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Why does Harden Butler Paul miss the championship often? Winning the championship requires talent and luck

8:20am, 18 May 2025Basketball

With the Warriors defeated the Timberwolves 4-1 and missed the Western Conference Final, Butler's dream of winning the championship after the transfer this season was once again shattered. Paul and Harden, the star players with the same situation as Butler, also had many teams to win the championship, and even joined forces to compete for the championship, but ended in failure. It seems that whether it is an NBA or a CBA player, in order to win the championship, in addition to personal talent and acquired efforts, it is more necessary to support luck, otherwise he may not have a championship for life.

Whether it is fame, qualifications or ability to lead the team in the entire NBA, Paul, Harden and Butler are not only typical of inspirational players, but also very self-disciplined. But so far, no matter how hard the three of them have worked hard, they even have to take the lead in completing the transfer with the "betrayal of the home team", trying to reach the highest point in their careers and win the championship trophy. But fate seems to always make different jokes for these three star-level players. Either there is a problem with the team management or the teammates have injuries in key games, which ultimately lead to missing the championship. In terms of organization and control of fortunes, even at the age of 40, Paul is still hard for many young players to reach. Although Paul is only 183cm tall and his talent is not outstanding, being selected in the fourth pick in the first round in the NBA can only show that Paul has his own uniqueness. This is the basis for Paul's life. Paul played for too many teams in his career, from the Hornets to the Clippers, to the Rockets, Thunder, Suns, and even teamed up with Curry to play for the Warriors and the Spurs this season.

Although Paul sometimes has to transfer, he must admit that as an NBA player, most transfers are to give a big lottery for his career - the championship ring. But Paul seems to be a little unlucky. No matter what team he joins, he always encounters accidents when he is about to win the championship. His career is brilliant, winning the best defensive team many times, steals, assists, best rookie, NBA All-Star player, etc., but he has always encountered ups and downs on the road to winning the championship. Paul's ability to lead the team is also very good. Not to mention the icing on the cake of joining the Rockets and joining Harden, he has proved himself at least during the Suns. The Suns were difficult to even make the playoffs at that time, but Paul's joining completely revitalized the team, not only tapping Booker's potential, but also feeding inside rookie Aiton into the cake king and bringing the Suns into the finals. Unfortunately, Paul did not fulfill his dream of winning the championship in the finals.

Harden seems to be a bit of the same disease as Paul. His career data is quite brilliant, and he has played for too many teams. Whether from the Thunder to the Rockets, from the Nets to the 76ers to the Clippers this season, the purpose of Harden's transfer seems to be more pure, to enable himself to win the first championship in his career. The key is that most of the players Harden joins together are NBA superstars, so there is no need to say more about Paul, Westbrook, Durant, Embiid, and the current Clippers' small card. As a result, after every transfer, the team always has difficulties in key games, or the team is falling apart. After breaking up with Paul and Westbrook, he wanted to form a Big Three with Durant and Irving to win the championship, but failed. After joining the 76ers, he found that he was fooled again. Joining the Clippers now was the most promising time to win the championship, but it was eliminated by the Nuggets in the first round of the playoffs. This has once again shattered Harden's dream of winning the championship. As a 36-year-old veteran, Butler is the same age as Harden. Although he is known for playing hard and has certain ability to lead the team, Butler has not won a single championship so far after he has moved to multiple teams. Butler played for the Bulls, Timberwolves, 76ers and Heat. Butler may not have a high desire for championships before, but as he grows older, his desire to win the championship seems to be getting stronger and stronger. Especially after joining the 76ers and the Heat, Butler seems to be eager to prove himself. Of course, Butler has indeed proved his ability to lead the team at the Heat. Butler is the most capable of playing against the wind in the playoffs. Unfortunately, Butler's efforts ultimately failed to get the championship ring. In order to bring a perfect end to his career this season, he had to join the Warriors and Curry to join forces. After all, the Warriors' probability of winning the championship is greater than that of the Heat. Surprisingly, Curry suffered an accident in the semi-finals, causing the Warriors to experience an embarrassing situation of 1:4, and Butler's dream of winning the championship was ended again.

Although the three players' careers have not ended, judging from their personal combat effectiveness, the current configuration of their teams, and the reinforcement of next season, it is difficult to see hope for winning the championship at least at present, unless the core reinforcement is carried out during the offseason. But whether it is the Clippers or the Warriors, salary space is the biggest obstacle to the team's strengthening. The Spurs are basically a rebuilding team, and strengthening is basically impossible. Therefore, as NBA All-Star players, whether it is Paul, Harden or Butler, it is possible that they will never win the championship for the rest of their lives.

After all, in addition to personal talent and acquired efforts, winning the championship also requires a certain amount of luck, which also has a lot to do with your personal personality and the integration of the team in the judgment of the situation.

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