This two man show will have some competition in the "NBA Duet" contest.
Clay Latimer of the Rocky Mountain News writes a good piece on basketball dynamic duos of the past. Latimer makes this a good read.
If this were Broadway, the Times Square marquee would announce in large red letters: "Melo and A.I. Together At Last ... Denver’s new duo vs. Memphis Monday night."
And the rest of the Nuggets?
Pushed to the side, bit players for now.
After four weeks, 14 games, two trades and a couple of nasty snowstorms, Carmelo Anthony and Allen Iverson will make their debut as a duo in Nuggets uniforms, a moment NBA fans throughout the country have anticipated since Iverson arrived from Philadelphia.
The league’s No. 1 and No. 3 scorers, charismatic personalities, stylish games — as marquee duos go, Melo and A.I. seem to have it all.
But NBA history is filled with famous tandems, some timeless, most fleeting.
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