Curry is better than Lebron, no debate.

[Bronbron23]

Curry owned his ass in 15, 17, and 18. Curry has a better Finals record than Lebron. Curry is also clutch, unless Lebron. He changed the game of basketball unlike Lebron.

Not even close. Curry and the warriors had to beg the second best player in the world to join them just to beat LeBron. If kd dosnt make the weakest move ever than curry is still sitting on one asterisk title.

And curry didn't change the game. Daryl Morey did. It's not as sexy but it's true.

[Stephonit]

Not even close. Curry and the warriors had to beg the second best player in the world to join them just to beat LeBron. If kd dosnt make the weakest move ever than curry is still sitting on one asterisk title.

And curry didn't change the game. Daryl Morey did. It's not as sexy but it's true.

Telling KD while they recruited him that they could still win without him doesn't sound like begging.

3 67-win plus seasons suggest that the notion of an asterisk title is what deserves the asterisk.

Daryl Morey obsesses about the Warriors. They are his muse.

[egokiller]

Watching these zoomers continue to debate with late millennials on curry vs lebron is fun as we sit on our MJ thrones.

Haters gonna hate.

[Gileraracer]

Pramesh absolutely melting down once again

[Inferno]

LeBron embarrassed Curry the one time he faced him with comparable help.

When Steph was coming off a MCL strain?

I'll admit Steph - and the rest of the Dubs, cough Harrison Barnes cough - choked, but I'll also admit he clearly wasn't 100% there, guy couldn't even take Kevin Love and Enes Kanter off the dribble. Compare that to how well he's played in the playoffs literally every year after that. Kawhi couldn't guard him this year, let alone Kevin Love. Supporting cast has nothing to do with the Cavs (and Raptors) still doubling him every time.


But back to the matter at hand, nah LeBron's better. LeBron's the pretty clear cut best player in the league and he proves it whenever the playoffs come around. But from 2015-2019, Steph's averaged 26, 23, 27, 28, and 31 ppg in the Finals. That's comparable with many ATGs. I'd slot him in at #2 or #3 behind KD.

[Meticode]

Curry is currently not better than LeBron to me and was only better than LeBron for a short period between the 2015-2016 season until LeBron took that back in the Finals overwhelming Golden State.

Curry will no doubt go down as the greatest shooter of all time, transcending the game of basketball to what it is now. He has a good chance to end up with more rings too. On the flip side though Curry has had just as much help as LeBron achieving what he has or even more possibly. Thompson will go down as a Top 3 shooter of all time that's played alongside of him his whole career. That undoubtedly has aided in him having so many open shots for his career. And while LeBron had Bosh/Wade in Miami and Love/Kyrie in Cleveland, Curry has had Thompson/Green then Thompson/Green/Durant during his prime years.

And while I tip my hat to Curry winning 3 rings in 5 tries. He also has zero Finals MVPs in the whole stretch squandering golden opportunities to submit himself into legendary status in Finals performances consistently.

[Bronbron23]

Telling KD while they recruited him that they could still win without him doesn't sound like begging.

3 67-win plus seasons suggest that the notion of an asterisk title is what deserves the asterisk.

Daryl Morey obsesses about the Warriors. They are his muse.

Morey probably does obsess about the warriors. They took his blueprint and did it better than Houston did.

Oh and enjoy the warriors struggling to just make the conference finals the next 4 or 5 years. Warriors will never win again and Steph will finish his career with zero fmvp's.

[ShawkFactory]

Watching these zoomers continue to debate with late millennials on curry vs lebron is fun as we sit on our MJ thrones.

Haters gonna hate.

Who exactly are people hating now? I mean...other than Lebron obviously

[Bigsmoke]

right now? sure whatever

but '09-'17 LeBron >>> Curry

[Stephonit]

Morey probably does obsess about the warriors. They took his blueprint and did it better than Houston did.

Oh and enjoy the warriors struggling to just make the conference finals the next 4 or 5 years. Warriors will never win again and Steph will finish his career with zero fmvp's.

D'Antoni deserves more credit than Morey with what he did with the Suns and if we are going by earliest to show similar ideas so does Don Nelson. But if we're going by who gave the ideas legitimacy due to actual success using them it is the Warriors and Curry in particular.

As for having the blueprint, many have noted the D'Antoni-Morey Rockets aside from the higher number of threes in relation to history don't play similarly to the Warriors at all.

FMVPs are a useless award devised by the league to give media a way to market their product by creating another Jordan-like figure. It serves no other purpose unless you value the opinions of six people a lot. That little Steph was able to block LeBron from Jordan status and has been able to produce a superior body of work despite not receiving their blessing has screwed up their narratives and creates additional animus towards Curry.

The Warriors were never supposed to win a title at all, the Thunder were supposed to be the up and coming team. Considering how wrong the conventional wisdom has been, I'll stick with Curry and the Warriors.

[Bronbron23]

D'Antoni deserves more credit than Morey with what he did with the Suns and if we are going by earliest to show similar ideas so does Don Nelson. But if we're going by who gave the ideas legitimacy due to actual success using them it is the Warriors and Curry in particular.

FMVPs are a useless award devised by the league to give media a way to market their product by creating another Jordan-like figure. It serves no other purpose unless you value the opinions of six people a lot.

Dantoni didn't change the game though. Morey did. Morey is the one who came up with the philosophy and analytics on why shooting more threes makes sense. Once Morey took over as Houstons gm they lead NBA three point attempts by a mile. Yeah warriors followed suit and did it better because they had the two best shooters ever but Morey is the one that started it and changed the game. Warriors and Steph in particular just made it popular. Don Nelson deserves credit also though I'll give u that.

As far as fmvp's. They definitely hold wait. It shows you were the best player on the biggest toughest stage. curry has never been that. The only time he came close was in 15 when the warriors beat a heavily depleted Cavs team and even then Iggy was just as influential in that series. Yeah Steph scored 10 more points a game but he was way less efficient. Iggy's defence on LeBron was way more important than the extra 10 inefficient points that curry scored.

[Stephonit]

As far as fmvp's. They definitely hold wait. It shows you were the best player on the biggest toughest stage. curry has never been that. The only time he came close was in 15 when the warriors beat a heavily depleted Cavs team and even then Iggy was just as influential in that series. Yeah Steph scored 10 more points a game but he was way less efficient. Iggy's defence on LeBron was way more important than the extra 10 inefficient points that curry scored.

You're right they hold "wait" not weight. One must take a big healthy pause before opinions overrule actual results. There is clearly bias at work throughout the whole history of Curry and the Warriors so all opinion-based assessment of him is questionable. Curry is an outlier. There is no other player quite like him in NBA history and therefore just how large an impact he has is poorly understood. You ignore for example in your assessment that's Iguodala's efficiency is more than likely a product of Curry's presence on the court.

[RealSkipBayless]

He had one small blip on the radar where "curry is the best in the nba" started gaining traction.. With all his record breaking shooting feats and winning in 15'.

Then daddy Lebron bent him over his knee and spanked in 16' to the point where he had to get superstar level help.

[Stephonit]

He had one small blip on the radar where "curry is the best in the nba" started gaining traction.. With all his record breaking shooting feats and winning in 15'.

Then daddy Lebron bent him over his knee and spanked in 16' to the point where he had to get superstar level help.

Daddy LeBron? The guy who abandoned his team and city to run to Miami to join Wade to win for the first time? The guy who lobbied the league to suspend Draymond? LeBron fans need to stop projecting their issues with LeBron onto other players.

[Wally450]

Daddy LeBron? The guy who abandoned his team and city to run to Miami to join Wade to win for the first time? The guy who lobbied the league to suspend Draymond? LeBron fans need to stop projecting their issues with LeBron onto other players.

Your first point doesn't have anything to do with 2016. With your second point, they still had game 6 and game 7 with a healthy Draymond. Still couldn't get it done.

Case in point, Lebron went daddy mode in 2016.