Jamal Murray and Nikola Jokic have grown into one of the best duos in the league since Murray was named the starter in Denver in 2017-18. 

Since 2017, when Murray and Jokic have been on the floor together, the team has a 62% winning percentage in the regular season and a 73% winning percentage in the playoffs. That includes 2023 when they walked away with the NBA Championship. 

Murray has excelled as a pick-and-roll ballhandler with the threat of Jokic rolling or popping, and Jokic has excelled in getting the ball to Murray on dribble handoffs or quick cuts to the basket. 

But after three straight seasons where they've failed to make the conference finals, is it time for a change?

For the purpose of this exercise, we're looking at ideal co-stars, not necessarily realistic ones. 

Everything Jamal Murray does next to Jokic, Steph Curry does even better next to Draymond Green. And as good as Draymond is as a playmaker, he's not on the level of Jokic. 

This isn't realistic unless the Warriors aren't competitive and they want to do Steph, who would have to ask out, a solid in his final seasons. But imagine the movement between the greatest shooter of all-time and the greatest playmaking big of all-time. 

Even at this stage in his career, Steph is a threat every time he has the ball, and he'd get some of the easiest looks of his career with his off-ball movement and Jokic manipulating the defense. 

The defense would be non-existent, but we're having fun here imagining two of the greatest offensive players in league history on the same team. 

Perhaps the most realistic of the three choices, though the Philadelphia 76ers have little reason to move on from Maxey any time soon. 

Maxey is a dynamic offensive guard who can score at all three levels. His speed and shiftiness would be on full display next to Jokic as he comes off screens or gets the ball on dribble hand-offs.

Maxey would also be allowed to grow as a playmaker with the gravity and IQ of Jokic. 

Don't worry Minnesota fans, Edwards isn't going anywhere.

Everything said about Maxey applies to Edwards, only at a higher level. Edwards is an explosive offensive force who would terrorize teams on cuts with Jokic finding him. He'd be able to get downhill at an easier rate coming off screens or hand-offs from Jokic, he'd have more space for threes, and his midrange game would expand. 

Edwards already has all the tools to lead the league in scoring, he just hasn't had a team around him that is able to maximize all of his strengths. 

Put him next to Jokic, and the sky is the limit.