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    Quote Originally Posted by Bronbron23
    As far as careers it won't even be close Steph is already 31 and will begin his decline soon. Offensively mj's destroys curry at the same age up until this point.

    Even if you want to look at Steph's best season it's still doesn't compare to mj when you factor in playoffs and finals. Regular season yes Curry's 2016 was up there with mj.

    Curry 2015 regular season
    30.1 pts/ 6.7 ass/ 45% 3pt / 56% 2pt

    Mj 1990 regular season
    31.5% pts/ 5.5 ass/ 31% 3pt/ 53% 2 pt

    I won't even harp on the easier scoring era and mj having to score in iso more. If u just look at there regular seasons offensively Steph was a little better.

    The post season and finals which are tougher scoring conditions is a different story.

    Curry 2016 playoffs
    25.1/5.2 ass/40% 3pt/48% 2 pt

    Mj 1991 playoffs
    31.1/8.4 ass/39% 3 pt/ 53% 2 pt

    So in the playoffs where teams and defences are better and refs let players play more you can see that Steph gets worse while mj gets better. In the finals there's even a bigger disparity as curry continues to get worse while mj gets even better.

    Curry 2016 finals
    22.6/3.7ass/40% 3pt/ 40% 2pt

    Mj 1991 finals
    31.2 pts/11.4 ass/ 50% 3 pt/59% 2pt

    Again it's not close mj crushes Steph. So if you guys want to clarify and just compare regular season offensive impact for that one year than that's fair but as far as a whole season goes which includes post season, mj is on another level.
    So you take Steph's worst Finals series and compare it to MJ's best to make a point?

    Steph got injured early in the 2016 Playoffs (twice, I might add), so his Playoff averages already tank because he had to leave early in his first two games and the injury was significant enough that he played a total of 38 minutes in the first 8 Playoff games. Not only are the injuries a factor, but the first 3 games of the Finals were all blowouts, where he either played a low amount of minutes or barely shot the basketball due to the games being decided in the first half. As bad as his series was overall, he still broke the Finals 3-Point record while shooting 40% from three at 11.4 attempts per game. His team was up 3 - 1 with him hobbling and then his best teammate in that series gets suspended for a closeout game at home, where his starting Center suffers a series-ending injury. Not only that, but in the next game Iguodala gets injured and is left hobbling for the rest of the series as well. A healthy, non-suspended Warriors squad closes the series out in 5 games and we don't have this stupid discussion.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ImKobe
    So you take Steph's worst Finals series and compare it to MJ's best to make a point?

    Steph got injured early in the 2016 Playoffs (twice, I might add), so his Playoff averages already tank because he had to leave early in his first two games and the injury was significant enough that he played a total of 38 minutes in the first 8 Playoff games. Not only are the injuries a factor, but the first 3 games of the Finals were all blowouts, where he either played a low amount of minutes or barely shot the basketball due to the games being decided in the first half. As bad as his series was overall, he still broke the Finals 3-Point record while shooting 40% from three at 11.4 attempts per game. His team was up 3 - 1 with him hobbling and then his best teammate in that series gets suspended for a closeout game at home, where his starting Center suffers a series-ending injury. Not only that, but in the next game Iguodala gets injured and is left hobbling for the rest of the series as well. A healthy, non-suspended Warriors squad closes the series out in 5 games and we don't have this stupid discussion.
    I used 16 because I was arguing with Manny and that's the season he used. It doesn't matter what season u use though none of the are as good as mj's best

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bronbron23
    I used 16 because I was arguing with Manny and that's the season he used. It doesn't matter what season u use though none of the are as good as mj's best
    OP is a retard for comparing Curry to MJ anyways, Steph's really underrated as far as all-time talks go though, his RS/Playoff numbers from 2017-19 are on par with almost any all-time great and he proved just in these Finals that he could produce at the highest level with half of his team injured.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ImKobe
    OP is a retard for comparing Curry to MJ anyways, Steph's really underrated as far as all-time talks go though, his RS/Playoff numbers from 2017-19 are on par with almost any all-time great and he proved just in these Finals that he could produce at the highest level with half of his team injured.
    u just got trolled didnt u realize that this is a troll thread?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Turbo Slayer
    u just got trolled didnt u realize that this is a troll thread?
    Nah. You were clearly not trolling in the OP but got embarrassed so badly that now you cower behind the lamest excuse online.

    If you feel like Curry's the GOAT, make your case and don't let people convince you otherwise. He's arguably the GOAT of his era so don't feel ashamed about it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ImKobe
    OP is a retard for comparing Curry to MJ anyways, Steph's really underrated as far as all-time talks go though, his RS/Playoff numbers from 2017-19 are on par with almost any all-time great and he proved just in these Finals that he could produce at the highest level with half of his team injured.
    Yes his 17-19 was very good and on par with alot of atg players but not all. Mj had several better. Magics 86-87 was also better. Lebron, Shaq and Kareem also had better seasons.

    And Steph wasn't missing half his team. Klay only missed a game. Kd being out hurt but he was just icing on the cake anyway. They were still a great team without him.

    Steph is amazing. He's the best shooter ever and will go down a top 20 player. He's far from the goat is all I'm saying.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bronbron23
    Yes his 17-19 was very good and on par with alot of atg players but not all. Mj had several better. Magics 86-87 was also better. Lebron, Shaq and Kareem also had better seasons.

    And Steph wasn't missing half his team. Klay only missed a game. Kd being out hurt but he was just icing on the cake anyway. They were still a great team without him.

    Steph is amazing. He's the best shooter ever and will go down a top 20 player. He's far from the goat is all I'm saying.
    Magic's 1987 wasn't better than Curry's 2017

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    [QUOTE=Stephonit]Magic's 1987 wasn't better than Curry's 2017

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bronbron23
    Yes his 17-19 was very good and on par with alot of atg players but not all. Mj had several better. Magics 86-87 was also better. Lebron, Shaq and Kareem also had better seasons.

    And Steph wasn't missing half his team. Klay only missed a game. Kd being out hurt but he was just icing on the cake anyway. They were still a great team without him.

    Steph is amazing. He's the best shooter ever and will go down a top 20 player. He's far from the goat is all I'm saying.
    He had his greatest individual Finals/Playoff game of his career with KD, Klay, Looney all injured. Raptors ran 2-3 guys at him on every possession and he still dropped 47/8/7.

    Klay, Looney, Cousins, Iguodala were all playing hurt and sustained major injuries either in the Finals or leading up to it. Iggy shouldn't have even played in his condition, Looney was in terrible pain and Thompson injured and went out early in two of the 6 games, including missing one completely. Durant obviously only played like 12 minutes in that series as well.

    That's 5 guys dealing with serious injuries. Steph still made it a close series but got little to no respect after it while people were ready to give Lebron Finals MVP in 2015 for taking 32 shots a game to score his 35 inefficient points lol.

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    Default Re: Steph Curry is the GOAT

    Quote Originally Posted by SouBeachTalents
    Don't you legit believe Curry's the GOAT?
    What I know is that Curry's career isn't over yet. He has a claim to one of the best if not the best regular seasons ever. He has a claim to one of the best if not the best playoffs ever. He was on a team that was historically great by certain measures
    Last edited by Stephonit; 09-14-2019 at 04:49 AM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ImKobe
    He had his greatest individual Finals/Playoff game of his career with KD, Klay, Looney all injured. Raptors ran 2-3 guys at him on every possession and he still dropped 47/8/7.

    Klay, Looney, Cousins, Iguodala were all playing hurt and sustained major injuries either in the Finals or leading up to it. Iggy shouldn't have even played in his condition, Looney was in terrible pain and Thompson injured and went out early in two of the 6 games, including missing one completely. Durant obviously only played like 12 minutes in that series as well.

    That's 5 guys dealing with serious injuries. Steph still made it a close series but got little to no respect after it while people were ready to give Lebron Finals MVP in 2015 for taking 32 shots a game to score his 35 inefficient points lol.
    It's the end of the year alot if teams have guys that are banged up. Mj won a finals with a hobbled Scottie pip and no other help. Look what magic did as a rookie when Kareem went down. Yes curry was amazing in the game you speak of but it's one game. Hes never had a whole season as good as mj's. He just hasn't. Mj's numbers crush Steph's in the post season. Regular season sure but not playoffs and especially not the finals.

    And yes LeBron wasnt very good in 15. I'm probably one of the few LeBron fans to acknowledge that. He scored alot but he was inefficient and couldn't hit a wide open mid-range to save his life. I'm not sure what that has to do with Steph not being the goat though

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    Quote Originally Posted by Stephonit
    What I know is that Curry's career isn't over yet. He has a claim to one of the best if not the best regular seasons ever. He has a claim to one of the best if not the best playoffs ever. He was on a team that was historically great by certain measures—and that was before another all-time great teamed up with him. Curry plays in the modern era. He's been playing in the tougher conference. I'm more impressed with Curry than LeBron who many say they believe is the best player they've ever seen. Curry isn't as reliant as other greats on getting a favorable whistle. Curry changed the game.
    See this is what I mean. Steph fans just make up shit when it come to his career. I'll give u the regular season claim. It's a fair one. He dosnt have a claim to one of the best playoffs ever. Mj's, Kareems, magic LeBron and Shaq all had better.

    The pre kd warriors we're not historically great. The only had one chip and it was against a heavily depleted Cavs team that still won 2 games and beat them with the same squad the following year when fully healthy. Yeah they had the greatest regular season ever but they didn't win and like pip said it don't mean a thing without the ring.

    Curry didn't change the game. Teams shoot more threes now because of Morey and the rockets. They came up with the analytics of why it makes sense and they implemented it first and other teams like the warriors followed. That's a fact. So how did Steph change the game exactly? He didnt.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bronbron23
    See this is what I mean. Steph fans just make up shit when it come to his career. I'll give u the regular season claim. It's a fair one. He dosnt have a claim to one of the best playoffs ever. Mj's, Kareems, magic LeBron and Shaq all had better.
    I disagreed above with Magic having had a better year and I'll disagree again now.

    One of these is Curry 2017, one is Larry Bird 1986, and the other one is Magic Johnson 1987:

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    Rk MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3P% 2P 2PA 2P% eFG% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
    1 42.8 9.5 18.4 .517 1.3 .411 8.2 15.3 .538 .551 5.6 6.1 .927 1.9 7.4 9.3 8.2 2.1 0.6 2.6 3.1 25.9
    2 35.4 8.9 18.4 .484 4.2 .419 4.6 8.2 .564 .599 6.1 6.7 .904 1.3 4.9 6.2 6.7 2.0 0.2 3.4 2.2 28.1
    3 37.0 8.1 15.1 .539 0.1 .200 8.0 14.5 .552 .542 5.4 6.6 .831 1.6 6.2 7.7 12.2 1.7 0.4 2.8 2.1 21.8
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    Rk PER TS% 3PAr FTr ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% OWS DWS WS WS/48 OBPM DBPM BPM VORP
    1 23.9 .615 .169 .329 5.3 18.0 12.1 28.1 2.3 0.8 11.0 23.3 2.7 1.5 4.2 .263 6.8 3.5 10.3 2.4
    2 27.1 .659 .551 .365 4.2 14.1 9.5 29.5 2.7 0.5 13.8 30.0 2.3 1.1 3.4 .272 9.1 1.7 10.8 2.0
    3 26.2 .607 .037 .435 5.2 17.0 11.7 46.1 2.2 0.6 13.6 23.1 2.6 1.1 3.7 .265 6.7 3.1 9.7 2.0
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bronbron23
    The pre kd warriors we're not historically great. The only had one chip and it was against a heavily depleted Cavs team that still won 2 games and beat them with the same squad the following year when fully healthy. Yeah they had the greatest regular season ever but they didn't win and like pip said it don't mean a thing without the ring.
    https://fivethirtyeight.com/features...-the-warriors/

    https://fivethirtyeight.com/features...ording-to-elo/

    Quote Originally Posted by Bronbron23
    Curry didn't change the game. Teams shoot more threes now because of Morey and the rockets. They came up with the analytics of why it makes sense and they implemented it first and other teams like the warriors followed. That's a fact. So how did Steph change the game exactly? He didnt.
    Morey had theories he borrowed from D'Antoni who could have borrowed them from Don Nelson. Unproven theories. What Curry did was show what could happen when they were applied to reality by someone capable of doing so.

    https://fivethirtyeight.com/features...he-revolution/

    With such a commanding showing Curry gave 3-point shooting and jumpshooting teams the legitimacy they previously lacked. The Warriors' success allowed Morey to go all in and gave D'Antoni's career which had been consigned to oblivion a new lease on life.

    3-point shooting, the rise of defensive switching, and the fall in importance of the traditional big man are all trends that have followed in Curry's wake.
    Last edited by Stephonit; 09-14-2019 at 11:49 AM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Stephonit
    I disagreed above with Magic having had a better year and I'll disagree again now.

    One of these is Curry 2017, one is Larry Bird 1986, and the other one is Magic Johnson 1987:

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    Rk MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3P% 2P 2PA 2P% eFG% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
    1 42.8 9.5 18.4 .517 1.3 .411 8.2 15.3 .538 .551 5.6 6.1 .927 1.9 7.4 9.3 8.2 2.1 0.6 2.6 3.1 25.9
    2 35.4 8.9 18.4 .484 4.2 .419 4.6 8.2 .564 .599 6.1 6.7 .904 1.3 4.9 6.2 6.7 2.0 0.2 3.4 2.2 28.1
    3 37.0 8.1 15.1 .539 0.1 .200 8.0 14.5 .552 .542 5.4 6.6 .831 1.6 6.2 7.7 12.2 1.7 0.4 2.8 2.1 21.8
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    Generated 9/14/2019.

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    Rk PER TS% 3PAr FTr ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% OWS DWS WS WS/48 OBPM DBPM BPM VORP
    1 23.9 .615 .169 .329 5.3 18.0 12.1 28.1 2.3 0.8 11.0 23.3 2.7 1.5 4.2 .263 6.8 3.5 10.3 2.4
    2 27.1 .659 .551 .365 4.2 14.1 9.5 29.5 2.7 0.5 13.8 30.0 2.3 1.1 3.4 .272 9.1 1.7 10.8 2.0
    3 26.2 .607 .037 .435 5.2 17.0 11.7 46.1 2.2 0.6 13.6 23.1 2.6 1.1 3.7 .265 6.7 3.1 9.7 2.0
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    Generated 9/14/2019.



    https://fivethirtyeight.com/features...-the-warriors/

    https://fivethirtyeight.com/features...ording-to-elo/



    Morey had theories he borrowed from D'Antoni who could have borrowed them from Don Nelson. Unproven theories. What Curry did was show what could happen when they were applied to reality by someone capable of doing so.

    https://fivethirtyeight.com/features...he-revolution/

    With such a commanding showing Curry gave 3-point shooting and jumpshooting teams the legitimacy they previously lacked. The Warriors' success allowed Morey to go all in and gave D'Antoni's career which had been consigned to oblivion a new lease on life.

    3-point shooting, the rise of defensive switching, and the fall in importance of the traditional big man are all trends that have followed in Curry's wake.
    Post the playoffs for those years too.

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    Default Re: Steph Curry is the GOAT

    Quote Originally Posted by Manny98
    Nope 2016 Curry is better than any MJ or Wade season. first and only unanimous MVP GOAT shit and his playoff run in 2017 is as good or better than any playoff run ever

    28/6/7 off 66% TS 16-1 record when has MJ ever had a playoff run that dominant
    Why don't you take the whole year. 91Mj with Playoffs> Curry in 2016
    Stop doing half things to try to make Curry look good.

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