10 Years of Peak Which Combination is best?

mdonnelly1989 · Post #1 » by **mdonnelly1989** » Thu Jul 27, 2023 4:57 am

Team 1

D-Wade
Joker

Team 2

Kobe
David Robinson

Team 3

James Harden
Hakeem Olajuwon

Team 4

T-Mac
Shaq

dygaction · Post #2 » by **dygaction** » Thu Jul 27, 2023 8:19 pm

What do you mean 10 years of peak? Wade and TMac do not have those years.
Just for peaks, Wade and Jokic for me. Two alpha players who can play team ball, and both led the teams drafted them to championships.

Stan · Post #3 » by **Stan** » Thu Jul 27, 2023 10:00 pm

Even though Wade only had 7 years of peak play, several of which were impacted by injury, he and Jokic are imo clearly the best duo, so I'd roll with them.

Post #4 » by **penbeast0** » Fri Jul 28, 2023 12:51 am

10 healthy years at the level of their peak play, I'd go with David Robinson and Kobe Bryant. Robinson's defense outmatches anyone but Hakeem and Kobe had strong playoffs as the primary option letting David Robinson be a great #2. Hakeem/Harden would have primacy issues and Harden's playoff record isn't great. Shaq/Tmac isn't as strong defensively and the work ethic and focus isn't up to the talent level. Jokic/Wade is the big question and for today's league I would go with that, but for the first 65 years the league was in existence, I would argue for the defensive hub with the resilient playoff offensive engine.