Better Combo During Prime

[mdonnelly1989]

Team 1

Shaq O'Neal
Steve Nash

Team 2

Hakeem Olajuwon
Chris Paul

Team 3

Nikola Jokic
Anthony Davis

Team 4

Larry Bird
James Harden

Team 5

Magic Johnson
Dirk Nowitski

Team 6

Tim Duncan
T-Mac

Team 7

Steph Curry
Kawhi

Team 8

KG
D-Wade

Team 9

Giannis
Kevin Durant

Team 10

Kobe
David Robinson

[Ol Roy]

I'm going with Team 9, KD and Giannis. Not a perfect approximation, but probably the closest thing to facing Jordan and Pippen if they were 7 footers.

[jojo4341]

My heart says Magic and Dirk, but I went with Jokic and AD. They compliment each other so well. AD wants to play PF and can help Jokic on defense while playing free safety. Just fill the roster with solid 3&D wings/guards which are a dime a dozen in this era. Even then, they would be a devastating twin towers in any era.

[DCasey91]

Steph and Kawhi is also worth a mention with on ball and off ball effectiveness (Kawhi C&S is def up there) but yeah it's between AD and Jokic and Dirk and Magic, they pair too well together.

With the others I feel like you need a third roleplaying guy to bring it together or they don't mesh well at all.

KD and Giannis have shown you 100% need an on ball guy and then together it's much more of an importance.

[migya]

Kobe and Robinson gives almost everything on both ends. Robinson's problem was having not legit second option, particularly a very good perimeter player, Kobe is a very good one. Robinson's versatility probably makes him even better with Kobe than Shaq was.

[penbeast0]

My first take is Hakeem and Paul (assuming through both their prime eras rather than just today's league). Defense as well as offense and Hakeem's never had a playmaker of Paul's capacity before to allow his movement offense in addition to his post up game. Assuming playoff health of course (looking at you CP3).