Ranking The NBA Backcourts - Update 1

The 2012/13 NBA season looked like it was going to be all about power packed backcourt duos. The offseason saw numerous high profile guard combos hook up – the Lakers with Steve Nash and Kobe Bryant; Houston’s Jeremy Lin and James Harden; Brooklyn teamed up Joe Johnson with Deron Williams. But which NBA backcourt starting pair have produced the most wins for their team thus far (based on Wins Produced via The NBA Geek)? We’ve crunched the numbers and ranked the teams, from 1 to 30. Here’s Update 1, after about a month of action on the courts.

1	Boston	Rajon Rondo – Jason Terry	4.01
2	Clippers	Chris Paul – Willie Green	3.57
3	New York	Jason Kidd – Raymond Felton	3.21
4	Oklahoma City	Thabo Sefolosha – Russell Westbrook	3.14
5	Atlanta	Kyle Korver – Jeff Teague	2.88
6	Phoenix	Goran Dragic – Jared Dudley	2.81
7	Philadelphia	Jason Richardson – Jrue Holiday	2.77
8	Lakers	Kobe Bryant – Darius Morris	2.70
9	Portland	Wesley Matthews – Damian Lillard	2.70
10	San Antonio	Danny Green – Tony Parker	2.56
11	Dallas	O.J. Mayo – Darren Collison	2.51
12	Memphis	Mike Conley – Tony Allen	2.45
13	Houston	James Harden – Jeremy Lin	2.33
14	Charlotte	Michael Kidd-Gilchrist – Kemba Walker	2.31
15	Indiana	George Hill – Lance Stephenson	2.29
16	Toronto	DeMar DeRozan – Jose Calderon	2.27
17	Denver	Andre Iguodala – Ty Lawson	2.22
18	Brooklyn	Deron Williams – Joe Johnson	1.83
19	Milwaukee	Brandon Jennings – Monta Ellis	1.43
20	Miami	Mario Chalmers – Dwyane Wade	1.20
21	Utah	Gordon Hayward – Mo Williams	1.14
22	Sacramento	Tyreke Evans – Isaiah Thomas	1.02
23	Orlando	Jameer Nelson – Arron Afflalo	0.92
24	Washington	A.J. Price – Bradley Beal	0.78
25	Minnesota	Luke Ridnour – Malcolm Lee	0.55
26	Golden State	Stephen Curry – Klay Thompson	0.46
27	Chicago	Richard Hamilton – Kirk Hinrich	0.39
28	Detroit	Brandon Knight – Rodney Stuckey	0.28
29	Cleveland	Kyrie Irving – Dion Waiters	0.27
30	New Orleans	Greivis Vasquez – Austin Rivers	-0.42

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Ranking The NBA Backcourts – Update 1

Alan Draper

Alan Draper

Alan Draper