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“The most talented backcourt in the history of the NBA”

Discussion in 'NBA Dish' started by Xerobull, May 28, 2024.

  1. Xerobull

    Xerobull ...and I'm all out of bubblegum
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    Is Stan right? Most talented ever?
     
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    Do we have the history of the NBA to argue about it......

     
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    Only Bill Walton could pull that off as entertaining
     
  4. MadMax

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    They’ve had a great playoff run so far. If they fall short of winning an NBA title, is anyone gonna seriously consider this question any longer? The greatest backcourt ever was so great they were a 5 seed. This is recency bias to the nth degree.
     
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    cat and frenchies was the best backcourt duo ever until cd broke them up for an injured mergady.
     
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    Not yet anyway
     
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  7. Xerobull

    Xerobull ...and I'm all out of bubblegum
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    Yes.

    Highly underrated backcourt, our ceiling would have been higher if we had kept them. Talent + Heart > Amazing Talent

    You both are conflating most talented with greatest.
     
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    That's fair. Fortunately reading carefully and deciphering meaning in text isn't all that important in my job OH WAIT OH MY GOD!!!!!
     
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    This could have a negative connotation of Talented but Underachieving.......lol

    But honestly Doncic at 25 yrs old is on track.......Tatum has not won crap either being 26.
     
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    Context? Is this about Dallas? Boston? It's probably telling that I can't tell, so it's probably not GOAT
     
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    PS weren't people saying this about Klay and Curry not too many years ago?
     
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    Not many people know this
     
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    Same
     
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    I don't think it's a crazy statement at all. Doncic and Irving are both unbelievably talented players.

    Which other backcourts are in the running?
     
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    Cp3 wasn’t in his prime but if you count them it’s probably harden and cp3, that’s 2 of the 30 best players ever in one backcourt. Kyrie isn’t near those 2
     
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    Clyde Frazier and Earl The Pearl Monroe
     
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    17-18 Harden and CP3 clears

    if this was the competition in the West back then, Rockets 2001 Lakers through the whole playoffs
     
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