Jason Terry is the latest NBA-er to voice his opinion about the re-vitalized Golden State Warriors since adding Kevin Durant. Terry has seen these star-studded teams, known to be labeled as super teams, assembled before. His Dallas Mavericks took one of them down when they beat LeBron James in his first stint with the Miami Heat in 2011.
Terry spoke with YardBarker about his standards for a super team, and why he doesn’t consider the Warriors to be one:
“Every team back in the day had two or three superstars but you weren’t calling them super teams. I think it’s more about the way they play. For me, San Antonio is a super-team. They won five championships with [Tony] Parker, [Manu] Ginobili, and Duncan. But guys don’t really look at that and say, ‘That’s a super-team.’
“Because they have super individuals doesn’t make them a super-team. For me, it’s more about the accomplishment and what they’re able to accomplish. And are they going to accomplish it? It’s yet to be seen, so I refuse to give them that label right now. But they do have two guys that have won the MVP, so they are starting to form a super-team as we speak but it’s yet to be seen.”
Terry is speaking from a completely rational standpoint of ‘show me don’t tell me’. On paper, the Warriors do have a super team. Any team with a Big 3, and in their case a Big 4, is typically considered such. But to Terry’s point, that doesn’t make the entire team super, but rather their immediate talent core.
The fact is, no matter how super we think they might be, that label won’t warrant any merit unless the Warriors go on to win a championship, or multiple championships. By Terry’s standards, that’s what makes a super team.
