Lebron James looked at the careers of stars like Ray Allen and Kevin Garnett, who were All Stars but unable to win a Championship until they left their mediocre teams and joined forces with Paul Pierce to form the BIG 3 of the Boston Celtics.
Of the top 20, 18 were All-Stars this season.
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Once all the stars were aligned, strong business results generated very rewarding long-term shareholder returns.
Miami's three All-Stars were a dismal 14 of 39 from the field, even though James spent part of the night being defended by Stephenson because of George's foul trouble.
They created from hoarded parts: pre-existing stars Bryant and Pau Gasol were joined in the off-season by All-Stars Howard and Steve Nash, and there was an assumption that this boldface, Frankenstein'd outfit, while not assured of a Finals run, would give heavy competition to rivals like the Thunder and Spurs.
Scott and Zelda were, after all, the rock stars of their day the most beautiful and brightest people in the room, at least for a time.
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And during this turnaround, they were mostly playing without their two perennial all-stars.
In the 1930s under Alexandre Dumaine it became one of the best-known restaurants in France, gaining three Michelin stars, all of which were lost when he retired.
" Best of all is the choice of Melody Gardot's delicately jazzy "If the Stars Were Mine" to accompany the last scene, which ends with the most enigmatic of all Shakespeare's curtain lines: "The words of Mercury are harsh after the songs of Apollo.
In 2006, led by third-year forward Carmelo Anthony, the Nuggets were a No. 3 seed without any All-Stars.
Even with all the guest cameos, the Rolling Stones were clearly the stars of their own production.
But New Zealand Rugby Union deputy chief executive Steve Tew said the financial incentives available to All Blacks stars moving to UK and French teams were too good for the players to turn down.
Two decades ago, the Jays were the toast of baseball, with a roster of All-Stars put together by Hall of Fame general manager Pat Gillick that won back-to-back World Series titles in 1992 and 1993.
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Detroit Piston scout Will Robinson, who found future All-Stars Joe Dumars and Dennis Rodman when they were diamonds in the rough.
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After all, he says, classical musicians like Mozart were basically the rock stars of their day.
But one of the things I want you guys to remember -- all the kids here to remember, is that these stars were not born superstar athletes.
All three of these sports stars, like Johnson, bought into troubled franchises in markets where they were idolized.
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Director John Landis described Harryhausen as a "true giant of the cinema" and said his creations were "not only the stars of those movies, but the main reason for those movies to exist at all".
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