When lady luck refuses to smile, these NBA stars failed to win a championship during their career

In the annals of the male professional basketball league in North America branded the National Basketball Association (NBA), certain players failed to win the NBA Finals – the annual championship. Not on the back of being poor players, but rather due to lady luck failing to smile at them.

Indeed, nearly all these players who have had the misfortune to have concluded their careers without a ring averaged over 18 points per game, made it to the NBA All-Star team. Some were the NBA’s greatest scorers, others its greatest defenders and some others bearing NBA MVP at a time.

Face2face Africa shines the light on five of the most impressive ballers who couldn’t lift an NBA title.

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