According to Vincent Goodwill - The Pistons...featured the greatest backcourt trio of all time in Thomas, Joe Dumars and reserve Vinnie Johnson. Thoughts?

This was part of a column defending the Pistons: https://sports.yahoo.com/dont-buy-into-michael-jordans-narrative-the-bad-boys-pistons-deserve-your-respect-154544792.html

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From the time I started watching the NBA I probably would have to say yeah.

Magic, Norm Nixon and Michael Cooper were a helluva a backcourt too.

Ricky Green, Dr. Dunkenstein Darrell Griffith as well. There are others quite obviously but those 3 come immediately to mind.

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My initial reaction to seeing that is hell no. But when you think about it they are probably at the very least in the top 2 or 3.

Early 80s Philly backcourt was pretty salty too.

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Yeah with Mo Cheeks Andrew Toney and Lionel Hollins. Feel like someone should be ahead of Hollins though.

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I love the shoutout for the early 80s Philly backcourt. About a decade later I ended up teammates with one of those Philly guards on my DePaul intramural team in the 6'2 and under league

Guy by the name of Franklin Edwards. he was the 3rd string PG behind Cheeks and Toney on the championship team. He later got into business and became friends with one of my buddies who was a walk on at DePaul . I think they worked together. Convicned Franklin to come play for our team and he did. Showed up to every game I think. We were already pretty stacked, but with him it was game over. I remember at one point he grabbed a rebound, took one dribble up court and then in motion threw a full court line drive bullet pass between his own legs from behind. Caught a teammate in stride on the way for a layup.

Never saw anything like that before or since.

87-88 was his last year in the NBA. 5 years later he was playing intramural basketball at DePaul.

https://www.basketball-reference.com/pl ... rfr01.html

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What made Detroit's backcourt so different was that they were so interchangeable. They all could play either the 1 or the 2.

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I'm taking Magic or Jordan and whoever else you want to toss in there.

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I'm going to bounce from the spot for awhile but I will be back at some point to argue with you about this hoops stuff again. Playoffs have been great this season. See ya up the road.

I'm out.

West/Goodrich/Riley

Jordan, Pippin, and Kukoc.

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Fish won't bite on that one. Good effort though

So you'll take Jordan, Ennis Whatley, and Wes Matthews From 1984?

Hard pass.

How about Jordan, Kyle Macy, and John Paxson

Still a hard pass.