Very often team are built around 2 or 3 stars: Westbrook and Durant, Bosh - Wade -James, Bryant - Howard - Gasol, Jordan and Pippen, Stockton and Malone.
Too often though these player are not a point guard and a shooting guard.
During the 80's was fundamental to have a power forward or a center to build around him the franchise, most of the times the sidekick, the "second violin" was and outstanding guard or a scoring forward to guarantee bunch of points or run the game.
For this reason most of the teams were not choosing as thei two best players point and shooting guard.
Try to translate this to the idea of pairing 2 all of famers in those position...we are going to run very short.
Here some of the best vintage couples of all times at 1 and 2 position:
Magic Johnson - Byron Scott
Bob Cousy - Bill Sharman
Isaiah Thomas - Joe Dumars
Earl Monroe - Walt Frazier
Tim Hardaway - Mitch Richmond
Chauncey Billups - Rip Hamilton
Kevin Johnson - Dan Majerle
Penny Hardaway - Nick Anderson
Of these "hardwood classics" players only few pairs are stuffed of top 50 nba all time players, some are all of famers some were all stars.
Which one do you think was the best combinations?
We classified them like this:
The Best: Isaiah Thomas - Joe Dumars
Most Exciting: Magic Johnson - Byron Scott
Uniqueness: Earl Monroe - Walt Frazier
Most athletic: Tim Hardaway - Mitch Richmond
Most Consistent: Chauncey Billups - Rip Hamilton
Precursors: Bob Cousy - Bill Sharman
"We COULD A WOULDA SHOULDA": Penny Hardaway - Nick Anderson
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