Steph Curry is more of a Spreewell
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He hasn't even made the conference finals yet and he will be 27 when the playoffs start. Jordan started late too but he better get a move on.
His health issues haven't made him miss a lot of games outside of 1 season but they're still scary and I don't know how anyone can be so sure of his longevity.
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Good to great small guards lose it quicker then any other position.
AI, Isiah Thomas, Steve Francis, John Lucas, Deron Williams..............Comment -
Just wondering where Curry stands now with guysComment -
Nothing like mj but he's great at what he does watching him at Davidson I didn't think he could become the amazing offensive talent that he is today.Comment -
Curry playing at his current level is the best 6'3 and under player of all time. He is literally the best player he can possibly be. To dominate like he does with only average athleticism is amazing to watch.
That said, I'd still take Kobe, MJ, and Lebron in their primes over Curry.Comment -
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Let's see how they do in the playoffs this year. Hopefully they will actually play healthy teams.Comment -
lets stop it with mj comparisons
but there could be a point made where hes a generational player
u see magic to jordan to kobe to lebron and now i guess u might have curry next in line
this dude is just ridiculous ...................Comment -
There is only one Michael Jordan.
With that said, Curry is a hall of famer and the best shooter I've ever seen. He also has the perfect team around him.
The Warriors are good. I'm talking all-time good.Comment -
Good call son Curry better than Jordan on offense for sure.Comment -
Its amazing how NBA people worship MJ.....amazing player maybe the best of all time...but honestly the NBAs obsession with him has held the league back for years. There is more talk of who is the next MJ then attn paid to the good players in the league now.....been that way since freaking Vince Carter came into the league.
The NFL doesn't have that problem. Luck, Newton etc can be great QBs without the obsession of comparing them to Montana or Elway etc
Average NBA fan conversation
Fan 1 "Wow LeBron is a great player"
Fan 2 "He's not f**king Jordan never will be.....he's a bitch....Jordan was the GOAT"
Fan 1 "How bout that Steph Curry"
Fan 2 "Hes not Jordan! Jordan won 6 rings all by himself! F**k Curry he's a bitch"Comment -
Obviously a great shooter and has some highlights but the kid is unreal if you know the game well.....Just has that sixth sense to set up defenders and plays the angles better than anyone I've ever seen
Court vision and IQ unbelievableComment -
I wonder if this team has a shot to win 70 games?Comment -
Curry will go down as one of the greats for sure if he stays healthy
I think no one was more impressive than what Bryant did in his prime after Shaq left and he carried the worst lakers teams in history (much worse than they are today) to a 7th and 8th seed!!!! Bryant, Smush Parker (Bryant claimed they signed Parker even though he couldn't play in the NBA because his asking price was cheap and they were trying to rebuild), Odom, Luke Walton (awful), Chris Mihm (awful), Kwame Brown?????
Due to the immense lack of talent, Bryant frequently saw double and triple teams every game and still managed to score 35 every night. People say he took a lot of shots, but trust me, if Curry got double teamed literally every single night, he would not even be able to get off 20 shots, let alone score 30.
With Jordan, we're talking about guys that were much worse defenders as well. Jordan was far ahead of his time in a sense in terms of athleticism, endurance, ball handling. He is more of your modern day player. Would he dominate in today's league? Of course. But there would be A LOT more defenders that'd be able to make it hard for him.
Joe Dumars was the best 1 on 1 defender on Jordan during his years. That's pretty sad. Dumars was a good defender but not elite like a Kawai Leonard Tony Allen Bryant in his prime, Artest in his prime, Wade in prime, Bron, what Wiggins will become defensively. Like a guy like Jimmy Butler would do a way better job on Jordan than Joe Dumars.Cause Sleep is the Cousin of DeathComment -
are you really saying that during Jordan's era guys played worse defense and that he would have a tougher time with today's defense? are you insane? do you remember what he went through?
anything else you say forever lacks credibility, shut the fuk up
I dont even post on here anymore, but after seeing that I couldnt NOT respondComment -
Bad Boys one of the best defenses ever. Jordan played them I do believe.Comment -
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Jordan would average 50 in this new NBA you can't really even play D anymore star players live at the free throw lineComment -
I've watched every era of basketball from the 60s on. There's a difference between individual defense and team defense. Jordan had to go through the Bad Boys and Celtics which was very rough. FROM A TEAM PERSPECTIVE. The individual matchups he had were a joke. You're gonna compare Joe Dumars (who was considered a premier wing defender in the league) to Kawai Leonard? Silence fool. I grew up a pistons fan and I know Dumars' game like the back of my hand. He would get shredded by any elite wing player today.Cause Sleep is the Cousin of DeathComment -
I already said Jordan would dominate in today's game still. That has nothing to do with my point. The wing defenders today are way better than they were in the 80s and 90s and it's not close. Team defense is a completely different discussion and the team defenses of the 80s and 90s were way better? Why? Because you could get away with a lot. Tell Robert Parish or Bill Lambier to play in today's league and see what they would do. They'd have to adapt, or they'd be fouled out in the first half. Right or wrong?Cause Sleep is the Cousin of DeathComment -
Even Westbrook would absolutely destroy Joe Dumars. Dumars can't play d for shit without hand checking.
Can't even imagine what a D Wade in his prime would do to Joe Dumars on both ends of the floor.Cause Sleep is the Cousin of DeathComment -
he's already betterComment -
Yea take a look at the viewing numbers in the last 10 years....Nba is way behind the NFL,College football. Last years finals were the highest viewed finals since 1998....what does that tell you?
1998 NBA drew a 18.9 rating
2014 13.9 rating and that was the highest rating they had since Jordan retired.......
So yea the leagues popularity has dropped significantlyComment -
West brook would not. Hand checking was part of the defense. Today, teams live at the free throw line. It's up to the refs and big markets to essentially determine who wins the big games in close ones
Dwayne Wade in his prime? Is that Dwayne Wade when he had Shaq or Dwayne Wade when he had Lebron and Bosh? Guy is only 33 now and doesn't play on days he has headaches (or like the last 2-3 years) because the NBA is a diva leagueComment -
What I'm saying is back than you were the best allowed to play D you could hand check hard foul so it was much easier to play D now you get to close to an offensive player it's a foul. Defenders may be more athletic but they are so much lazier.Comment -
MJ is MJ, Curry is Curry. Cannot compare no one better than the other - no matter what numbers they produced or how many rings or achievements they have attained. Two different eras, two different positions, two different teams, two different mentalities etc. Curry is a great penetrating player. He may be the best and most entertaining player to watch as of late. What the kid can do is incredible - but he is not MJ. Just as MJ was no Curry with his shooting.
Lets just respect them for what they have done or are doing. MJ is MJ and Curry is Curry.Comment
