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Wednesday, June 17, 2015

Players with Both D-League and NBA Championships

Another topic from that one "8" guy: on Tuesday, James Michael McAdoo became an NBA champion with the Golden State Warriors. Additionally, he also became a D-League champion earlier in the year with the Santa Cruz Warriors. So the question was: how many players have won both NBA and D-League titles, and has anyone else ever done it in the same year besides McAdoo? That answer is actually pretty straightforward, and it's yes, because one of his teammates (Ognjen Kuzmic) was on both sets of Warriors this year as well. But who else?

PlayerDLeague TeamChamp YearNBA TeamChamp Year
Jason WilliamsGreenville Groove2002Miami Heat2006
Rusty LaRueAsheville Altitude2004Chicago Bulls1998
Mickell GladnessRio Grande Valley Vipers2010Miami Heat2012
Terrel HarrisRio Grande Valley Vipers2010Miami Heat2012
Cory JosephAustin Toros2012San Antonio Spurs2014
Ognjen KuzmicSanta Cruz Warriors2015Golden State Warriors2015
James Michael McAdooSanta Cruz Warriors2015Golden State Warriors2015

As before, all data was gathered from Basketball-Reference.

Turns out McAdoo and Kuzmic are the only two players to win both titles in the same year (granted, the D-League has only existed for 15 years). Another interesting fact that stands out from the above list is that only one player won these titles in reverse order: Rusty LaRue, who won it all in the NBA with Jordan and the Bulls in 1998, and then added a D-League championship later in his career in 2004.

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