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    Default The greatest point guard of all time.

    That did it for me…..dingo’d

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    Default Re: The greatest point guard of all time.

    Quote Originally Posted by Mask the Embiid View Post
    That did it for me…..dingo’d
    Not quite there yet.

    If he wins the championship this year, which I'll be very surprised if he pulls it off, then I'll put him ahead of Magic.

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    Default Re: The greatest point guard of all time.

    He's not a point guard. That's not his play style.

    If you do consider him a point guard, then you must consider LeBron a point guard as well which would eliminate Curry from best point guard ever considering LeBron is at worst #2 all time overall as a player behind MJ.

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    Default Re: The greatest point guard of all time.

    Quote Originally Posted by Carbine View Post
    He's not a point guard. That's not his play style.

    If you do consider him a point guard, then you must consider LeBron a point guard as well which would eliminate Curry from best point guard ever considering LeBron is at worst #2 all time overall as a player behind MJ.
    The team has listed him at pg at every of his career….he’s a pg

    Lebron had been listed at SF 18 out of 20 years of his career…..he’s a SF. Now he did win a ring as a PG in 2020 but the bulk of his career was at SF

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    Default Re: The greatest point guard of all time.

    Quote Originally Posted by Carbine View Post
    He's not a point guard. That's not his play style.

    If you do consider him a point guard, then you must consider LeBron a point guard as well which would eliminate Curry from best point guard ever considering LeBron is at worst #2 all time overall as a player behind MJ.

    That's the beauty of it - the goat PG wasn't actually a PG despite being an all-time ball-handler/passer - but he played the way that maximized ball movement/ strategic capacity / coaching, teammate development and fits/chemistry, which yielded the highest team ceilings of all-time as did other expert jumpshooters like MJ or Kobe or Bird (winning more with less)

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    Default Re: The greatest point guard of all time.

    Quote Originally Posted by Mask the Embiid View Post
    That did it for me…..dingo’d
    we’ve seen enough…

    it has been decided

    dingo’d

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    Default Re: The greatest point guard of all time.

    Quote Originally Posted by Carbine View Post
    He's not a point guard. That's not his play style.

    If you do consider him a point guard, then you must consider LeBron a point guard as well which would eliminate Curry from best point guard ever considering LeBron is at worst #2 all time overall as a player behind MJ.
    He's literally played point guard his entire career. This is a dumb take. You can be great off ball and still be a point guard.

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    Default Re: The greatest point guard of all time.

    Better than Magic?

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    Quote Originally Posted by basketballcat View Post
    Better than Magic?

    passers like Magic or Lebron need all-time scorers to pass to and a passer's need for scoring help is exacerbated by being too ball-dominant at carry-job volume to beat top teams.

    For example, Magic was massively-upset when he tried to carry the scoring load against KJ's Suns in 1990, which was similar to Lebron losing the 2009 ECF and therefore never beating a top 5 SRS team with poor scoring and efficiency from a sidekick (no carry-jobs vs top teams in 2 decades).

    Otoh, expert jumpshooters like Curry, Kobe, or MJ can score 40 while the ball moves and teammates assist them, so their superior brand can beat top teams at carry-job volume and therefore win with less scoring help, aka secondary-producing sidekicks that can't achieve elite averages like Wiggins or Pau, which forces the 1st option to defeat maximum defensive attention (carry scoring load on championship level).

    In addition to carrying the scoring load and therefore needing less scoring help, expert jumpshooters also need less help because they don't impose spot-up roles, so their skillset has the teammate development, fits and strategic capacity/coaching to win organically.. Otoh, Lebron's imposition of spot-up roles stall young players, thereby needing ready-made stars to win (can't win organically via chemistry & teammate development, so he needs more help).

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    Default Re: The greatest point guard of all time.

    I’d have to see impact data for Magic to be sure but Curry is definitely going to beat him in total career value.

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    Default Re: The greatest point guard of all time.

    Quote Originally Posted by basketballcat View Post
    Better than Magic?
    If curry got to play with Kareem and James Worthy he would have broken the game. Magic is awesome though and it's definitely a discussion.

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    Default Re: The greatest point guard of all time.

    Easily, Magic is the better floor general and playmaker obviously but Currys offensive gravity and scoring ability make him better overall offensively

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    Default Re: The greatest point guard of all time.

    Quote Originally Posted by RRR3 View Post
    I’d have to see impact data for Magic to be sure but Curry is definitely going to beat him in total career value.

    Curry needs far less help to win... So he's better.. That will always be the primary criteria for who is better (who's skills needs less help)

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    Default Re: The greatest point guard of all time.

    Quote Originally Posted by Carbine View Post
    He's not a point guard. That's not his play style.

    If you do consider him a point guard, then you must consider LeBron a point guard as well which would eliminate Curry from best point guard ever considering LeBron is at worst #2 all time overall as a player behind MJ.
    So, who the Warriors PG if not Steph?

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    Default Re: The greatest point guard of all time.

    Quote Originally Posted by tpols View Post
    If curry got to play with Kareem and James Worthy he would have broken the game. Magic is awesome though and it's definitely a discussion.
    And if Magic got to play with KD, Klay, Draymond, Iggy, Wiggins...?

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