Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving are among the best duo in the league right now, both players with top scoring abilities and the ability to easily create scoring opportunities on their own. Although the Nets only have a 7th-place record in the East in the regular season, only they can stay healthy, and this Nets is one of the best competitive teams.
Recently, former NBA star Tracy McGrady claimed that Durant and Irving are a better combination of skills than James and Wade who played for the Heat, and even Jordan and Pippen in the Bulls Dynasty era. There is no doubt that this is an easily controversial point, after all, compared to Durant and Irving, the above two pairs can win multiple championship trophies during the partnership:
"No other duo in the history of the league can be compared to Durant and Irving, even the combination of LeBron and Wade, who, in terms of technology, cannot be compared to Durant and Irving."
Irving and Durant are indeed skilled and unique players, and there is no other combination in the league that can match their ability to create shooting opportunities on the court, but in terms of on-court advantage, James and Wade definitely have their own dominance, because James and Wade are players who can make full use of athletic talent and efficient breakthrough scorers, and both are also players with good organizational leadership talent.
At present, durant and Irving's partner needs to lead the Nets to beat the Celtics and go deep into the playoffs, after all, they need to win the championship trophy during the partnership to truly prove their strength. Because even if they are a combination with the best scoring ability in the history of the league, if they can't lead the team to the championship trophy, they can't be called a combination on a par with James Wade and Jordan Pippen.