NBA Free Agency Fool's Gold: Whoever Forms Next Big 3 Faces Major Challenges

For the past 15 years, Big Threes have been all the rage in the NBA. From the late-2000s Boston Celtics to the Miami Heatles, the mid-2010s Cleveland Cavaliers and the late-2010s Golden State Warriors, the key to championship contention has been amassing as many stars as possible and hoping for good health and good fortune in the playoffs. It introduced harsh roster-building restrictions for the teams with the most expensive payrolls across the league, which the Phoenix Suns learned the hard way this year. Fresh off disappointing first-round exits of their own, the Los Angeles Lakers and Philadelphia 76ers will face that same conundrum this offseason.