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  • #24249
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    The two duos: Blake Griffin and Eric Gordon; Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook

    First lets start with Griffin and Gordon.

    Griffin: 21 Years Old, Rookie, 20.8 ppg, 12.2 rpg, 3.2 apg. 

    He is an outstanding PF already even though he is just a rookie.  He is one of the most athletic and graceful players in the NBA even though he is a big man.  Also, he is showing great leadership which is not only impressive considering his age, but also because of the dysfunctional organization which he is leading.  He is single-handedly making a terrible team relevant and is strong contender to be an all-star even though he is on a team with a pitiful record.  His rebounding ability is off the charts good and is complemented nicely with his non-stop motor that you usually only find in a guy trying to make the last spot on a team.  Also, he has better passing ability than anyone suspected but still turns it over carelessly like all rookies tend to do.  Lastly, his defensive potential is impressive due to his great athleticism, body control, patience, and energy. 

    Gordon: 21 Years Old, 3rd Year Player, 23.9 ppg, 3.3 rpg, 4.6 apg.

    He is quickly evolving into a star alongside Griffin.  This year he has matched up against the best shooting guards in the league and not only held his own, but out-performed them on some occasions.  After a slow start from beyond the arc this season, he has quickly picked it up and as he is improving from deep, he is getting more and more deadly offensively.  Defensively, he has also been very impressive.  Knocked for his size coming into the league, Eric Gordon is now proving his doubters wrong by not only scoring at will on the taller defenders, but also out-muscling and shutting down his taller opposition.  He has simply become one of the best young scorers in the game and has complemented Blake Griffin pefectly this season. 

    Now onto Durant and Westbrook.

    Durant: 22 Years Old, 4th Year Player, 27.4 ppg, 6.6 rpg, 3.0 apg.

    He is right up there with the NBA’s best players at such a young age.  He is a scoring machine in a big man’s body.  His impressive length makes his almost unstoppable on offense and an above average defender on defense.  Now he might not be a great defender, but he definitely is capable of bothering his opponents on defense with his great length.  He is a pretty good rebounder for a SF, but I would expect a little more out of him with his length.  If he can bulk up a little more and sharpen up his passes, he will become a complete player.  Lastly, he has shown incredible leadership in a lead by example way by taking a terrible Thunder team who had fired their coach in 08-09 to the playoffs in 09-10.

    Westbrook: 22 Years Old, 3rd Year Player, 23.1 ppg, 5.0 rpg, 8.5 apg.

    He is quickly becoming one of the best pg’s in the NBA.  His impressive combination of strength and speed for a pg is rare.  He has been an incredible complementary force to Kevin Durant and is among the truly special young players in the game today.  However, he still is turnover prone and needs to improve from both the three point line and field in general.  However, he is a tremendous floor general and makes up for his turnovers on offense by forcing a lot of turnovers on defense with his top-notch defensive ability.  Going forward, Westbrook is not only going to be a very special point guard, but possibly an elite player in the NBA.

    Analysis: Both of these dynamic duos have been incredible in their work together this year, but Westbrook and Durant have had the better record by far this season.  However, Griffin and Gordon are both 1 year younger than Durant and Westbrook and are playing together for the first time this year.  As they gain more and more experience playing together, the Clippers’ duo should rise up and equal or maybe even surpass the Thunder’s duo.  Unlike the Thunder’s duo, the Clippers’ duo features a big man and a guard which is better for floor spacing and balance.  However, the Thunder’s duo features a pg unlike that of the Clippers’ duo which is an advantage because a good young floor general is a necessity in a young core.  Overall, these two young duos are impressive and will be battling it out in the Western Conference for years to come.  Therefore I ask, which of these two young duos would you rather have for the next 10 years and why?

     

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  • #463459
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    gregoden08
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    I’d clearly take the Durant/Westbrook Duo. I’d take Durant over Griffin anyday and I’d certaintly take Westbrook over Gordon.

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  • #463470
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    I’d clearly take the Durant/Westbrook Duo. I’d take Durant over Griffin anyday and I’d certaintly take Westbrook over Gordon.

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  • #463461
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     Durant and Westbrook and this is easy.  Tho I love the combination of Eric Gordan and Griffin 2 freak athletes who can both run and jump with the best of them.  Plus Gordon is the perfect player for Griffin because of his deadly outside shooting.

    But Westbrook and Durant are just something else as evidenced by the fact they are leading their team into the elite of the West and Gordon and Griffin are cellar dwellars.  Neither one of them are really great leaders tho they both will get there eventually.  I have already heard Blake scream at his teammates and Godon despite being like Ricky Williams is the vet of their young team after the Worlds experience.

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  • #463472
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     Durant and Westbrook and this is easy.  Tho I love the combination of Eric Gordan and Griffin 2 freak athletes who can both run and jump with the best of them.  Plus Gordon is the perfect player for Griffin because of his deadly outside shooting.

    But Westbrook and Durant are just something else as evidenced by the fact they are leading their team into the elite of the West and Gordon and Griffin are cellar dwellars.  Neither one of them are really great leaders tho they both will get there eventually.  I have already heard Blake scream at his teammates and Godon despite being like Ricky Williams is the vet of their young team after the Worlds experience.

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  • #463463
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    the lake show

    Durant and Westbrook easily. Gordan is good but he’s not as high on the list at his position as Westbrook is and westbrook has more comp for top point guard. Ask me again next season though after Blakes second year because in Year 2 the Thunder were much better than year one of Westbrooks career

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  • #463474
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    the lake show

    Durant and Westbrook easily. Gordan is good but he’s not as high on the list at his position as Westbrook is and westbrook has more comp for top point guard. Ask me again next season though after Blakes second year because in Year 2 the Thunder were much better than year one of Westbrooks career

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  • #463467
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    keep in mind that the first year that westbrook and durant were together, they went 23-59.  Sure they are doing very well in their 3rd year, but the griffin-gordon duo is in its 1st year.  they may very well be at the same level as durant-westrbook by the time they reach their 3rd year together.

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  • #463478
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    keep in mind that the first year that westbrook and durant were together, they went 23-59.  Sure they are doing very well in their 3rd year, but the griffin-gordon duo is in its 1st year.  they may very well be at the same level as durant-westrbook by the time they reach their 3rd year together.

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  • #463471
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    bdoody42
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    For now the question isnt to diffcult. I would go with Durant/ Westbrook. Maybe ask the questions in 2 years and maybe much closer.

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  • #463482
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    bdoody42
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    For now the question isnt to diffcult. I would go with Durant/ Westbrook. Maybe ask the questions in 2 years and maybe much closer.

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  • #463479
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    BothTeamsPlayedHard
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    Man, the things that come with a three game win streak.

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  • #463490
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    BothTeamsPlayedHard
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    Man, the things that come with a three game win streak.

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  • #463485
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    the lake show

    Lol i know right. You will probably go crazy if the Twolves get hot and people start saying who has a better duo Beasy/Love or Some duo that has been winning for a season plus

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  • #463496
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    the lake show

    Lol i know right. You will probably go crazy if the Twolves get hot and people start saying who has a better duo Beasy/Love or Some duo that has been winning for a season plus

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  • #463493
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    just because they are doing well and getting noticed during their 3 game winning streak, does not mean that they have not been doing these things the whole season.  Both Griffin and Gordon have been consisently great the whole season and just now are getting attention.  If you had bothered to read the original post then you would have read my question "who would you rather have for the next ten years?" not who would you rather have now…wow.  Its clear that westbrook-durant is a better duo currently, but the fact that they have 3 years of experience playing together helps a lot.  Griffin is in his first season!  If the duo was Durant in his first season with Westbrook currently vs Griffin and Gordon currently, then Griffin and Gordon is the better duo.  What I’m saying is, 10 years down the line, which duo will have been better for the previous 10 years?

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  • #463504
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    just because they are doing well and getting noticed during their 3 game winning streak, does not mean that they have not been doing these things the whole season.  Both Griffin and Gordon have been consisently great the whole season and just now are getting attention.  If you had bothered to read the original post then you would have read my question "who would you rather have for the next ten years?" not who would you rather have now…wow.  Its clear that westbrook-durant is a better duo currently, but the fact that they have 3 years of experience playing together helps a lot.  Griffin is in his first season!  If the duo was Durant in his first season with Westbrook currently vs Griffin and Gordon currently, then Griffin and Gordon is the better duo.  What I’m saying is, 10 years down the line, which duo will have been better for the previous 10 years?

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  • #463497
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    the lake show

    Cousins/Tyreke Evans or Gordan/Blake or ellis/curry or Wall/Blatche or Love/Beasley or mayo/gay

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  • #463508
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    the lake show

    Cousins/Tyreke Evans or Gordan/Blake or ellis/curry or Wall/Blatche or Love/Beasley or mayo/gay

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  • #463601
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    umm lake show, stay on topic.  none of those duos are close to griffin and gordon.  maybe ellis and curry but they are older and both guards so therefore not that close.

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  • #463612
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    umm lake show, stay on topic.  none of those duos are close to griffin and gordon.  maybe ellis and curry but they are older and both guards so therefore not that close.

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  • #463603
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    the lake show

    you said we are talking 10 years from now not right now because right now Blake and Gordan aren’t even close to Durant/Westbrook. One duo is leading there team to a playoff run while the other is on ne of the worst teams in the NBA. Twolve are more than close by the way with the same aged duo both sets putting up 20 plus and love and Blake putting up 12 or more rebounds.Both on losing teams. Seems pretty close to me

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  • #463614
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    you said we are talking 10 years from now not right now because right now Blake and Gordan aren’t even close to Durant/Westbrook. One duo is leading there team to a playoff run while the other is on ne of the worst teams in the NBA. Twolve are more than close by the way with the same aged duo both sets putting up 20 plus and love and Blake putting up 12 or more rebounds.Both on losing teams. Seems pretty close to me

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  • #463651
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    griffin is better and younger than love.

    gordon is better and younger than beasley.

    where is the closeness?

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  • #463662
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    griffin is better and younger than love.

    gordon is better and younger than beasley.

    where is the closeness?

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  • #463715
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    Chrischi
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    I think it’s close. Love is more productive than Griffin although I would say that Griffin is a better player.

    And Gordon is slightly better than Beasley so far. So I think you can that Griffin and Gordon are slightly better and not way better. Adding to this: Griffin had a huge knee injury. Those almost never go away 100%. And if you look at his reckless and powerful playstyle and how hard people are already fouling him and how awkward he is landing at times, I really think that he probably won’t have a 10 year career because he injures his knee again or is generally injury-prone.

    And btw you can also look at it this way:

    Griffin is better than Beasley.

    Love is better than Gordon.

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  • #463726
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    I think it’s close. Love is more productive than Griffin although I would say that Griffin is a better player.

    And Gordon is slightly better than Beasley so far. So I think you can that Griffin and Gordon are slightly better and not way better. Adding to this: Griffin had a huge knee injury. Those almost never go away 100%. And if you look at his reckless and powerful playstyle and how hard people are already fouling him and how awkward he is landing at times, I really think that he probably won’t have a 10 year career because he injures his knee again or is generally injury-prone.

    And btw you can also look at it this way:

    Griffin is better than Beasley.

    Love is better than Gordon.

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  • #463841
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    I would take durant/westbrook all day dont get me wrong griffin/gordon are special players too but durant/westbrook are dangerous and there team is contenders in the west the clippers are the laugh of the west.

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  • #463852
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    I would take durant/westbrook all day dont get me wrong griffin/gordon are special players too but durant/westbrook are dangerous and there team is contenders in the west the clippers are the laugh of the west.

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  • #464015
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    in westbrook-durant’s first year together, they were the laugh of the west…they started out like 1-14

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  • #464026
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    in westbrook-durant’s first year together, they were the laugh of the west…they started out like 1-14

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  • #464039
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    Chrischi
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    Very true. give the Clippers some time and let them get rid of all those heavy contracts, they coul easily be the next Thunder in two or three years. Maybe even earlier, if Kaman returns fully healed and Baron a little more disciplined.

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  • #464050
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    Very true. give the Clippers some time and let them get rid of all those heavy contracts, they coul easily be the next Thunder in two or three years. Maybe even earlier, if Kaman returns fully healed and Baron a little more disciplined.

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  • #464129
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    umm baron and kaman are the heavy contracts you speak of getting rid of…

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  • #464117
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    Mr. Basketball
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    umm baron and kaman are the heavy contracts you speak of getting rid of…

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  • #464385
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    i’ll go with durant and westbrook over griffin and gordon.

     

    I like both duos but the OKC tandem is producing wins, and are better at complementing each other. But the Griffin-Gordon duo is scary in the near future (barring injuries). 

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  • #464372
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    i’ll go with durant and westbrook over griffin and gordon.

     

    I like both duos but the OKC tandem is producing wins, and are better at complementing each other. But the Griffin-Gordon duo is scary in the near future (barring injuries). 

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  • #534730
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    It’s clear right now OKC got the better duo.

    I would take Westbrook over Gordon in a heartbeat, because a stud point guard is harder to come by than a shooting guard.

    The next one is hard, but I would take Blake Griffin over Durant for the same reason, because a stud big man is harder to come by than a small foward.

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