hollywood6964 wrote:bwgood77 wrote:hollywood6964 wrote:They got the 2 best players. But a lot of injuries. IDK, still go with Lbj.
I also don't think it's fair that curry was a cap, he's not even close to a top 5 player, hell not even top ten, automatically makes the teams unbalanced when kd goes with LeBron.
Curry's not a top 10 player? OK.
He is the MOST important player on the best team. This is the NBA in today's world. His gravity and shooting is so game changing that it creates opportunities for everyone else. They broke the record of most wins in a season before KD arrived, and Klay/Dray are important, but Steph is the key of it all. The Warriors are no where near where they are without him.
LeBron, kd, Leonard, ad, harden, giannis, Westbrook. As an individual talent, id take any of them easily before curry.
That's 7, n then you have Butler, George, - both elite defenders with size, i think they're better, especially Butler. That's 9.
Then there's Lillard, wall, Irving, cousins, all arguable.
N those are just the players with long resumes. There's a host of others that are compiling resumes, who while they may only have a couple big seasons going, could also be arguable in the next year or so.
I think you're getting starry-eyed over gsws SYSTEM, ORGANIZATION n COACHING. They put together such a synergistic team, from the starters to the last guy they play. Hell of a job. Classic whole is greater than sum of it's parts. You put curry on just about any other team that's just average, that isn't built for his strengths, and he wouldn't be seen in the same light. Not even close. He's been very fortunate in that respect.
Very few players in this league are game changers in that sense, n he isn't one of them.
One last thing. I called that Payton would absolutely abuse curry the other night, Before the game. N he wrecked him. No top superstar should get hammered by an also ran pg for a joke of a team. Like I said, a lot of it is about circumstances n opportunity. He's been fortunate.
N these are all opinions of ours. So if you'd take him over my top ten, ah salute.
Yeah, you did name a bunch of good players, though most of the I wouldn't take, particularly the "arguable" ones.. Curry is the one guy out of all the guys you named that doesn't choke. Some of those guys are not good enough to lead their teams to the playoffs.
But yeah, we can disagree here.
Funny you mention coaching though when they have Iggy coaching the other night, and Walton stepped in for a long stretch one season...never coached before (head coach).
Defense is important, and Curry isn't bad at it, but the ability to shoot THAT well and destroy teams in a hurry and leave others wide open on your team is insane. He just simply has more impact on winning than many of the others, even though some, in a vacuum, I'd take because their overall skills and versatility seem better.