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Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook cause havoc not just because of their talent, but for the way they complement each other. One is a shooter. Te other, an athlete. One is a guard. Te other, a forward. Te one thing that sets them apart is they are both really young. To be able to lead Oklahoma City at such young ages elevates everything about them. Teir image. Teir expectations. We know they're great, but they could be gruesome in a few years. What they could be only adds to what they are, and what they are is really freaking good. Good enough that we put them on the cover of Dime #64, deeming them "Te NBA's Best Duo Since Shaq & Kobe." Around the time the growth of this devastating combo was detailed in these pages, we asked our DimeMag.com readers:
WHO IS THE BEST 1-2 PUNCH IN NBA HISTORY?
There were a lot of GOOD DUOS throughout the years in the NBA and there will be a bunch of ANSWERS by asking this QUES- TION but when I think of THE BEST DUO… I think of JORDAN & PIPPEN 'cause they were VICIOUS. -Team JORDAN
ALL-TIME greatest duo has to be STOCKTON AND MALONE. Hey they didn't win a chip
(who could have if you're going up against MJ every time) but they have other numbers to validate their greatness. Stockton No. 1 in all-time assists, and Malone No. 2 all-time scoring….'nuff said. -the boss
Gotta say, SHAQ AND PENNY were an enter- taining duo to watch. If only Shaq stayed … if only Penny stayed healthy. When they were briefly teammates in Miami, I nearly died! Obviously, that didn't work out so well what with Penny's injuries and all … -clownfish
STOCKTON & MALONE are the greatest duo of all-time… winning a championship is the most overrated quality EVER. People act like a player wasn't s--- if they never got a ring… it's ridiculous. Stockton & Malone are the definition of the word duo. They had an almost telepathic understanding of each other. You take either of them away and they are a drastically worse player. You take a '94 era Jordan or Pippen and you can plug them into ANY team in the league and pretty much have the same output. -iCARNACKi
SHAQ AND KOBE easily. They won back-to- back-to-back championships in their prime and slaughtered their competition. It wasn't even CLOSE. My vote is for them hands down. -Dana Walking Walker
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To me MJ & PIP are easily the best. Six NBA championships DO make a huge difference, and they fed off each other quite nicely. In this sense Stockton and Malone were also great, while I would compare Kobe/Shaq to LeBron/Wade and Durant/Westbrook as two great players who happen to play next to each other in one team. Magic and Kareem would rank behind Stockton and Malone simply be- cause by the time Magic really shined Kareem was already on the downside of his career. -pipdaddyy
STOCKTON TO MALONE. Their combined num- bers would never equal Shaq and Kobe, Jor- dan and Pippen, or Magic and Kareem. They did not even won a championship. But name me two players who are always mentioned in the same sentence more than any duo? Name me two players that kept a team in playoff contention for more than 15 years. Name me two players that remained loyal to one team for a very long time. -alf (from melmak)