Which Teams Have the Best Backcourts?

Fun question I was asked to answer on Quora! Jeremy Lin and Harden aren’t a hard answer, but a few of the other tandems may surprise you.
Read Quote of Andres Alvarez’s answer to 2012-13 NBA Season: Is the Rockets’ starting back court the best in the NBA right now? on Quora

9 Responses to "Which Teams Have the Best Backcourts?"

JGlanton says:

December 27, 2012 at 8:28 am

Chris Paul and the next guy to get off that train will get you over 7 WP.
Shawn Furyan says:

December 27, 2012 at 10:04 am

George Hill might be performing at a couple notches above Meh so far this season, but the Pacers acquired him in exchange for Kawhi Leonard after they drafted him.

Pro Tip: if the Spurs call wanting to trade for one of your draft picks, consider yourself lucky for having stumbled upon a top prospect so late in the draft and put down the phone immediately!.
Shawn Furyan says:

December 27, 2012 at 11:50 am

JGlanton does make a good point. CP3 outperforms Tony and Manu’s combined production by himself, and is basically their match on a per minute basis:
Tony+Manu=0.388 WP48
CP3=0.369 WP48
Also, Crawford is below average, but above zero, and has produced over a win himself this season. So really, CP3+Crawford is probably the best, if most lopsided backcourt in the league up to this point in the season.
TheNBAGeek says:

December 27, 2012 at 7:22 pm

Shawn,

Curious, did they trade after the selection or before it? My guess is the deal talk was “we want your pick, as soon as you sign the dotted line, we’ll tell you whom to draft”
hmm says:

December 29, 2012 at 12:30 am

Jason Kidd is a point guard.
Michael Fischer says:

December 29, 2012 at 9:21 am

Re: your mention of Ginobili appearing to spend considerable time at SF, I think this is an artifact of the position-allocation algorithm. Ginobili does spend considerable time on the court this season as the 3rd-tallest player the Spurs have on the court, especially while Leonard was not active. However, if you watch what Ginobili is actually doing when on the floor in lineups like Splitter-Diaw-Ginobili-Neal-DeColo or Diaw-Jackson-Ginobili-Green-Mills, he is not playing SF. In fact, when playing with Neal (who did play a lot of PG last season, but is more effective at SG) and Green (who often starts as SG when Leonard is not injured), Ginobili is functionally the PG, initiating the offense, and sometimes even bringing the ball downcourt. Last night, against Houston, Ginobili even operated in the PG role on several possessions when sharing the court with DeColo. When the Spurs go small, as they did frequently during the 15 games when both Leonard and Jackson were injured), and Ginobili is in with Green and either Parker or Mills, it is Green who serves as SF, with Ginobili as SG. I don’t know how you could automate the position classification in a situation like this, but the roles are very obvious when watching all of those games (as I do as a Spurs season ticket holder).
Statmandu (@lovethoseknicks) says:

December 29, 2012 at 11:26 am

The absence of Deron Willians and Joe Johnson tells an interesting story.
todd says:

December 30, 2012 at 4:37 pm

Can someone explain the rationale behind the Rockets letting Lowry and Dragic go and acquiring Lin?
todd says:

December 30, 2012 at 5:14 pm

Lowry and Calderon?

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