When the Brooklyn Nets traded half their roster’s worth of players for Atlanta Hawks shooting guard Joe Johnson and re-signed superstar point guard Deron Williams, many proclaimed them to own the best backcourt tandem in NBA basketball. Debate ensued among NBA fans, on Twitter, on Facebook, everywhere. Like any other needless sports debate, this one faded quickly. But the season is here and teams have been playing, so I’d like to revisit the argument to see which guard tandem has played the best basketball this season.
To manage this interesting task, I hopped onto the NBA’s stats tool and pulled up the best two-man guard units by NetRTG, which is a squad’s defensive rating subtracted from it’s offensive rating. Basically, and advanced +/- rating. Also included are some bonus stats such as rebounding percentage, a measure of what percentage of rebounds available that the two collected. The other is a simple assists/turnover ratio. The only backcourt combos that are qualified are tho...
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PLAYERS:
Joe Johnson,
Deron Williams,
Russell Westbrook,
Kevin Martin,
Thabo Sefolosha,
Raymond Felton,
Jason Kidd,
Eric Bledsoe,
Jamal Crawford,
Jeff Teague,
Kyle Korver,
Mario Chalmers,
Dwyane Wade,
J.R. Smith,
Rajon Rondo,
Jason Terry,
Andre Iguodala,
Monta Ellis,
Brandon Jennings
TEAMS: Brooklyn Nets, Atlanta Hawks, Oklahoma City Thunder, New York Knicks, Los Angeles Clippers, Miami Heat, Boston Celtics, Denver Nuggets, Milwaukee Bucks
TEAMS: Brooklyn Nets, Atlanta Hawks, Oklahoma City Thunder, New York Knicks, Los Angeles Clippers, Miami Heat, Boston Celtics, Denver Nuggets, Milwaukee Bucks
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