Ranking the 10 Best Players to Never Win an NBA Title

#9 George Gervin

George Gervin (Image courtesy: poundingtherock.com)

Career Averages: 26.2 Points, 4.6 Rebounds, 1.2 Steals

Honors: 9x All-Star, 7x All NBA selections

George Gervin was one of the great scorers of his time. He won 4 scoring titles in a 5-year stretch from 1977-82. An effortless scorer, Gervin is famous for his trademark finger roll layups which he used to great effect over the years. While today we know of the San Antonio Spurs as this perennial contender, they were all about Gervin in the initial years of the franchise in the NBA.

He led the Spurs to the Conference finals thrice, in 1979, 1982 and 1983. They blew a 3-1 lead in 79 to the Bullets, which culminated with them conceding the game-winner with eight seconds left in Game 7. They didn't stand much of a chance the other two times, however. They were up against a Lakers squad which would make four straight finals appearances and the Spurs quite simply lacked the talent to go against a team which had five future Hall of Famers.