Let's say if you could pair up any two players from any era DURING their prime, who would you pair up and why? :confusedshrug:
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Let's say if you could pair up any two players from any era DURING their prime, who would you pair up and why? :confusedshrug:
[QUOTE=EnoughSaid]Let's say if you could pair up any two players from any era DURING their prime, who would you pair up and why? :confusedshrug:[/QUOTE]
Mj and Hakeem
As a duo, they'd kill. That's hard to stop.
Theyd make others better and they wouldn't take away from each others game
[IMG]http://blogimages.thescore.com/tbj/files/2011/10/allen-iverson-larry-hughes.jpg[/IMG]
From this era D-Wade and D-Howard. Wade would split that pick and roll all day long and he would still have Howard for a lob.
jordan and shaq
Kobe
Shaq and Bird seem like the quintessential compliments, mates.
Hakeem and Bird.
Kobe
2003 kobe and 2008 kobe :lol
Kobe and LeBron ? :confusedshrug:
Air and Dream easily :pimp:
or you can throw in Bird and Duncan too
Lebron and Durant?
Ron Artest and MWP
[FONT="Arial Black"]Muggsey and Manute [/FONT]:bowdown: :bowdown: Oh wait.... :roll:
Michael Jordan and Bill Russell, Wilt Chamberlain and LeBron James, Oscar Robertson and Larry Bird, Hakeem and Magic, Kareem and Duncan, Bill Russell and Duncan, Wilt and Hakeem (played PF also)
[QUOTE=kkb_12]Ron Artest and MWP[/QUOTE]
In his head?
Edit: Before you ban me, nothing but love for the guy even though I don't like his team. Like JRSportbrief said, he's a nice dude but there's something wired wrong up there.
Shaq and Kobe minus the arguments...
Shaq & KG
[IMG]http://a.espncdn.com/photo/2010/1130/bos_g_kg-shaq-1_576.jpg[/IMG]
metta world peace and world b free
manute ball and shawn bradley = domination
Jordan and shaq
lebron and durant
Magic - Shaq
Nash - Duncan
[B]Pippen - Kobe[/B] (I think I'd be funny to see if they have more success)
Grant Hill - T-Mac (I was left with the boner of watching them play together)
JKidd - Dwight
CWebb - Iverson
Kobe Lebron. Lebron playmakes and Kobe shoots all day
I think Jordan and Shaq would be better than Jordan and Dream.
Shaq could get his off offensive Boards and let Jordan Work and the same goes for Jordan, he could get his off cuts and slashes.
Dream would work better with Bird, he's accustomed to the inside out game , with Mchale.
12 Lebron and 00 Shaq...
ouch..
Jordan and Duncan.
Lebron and Shaq wouldn't fit that well.
[QUOTE=Rubio2Gasol]Lebron and Shaq wouldn't fit that well.[/QUOTE]
How come? If Shaq could fit with Kobe, he would fit with Lebron even more considering he is much more unselfish
Imagine that pick n roll? I can see Lebron just constantly driving in and lobbing it up to Shaq and if no help comes then Lebron is open for a dunk or Lebron just giving it in the post to Shaq and if he gets double/triple teamed then Lebron cuts in and voila (Shaq was a great passer from there).... surround them with just shooters and now you have a team that would scramble the opposing defenses more so than anything ever :pimp:
pistol pete and ricky rubio
:D
[QUOTE=Chief Keef]Kobe[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=Flagrant 2]Kobe[/QUOTE]
I knew he was schizophrenic :D
P Maravich & J Williams (White Chocolate, not the murderer from NJ!)
[QUOTE=pauk]How come? If Shaq could fit with Kobe, he would fit with Lebron even more considering he is much more unselfish[/QUOTE]
Well I see a couple problems.
Shaq in the Lane really reduces the space Lebron has to work with on his drives.His mid range J isn't elite and he's never really worked weakside.
The way Shaq and Kobe worked sometimes, it was clear that Phil wanted Kobe to work more Iso's and take the midrange J's to clear up the lane and let Shaq get his on the boards.
Lebron would likely have to change his game alot , in terms of immediately posting Shaq and then waiting....
Pick and roll is a fantasy, the reality is that Shaq always hated Pick and Roll in his prime, he was not mobile enough to maximize his effectiveness in it.
Maybe with Shooters it could work to be honest, but I don't like it , It takes away from Brons game and what he can do for me, Iso scorers who can slash are a better fit with Shaq.
Magic and Shaq
with 3 athletic Swingmen to run and shoot.
Would be the most entertaining thing ever with Magic running the break and Shaq just dunking on people down low in the halfcourt.
Magic and Wilt.
LeBron and Dirk.
Young Shaq & Lebron
[QUOTE=Rubio2Gasol]Well I see a couple problems.
Shaq in the Lane really reduces the space Lebron has to work with on his drives.His mid range J isn't elite and he's never really worked weakside.
The way Shaq and Kobe worked sometimes, it was clear that Phil wanted Kobe to work more Iso's and take the midrange J's to clear up the lane and let Shaq get his on the boards.
Lebron would likely have to change his game alot , in terms of immediately posting Shaq and then waiting....
Pick and roll is a fantasy, the reality is that Shaq always hated Pick and Roll in his prime, he was not mobile enough to maximize his effectiveness in it.
Maybe with Shooters it could work to be honest, but I don't like it , It takes away from Brons game and what he can do for me, Iso scorers who can slash are a better fit with Shaq.[/QUOTE]
Could workout that way to indeed
Lebron and David Robinson would be epic.
hakeem olajuwon and walt frazier. complete players, clutch, savvy, made others better, unselfish.
seems like a lot of answers are for the best two on two pairing not the best pairing within a five on five.