Ray Allen/Lebron James vs Chris Paul/Dirk Nowitzki

[rk2023]

Assuming all else will be equal and a modern-day team is built around all 4's peak variants, it's hard for me to say.

Just an idea here, Ray Allen is similar to Kyrie in the regards that they might not be lead engines but are phenomenal as 2-O guys, especially next to someone as good as the playmaking/scoring hybrid with LeBron - Ray a better shooter and off-ball mover in general, Kyrie better as a playmaker.

Here's how Kyrie and Bron fared on floor together in their three years as teammates:

2015-17 RS, Low Leverage Filtered: 10.58 net-rating, 118.74 Offensive Rating (4620 Minutes)
2015-17 PS, Low Leverage Filtered: 10.6 net-ratting, 119.1 Offensive Rating (1526 Minutes)

Roster construction across the board with great shooters / spacing, and play-finishers faring well in "LeBron-Ball" enabled numbers like these. In a more modern day setting, I would presume LeBron would slide down to the power forward position and Ray at the shooting guard. When building a team around those two, it could be very easy to unlock in-parallel to that spacing while having flexibility around LeBron's engining and Ray's secondary sources of offense.

Just some food for thought, not pointing in one way or the other.

[SinceGatlingWasARookie]

Chris Paul, Ray Allen, LeBron, Dirk, David Robinson, backed up by Kenneth Farid, Patrick Bevery and 5 g-leaguers would be a nice team.