players you love to see guard each other

yeah.. just like the topic says..
who would you want to see guard each other in a game?

i think the one i wanna see the most is paul pierce and kobe bryant.. both great players, about the same size, and an uncanny desire to win.. i remember when the celts visited LA 2 years ago, pierce guarded kobe in the waning seconds of the game but kobe still hit the "game winner" (it was waved off coz time expired.. only the next night he actually hit one against NO )

other matchups..

kobe/mcgrady
carter/mcgrady
kidd/bibby
garnett/webber ( their game last year rocked )
garnett/duncan
stojakovic/george
payton/kidd
pierce/mcgrady
malone/webber
iverson/kidd

whats yours

Lebron/Carmelo
Payton/kidd
Jordan/Kobe
kobe/Iverson-Doesnt happen often because Kobe is a half a fooot taller than AI but its cool to watch

Carter/Tmac
Kobe/Tmac
Carter/Kobe
Pierce/Kobe
Pierce/Tmac
Pierce/Carter
Lebron/Melo
Shaq/Yao
Baron/Franchise
Franchise/Marbury
Garnett/Duncan
Garnett/Amare
Amare/Nene
Marbury/Baron
Kidd/Ivy
Camby/Mcdyess see who gets injured first
Marion/Carter

Jason Kidd vs. Gary Payton(student vs. teacher)

Ron Artest vs. Kobe Bryant

Allen Iverson vs. Tyronne Lue

James Lang vs. Oliver Miller(6'10" 305 lbs. vs. 6'9" 315 lbs.)

Ndubi Ebi vs. Travis Outlaw(dumb vs. dumber)

Omar Cook vs. Tierre Brown(NBDL veteran superstars)

Shaq vs Kobe
Rick Brunson vs Chris Jefferies
Jerome Williams vs Antonio Davis

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garnett/webber ( their game last year rocked )


ive seen this one a few times, KG seems to turn it on. I believe in 2001 he scored a career high 40pnts (has he scored more since) against the Kings at home in a win. He scored 2 3pointersin that game, one was a turn around J right on Webbers face + other cool moves in the paint. I think Wolves were on a 10+ win streak that time

Stackhouse vs R Hamilton
Olajuwon vs D Robinson (back in the day matchup)
Jordan vs Dumars
Garnett vs Duncan

Shaq vs Earl Boykins

kobe/jordan during the 97/98 season was awesome..

but yeah, i remember watching dumars/jordan during the early 90's and that was some intense shit right there..

oh yeah merry christmas to ya'll

Darko Milicic vs Mengke Bateer

shaq vs yao

Garnett -+- Duncan, whats better than watching an MVP guarding an MVP.
( I know KG hasn't won an MVP, imo the man is a MVP. )

Pierce vs Kobe definetly
both great defenders unlike carter and mcgrady who seems to slack on def a bit..
I remember when Kobe and Shaq were having problems together and Pierce dropped 40sumtin on the lakers to win it and Shaq was calling Pierce a real man unlike Kobe ...
I think that turned up the heat a little bit even tho not many ppl remembered..

Yao vs Shaq.. Yao plays more aggressive against Shaq..
Yao vs Ben Wallace .. watchin a great defender tryin to check some1 like 8 inches taller =)..

Garnett vs Zach Randolph
I think that happened a week ago or so but i missed it..

Jefferies vs Brunson.. o man.. i'll pay to see that..

Tmac vs Kobe on the Shaqless Lakers.. best matchup with today's players

I'll love to see

Dallas Mavs Jason Kidd vs Sacramento Kings Jason Williams
Marbury / Iverson
Kobe / Mcgrady

Jordan/ Barkley games were always fun to watch, esp after the game during the press conference's
"damn, Michael took 40shots..damn"-barkley

Payton& Kemp / Stockton & malone

rodman / malone

Bron vs. T-mac. They were torching each other in the face in their christmas day matchup.

yao and shaq
sprewell and whoever at msg
artest defending any top scoring g/f

Bron vs. T-mac. They were torching each other in the face in their christmas day matchup.

Yep they were.

It was a very fun matchup.

It was off da hook

The funny thing is about Yao versus Shaq, is when do you ever see Yao defend Shaq straight up?(Yeah they said this last night) It might as well be Shaq versus the whole damn Rockets, because he gets doubled and tripled teamed every time he gets the ball.

The funny thing is about Yao versus Shaq, is when do you ever see Yao defend Shaq straight up?(Yeah they said this last night) It might as well be Shaq versus the whole damn Rockets, because he gets doubled and tripled teamed every time he gets the ball.

how often do you see every other team in the nba not double/triple team shaq?

You do see all other teams doing the same, so what's the point of saying that you like seeing Shaq/Yao guard eachother, when in reality, no one individually guards Shaq. Not one center guards him straight up now.

gloveguy, you're a killjoy... i sure enjoyed the few times they faced each other last nite 1 on 1 and will continue to do so in their future meetings.

Yeah you only saw them go one on one when Yao had the ball, and Shaq guarded him by himself. Yao had some nice turn around J's, something that Shaq has yet to had to his repetoir, and probably won't. Anyways, yeah Yao might block Shaq's shot sometimes, but if he were to guard Shaq straight up with no double team, he'd get hammered. Most centers would...

In anther 5 years we can see Yao deal with Shaq 1v1

Yeah you only saw them go one on one when Yao had the ball, and Shaq guarded him by himself. Yao had some nice turn around J's, something that Shaq has yet to had to his repetoir, and probably won't. Anyways, yeah Yao might block Shaq's shot sometimes, but if he were to guard Shaq straight up with no double team, he'd get hammered. Most centers would...

im pretty sure shaq has a turnaround jumper, from about 8-12 feet on the base it is. It just looks a little wierd coz he shoots one handed.
but im sure he has one.
Yao Ming was dominating in the first half i thought, especially on shaq. he didnt back down and i liked that, i was dissapointed actually they didnt keep feeding him the ball in the 2nd half.

magic/bird
russel/chamberlain
erving/jordan
(thanks espn classic for starting the idea, too bad I live in canada and don't get it )
starbury/jkidd
duncan/garnett
kobe/tmac

Yeah you only saw them go one on one when Yao had the ball, and Shaq guarded him by himself.

actually i saw yao guard shaq straight up a few times. maybe i was watching the imaginary tv again but i do remember seeing shaq do a fade away one hander in the first quarter with only yao covering him.

anyway...

i barely remember the young mj matchup with the fading erving. was it any good, colin?