Uhm... Well, anyways... I feel as though in the end, Naruto is fulled with many missed opportunities, pairings is one of them.
And just think about it. Before the war arc, NaruHina was legit a crack ship. There was little to no interaction in Part 1. The biggest interaction they had in part 2 was during the Pain confession.
And then you have NaruSaku, who had moments in both parts. Part 1 focused on developing Naruto's feelings and Part 2 focused on developing Sakura's feelings. They just had to come together. Instead we got... well, you know.
NaruHina wasn't just a crack ship. Most of their interactions in the manga canon had implications that should have put the breaks on any relationship between the two. There's enough we can pick apart that shows like Sakura Hinata didn't really understand who Naruto really was, but whereas Sakura's low opinion of him changed through their time together Hinata just kept fangirling. Her obsession with Naruto is unhealthy and I have to ask didn't the Rock Lee spinoff make fun of it? It's pretty much the opposite of what fans of the pairing say it is.