Another factor to keep in mind: Of the guys on this list who won a title, virtually all of them had a great sidekick — except Walker. Magic had Greg Kelser. Manning had Milt Newton. Laettner had Grant Hill and Bobby Hurley. Anthony had Gerry McNamara. Not saying Kemba was playing with a bunch of scrubs, but he didn’t have a teammate of that caliber.
Man, not to take anything away from Kemba but that run doesn't happen without Jeremy Lamb. And if you're going to reference Gerry McNamara as a great sidekick to Melo, you sure as hell should give Lamb credit. During that 11-game run, Lamb averaged 15 points a game on almost 55% shooting per game and hit over 50% of his threes. That's a great sidekick.