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Re: Best wing Duos in NBA History
« Reply #15 on: January 11, 2022, 09:09:15 PM »

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List is a lot shorter if they have to be the 2 best players.  I mean the 67 Sixers had Cunningham, Greer, and Walker.  All 3 made the HOF and were clearly wings, but that was also clearly Wilt's team.  Similarly, the Pistons had Dumars and Aguirre (Dantley before the trade), but obviously Zeke was the leader and best player.



 I should have clarified  height is important here. Dumras doesn't make the cut. Brown is 6'6" and Tatum 6'8" I want the two to be as close as possible in height to our guys.

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« Reply #16 on: January 11, 2022, 10:32:03 PM »

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Len Bias and Reggie Lewis, oh wait…maybe they got to hoop together in heaven.

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« Reply #17 on: January 11, 2022, 11:28:38 PM »

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You have those high scoring, yet not very successful early 80's Denver teams, with Kiki Vandeweghe and Alex English averaging a combined 55-56ppg.  They finished 1-2 in the league in scoring in '83.

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« Reply #18 on: January 11, 2022, 11:46:03 PM »

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Here’s a potentially depressing thought:

You have those high scoring, yet not very successful early 20’s Boston teams, with Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum averaging a combined 55-56ppg.  They finished 1-2 in the league in scoring in '23.

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« Reply #19 on: January 12, 2022, 12:52:00 AM »

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Here’s a potentially depressing thought:

You have those high scoring, yet not very successful early 20’s Boston teams, with Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum averaging a combined 55-56ppg.  They finished 1-2 in the league in scoring in '23.


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« Reply #20 on: January 12, 2022, 08:20:03 AM »

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List is a lot shorter if they have to be the 2 best players.  I mean the 67 Sixers had Cunningham, Greer, and Walker.  All 3 made the HOF and were clearly wings, but that was also clearly Wilt's team.  Similarly, the Pistons had Dumars and Aguirre (Dantley before the trade), but obviously Zeke was the leader and best player.



 I should have clarified  height is important here. Dumras doesn't make the cut. Brown is 6'6" and Tatum 6'8" I want the two to be as close as possible in height to our guys.
Dumars is basically the same size as Wade who you had in your opening post. 
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« Reply #21 on: January 12, 2022, 09:39:56 AM »

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Len Bias and Reggie Lewis, oh wait…maybe they got to hoop together in heaven.

Sidebar, but I wonder if the Celts would have drafted Reggie if Bias hadn't died.  The whole tthing is still too depressing to think about...
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« Reply #22 on: January 12, 2022, 09:51:42 AM »

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Len Bias and Reggie Lewis, oh wait…maybe they got to hoop together in heaven.

I was thinking of Old Bird and Young Reggie as a wing combo. Reggie was a big SG (well, tall & slender) who originally was the backup SF on the team (and started at SF while Bird was out) before settling in at SG.

They were a big wing combination.

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« Reply #23 on: January 12, 2022, 11:02:20 AM »

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List is a lot shorter if they have to be the 2 best players.  I mean the 67 Sixers had Cunningham, Greer, and Walker.  All 3 made the HOF and were clearly wings, but that was also clearly Wilt's team.  Similarly, the Pistons had Dumars and Aguirre (Dantley before the trade), but obviously Zeke was the leader and best player.



 I should have clarified  height is important here. Dumras doesn't make the cut. Brown is 6'6" and Tatum 6'8" I want the two to be as close as possible in height to our guys.
Dumars is basically the same size as Wade who you had in your opening post.


 Dumas was 6'3" wade was 6'4" but had a crazy long wingspan  6'11" and a much better athlete