al Horford had been an overall All NBA player, but was not so voted this year. I am referring to teams in the playoffs, especially the Finals. Other than the Sonics with their near miss in DJ, I can't think of teams going to the NBA Finals without having an active player on the squad who had been voted a 1st,2nd, or 3rd team All NBA player that year.

Even Kyrie, who has not played since March, was not voted an 1st, 2nd, or 3rd team All NBA player this year. Face it, we are Brad's Butler teams that went to the NCCA Finals in back to back years. Mid-Level Miracles.

wocester

No all-league selection in 1988-89 for the champ Pistons.

swish

That makes two! We would be in select company if/when we beat the Cavs.

Al Horford made all NBA 2nd team defense this year

Celtics didn't have any in 2010