2018 LeBron James vs. 2022 Steph Curry

[Taj FTW]

Curry is lucky he has been gifted an all-time great cast throughout the years. He can't even hold LeBron's jock.

[ReddoverKobe]

Replace Curry last year with 2018 Lebron & the Warriors probably sweep us in the finals.

Team LeBron up with Wade and Bosh and they'd win "not 2, not 3, not 4..." oh wait.

We actually saw LeBron 2018 with many pieces from a roster that reached the finals the previous year and rookie Tatum took them to 7. As a Celtics fan do you consider the 2018 Celtics a better team than the 2022 Celtics?

You dont even make sense lol.

[ReddoverKobe]

You don't give an inch do you? Most people on the board have their strong opinions of the guys they like, me included, but you could be one of the most delusional people I have ever encountered. I mean this as a fellow human, someone just looking out for you... please just look inward. 76 posts in this thread and YOU'RE the only one correct? Self reflection might actually be able to fix you, but it'll take some time.

Delusional? I also heard that last year when I picked the Warriors to win the championship. Guess what? They won the championship. It's people like you calling me delusional who are delusional.

Again, nothing to do with this topic. And a lot of people had the Suns or warriors in the west and bucks/celts in the east. You making up this false notion that no one thought the warriors could win is wild

[WarriorGM]

You don't give an inch do you? Most people on the board have their strong opinions of the guys they like, me included, but you could be one of the most delusional people I have ever encountered. I mean this as a fellow human, someone just looking out for you... please just look inward. 76 posts in this thread and YOU'RE the only one correct? Self reflection might actually be able to fix you, but it'll take some time.

Delusional? I also heard that last year when I picked the Warriors to win the championship. Guess what? They won the championship. It's people like you calling me delusional who are delusional.

Again, nothing to do with this topic. And a lot of people had the Suns or warriors in the west and bucks/celts in the east. You making up this false notion that no one thought the warriors could win is wild

I'm sure in other places people were higher on the Warriors—but around here? I was about the only one confidently stating the Warriors should be favorites at the start of last season on the Warriors board. People here were more likely to agree with Nick Wright when he said Steph's window for a championship closed when the Dubs acquired Wiggins and Hollinger when he wrote that the +900 championship odds for the Warriors were "hilarious".

The dismissive reactions in this thread that seem to think that there is no comparison to be made between LeBron 2018 and Steph 2022 should be more than enough to show the attitudes that were and are held. There is a comparison to be made and Steph comes out ahead.

[1993Playoffs]

Lebron by far. Not even close

[Pharmcat]

What is going on here lol

[WarriorGM]

What is going on here lol

A lot of people burying their heads under the sand and pretending Curry's 2022 wasn't better than LeBron's 2018.

[ReddoverKobe]

What is going on here lol

A lot of people burying their heads under the sand and pretending Curry's 2022 wasn't better than LeBron's 2018.

It was not and its not close. This is some flat earth nonsense lol

[WarriorGM]

What is going on here lol

A lot of people burying their heads under the sand and pretending Curry's 2022 wasn't better than LeBron's 2018.

It was not and its not close. This is some flat earth nonsense lol

I guess you are right. Curry won a championship and beat the superior version of the Celtics team. LeBron doesn't really have an argument.

[TheLand13]

Delusional? I also heard that last year when I picked the Warriors to win the championship. Guess what? They won the championship. It's people like you calling me delusional who are delusional.

Again, nothing to do with this topic. And a lot of people had the Suns or warriors in the west and bucks/celts in the east. You making up this false notion that no one thought the warriors could win is wild

I'm sure in other places people were higher on the Warriors—but around here? I was about the only one confidently stating the Warriors should be favorites at the start of last season on the Warriors board. People here were more likely to agree with Nick Wright when he said Steph's window for a championship closed when the Dubs acquired Wiggins and Hollinger when he wrote that the +900 championship odds for the Warriors were "hilarious".

The dismissive reactions in this thread that seem to think that there is no comparison to be made between LeBron 2018 and Steph 2022 should be more than enough to show the attitudes that were and are held. There is a comparison to be made and Steph comes out ahead.

Buddy, I also predicted the warriors winning that year. And I don’t share the same brain dead opinions you do.

2018 LeBron comes out with better numbers across the board. All major and advanced statistics give LeBron a very clear edge. There is no comparison here where Curry comes out of this looking better.

Your problem here is that you’re openly dismissing the facts. You don’t get to decide what facts matter and what facts don’t. That’s not how this works. You can definitely argue why context is important, and thus why certain statistics shouldn’t have any baring on the discussion at hand. But right now you have yet to provide any relevant information that contributes to the discussion at hand. You’ve come completely empty handed in that regard.

When all the relevant information at hand shows LeBron clearly being superior (both from a performance standpoint and from the fact that he had a weaker roster to work with), at that point it’s time to concede.

[WarriorGM]

Again, nothing to do with this topic. And a lot of people had the Suns or warriors in the west and bucks/celts in the east. You making up this false notion that no one thought the warriors could win is wild

I'm sure in other places people were higher on the Warriors—but around here? I was about the only one confidently stating the Warriors should be favorites at the start of last season on the Warriors board. People here were more likely to agree with Nick Wright when he said Steph's window for a championship closed when the Dubs acquired Wiggins and Hollinger when he wrote that the +900 championship odds for the Warriors were "hilarious".

The dismissive reactions in this thread that seem to think that there is no comparison to be made between LeBron 2018 and Steph 2022 should be more than enough to show the attitudes that were and are held. There is a comparison to be made and Steph comes out ahead.

Buddy, I also predicted the warriors winning that year. And I don’t share the same brain dead opinions you do.

2018 LeBron comes out with better numbers across the board. All major and advanced statistics give LeBron a very clear edge. There is no comparison here where Curry comes out of this looking better.

Your problem here is that you’re openly dismissing the facts. You don’t get to decide what facts matter and what facts don’t. That’s not how this works. You can definitely argue why context is important, and thus why certain statistics shouldn’t have any baring on the discussion at hand. But right now you have yet to provide any relevant information that contributes to the discussion at hand. You’ve come completely empty handed in that regard.

When all the relevant information at hand shows LeBron clearly being superior (both from a performance standpoint and from the fact that he had a weaker roster to work with), at that point it’s time to concede.

Forgive me for thinking that larger numbers in the win column matter more than other parts of the box score. We've had years now of Curry leading record teams and defying the expectations of his detractors. After leading yet another team from a rebuilding situation to a championship with the most notable change being the addition of Andrew Wiggins while LeBron requires an MVP candidate and multiple championship winning veterans, it's Curry's naysayers who need to give up their denial.

[ReddoverKobe]

A lot of people burying their heads under the sand and pretending Curry's 2022 wasn't better than LeBron's 2018.

It was not and its not close. This is some flat earth nonsense lol

I guess you are right. Curry won a championship and beat the superior version of the Celtics team. LeBron doesn't really have an argument.

At least the Ben Simmons guy is funny. This is just sad.

[One Last Shot]

What is going on here lol

A lot of people burying their heads under the sand and pretending Curry's 2022 wasn't better than LeBron's 2018.

Dude, you're 6 feet under the sand in your own thread. Even Warriors fans doesn't want to associate themselves to you with your delusional narratives.

[Floody100]

Lebron 2018 Playoffs - 34/9/9 on 61.9% TS
Steph 2022 Playoffs - 27.5/5/6 on 60.6% TS

Case closed.

[TheLand13]

I'm sure in other places people were higher on the Warriors—but around here? I was about the only one confidently stating the Warriors should be favorites at the start of last season on the Warriors board. People here were more likely to agree with Nick Wright when he said Steph's window for a championship closed when the Dubs acquired Wiggins and Hollinger when he wrote that the +900 championship odds for the Warriors were "hilarious".

The dismissive reactions in this thread that seem to think that there is no comparison to be made between LeBron 2018 and Steph 2022 should be more than enough to show the attitudes that were and are held. There is a comparison to be made and Steph comes out ahead.

Buddy, I also predicted the warriors winning that year. And I don’t share the same brain dead opinions you do.

2018 LeBron comes out with better numbers across the board. All major and advanced statistics give LeBron a very clear edge. There is no comparison here where Curry comes out of this looking better.

Your problem here is that you’re openly dismissing the facts. You don’t get to decide what facts matter and what facts don’t. That’s not how this works. You can definitely argue why context is important, and thus why certain statistics shouldn’t have any baring on the discussion at hand. But right now you have yet to provide any relevant information that contributes to the discussion at hand. You’ve come completely empty handed in that regard.

When all the relevant information at hand shows LeBron clearly being superior (both from a performance standpoint and from the fact that he had a weaker roster to work with), at that point it’s time to concede.

Forgive me for thinking that larger numbers in the win column matter more than other parts of the box score. We've had years now of Curry leading record teams and defying the expectations of his detractors. After leading yet another team from a rebuilding situation to a championship with the most notable change being the addition of Andrew Wiggins while LeBron requires an MVP candidate and multiple championship winning veterans, it's Curry's naysayers who need to give up their denial.

Again, another craptastic argument from you. And this one doesn’t even make any sense.

When has LeBron ever needed an MVP candidate to win his championships? Wade wasn’t one in 2012 or 2013. Irving sure as hell wasn’t one in 2016. I guess he had one in 2020 (even though Davis didn’t receive consideration but sure I’ll throw you a bone) but that creates two major problems with your argument: one being that’s one championship out of four LeBron has won where he didn’t need one. And number two, that completely kills your argument from earlier that LeBron’s teammates don’t thrive while playing alongside him. Well Davis did, and you for some reason are using that against him. Why? You can’t have it both ways. Either his teammates thrive with him or they don’t. Either that’s a good thing or a bad thing. So which if it? Pick a stance and stick with it, otherwise your argument lacks credibility as it shows a clear agenda and obvious bias on your end.

But hey, let’s apply this to Curry as well. You said LeBron needed championship veterans to win. Were Klay and Green not both championship veterans? Wasn’t Iggy one? What about Looney? Wasn’t he a championship veteran? Do me a favor and go back to the 2016 Cavaliers for a second. How many of the players on that team were so called championship veterans? One. And that person was James Jones, who wasn’t even in their rotation. So on top of not having an MVP candidate on that team, LeBron didn’t even have multiple championship veterans.

But wait what’s this? Another flaw with your argument.

Who did Curry have for two of his championship winning teams? An actual MVP candidate in Kevin Durant. That’s right, Curry actually had more teams with an MVP candidate and championship veterans (those warriors teams were loaded with those) than LeBron did, the very person you just got done criticizing for that exact thing.

This is what happens when you don’t use facts and logic in your posts: **** like this happens. So no, I’m not going to forgive you for anything. You have an agenda and it’s to prop up Curry. The simple reality is that Curry himself more than likely thinks LeBron is far greater of a player than he will ever be, and that’s because he has an open mind (I don’t think he gives himself enough credit, but that’s besides the point). You are a random person who knows nothing. You’re trying to make Curry look good and you can’t even do that right.

Actually try, or stop. Because no one here is buying it.

[trueballer7]

You think any of the fanboyz would pick Lebron over Curry, if they were GMs or coaches? They wouldn't have.
There is no amount of talent you could throw at the loser to make a winner of him. He 'll break your baoulz and end up losing anyway.

[Blame Rasho]

You wanna him to have a hissy fit, remind him how many times Curry has missed the playoffs and how few all nba 1st team selections he has.

[TheLand13]

You think any of the fanboyz would pick Lebron over Curry, if they were GMs or coaches? They wouldn't have.
There is no amount of talent you could throw at the loser to make a winner of him. He 'll break your baoulz and end up losing anyway.

Pretty much every GM would pick LeBron in a heart beat.

[trueballer7]

You think any of the fanboyz would pick Lebron over Curry, if they were GMs or coaches? They wouldn't have.
There is no amount of talent you could throw at the loser to make a winner of him. He 'll break your baoulz and end up losing anyway.

Pretty much every GM would pick LeBron in a heart beat.

None would pick him over Curry and you wouldnt either. Curry is a natural winner, dont need no spwcial help and if you give him some, he'll make the best of it. Only thing guaranteed with Lebron Jimmy would be failing to meet expectations and getting your baoulz broken.

[TheLand13]

You think any of the fanboyz would pick Lebron over Curry, if they were GMs or coaches? They wouldn't have.
There is no amount of talent you could throw at the loser to make a winner of him. He 'll break your baoulz and end up losing anyway.

Pretty much every GM would pick LeBron in a heart beat.

None would pick him over Curry and you wouldnt either. Curry is a natural winner, dont need no spwcial help and if you give him some, he'll make the best of it. Only thing guaranteed with Lebron Jimmy would be failing to meet expectations and getting your baoulz broken.

You don’t know what I would do, so stop pretending you know. If I were a GM in the league, I would take LeBron in a heartbeat. And so would most people with a functioning brain.

Failing to meet expectations? He’s a four time NBA champion who just broke the scoring record. He’s won a championship with every franchise he’s played for. And last I checked, LeBron is the one with a history of making the best of situations he was put in, seeing as to how he made a mediocre team a 60 win one for two straight seasons, took multiple lackluster teams to the finals, and won an NBA championship without an all NBA teammate. What you’re saying isn’t based on reality at all and lacks any credibility.

Curry needed injury luck and superior teammates to win his first championship, and then lost to LeBron the following season despite having a much better team and matchup advantages. Then his next two championships were won with Durant as his teammate. You’re telling me that doesn’t qualify as special help? Just like the above, what you are describing isn’t based on reality at all. If you’re going to try to promote your anti LeBron propaganda, at least be objective about it.