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Which Tandem is most athletic combined? (This is NOT about fit, nor overall skill, just combined athletic ability.)

Tandem 1
Derrick Rose
Kobe Bryant

Tandem 2
Russell Westbrook
Allen Iverson

Tandem 3
Steve Francis
Vince Carter

Tandem 4
Ja Morant
D-Wade

I picked 3 but 2, 3, 4 all good. Kobe is unfortunately the lowest in this list for me and drags his pairing to last place. Yes, I watched young afro Kobe, he was a very fluid and amazing athlete but not on the tier of these guys. VC's extreme athleticism dominance paired with a top 5 freak athlete PG all time push it over for me.

How I'd rank all of them combined. Ps all are elite athletes.

1. VC
2. Rose
3. Morant
4. Westbrook
5. Francis
6. Wade
7. AI
8. Kobe

If we're talking Athleticism at their Peak and not considering height as a factor, I would say Tandem 4 (Wade/Morant) closely followed by Tandem 2 (Westbrook/Iverson). 2006 Wade with 2022 Ja running a fastbreak, good Lord.

OkcSinceSGA wrote:I picked 3 but 2, 3, 4 all good. Kobe is unfortunately the lowest in this list for me and drags his pairing to last place. Yes, I watched young afro Kobe, he was a very fluid and amazing athlete but not on the tier of these guys. VC's extreme athleticism dominance paired with a top 5 freak athlete PG all time push it over for me.

How I'd rank all of them combined. Ps all are elite athletes.

1. VC
2. Rose
3. Morant
4. Westbrook
5. Francis
6. Wade
7. AI
8. Kobe

Minor quibbles, but a good ranking.

Ferulci wrote:If we're talking Athleticism at their Peak and not considering height as a factor, I would say Tandem 4 (Wade/Morant) closely followed by Tandem 2 (Westbrook/Iverson). 2006 Wade with 2022 Ja running a fastbreak, good Lord.

My gut tells me #4 as well.

SkyHook wrote:

Ferulci wrote:If we're talking Athleticism at their Peak and not considering height as a factor, I would say Tandem 4 (Wade/Morant) closely followed by Tandem 2 (Westbrook/Iverson). 2006 Wade with 2022 Ja running a fastbreak, good Lord.

My gut tells me #4 as well.

I went back and forth on 3 and 4 a lot but Francis was one of my favorite players and I watched him do freakish things in his very short peak that wasn’t that far beneath the guys like Westbrook/Rose/Morant IMO. He had stupid hops, body control and first step. VC though is untouched here.

I think its 4, but tandem 3 would be close. But I mean there are more things to athleticism than just running and jumping and i think prime Wade clears most players here.