Getty Images/Ringer illustration Stan Van Gundy started the debate, heard your counters, and wasn't swayed by a single alternative. "I never heard one that even gave me pause, to be honest," he said. Let's start with a disclaimer: Stan Van Gundy did not set out to slight Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson, or diminish Jerry West and Gail Goodrich, or diss Clyde Frazier and Earl Monroe. He was not trying to spark a cross-generational, cross-platform debate—just to offer a little historical perspective on the pyrotechnics performed by Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving during the Western Conference finals. "Arguably the best offensive backcourt in the history of the NBA," Van Gundy proclaimed early in the series between the Dallas Mavericks and the Minnesota Timberwolves. In the days that followed, Van Gundy would double, triple, and quadruple down on the sentiment—-hammering the point home again last Thursday, as Doncic and Irving led the Mavericks to a Game 5 rout, clinching the series and sending Dallas to the Finals. The backlash—from fellow TNT analysts Charles Barkley and Shaquille O'Neal, from pundits and fans and (lowercase) stans—was swift and severe. Luka and Kyrie, over...