Top 5 guys you've seen against double teams?

[fpliii]

[G-train]

Shaq and Olajuwon are my top 2.

[RoundMoundOfReb]

Active or all time?

[MP.Trey]

Started watching 2000.

Probably:
Shaq
Duncan
LeBron

Then it gets iffy. Probably Chris Webber. Maybe Garnett. Maybe Kobe/AI but in in untraditional ways, Kobe would shoot over top and Iverson would split the double fantastically.

[La Frescobaldi]

By era......... but tbh I prolly couldn't move it around too much by #1 #2 etc. That I've seen........

Chamberlain
Bob McAdoo
Jabbar
Jordan
Bryant

Honorable mentions might be Shaq, who might be/is there ahead of Kobe..... Adrian Dantley, Mitch Richmond (!) Horace Grant (!!).... but of course my current HM has to be Kevin Love who is literally unstoppable within 10 feet regardless of what they throw at that dude.

[G0ATbe]

Godbe
Durant

[HOoopCityJones]

Kobe

[FatComputerNerd]

Price was one of the best ever at splitting the double.

[RoundMoundOfReb]

Price was one of the best ever at splitting the double.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sua9u318wGo

So is Dwyane Wade.

Among active players it has to be Lebron

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkH8W3OGgHQ

[fpliii]

Active or all time?

Both, just any guy you've seen live.

[Natureland]

Meh I'll just do Top 3. No order really on either of these.

Seen/actually experienced as their careers took place:
LeBron
Shaq
Duncan

Watched from tape:
'93-'95 Hakeem
Kareem
MJ

So is Dwyane Wade.

Among active players it has to be Lebron

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkH8W3OGgHQ

Ugh. The logic behind these double teams during this game still makes me want to shoot myself sometimes.

[PHILA]

In the low post it would be Barkley. Nobody aside from perhaps Bird was as effective at passing under pressure, maybe because he was confident he could bust through most double teams and carry them right to the rim where he was finishing at over an 80% clip.

In the first link below we can see a behind the back wrap around pass to Gilliam. We can also hear Pippen telling Perdue to go double Barkley, "Go Will, Go Will", as he is ready to pick up Gilliam but not before the pass is out of Barkley's hands, since then he could also hit Pippen's man Ron Anderson at the top of the key for a jump shot. Pippen knows both players are only one pass away to Barkley out of the post.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZtD0lej4Zc&t=3m40s



One of the many ineffective Pippen/Grant double teams against Barkley

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xn5ohliJRcc&t=4m48s



Right through Grant's legs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsTKc_AKSlU&t=3m35s



Takes Perdue & Grant to the rim from 18 feet out with tremendous ease

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsTKc_AKSlU&t=8m5s



Looks to hit Ruland in heavy traffic, who wasn't expecting it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkAoHTHzaOk&t=5m6s




Below we can see how muscles Pippen and Levingston (2nd video) nearly off the floor.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkAoHTHzaOk&t=3m57s

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZtD0lej4Zc&t=10m44s





Sports Illustrated - February 10, 1997

Toughest To Double-team?

The Rockets, though, had the clear edge at dishing off under pressure. According to the pollees, Barkley relies on his experience to make sound snap decisions, while the 7-foot Olajuwon's athleticism enables him to be the best at negating a double team. And, says one coach, "he has the rings to prove it."

[Pushxx]

Shaq, Barkley, and Bird always stuck out in my mind.

[Round Mound]

Prime Barkley...By Far

[LAZERUSS]

Chamberlain, Kareem, Shaq, McAdoo, and Barkley.