Although the cooperation time is not long, the combination of Embiid and Harden has earned enough eyeballs and continues to win. The shocked outside world is also busy comparing the combination of Embiid and Harden with the OK combination, and even the combination of Abbad + magician.
In fact, in the history of the NBA, the combination of inside and outside lines is one of the most common star combinations, and it has also created great achievements. This article takes stock of 17 classic pairs of interior and exterior star combinations in history. (in chronological order of incorporation)
1. Bill Russell + Cousy/Shaman (2 Jones)
The Green Army with 11 crowns in 13 years is full of stars, russell and Curry, Shaman's backcourt combination, and later 2 Jones pairing in the backcourt, but it is only more prominent. In the 1956 draft, Russell joined the Green Army, and since then the Green Army has been harvesting the championship. In 1961 and 1963, Shaman and Cush retired, with two Jones taking over the scepter until KC Jones retired in 1967 and Sam Jones in 1969. Together, they built the Green Army Dynasty.
2. Willis Reed + Walter Fraser
In 1964 Reed was drafted by the Knicks, and three years later Fraser joined, and the two became the core of the Knicks inside and outside, leading the team to win the 1970 championship. In the 1970 Finals, Reid played with an injury to motivate the whole team, and Fraser scored 36 points, 19 assists and 7 rebounds, and was the de facto leader of the game. In 1971 , "Black Pearl" Earl Monroe dropped from a bullet, and Fraser formed the "Rolls-Royce Backcourt". In 1973, Reed, Fraser and Monroe led the Knicks to a second and so far last championship.
3. Chamberlain + West
In 1968, Chamberlain was sent to the Lakers by the 76ers, and formed a big three with Jerry West and Elgin Baylor, but lost to the seventh in the 1969 and 1970 Finals. At the beginning of the 1971-72 season, Baylor did not want to wait any longer and announced his retirement, but in that season, the 69-win Lakers, led by Chamberlain and West, won their first title since relocating to Los Angeles. In 1973, the duo led the Lakers to the Finals and lost to the Knicks.
4. Abdul-Jabbar + Robertson
In 1969, Abdul-Jabbar joined the Bucks, and the rookie season was extraordinary. To this end, the Bucks introduced the "Big O" in the offseason of 1970, two old and one young, one inside and one outside, so that the Bucks glowed with strong combat strength, and won the first championship in team history in 1971. In 1974, the Bucks re-entered the Finals but lost to the Green Army, and then the "Big O" retired.
5. Abdul-Jabbar + Magician
In 1975, Abdul-Jabbar, who wrote "New York or something else" on his transfer application, was sent to the Lakers. After four seasons of dormancy, the Lakers selected the Magician in 1979 and immediately reborn. In the 1980 Finals, in the case of Abdul-Abdul-Jabbar, the Magic cut down 42 points, 15 rebounds, 7 assists and 3 steals, leading the Lakers to the championship. From then until 1989, When Abdul-Jabbar ended his long career, the two led the Lakers to five championships. During this period, the two won a total of 4 regular season MVPs and 4 finals MVPs. Worthy is also one of the cores of the Showtime Lakers, but Abdul-Jabbar and the magician are the main backbone.
6. Dr. Moses-Malone + J
If Embiid wins the MVP this year, the 76ers will have a double MVP combination after 39 years, and the last MVP combination brought the 76ers the last title in team history so far. In 1982, the 76ers, who repeatedly failed to win the championship, introduced two MVP Ma Long partners Dr. J (1981 MVP), and Malone was elected MVP for the third time after joining the team. Led by the duo, the 76ers played a devastating game in the 1983 playoffs and won the championship.
7. Carl Malone + Stockton
Any selection of internal and external duos cannot avoid the "Utah Double Brake", even if the pair has no crown for life. In 1984 and 1985, Stockton and Malone were successively selected by the Jazz, and the so-called "golden wind and jade dew meet, they win countless victories in the world." The duo took their bland blocking tactics to the extreme, leading the Jazz to the Finals in 1997 and 1998, but they were unable to beat the Bulls. In the end, Stockton won the NBA's all-time assist and steal king, and Malone ranked second in the overall scoring list. Their prestige is not diminished in the slightest by the absence of a crown.
8. Kemp + Payton
The Rain Man and Glove have also never won the championship, but they are one of the most ornamental inside and outside lines in NBA history. In 1989 and 1990, Kemp and Payton joined supersonics. Payton's amazing pass and Campo's thunderous dunk have made fans addicted. After encountering black eights in the first round in 1994, the duo finally led the team to the finals in 1996, but lost to the Bulls with 72 wins. They are the originators of a combination of super point guards and brutalist strikers.
9. Barkley + Kevin Johnson
In the 1990s, classic combinations of interior and exterior lines were everywhere. KJ, the original "Flash" and later mayor of Sacramento, was sent to the Sun in February 1988. In 1992, Barkley came to shoot and won the MVP that season. In the end, the two teamed up to lead the Suns to the 1993 finals, but met the unstoppable Jordan and the Bulls, and sat back and watched their opponents complete the three consecutive championships. In 1996 Barkley switched to rockets, and KJ held out on the Sun until 2000.
10. O'Neill + penny
In the 1992 draft, the Magic drew the winner and won O'Neal. In 1993, the Magic was lucky enough to win the lottery again, and after selecting Weber, he exchanged it for penny Hardaway, and another pair of classic inner and outer line combinations was born. In the 1995 playoffs, the newborn calf was not afraid of the tiger's magic to pick up the bull led by Jordan, who had just returned, but in the finals, the rocket shaved his head. Since then, the NBA has returned to the Bulls, O'Neal left the Lakers in 1996, and the combination of O'Neill and Penny has only brief memories.
11. Olajuwon + Drexler
The collaboration between Big Dreams and Glider continued from the NCAA to the NBA. In 1983 and 1984, two young talents from the University of Houston landed in the NBA one after another, but they fought their own battles. Until February 1995, Drexler, who had not won the championship in the 2 finals, joined the defending champion Rockets, and then the two joined forces to lead the 6th Rockets in the West End to win the championship, creating a legend of "don't underestimate a champion's heart". Barkley came to shoot for a while, but the Rockets did not return to the Finals.
12. Mourning + Tim Hardaway
"Kidney Fighter" Mourning joined the Heat in 1995, and in February 1996, Hardaway, who had become famous in the Warriors, also came to Miami, and the two began to work together to build Pat Riley's championship dream. The duo lasted until 2001, during which they led the Heat to reach the Finals six times in a row, reached the East Finals once, and were hacked once. Fortunately, Mo Ning was lucky, and after defeating the disease, he finally fulfilled his dream championship with the Heat in 2006.
13. O'Neill + Kobe Bryant
It goes without saying how classic this pair is. In 1996, O'Neal joined the Lakers, and in the same year, the Lakers exchanged Divac for Kobe Bryant, and the 2 transactions of "Lakers Godfather" West built a blueprint for the future for the Lakers. In 2000, the Lakers, who had been baptized in the Western Conference Finals, embarked on the road to three consecutive championships. During this period, O'Neill was elected MVP of the Finals for three consecutive times, and Kobe Bryant also grew rapidly. In 2004, the F4 Lakers re-entered the finals but unexpectedly broke, O'Neal and Kobe Bryant contradictions became public, so the East Tour joined the Heat, and the Lakers dynasty fell apart.
14. Duncan + Parker/Ginobili
The GDP combination is always considered one of the most successful trio in NBA history, and in fact they are also one of the most successful inside and outside combinations. In 1997, the Spurs selected Duncan as the "rookie for 20 years", and won the first championship in team history two years later. But the Spurs really got stronger, but they had to wait for Parker and Ginobili to come and go in 2001 and 2002. The COMBINED GDP team won four championships, making the Spurs' team building model a model for the NBA, and the Spurs have become one of the most successful teams in the 21st century so far.
15. O'Neill + Wade
O'Neal joined the Heat in 2004, welcoming his third classic backcourt partner: Wade. Since then, "Superman" and "Flash" have been ready, and the Heat have begun to rush to the championship. In the 2005-06 season, the Heat finally hit the line and won the first championship in team history, and O'Neal also let the Finals MVP fall behind for the first time. After losing the title, O'Neal was sent to the Suns in February 2008, and the Heat duo has since gone into history.
16. Si + Nash
Xiao Si and Yao Ming entered the NBA in the same year and soon received the nickname "Little Bully". 2 years later, Nash came to shoot, and another pair of super point guards + Brutalist forwards appeared in the NBA. Together with Coach D'Antoni, the duo set off a small-ball wave in the defense-supremacy NBA, which was refreshing, and Nash also won the MVP for 2 times, and Xiao Si also became an All-Star regular. Unfortunately, the duo scored 3 in the Western Conference Finals, but never stepped onto the stage of the finals.
17, Gasol + Kobe
Since O'Neill's east tour, Bryant has touched the championship trophy again, thanks to Gasol's arrival. In February 2008, Gasol was sent to the Lakers in a deal that was considered unbalanced. The two joined hands to reach the finals that year. Since then, Kobe Bryant and Gasol have joined forces to win the 2009 and 2010 championships. In 2014, Gasol switched to the Bulls. (Supine Braces/Hairy)