Are Wardell Stephen Curry II + Klay Alexander Thompson Best Back-court Ever?

Don't have to read that article to say yes. Maybe one day a team will be fortunate enough to build a better back court, but at the moment no team has ever built a back court as dangerous and talented as the Warriors with Curry and Thompson.

 

Westbrook & Harden would've been better.

 

[rquoter]“Ain’t nobody could shoot like these guys,” said Hall of Fame former league executive, team coach/exec and player Rod Thorn, who drafted a guard named Michael Jordan for the Bulls.[/rquoter]

This is a quote from Rod Thorn?

Really?

 

They forgot Moochie Norris and Stevie Franchise. Pshaw.

 

They shooting style and form even while being fouled super hard is incredibly accurate. If their guys are allowed to play physical like the 90s, even Jordan and Pippen would be coughing up blood trying to defend these guys.

 

I'm having a hard time thinking of a better back court, especially if you require that both players be really good, eliminating the obvious answer of "Michael Jordan and whichever other guard he was playing with."

 

Most exciting for sure

 

What's up with the full names? They getting married?

 

Emanuel Davis and Sam Mack.

 

Yes, for now.

 

Tough question, but arguably they are the best ever.


There have been some great backcourts in NBA history:


Sam Jones/Bob Cousy
Byron Scott or Michael Cooper/Magic Johnson
Manu Ginobili/Tony Parker
Richard Hamilton/Chauncey Billups
James Harden/Russell Westbrook
Jerry West/Gail Goodrich
Earl Monroe/Walt Frazier
Vince Carter/Jason Kidd
Dennis Johnson/Gus Williams
Joe Johnson/Steve Nash
Michael Finley/Steve Nash
Michael Jordan/John Paxson, BJ Armstrong, or Ron Harper
Mitch Richmond/Tim Hardaway
Ray Allen/Sam Cassell
Ray Allen/Rajon Rondo
Steve Smith/Mookie Blaylock
Clyde Drexler/Terry Porter
Kendall Gill/Sam Cassell
Jeff Hornacek/Kevin Johnson
Jason Richardson/Baron Davis

 

Exactly.

 

Lin/Lamb would have been GOAT if we never traded for Harden.

 

If you judge by sheer talent then the backcourts of Monroe/Frazier, West/Goodrich, Thomas/Dumars, Cousy/Sharman and Cousy/Jones all featured two Hall of Fame guards. Curry and Thompson are obviously the best shooting backcourt in history but Thompson isn't likey to be a Hall of Famer.

If you're looking at the best rounded tandem then it's probably Thomas and Dumars. . They couldn't shoot it as well as Thompson and Curry but they were both still very good offensive players and they were much better defensively and were better passers.

Some other duos who deserve mentions:

Andrew Toney/Maurice Cheeks
Reggie Miller/Mark Jackson
Dave Bing/Jimmy Walker
Paul Westphal/Walter Davis
Kevin Johnson/Dan Majerle
Mookie Blaylock/Steve Smith
Gary Payton/Ricky Pierce
Lenny Wilkens/Austin Carr
Jason Kidd/Jim Jackson

 

No votes for Backcourt 2000?

 

Thompson sure seems like he is on a pace currently to be a HOFer he is going to be one of those guys that doesn't have overwhelming stats. (one reason being in some eyes that will vote because he was on such a good/well rounded team) but will make up for it with rings and things like a 73 win season.

 

yeah, this is the basketball hall of fame. thompson will be in.


i don't know how long the backcourt has to play together to be the best backcourt ever, but the season steph just had is up there with all-time great seasons, and most players capable of all-time great seasons didn't have an all-nba backcourt counterpart with them.

if you look at things like PER or WS, steph is going to be way ahead of the best guy in a lot of these backcourts mentioned, maybe even beating both guys combined in win shares. and thompson is right there with most of the 2nd guys, even some of the 1st guys in win shares.

they very easily could have just had the best backcourt season ever.

 

Dumars/IT.

The Bad Boys backcourt. I will admit that they were before my time but they were legendary. Dumars while undersized was an amazing defender, one capable of giving MJ fits. And Isiah, what more can be said about his greatness as a player?

They could do it all.