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All good things come to an end eventually and so did Shaquille O’Neals incredibly impressive NBA Finals streak in 2021.
From 1984 to 2021, every single NBA Finals featured at least one player who was teammates with O’Neal, ending the streak at 37 years.
But you know what they say: the streak is dead, long live the streak… and that’s why we’ll now be following a new one.
Every NBA Finals since 1999 included one of Danny Green’s teammates. Here’s the list with at least one player in each year:
1999 – Tim Duncan
2000 – Shaquille O’Neal
2001 – Shaquille O’Neal
2002 – Shaquille O’Neal
2003 – Tim Duncan, Tony Parker, Manu Ginobili
2004 – Shaquille O’Neal
2005 – Tim Duncan, Tony Parker, Manu Ginobili
2006 – Shaquille O’Neal
2007 – Tim Duncan, Tony Parker, Manu Ginobili
2008 – Rajon Rondo
2009 – Shannon Brown
2010 – Shannon Brown
2011 – LeBron James
2012 – LeBron James
2013 – LeBron James
2014 – Every San Antonio Spur
2015 – David Lee
2016 – LeBron James
2017 – Patrick McCaw
2018 – Patrick McCaw
2019 – Every Toronto Raptor
2020 – Every Los Angeles Laker
2021 – Bryn Forbes
2022 – Derrick White
And there are pretty good odds for the streak to continue this year, too, if the Los Angeles Lakers, Philadelphia 76ers, Denver Nuggets, Boston Celtics or Miami Heat reach the Finals, it will continue for at least one additional year.
