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rand wrote:KD is so much better offensively than the others, and Ray so much worse defensively than all others, KD/Pip are going to be better on both ends of the court and they also offer better lineup versatility.

Jaivl wrote:Pippen and KD is probably a bit better on their peaks (and even then I doubt it), but Allen and KG played great for SO LONG that I can't bring myself to not pick them.

rand wrote:KD is so much better offensively than the others, and Ray so much worse defensively than all others, KD/Pip are going to be better on both ends of the court and they also offer better lineup versatility.

There's no chance than they are better defensively, lol. Garnett alone is an easily bigger needle-mover on defense than the other two combined.

Matt15 wrote:Which duo would you rather build around in today’s league?

Prokorov wrote:

Matt15 wrote:Which duo would you rather build around in today’s league?

Durant >> KG
Pippen >>> Allen

and Durant/pippen are a fit that better transcends eras

Deveney highlighted a number of interesting story lines from the book in a recent article, including several excerpts that suggest Allen’s notoriously icy relationship with Kevin Garnett may have been strained from the very start.

Allen recalled dribbling in front of his locker during the Celtics’ preseason trip to Rome in 2007, which was something Allen had done to prepare for games his entire career. The dribbling annoyed Garnett, though, who told Allen, “No, you’re not going to do that.”

“You can’t tell me what to do,” Allen remembered responding, as teammates looked on. “You do what you do, and I do what I do.”

As Allen wrote, “Gee, can two grown men be any more juvenile?” And it was a similar experience when, before the start of the season, Garnett and Allen went out to dinner at a steakhouse in Boston and spoke about their roots together as teenage players in the 1990s, and the pain of being on losing teams in the past. After dinner, Allen wrote, he asked the waitress for the check.

“No,” Garnett said, “I tip way better than him, so you better give me the check.” It was the first time they’d gone to dinner together, and Allen pointed out that Garnett had no idea how much Allen tipped. “There was no point in arguing with the guy,” Allen writes. “What struck me was that he felt the need to be seen as being superior to me, even in something as petty as this.”

oaktownwarriors87 wrote:I said Allen/KG because KG's defense and rebounding is so hard to duplicate. KG also makes for an insanely good small ball center.

Prokorov wrote:

Matt15 wrote:Which duo would you rather build around in today’s league?

Durant >> KG
Pippen >>> Allen

and Durant/pippen are a fit that better transcends eras

Threetimes10 wrote:

Prokorov wrote:

Matt15 wrote:Which duo would you rather build around in today’s league?

Durant >> KG
Pippen >>> Allen

and Durant/pippen are a fit that better transcends eras

The best duo is you and your consistently misinformed takes. Durant isn't ">>" KG in any universe in which the rules of basketball remain the same. KG's defensive impact is greater than Durant's offensive advantage by any meaningful metric.