Top duo?

[Mark Padgett]

Fox Sports Net had one of its Sports List shows on and they listed the top "sports duos". This would be the best pair of teammates in pro sports. Their list included baseball, football, basketball and hockey. Some of the pairs were Koufax and Drysdale, Gretzky and Messier, Montana and Rice, Shaq and Kobe, etc. The number one rated teammate duo was Ruth and Gehrig. It would be hard to argue against that pair. So I thought I'd ask who we think would be the top five rated NBA duos. Fox had Stockton and Malone at the top for basketball and I don't think I could argue against that, either. Here's my five in order:

1. Stockton and Malone
2. Kareem and Magic
3. Cousy and Russell
4. Chamberlain and West
5. Jordan and Pippen

I couldn't include my all-time favorite, George Mikan, in there because he really never had another extraordinary teammate of this caliber - and this was the best duos, not individuals.

[JugglingReferee]

Padgett and Juulie.

Edit: Naismith and a young JR.

Seriously: Gretzky and Messier.

[HoopsRefJunior]

Tiger Woods and Steve Williams?

or

Jack Nicklaus and Angelo Argea?

[Old School]

Jordan and Pippan #5 is an insult. These 2 are number 1, hands down.

How about Lew Alcinder and Oscar Robertson, bet you don't remember that. In fact, if Lew didn't get traded, there may have been a dynasty there. How about Larry Bird and Kevin McKale, Julius Ervin and Moses Malone or Aken Olahuwan and Clyde Drexter or remember the twin towers Olahuwan and Ralph Samspon.

In football, the best duo of all time is Motanna and Rice, hands down. This combination destroyed teams. I remember one super bowl that San Diego made it too, against the 49ers. San Diego had to have known that Jerry Rice was the killer in the NFL at the time, but they went into the game with no answer. The very 1st play of the SB, Montana to Rice, touchdown, the route is on. I was like how did they even get here.

How about Lenny Dawson and Otis Taylor
Marshall Faulk and Curt Warner
Terry Bradsaw and Lynn Swam
Fred Brelitnikaus and Darrel Lamonica
Kevin Winslow and Dan Fouts
too name a few.....

[bronco]

Originally Posted by HoopsRefJunior

Tiger Woods and Steve Williams?

or

Jack Nicklaus and Angelo Argea?

How can Tiger be in any top duo when he doesn't play well in team events?

For basketball, I'd have to say Magic and Kareem, even though I absolutely hate the Lakers.

[mick]

Originally Posted by bronco

How can Tiger be in any top duo when he doesn't play well in team events?

Obviously, his teammates, also, do not play well.

[MN BB Ref]

Originally Posted by Mark Padgett

I couldn't include my all-time favorite, George Mikan, in there because he really never had another extraordinary teammate of this caliber - and this was the best duos, not individuals.

I would say that George Mikan and Vern Mikkelson would qualify as a pretty good duo. They are both Hall of Famers and they dominated the sport in the 50's and early 60's. In fact Mikkelson is generally regarded as being the games first power forward.

[Mark Padgett]

Originally Posted by Old School

How about Lew Alcinder and Oscar Robertson, bet you don't remember that.

I tell you my personal favorite pro basketball player of all time is George Mikan and you don't think I remember those two?

[shawn29]

Originally Posted by Old School

Jordan and Pippan #5 is an insult. These 2 are number 1, hands down.

How about Lew Alcinder and Oscar Robertson, bet you don't remember that. In fact, if Lew didn't get traded, there may have been a dynasty there. How about Larry Bird and Kevin McKale, Julius Ervin and Moses Malone or Aken Olahuwan and Clyde Drexter or remember the twin towers Olahuwan and Ralph Samspon.

In football, the best duo of all time is Motanna and Rice, hands down. This combination destroyed teams. I remember one super bowl that San Diego made it too, against the 49ers. San Diego had to have known that Jerry Rice was the killer in the NFL at the time, but they went into the game with no answer. The very 1st play of the SB, Montana to Rice, touchdown, the route is on. I was like how did they even get here.

How about Lenny Dawson and Otis Taylor
Marshall Faulk and Curt Warner
Terry Bradsaw and Lynn Swam
Fred Brelitnikaus and Darrel Lamonica
Kevin Winslow and Dan Fouts
too name a few.....

That was Young to Rice on the third play .

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Old School

Jordan and Pippan #5 is an insult. These 2 are number 1, hands down.

How about Lew Alcinder and Oscar Robertson, bet you don't remember that. In fact, if Lew didn't get traded, there may have been a dynasty there. How about Larry Bird and Kevin McKale, Julius Ervin and Moses Malone or Aken Olahuwan and Clyde Drexter or remember the twin towers Olahuwan and Ralph Samspon.

In football, the best duo of all time is Motanna and Rice, hands down. This combination destroyed teams. I remember one super bowl that San Diego made it too, against the 49ers. San Diego had to have known that Jerry Rice was the killer in the NFL at the time, but they went into the game with no answer. The very 1st play of the SB, Montana to Rice, touchdown, the route is on. I was like how did they even get here.

How about Lenny Dawson and Otis Taylor
Marshall Faulk and Curt Warner
Terry Bradsaw and Lynn Swam
Fred Brelitnikaus and Darrel Lamonica
Kevin Winslow and Dan Fouts
too name a few.....

Okay, this list has a lot of people I've never heard of.

Pippan? Kevin McKale? Julius Ervin? Aken Olahuwan? Clyde Drexter? Curt Warner (is he maybe Kurt's cousin or something?) Terry Bradsaw? Lynn Swam (did they call him Swammy?) Fred Brelitnikaus? Who is Kevin Winslow?

Dude, a typo or two is one thing; but you've mis-spelled almost half of this list.

BTW, Warner and Faulk don't belong on this list. One season of greatness followed by two seasons of mediocrity doesn't even get you mentioned in the same breath as Magic Johnson and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Jerry Rice gets mentioned with two quarterbacks; Young and Montana.

[WhistlesAndStripes]

Originally Posted by Old School

Jordan and Pippan #5 is an insult. These 2 are number 1, hands down.

How about Lew Alcinder and Oscar Robertson, bet you don't remember that. In fact, if Lew didn't get traded, there may have been a dynasty there. How about Larry Bird and Kevin McKale, Julius Ervin and Moses Malone or Aken Olahuwan and Clyde Drexter or remember the twin towers Olahuwan and Ralph Samspon.

In football, the best duo of all time is Motannaand Rice, hands down. This combination destroyed teams. I remember one super bowl that San Diego made it too, against the 49ers. San Diego had to have known that Jerry Rice was the killer in the NFL at the time, but they went into the game with no answer. The very 1st play of the SB, Montana to Rice, touchdown, the route is on. I was like how did they even get here.

How about Lenny Dawson and Otis Taylor
Marshall Faulk and Curt Warner
Terry Bradsaw and Lynn Swam
Fred Brelitnikaus and Darrel Lamonica
Kevin Winslow and Dan Fouts
too name a few.....

OK, I don't know where Mr. Spelling Guy is. Must still be on Christmas Break, so I'll hit the ones I know are messed up, and someone else can pick up the rest of the pieces.

In order of redness above:

Pippen, Alcindor, McHale, Irving, Drexler, Olajuwan, Sampson, Kurt, Bradshaw, Swan, Belitnikoff and Daryle.

[truerookie]

I will have to say.

Jack Sickma and Gus Williams. They brought the only NBA Championship to the Pacific NorthWest with Lenny Wilkins as the Coach.

[WhistlesAndStripes]

Originally Posted by truerookie

I will have to say.

Jack Sickma and Gus Williams. They brought the only NBA Championship to the Pacific NorthWest with Lenny Wilkins as the Coach.

Sikma and Wilkens

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Whistles & Stripes

OK, I don't know where Mr. Spelling Guy is. Must still be on Christmas Break, so I'll hit the ones I know are messed up, and someone else can pick up the rest of the pieces.

In order of redness above:

Pippen, Alcindor, McHale, Irving, Drexler, Olajuwan, Sampson, Kurt, Bradshaw, Swan, Belitnikoff and Daryle.

Kevin Winslow's real first name was Kellen.

[WhistlesAndStripes]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

Kevin Winslow's real first name was Kellen.

That's what I was thinking too, however, I was tired of looking them names up to verify as it was. I think he got the point.