10 NBA Duos That Failed In Recent Memory

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[@brentcampbell1637]

Dom really tried to sneak that one in, congrats man

[@ATLKing404]

Wait What?? Dom just gon sneak fatherhood in there like that😂😂

[@tsosway486]

where does he talk about having a kid

[@codythe6402]

@@tsosway486 1:13

[@marcel6445]

Off topic, BUT YOUVE GOT A KID NOW DOMINIQUE?!

[@chanendlerbong]

Wait what?

[@dtrain8530]

Dad2k

[@GMSpkilla]

​@@chanendlerbongit was during the factor ad

[@moneyman4740]

Its crazy but not that crazy bro is nearing 30 which is crazy i’ve been watching bro for almost a decade and im not far behind

[@joelfredericks8217]

I had to restart the video to catch that part

[@theenglishangle]

Casually dropped the fact you’re a father now but genuinely bro congratulations!! Super stoked for you 🤧

[@Ezduzzit23824]

THAT WAS THE SMOOTHEST AD TRANSITION OF ALL TIME 😂

[@dazgordon-hill2660]

Yall praise anything

[@sendAJtospace]

@@dazgordon-hill2660 Y’all negative about anything

[@hydra2966]

I miss DeRozan and Kyle as a duo, but letting them go was the right move in the end.

[@Enlightened_SpursFan]

very fun duo all time

[@chanendlerbong]

Well Dom congratulations on the kid

[@jordandwiggins1026]

The fact that Dame & CJ technically made it further than most of these in the postseason is wild

[@paulgabrielsantos2607]

I mean Dame and CJ had more time together compared to the other duos.... But I get the point

[@murdamuzik9962]

Haha fr

[@Noob_Guy2k]

I was so excited about boogie and ad had rondo and holiday too

[@robro_10]

What sucks about the Derozan/Lavine duo is that they were never supposed to be a duo. It was supposed to be a trio with Lonzo, which could have worked out really well, and kind of did work out for the brief amount of time all three shared the court together. But without Lonzo, or really any true floor-general type point guard, we're left with a lot of nice buckets, and a lot of mediocre team success

[@baltimoreborn36712]

Supposed to be a Quadruplet with Vuc

[@tmac731]

I hate being a bulls fan

[@Rieky22]

I mean they would’ve been mid regardless they was like 3-15 playing over 500 teams

[@dbabu51]

@@Rieky22I remember as a heat fan being scared to play them but they lowkey got cooked

[@Rieky22]

@@dbabu51 lmaoo on god lonzo isn’t making no difference they have no superstars they was about to be doomed anyways

[@thetank5642]

Kevin Durant about to be on 4 of these isn’t he?

[@persistentlypathetic6820]

The only duo that he succeeded with is Steph. But that was more of a trio with Prime Klay there too.

[@ethanennis8]

@@persistentlypathetic6820quartet

[@winter9242]

​@@persistentlypathetic6820 you can't forget about Draymond though. He was the piece that made all of them gel with his passing and defense

[@shurmarr]

Booker/KD gon be in a part 2 in 2 years

[@notmytruthTHEtruth]

Harden has 6. Durant has 2? Maybe 3 🤔

[@thekidfromcleveland3944]

Ok Dom i see you with that between the legs assist!😎👌

[@amersalaka1764]

this is wild LMAOO

[@TaySav4900]

@@amersalaka1764as fuck 😭😭 like diabolical

[@hauntlfy]

lmfaoo

[@Tyr.eke_]

This is a wild way to describe making a child😂

[@azureangel8217]

😂😂😂

[@mayieka6]

Dad2K on the mic! Congrats big homie

[@persistentlypathetic6820]

Carmelo and Stoudemire deserve a spot

[@217ShowOffBoii]

Loved those 2 as a tandem. Such a shame Melo didn't wait for FA to get there because that team pre-Melo was deep and solid

[@Jamellii]

Melo and Iverson did too and that nuggets squad was nice too

[@PaToUisDaRk]

Mitchell and Gobert would have been in my list !

[@davidsanotonakap729]

gobert failed mitchell really hard

[@pridelander06]

Might as well be "10 Most Injured NBA Duos in Recent Memory" Injuries really suck.

[@gurhhjde2937]

KD and Kyrie were healthy in 2022, but couldn't even get a game off Boston. KD also underperformed last year in the playoffs against Denver, The Suns really only won those games because Booker went crazy. Embiid was healthy in 2018, 2019, and was relatively healthy in 2022 but played horribly in the eliminating rounds.

[@JahrellGardner]

Dom, you’ve got a kid now?!?! Bro tried to sneak it in the sponsor! Congrats bro, blessings! 🎊🎉🙏🏾❤️

[@tmac731]

You can’t tell me a prime 26 year old healthy Derrick Rose and 25 year old Jimmy Butler isn’t winning a championship

[@hansonlee5847]

As a Bulls fan, I can say that Jimmy and Rose was a poor pairing. Jimmy was a rising star who needed the ball, and Rose was no longer at his prime due to his nasty injuries. There were moments when fans were asking whose team it was

[@tmac731]

@@hansonlee5847 that’s why I’m saying a prime healthy D Rose. There would be no chemistry issue since Rose Lupe clearly be #1 with no torn acl. And it wasn’t a poor pairing. We would’ve went to the finals in 2015 if the refs called a time out in game 4 when the Cavs didn’t have anymore

[@slimmamba7208]

Finally got the old Dom back.. Congrats on the kid broddie

[@urbaindelva7869]

1) The Rockets still could've knocked off the Warriors without Paul if they had changed their game plan instead of jacking up 27 straight missed 3s. 2) Billy Donovan deserves just as much blame as Russ and PG for how much that duo underperformed. 3) KD and Kyrie's pairing would've been more successful if nothing else but injuries had occurred. 4) Dame and CJ actually overachieved as a pair, but their partnership should've ended earlier than it did imo.

[@davidbarraza1294]

Congrats Dom!

[@traegreene0418]

DOM HAS A KID?!? I been watching you we were kids man wtf 😭 congrats bro happy for you

[@Skinslyfe]

Wizards never ever grabbed talent in the offseason and abysmal drafting

[@elsassypineapple]

Congrats, Papa Dom🙌🏽

[@zjhbk]

Dad2k congratulations brother 🎉🎉🎉

[@Kidkinsey]

This channel been dropping bangers for years. W ad transition btw🤣

[@0fficial_3x]

Smooth ad transduction ngl congrats on the kid Dom!!!

[@arman-xd3et]

The documentary style videos are the best stuff on NBA youtube. Nice stuff as usual man

[@AfricanH3ro]

No idea when you actually became a dad but this is my first time hearing about it so congrats!

[@Mgbruh]

Dom we’re overdue for a video on the weirdest one season big 3 of all time with IT, Dragic, and Bledsoe

[@dtube441]

Big 3!?!?!

[@sendAJtospace]

We just gonna ignore how he snuck in the fact he has a child now into the ad??

[@caramelguapo4865]

Aye bro keep making yo vids..I be waiting for you to drop after every major nba event fr😂😂Ian the only one

[@toxiic3393]

U should have added Rudy Gobert and Donovan Mitchell as a bonus 😭

[@GitchGamerx]

That duo graphic is nasty who the hell thought blake griffin & drummond was a duo

[@CrazyxEnigma]

Delusional Pistons fans hoping this would finally be the end of their miserable time as bottom feeders. It wasn't.

[@jerryezel4530]

Dom with the Heat vidz 💯

[@tytuspobocki7375]

Love this new format!

[@Bilaldane]

YOOOOO DOM got a kid??!!! Cheeeee congratulations man

[@johnconners1733]

I'm throwing Karl malone and stockton here too. 12 years together and they only made 2 finals and 0 rings with both of them in their primes?

[@baltimoreborn36712]

It’s recent

[@behindthearcyt]

Great video as always Dom and congrats on being a father now🫡

[@Chicago_Outfit]

Appreciate the content Dom 💪🏽

[@priestmarx]

I was expecting to see Simmons and Embiid on here ngl. Glad you hit them in the end cap. Also thought Amare and Melo might show up, but too far in the past maybe? Good vid though!

[@thisguyzack9922]

Congratulations Dom, I'm sure you're a great dad👏

[@JonathanGulyn]

U HAVE A KID?!!! CONGRATS!!!!

[@GoldMoufP]

Thats a OG type transition from Dom ... iykyk

[@lewispeters2445]

I thought you would have mentioned Gobert/Mitchell or Luka/Porzingis as maybe honorable mentions.

[@Prefis58]

1:12 dad2k has born 👨‍👩‍👧

[@chrischepa440]

I have no idea why but when westbrook joined Washington i thought him and Beal wouldve ran through the east😂

[@urbaindelva7869]

They had no chance of running through the East even if they did have a better roster around them.

[@Jamellii]

They woulda lost to a kyrie less brooklyn team in the first round had they met

[@slimharden4143]

Will forever miss derozan and Lowry. They’re the reason I got into basketball and became a raptors fan.

[@hait8mate744]

That pelicans duo would’ve made a wcf you can’t change my mind. They was playing so well before cousins injury.

[@adanbravo4722]

Russ went off in 19-20 with Harden not because of small ball, but because of two things. First, his fingers (which had been totally wrapped at the start of the season) healed in December and of course thats when he went on his tear. Second, he started posting up smaller guards at an insane rate. He was on par with Lakers Shaq in terms of scoring in the paint. Little bit of revisionist history going on when people say he needed small ball. I honestly think small ball was the downfall of Houston because Harden needs a big man who is a lob threat. It doesn’t matter because Russ played like shit in the bubble (regardless of torn quad).

[@draglamdraglam2419]

GOATED. Glad to be early 💪

[@myles1542]

The season boogie went down, the pelicans went on to sweep the 3 seed blazers in the first round so who knows how good they could’ve been

[@Stown4life]

Dom you a Dad? Congrats🎉

[@Kalinbuggs]

Being a father is the greatest thing in the world bro every day I look at my little man and he’s easily the greatest thing I’ve ever created love him teach him protect him. Congratulations God is Good

[@bertog8080]

I still remember that mvp vid dom posted when PG13 hit a windmill dunk in 3OT

[@happilyevanafter]

I cant keep all of these all star team ups/super teams straight. Its sad. I forgot that some of these stacked teams existed because they amounted to nothing and came and went so fast. Smh. I miss loyalty.

[@keir.]

rondo and ad in pelicans too. they have a nice run also.

[@TreyBeam]

Harden has had so many all star talent teammates.. Serge ibaka,Kevin Durant, Russel Westbrook,Dwight Howard,Chris Paul,Eric Gordon,Kyrie Irving, Paul George, Kawaii, Proably left out more as well.. if this man doesn’t get a ring.

[@iansanzari8431]

congrats on being a dad dom proud of u bro

[@baltimoreborn36712]

Tbh a lot of these teams either overachieved/hit their ceiling or the team suffered crucial injuries which is why I would say a lot of these duos shouldn’t be failed

[@strk-teak8633]

Dang me and dom really grew up together

[@TheChrisPhoenix]

Surprised KP and Luka weren't on this list.

[@UnBR0k3enAngel]

Some I'd include: Mitchell/Gobert Towns/Wiggins Blake/Drummond

[@BasketballBuddies]

Derozan , Harden , Wrestbrook and CP3 all have 2 duos on this List😭😭😭

[@drakevick1646]

For me, Embiid and Simmons gotta be up there, bro. Given what they were supposed to do, how close they’ve gotten, and who they’ve lost to, they fasho earned at least a top 10 placement, if not top 5

[@dariusswift1228]

Congratulations

[@HOODTMZPODCAST]

U missed Iverson & Melo Shaq & penny garnett & marbury

[@johnconners1733]

all these "duos" were from like 2018 and beyond lmao. Would have been a better video if he dug back through history a bit

[@HOODTMZPODCAST]

@@johnconners1733 definitely. He seems like a Westbrook and cp3 hater

[@markjackson6431]

yall CANT READ…..it literally says “RECENT MEMORY” not of all time. please educate yourself. smh

[@johnconners1733]

@@markjackson6431 and I’m just saying it would have been cooler to go back in time

[@markjackson6431]

@@johnconners1733 but that isn’t the topic of the video. you’re bitching like he did a disservice to you. and y’all clearly can’t read the title and you moved the goal post instead of admitting you didn’t understand him. just own it

[@zmr3352]

As a Knicks' fan, Amar'e and Melo could've also been here. 3 playoff appearances, and only 1 conference semi-finals appearance to show for it. Melo was great, even if he could've done some things better on and off the court, but Amar'e was just cooked. His knees were dead, and the Melo/Amar'e duo just never fully gelled. Didn't help that the front office never got a permanent solution at point guard. That may have been the biggest problem.

[@officialconch]

The Jays are next 😭

[@Kuhyubi]

hell nah, they are winning this year

[@dbzfan4evermj233]

Damn dom got a kid now congrats bro

[@evanwalker2507]

this guy doesn't let the home run fall in mlb the show, little balls.

[@chrisc1072]

DOM U HAVE A KID? CONGRATS!

[@kaylenirbyjr5786]

Chicago was supposed to good with lavine, demar and ball. It makes me so upset that they weren’t.

[@martino5742]

If the Jays ever make a list like this ima not not be not alive

[@viliuspuidokas7118]

I really thought that Wall and Beal would be force in the Eastern conference in mid to late 2010s

[@3serio]

CP3 x Blake CP3 had to do everything for that offense to succeed outside of maybe Crawford killing off the bench. Blake got spoon fed and when he didn’t he took bad contested mid ranges that tanks his efficiency. Then all of a sudden he evolves when he gets to Detroit (similar to Kemp when he decided to become a “middy magician”) but they weren’t good and he just kept getting injured. To me he’s the highest level of role-player you could get. (Idc if he finished top 3 in MVP votes that year). Also, fora throwback (i know we’re talking about the more recent waves) one of the greatest “what if’s” are the cousins Vince Carter & T-Mac Duo. If that could’ve worked out….

[@DrTSquare]

Forgot Embiid and Simmons?

[@micahheyward5342]

1:11 Dom2k got a kid now?

[@teyonrransom2955]

Yea ion think I’ll ever get tired of the intro lls

[@ryanpallotta3622]

I think about that pelicans team way too often. I wish we saw them together longer

[@JK20-vz9my]

Da dude went from Dom2k to Father2k fr

[@teyonrransom2955]

He said it uuasn’t in order but the fact that he had wall and Beal as 1 hurts as a uuizards fan😢😂

[@Noob_Guy2k]

Chicago running it back w Lavine out 😂

[@Jeff_2x]

Idk if you can put KD and Westbrook since although they failed the narrative of Durant's career is largely tied to his move to GSW and leaving Westbrook so I feel people will always remember them playing together.

[@brendanbloom3366]

How exactly did they fail?

[@JackoFlocko]

duos that SHOULD have a ring but don’t: 1. KD/Westbrook 2. Harden/cp3 3. kawhi/Aldridge 4. Kd/Kyrie 5. Booker/cp3 6. cp3/blake 7. DRose/Butler 8. PG/Hibbert 9. (as of now) Tatum/Brown

[@brendanbloom3366]

What year should kd and Russ have a ring?

[@winter9242]

​@@brendanbloom33662016. They almost won against the warriors and could've won against the cavs

[@JackoFlocko]

i mean if you watched 2012, then you can see that even tho it ended 4-1 i believe 3 of the games the Thunder lost were by less than 5 pts or some like that. then in 2016 they were up 3-1 against one of the greatest teams ever in the WCF before choking

[@brendanbloom3366]

@@JackoFlocko 2012 was one of the youngest teams to ever make a finals and they lost to a prime superteam. 2016 kd was the only guy who could shoot, kd and Russ were the only playmakers, new coach, bunch of new players, kd coming off a broken foot, were the 3rd favorites in the west behind 73 win warriors and 67 win spurs. Name a team as young as 2012 okc that won a chip or name a team with spacing as bad as 2016 okc to win a chip.

[@JackoFlocko]

@@brendanbloom3366 they made 4 WCF and a finals in 6 years, drafted 3 MVPs back to back to back, had a DPOY candidate. that duo SHOULDVE gotten a ring together and if you don’t believe so then stick to watching ballet. i’m not saying a specific year they should’ve gotten one but i’m saying if it wasn’t for KDs foot or Westbrooks knee they very well could have but definitely SHOULD have squeaked out a title from 2011-2016

[@Noob_Guy2k]

I think the Pierce wizards was the best team wall and Beal had

[@baltimoreborn36712]

Def 2015 or 2017

[@martino5742]

As a Boston fan, KD and Kyrie are the most satisfying failed duo in recent memory

[@xx_andysixx_xx]

How did Booker and CP3 not make the list? They had the best record in 2021 and blew a 2-0 lead in the finals

[@ducknuts6146]

gobert & mitchell was very failed both all stars both traded

[@CrimeLord5]

CJ played tf outta Dirk 😭

[@martino5742]

10:42 bruh Griffin and Drummond were on this graphic but not Tatum and Brown. Ig the Celtics have been more than a duo team but still all of the good teams in that pic had other great pieces

[@MP39]

no way you have a kid now congrats dom

[@wilderac2250]

I might be in the minority here. But there was a time where I thought if Dallas built around the Luka/ Porzingis duo they could’ve been pretty good. But between injuries and locker room struggles it never really worked out for them. It is weird to think now that both Kristaps and Brunsen are both key players on playoff teams in the East. Meanwhile Luka has to put up Herculean numbers to squeeze out of the playin tournament

[@thedunking_marine3604]

Ben Simmons and Joel

[@andrewkelly1337]

No wonder you're uploading more gotta get that revenue for the young

[@martino5742]

Wall-Beal-Porter-Morris-Gortat were a problem until Jae Crowder and Kelly Olynyk showed up

[@lonewolf2513]

Daddy Dom2k. Congratulations first off on that. Now onto the list. Boogie and the Brow... i fully believe if Cousins isn't hurt in Houston then that duo was at least headed for a conference finals appearance. Rondo and Holiday were key plugs for that team also Cp3 and the Beard was definitely questionable when it first was announced but a hamstring kept them from a title. Kyrie and KD was doomed when you reminisce regarding the off court troubles Russ and PG13; fun on 2k but given the playoff runs damn... Cp3 and Blake Griffin got fucked raw by the clippers curse. Simple as that. Moving on. Harden and Westbrook on Houston was just a giant question mark. Micro ball was fun but that image in the bubble sums it all Lowry and Derozan were our punching bag in the playoffs and it was beautiful as a Cavs fan. Dame and CJ when they clicked was scary hours for any backcourt but CJ putting up tour dates in the playoffs always cost them. Lavine and Derozan had their moment the first year but damn... lmfaoooo. Wall and Beal personally lit us up in late 2017 but nothing went right for them when it mattered.

[@MrJreed1000]

Congrats on the kid... big life moves

[@gh0stxer032]

We might see Tatum & Brown on the list in about 2-5 years

[@asherjohnson6678]

I wouldn’t say they failed

[@sambridgers9543]

Well, they got a chip.