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Clyde Lovellette was the first Triple Crown winner, [8] completing the trifecta over a two-year span with a college championship and Olympic gold medal in 1952 followed by an NBA title in 1954. [6] K.C. Jones and Bill Russell were teammates on championship teams in college ( San Francisco Dons ), the NBA ( Boston Celtics ) and the Olympics ...
With the NBA championship ring, Buckner completed a Triple Crown résumé, one of only eight players in basketball history to do so. [9] [10] In three seasons with Boston, Buckner made small but regular contributions for a powerful Celtics team. The club returned to the Finals in 1985, but the Lakers exacted their revenge, winning in six games.
The team made the NBA finals again, and this time New York won. This made Lucas one of the first to become a champion at every level of the game – high school, college, Olympics, and NBA (a feat matched by Quinn Buckner, and Magic Johnson). He is one of eight players who has ever achieved the basketball Triple Crown. [22] [23]
Pages in category "Basketball Triple Crown winners" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
Johnson and Abdul-Jabbar were Lakers teammates in the 1980s. They won five titles during their time together, according to Sports Illustrated . In 2021, both were honored as the NBA celebrated the ...
K.C. Jones (May 25, 1932 – December 25, 2020) was an American professional basketball player and coach. He is best known for his association with the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA), with whom he won 11 of his 12 NBA championships (eight as a player, two as an assistant coach, and two as a head coach). [1]
DeWanna Bonner and Alyssa Thomas. DeWanna Bonner, 36, and Alyssa Thomas, 32, became teammates in 2020 when the former was traded to the Connecticut Sun, where the latter was already playing, per ...
He was named NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player, and captained the gold medal-winning U.S. national basketball team at the 1956 Summer Olympics. [6] These victories along with his NBA championships made Russell one of only eight players in the history of basketball to achieve the Triple Crown.