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Give examples of two Amazing passers playing together
« on: June 01, 2017, 02:50:55 PM »

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 Tps for any good examples. I don't think it happens very often. Magic and ? Bird and ?
 Stockton and nobody. Kidd and Kerry Kittles lol.

 Tmac and Grant Hill could have been good.
 Harden and Westbrook didn't work.

 The reason I'm asking, is if the Lakers did pass on Ball, would Philly take him with Simmons already there.

 Ball can really shoot so that could help, but could Ben and Ball really coexist? That's a very nice core Ball, Simmons, Embiid, but could it work.
 

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Tps for any good examples. I don't think it happens very often. Magic and ? Bird and ?

 

Bird & Walton

Bird & Tiny

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Magic & Norm Nixon

Early in Magic's career, Nixon was an All-Star PG alongside Magic in LAL. Those two worked really well together.
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Wade & LeBron

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  The reason I'm asking, is if the Lakers did pass on Ball, would Philly take him with Simmons already there.

 Ball can really shoot so that could help, but could Ben and Ball really coexist? That's a very nice core Ball, Simmons, Embiid, but could it work.

I absolutely believe it can work. I think Ball is more of a lower usage PG. Not a ball-dominant PG. Pass-first but not someone who needs the ball in his hands all the time. Not like Rondo has been over the last 6-7 years.

Because of that, I think he is far more able to share the ball with his teammates and allow his teammates to shine as ball-handlers & playmakers than most high caliber passing PGs.

Also, as you say above, Ball's jump-shot is a big big weapon off the ball.

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Bird / Walton / Ainge / DJ.

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James and Irving are both good passers. Draymond and Curry are both pretty good and Durant is above average as well.  I thought Rondo, Pierce, and Garnett were all good passers. 
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Pippen & Jordan

Again, like Wade & LeBron, two of the finest passing wings in the league at the time.

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There have been some great passers who didn't tally huge assists totals due to their position, aka not having the ball in their hands a ton. ALso, there have been some uderrated guys because their team generally shared the ball well.

Rose and Noah were good before they both fell off their respective cliffs.

Malone was a great passer alongside Stockton. Very underrated.

Divac was a great passer, and he played with Magic for a few years.

And when he was on the kings... pretty much that whole team could pass. C Webb was good, so was Bibby. That team shared the ball nicely.

Same with the Parker/Duncan?Manu Spurs. They likely all sacrificed stats to win.

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James and Irving are both good passers. Draymond and Curry are both pretty good and Durant is above average as well.  I thought Rondo, Pierce, and Garnett were all good passers.

Agree

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I don't think it happens very often.

Well how many "amazing" passers are there in the league at any one time?  If there's only a handful, then they won't end up on the same team too often.

Webber/Divac worked great (but both big men), and you can add Brad Miller to that mix too.

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i'll give you 3
Parker/Ginobili/Duncan
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Joe Montana and Steve Young
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Magic and Kareem. Most people don't remember what an absolute great passer Kareem was.

How about Hardin and Westbrook.

KG and Rondo.


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i'll give you 3
Parker/Ginobili/Duncan
worked OK
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Bird and Walton!



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