LeBron by many people was considered the league's best player every year since 2009, this season is probably the first year since 2008 where the majority of people have someone else as the best player at the moment, and that guy is Curry. A player who had some question marks coming out of college, wasn't even a top 5 pick, spent his first few years injured with numerous ankle injuries. Around 2012 & 2013 alot of people thought Kevin Durant or maybe Anthony Davis would be the players that would eventually overtake LeBron, but Steph Curry? That pretty much came out of nowhere, even when he fixed the ankle issues and was putting up big numbers no one considered him in LeBron's league. Now today as I type this he is coming off an MVP season with a championship and is on his way to winning another MVP while having probably the GOAT point guard season averaging 30 PPG and is shooting the ball like no other player has.
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02-25-2016, 01:01 AM #1NBA Legend and Hall of Famer
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Seriously, who would of thought Curry would overtake LeBron as the NBAs best player?
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02-25-2016, 01:04 AM #2blowing 3-1 leads
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Re: Seriously, who would of thought Curry would overtake LeBron as the NBAs best player?
I love curry but still not convinced hes better than lebron yet
Take curry off warriors they are still top 5 in the west.
Take lebron off cavs = lottery
Cant wait for playoffs
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02-25-2016, 01:04 AM #3First Kobe fan on ISH
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Re: Seriously, who would of thought Curry would overtake LeBron as the NBAs best player?
Well LeBron is getting older and someone else like Curry or Durant were always going to take over
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02-25-2016, 01:04 AM #4Decent playground baller
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Re: Seriously, who would of thought Curry would overtake LeBron as the NBAs best player?
Not me. I expected a top 1 or 2 pick who was hyped to eventually do it, such as Durant or Anthony Davis. I thought Curry would be an all-star level player at best.
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02-25-2016, 01:05 AM #5Embiid > Jokic
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Re: Seriously, who would of thought Curry would overtake LeBron as the NBAs best player?
As recently as 2014 I doubt anyone would. Dude had just made the All-Star/All-NBA Teams for the first time in his career in '14. I'm sure the majority would have said Durant then, or AD last year
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02-25-2016, 01:07 AM #6blowing 3-1 leads
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Re: Seriously, who would of thought Curry would overtake LeBron as the NBAs best player?
Still dont know how steph made the transition from amazing shooter to GOAT shooter in matter of months.....
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02-25-2016, 01:08 AM #7Austin Reaves Fam
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Re: Seriously, who would of thought Curry would overtake LeBron as the NBAs best player?
I thought curry would be good coming out of college and wanted to draft him as well but GOAT 3 point shooter and elite offensive player all-time? No one saw that coming including golden state. Very impressive.
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02-25-2016, 01:10 AM #8NBA lottery pick
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Re: Seriously, who would of thought Curry would overtake LeBron as the NBAs best player?
'...who would HAVE thought...'
Originally Posted by 1987_Lakers
Do you even English, bro?
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02-25-2016, 01:10 AM #9Buck Dynasty
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Re: Seriously, who would of thought Curry would overtake LeBron as the NBAs best player?
It wasn't really that far fetched to be honest. Dude was snubbed from the AS game in '13 and had some absolutely FILTHY performances in the playoffs that year. The 44/11 he dropped on San Antonio was just special, the talent was obvious. Of course you wouldn't have fully expected him to get this good, but he's been a clear top 3 PG for years and it wasn't impossible. Something totally unexpected would be a guy like Butler going from role player to arguable top 10 player in 2 years.
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02-25-2016, 01:12 AM #10NBA Legend and Hall of Famer
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Re: Seriously, who would of thought Curry would overtake LeBron as the NBAs best player?
"HAVE" wouldn't fit in the thread title. Originally Posted by kamil
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02-25-2016, 01:15 AM #11Devin Booker MVP
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Re: Seriously, who would of thought Curry would overtake LeBron as the NBAs best player?
I was really high on Curry coming out of college but what he has been achieving this season and the last was beyond what I fathom for him.
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02-25-2016, 01:15 AM #12GOAT
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Re: Seriously, who would of thought Curry would overtake LeBron as the NBAs best player?
I'll admit it--I did think Steph would overtake Bran.
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02-25-2016, 01:29 AM #13NBA lottery pick
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Re: Seriously, who would of thought Curry would overtake LeBron as the NBAs best player?
Solution: Originally Posted by 1987_Lakers
would've
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02-25-2016, 01:29 AM #14College superstar
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Re: Seriously, who would of thought Curry would overtake LeBron as the NBAs best player?
Is that why you left off "in the regular season" too? Because Bron still outplayed him by a wide margin when they met. Originally Posted by 1987_Lakers
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02-25-2016, 01:33 AM #15Verticle?
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Re: Seriously, who would of thought Curry would overtake LeBron as the NBAs best player?
Curry was better in the playoffs as a whole than Bron was. Originally Posted by AintNoSunshine
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