Jerry West 46.3ppg 6.8apg 5.8rpg 1965 Western Division Finals

[warriorfan]

He'd be up against pre-injury Gus Johnson and prime Walt Bellamy... **** out of here with that "less athletic" crap it does not apply to this particular hypothetical

Do you even know what Steph Curry would do to Gus Johnson and Walt Bellamy? Putting large players on Curry is the last thing you want to do. Those guys would be on the floor so fast it would make your head spin.

[pauk]

[pauk]

Greatest playoff performer of his era

1 of 9 in Finals doe... dont be contradictive to the Kobe family logic now...

[oarabbus]

46ppg

[sd3035]

Isn't that the same guy who won a finals MVP on a losing team because Wilt choked so hard?

[LAZERUSS]

Isn't that the same guy who won a finals MVP on a losing team because Wilt choked so hard?

No. You have it backwards.

West won a ring in a Finals in which he choked so hard, and Chamberlain won the FMVP. See the 1972 Finals. Wilt with a dominant Finals for the ages.

[24-Inch_Chrome]

Curry is getting so ****ing overrated. ISH is gonna end up making me hate him.

[aj1987]

No. You have it backwards.

West won a ring in a Finals in which he choked so hard, and Chamberlain won the FMVP. See the 1972 Finals. Wilt with a dominant Finals for the ages.

@ the '72 Finals being ATG. Not even close.

Can we ignore the '72 Finals and talk about the '69 Finals or the '70 Finals for a minute? Dude lost to the Knicks with West and Baylor.

[Dro]

Curry is getting so ****ing overrated. ISH is gonna end up making me hate him.

This. People just love to transport players from today back into the 60's without accounting for all the differences in the technology and the eras....Steph Curry in the 60's is NOT Steph Curry of today. He doesn't grow up in the 60's learning to do the fanciest dribbling moves he can possibly do and launching contested 3 point shots from wherever. Game was not played that way. Sure Pistol did it, and was not very efficient either. The most realistic part of Steph's game that he could have translated back then would be his shot. He's a great shooter, regardless of era but he may be playing against PG's who would eat him up on the defensive end. Please somebody explain to me how he's going to check Oscar for example. Thats just one example...

[Straight_Ballin]

Not a chance - there were no 3-pointers back then, so none of Curry's teammates would be spreading the floor for him - all 10 players would be occupying the paint and standing much closer together, so Curry's efficiency would be depressed like everyone else's in that era.

Btw, why do you think teams shot so poorly despite playing such a fast pace?.. Obviously, these fastbreaks were not ending in open layups - teams were settling for contested shot after contested shot, which plays much faster than taking time to move the ball for an open shot..

Moving the ball is something that becomes incresingly prevalent as spacing increases - then defenders become spread out, and therefore capable of being moved and shifted to get an open shot - but the open shots that result from ball movement TAKE TIME, which fools people into thinking it must be harder to score (when it's the opposite - the shots resulting from ball movement are LESS contested).

The fact that this shit went on for how long (jamming up the paint) before someone came up with the simple idea to add a further distance shot worth more points speaks volumes about the intelligence level back then.

[LAZERUSS]

@ the '72 Finals being ATG. Not even close.

Can we ignore the '72 Finals and talk about the '69 Finals or the '70 Finals for a minute? Dude lost to the Knicks with West and Baylor.

19.2 ppg, 23.2 rpg, .600 FG%, 7.4 bpg.

Clinching game (with a badly sprained wrist, and the other wrist BROKEN)...

24 pts, 10-14 FG/FGA, 8 blocked shots, and 29 rebounds (the entire NY team had a TOTAL of 39 rebounds BTW.)

CERTAINLY one of the all-time GOAT performances in an NBA Finals.


BAYLOR lost the '69 Finals (just HORRIFIC shooting), in a series that Wilt easily outplayed Russell.

In the '70 Finals, all Wilt could do, only four months after major knee surgery, and nowhere near 100%... 23.2 ppg, 24.1 rpg, and on a .625 FG%. Now, go ahead and give me YOUR list of GOATs who put up a 23-24 .625 Finals. Oh, and in a "must win" game 6... 45 points, on 20-27 shooting, with 27 rebounds. And in a "must win" game seven... 21 points, on 10-16 shooting, with 23 rebounds...in a game in which Frazier just destroyed West.

Next...

[Spurs5Rings2014]

@ the '72 Finals being ATG. Not even close.

Can we ignore the '72 Finals and talk about the '69 Finals or the '70 Finals for a minute? Dude lost to the Knicks with West and Baylor.

[aj1987]

19.2 ppg, 23.2 rpg, .600 FG%, 7.4 bpg.

Clinching game (with a badly sprained wrist, and the other wrist BROKEN)...

24 pts, 10-14 FG/FGA, 8 blocked shots, and 29 rebounds (the entire NY team had a TOTAL of 39 rebounds BTW.)

CERTAINLY one of the all-time GOAT performances in an NBA Finals.

Finals better than Wilt's '72: MJ has 4, Shaq has 3, LeBron has 1, Wade has 1, Kobe has one, West has a couple, Bird has a couple, KAJ has a couple, etc. etc..

BAYLOR lost the '69 Finals (just HORRIFIC shooting), in a series that Wilt easily outplayed Russell.

Prime West and 4-13 from the FT line in a game decided by 2.

Wilt is a mental midget and a choker (hence the name, Chokerlain). Deal with it.

[Spurs5Rings2014]

4-13 from the FT line in a game decided by 2.

Wilt is a mental midget and a choker (hence the name, Chokerlain). Deal with it.

[jzek]

Did it in the old era. Not impressed.

I don't pay attention to records or stats if not set in the "modern" era (1980 and up).