Golden State Warriors: How do Splash Brothers rank among the NBA’s duos?

The NBA has superstar duos in abundance and in both conferences. How do the splash brothers of the Golden State Warriors fair against their competition?

After an action-packed offseason, here we look as to where the Splash Brothers rank. The All-Star duo of Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson have led the Golden State Warriors to years of success, but the NBA has changed drastically.

After years of dominance, teams around the NBA have taken a calculated risk to narrow the playing field. Super teams have seemingly moved aside in favor of superstar duos.

Anthony Davis and LeBron James, Kawhi Leonard and Paul George, Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant, Damian Lillard and CJ McCollum, even Giannis Antetokounmpo and Khris Middleton are all superstar duos looking to dethrone the Dubs after half a decade of dominance in the Western Conference.

The question is where do the Splash Brothers rank in comparison to these duos?

Although the majority of experts will believe that LeBron and Davis, Kawhi and George or Kyrie and Durant are the best duos on this list, it could well prove to be a broad statement at least for meanwhile. This is considering the fact none of these duos have played together outside of All-Star weekend.

It is not a ridiculous statement to say that Klay Thompson and Stephen Curry are the best superstar duo at this moment in time. Unlike most of the duos on the list, Curry and Thompson have actually together and in that aspect, they’re the best on the list.

Curry and Thompson have combined for 11 All-Star appearances, they own the record of most three-pointers made by a pair of teammates (678) set in 2015-16. The Splash Bros also became the first backcourt to earn All-NBA honors in the same season since 1979-80, when Seattle’s Gus Williams and Dennis Johnson both earned All-NBA Second Team accolades.

Lastly, Curry and Thompson became the first teammates in the league to be the starting guards in the same All-Star game since 1975, while in 2017-18 the Bros became the first two players in NBA history to make at least 200 three-pointers in six consecutive seasons.

Although the excitement surrounding the other duos in the NBA is understandable, ranking them above the Splash Brothers is massively disrespectful at least for the meanwhile.