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 4, after about four months of action on the courts.
(backcourts pairings based on most minutes played)
(second column is the team’s last ranking)
| 1 | 2 | San Antonio | Tony Parker – Danny Green | 13.70 |
| 2 | 3 | Houston | James Harden – Jeremy Lin | 13.01 |
| 3 | 1 | Clippers | Jamal Crawford – Chris Paul | 12.42 |
| 4 | 15 | Indiana | George Hill – Lance Stephenson | 11.75 |
| 5 | 6 | Memphis | Mike Conley – Tony Allen | 10.92 |
| 6 | 7 | Dallas | O.J. Mayo – Darren Collison | 10.23 |
| 7 | 4 | Boston | Jason Terry- Rajon Rondo | 10.02 |
| 8 | 17 | Denver | Ty Lawson – Andre Iguodala | 9.62 |
| 9 | 11 | Lakers | Kobe Bryant – Steve Nash | 9.39 |
| 10 | 5 | Oklahoma City | Russell Westbrook – Kevin Martin | 9.26 |
| 11 | 10 | Miami | Dwyane Wade – Mario Chalmers | 9.10 |
| 11 | 9 | Toronto | DeMar DeRozan – Jose Calderon | 8.26 |
| 13 | 11 | Golden State | KlayThompson – Stephen Curry | 7.38 |
| 14 | 14 | Brooklyn | Joe Johnson – Deron Williams | 7.09 |
| 15 | 18 | Orlando | Arron Afflalo – J.J. Redick | 6.18 |
| 16 | 13 | Portland | Damian Lillard – Wesley Matthews | 5.97 |
| 17 | 19 | Phoenix | Goran Dragic – Shannon Brown | 5.48 |
| 18 | 21 | Charlotte | Kemba Walker – Ramon Sessions | 5.33 |
| 19 | 20 | Atlanta | Jeff Teague – Louis Williams | 5.22 |
| 20 | 16 | Philadelphia | Jrue Holiday – Nick Young | 5.17 |
| 21 | 29 | Sacramento | Isaiah Thomas – Tyreke Evans | 5.15 |
| 22 | 27 | Chicago | Nate Robinson – Marco Belinelli | 4.65 |
| 23 | 24 | Minnesota | Luke Ridnour – Alexey Shved | 4.35 |
| 24 | 26 | Detroit | Brandon Knight – Kyle Singler | 4.02 |
| 25 | 22 | Milwaukee | Brandon Jennings – Monta Ellis | 4.00 |
| 26 | 25 | Utah | Randy Foye – Gordon Hayward | 3.51 |
| 27 | 23 | Washington | Bradley Beal – Jordan Crawford | 3.31 |
| 28 | 8 | New York | J.R. Smith – Raymond Felton | 2.96 |
| 29 | 28 | Cleveland | Kyrie Irving – Dion Waiters | 2.83 |
| 30 | 30 | New Orleans | Greivis Vasquez – Austin Rivers | 1.19 |
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