Brandon Jennings: "It’s easier to be KD, Bron, and etc, You gone need a a lot of training trying be Steph Curry though"

Thabo Sefolosha · Post #1 » by **Thabo Sefolosha** » Mon Nov 22, 2021 7:53 pm

Post #2 » by **Duke4life831** » Mon Nov 22, 2021 7:57 pm

I would say on a very basic level, ya he’s correct. One is dominant on basically 100% skill base. The other ones have a solid chunk of elite physical gifts playing a part.

So ya when you have less natural physical gifts, you’ll need to work a little harder to equal the guys that have the physical advantage over you.

Freighttrain · Post #3 » by **Freighttrain** » Mon Nov 22, 2021 7:58 pm

Let's piss on LeBron & KD for the millionth time. It's basically what the general board has turned into, *yawn*. If you think you can practise as hard as Curry and be as good as him, be my guess. He also has incredible talent, such as LeBron & KD. No way to replicate it. In the best-case scenario, you'll be Seth Curry which is still awesome. Brandon trying to create controversy just to be remembered, cloutchasing

Roger Murdock · Post #4 » by **Roger Murdock** » Mon Nov 22, 2021 7:59 pm

I voted yes

Steph is within the normal size and we've never seen anything close to what he's done. Theres probably 1000's of people with Stephs natural gift for ever 1 KD or 1 LeBron yet Curry is just as impactful because hes that skilled and talented. It takes more work to get as good at the game as Steph is.

Peregrine01 · Post #5 » by **Peregrine01** » Mon Nov 22, 2021 7:59 pm

I'm firmly convinced that a good part of Curry's ability is God-given. It's not all work ethic.

MartyConlonOnTheRun · Post #6 » by **MartyConlonOnTheRun** » Mon Nov 22, 2021 8:02 pm

Peregrine01 wrote:I'm firmly convinced that a good part of Curry's ability is God-given. It's not all work ethic.

Yeah maybe it is all nurture over nature, but the guy is the son of great NBA shooter. There has to be some kind of gene that was passed down with great hand-eye/Spatial coordination.

Impuniti · Post #7 » by **Impuniti** » Mon Nov 22, 2021 8:04 pm

Peregrine01 wrote:I'm firmly convinced that a good part of Curry's ability is God-given. It's not all work ethic.

That's why I don't know if I should agree with him or not. His release, hand eye coordination, shooting/scoring ability. Of course it has been honed over time, but how 1 is a 7 footer with handles, and the other is 6 9 with the speed and athletic ability of a guard may be similar to what Steph possesses.

Bornstellar · Post #8 » by **Bornstellar** » Mon Nov 22, 2021 8:05 pm

If it was easier to be any of them, wouldn't there be more of them?

LeBron especially. Dude is the most scrutinized player I've ever seen in any sport ever

Tracymcgoaty · Post #9 » by **Tracymcgoaty** » Mon Nov 22, 2021 8:06 pm

Dumbest **** i've heard in a while. Acting as if KD doesn't live and breath basketball everyday. To be that good takes countless hours put in everyday. Hate it when scrubs downplay greatness by acting as if it's all unexplained talent. Lebron and KD are that good because they put the work in.

dhsilv2 · Post #10 » by **dhsilv2** » Mon Nov 22, 2021 8:06 pm

stupid stupid stupid wrong.........................................

Curry was born with hand eye coordination that's off the chart. He also works his butt off. But lebron works as hard as anyone else out there too. Lebron's so obviously one of the biggest film junkies in the league it's silly. KD...ok yeah maybe he's a hair lessor.

The bottom line is that fans are idiots who want to associate anything non jumping or strength into "skill" when so much of these things are also just genetics.

TRik · Post #11 » by **TRik** » Mon Nov 22, 2021 8:07 pm

Goes without saying. The smaller you are the more skill you need to succeed in this league.

Sedale Threatt · Post #12 » by **Sedale Threatt** » Mon Nov 22, 2021 8:08 pm

If hard work and training is all it took, you'd see lots of Steph Currys. For example, by all accounts Avery Johnson had an insane work ethic, and he wasn't in the same galaxy as a shooter. It's easy to look at freak athletes/specimens and see their gifts, but something like, say, hand-eye coordination doesn't register. Another example, I remember reading an anecdote about Steve Nash that he could pick up his golf clubs after not playing for extended periods and still hit in the low 70s. That's nuts. Many people play their entire lives and don't shoot that well, let alone with little to no practice. So while you obviously have to work your ass off to hone skills like his, it's always seemed pretty obvious that Steph is insanely gifted, to an extent we've never really seen before.

dhsilv2 · Post #13 » by **dhsilv2** » Mon Nov 22, 2021 8:09 pm

Tracymcgoaty wrote:Dumbest **** i've heard in a while. Acting as if KD doesn't live and breath basketball everyday. To be that good takes countless hours put in everyday. Hate it when scrubs downplay greatness by acting as if it's all unexplained talent. Lebron and KD are that good because they put the work in.

The 1 in a billion combo of height and coordination and size doesn't hurt....but neither does Curry's maybe greatest eye hand coordination ever hurt...while also being a top 10 or so percenter in height on the planet earth.

CobraCommander · Post #14 » by **CobraCommander** » Mon Nov 22, 2021 8:11 pm

Peregrine01 wrote:I'm firmly convinced that a good part of Curry's ability is God-given. It's not all work ethic.

Yeah cause remember when he wasn’t working on his shot with a professional NBA sharp shooter on NBA rims and had to work at subway to make money to get a car?

Naw neither do I.

That man has put the time in and had the best training possible from the earliest age possible.

Remember Klay said “like I might be able to beat him shooting in an empty gym, but I ain’t got all night...I got other stuff I want to do with my life”

Curry obviously has talent but he has out the work to make that talent turn into production -

as someone once said- I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it...

I think the same can be said of luck as talent...the harder you work the more talent you seem to magically have

Btw—— his dad still thinks he can beat him in shooting in an empty gym...and you don’t know if he is wrong

Kalela · Post #15 » by **Kalela** » Mon Nov 22, 2021 8:12 pm

I get where he is coming from but I am not sure it applies to KD. KD is a stick figure who couldn't bench what I can bench. His height and wingspan definitely helps him a lot but he is always an elite shooter and that is come from training and hard-work.

TinmanZBoy · Post #16 » by **TinmanZBoy** » Mon Nov 22, 2021 8:13 pm

Peregrine01 wrote:I'm firmly convinced that a good part of Curry's ability is God-given. It's not all work ethic.

the hand eye coordination, the touch and feel for the ball, perfect combination with his quickness... those are god given...

alebaba · Post #17 » by **alebaba** » Mon Nov 22, 2021 8:14 pm

Sedale Threatt wrote:If hard work and training is all it took, you'd see lots of Steph Currys. For example, by all accounts Avery Johnson had an insane work ethic, and he wasn't in the same galaxy as a shooter. It's easy to look at freak athletes/specimens and see their gifts, but something like, say, hand-eye coordination doesn't register. Another example, I remember reading an anecdote about Steve Nash that he could pick up his golf clubs after not playing for extended periods and still hit in the low 70s. That's nuts. Many people play their entire lives and don't shoot that well, let alone with little to no practice. So while you obviously have to work your ass off to hone skills like his, it's always seemed pretty obvious that Steph is insanely gifted, to an extent we've never really seen before.

You will see more Stephen Curry soon in the future, lil kids will be growing up shooting threes. Jordan was a prime example of this, it will be the same with Curry.

NyKnicks1714 · Post #18 » by **NyKnicks1714** » Mon Nov 22, 2021 8:15 pm

No, it's not any easier to be any of them. The amount of people who continue to argue that LeBron simple has the benefit of being big and strong is staggering. The problem isn't really disregarding his skill level, but ignoring the amount of work that goes into keeping his body in the shape it's in. If we were to oversimplify, what's the difference between putting in hours a day in the weight room and putting in hours a day on the court shooting jumpers? I don't care who the star in question is, there's nothing easy about it. It all takes a ton of hard work.

dhsilv2 · Post #19 » by **dhsilv2** » Mon Nov 22, 2021 8:15 pm

Sedale Threatt wrote:If hard work and training is all it took, you'd see lots of Steph Currys. For example, by all accounts Avery Johnson had an insane work ethic, and he wasn't in the same galaxy as a shooter. It's easy to look at freak athletes/specimens and see their gifts, but something like, say, hand-eye coordination doesn't register. Another example, I remember reading an anecdote about Steve Nash that he could pick up his golf clubs after not playing for extended periods and still hit in the low 70s. That's nuts. Many people play their entire lives and don't shoot that well, let alone with little to no practice. So while you obviously have to work your ass off to hone skills like his, it's always seemed pretty obvious that Steph is insanely gifted, to an extent we've never really seen before.

I used to workout with this guy...5'9 about 165 and he could bench 450 all day no issue. He was a weird guy in a lot of ways but he was a lot of fun to workout with. He couldn't squat due to flexibility. He was just a really odd dude. Anyway, he was just gifted AND worked hard. He also enjoyed it....likely because he was good at it.

Genetics are what they are, and there's no question about it, freaks do freak things because they've got freaky genetics. It's easy to see a monster like Lebron or Shaq and think "oh genetics". But Stockton was a freak genetically too. So is Curry. You simply can't work so hard you don't need freak genetics to be the NBA. Hell making a D1 college is pretty much out of the relm of possible for average genetic guys who work themselves to death....but the NBA is complete and utterly impossible. Forget being GOOD in the NBA.

dhsilv2 · Post #20 » by **dhsilv2** » Mon Nov 22, 2021 8:16 pm

Kalela wrote:I get where he is coming from but I am not sure it applies to KD. KD is a stick figure who couldn't bench what I can bench. His height and wingspan definitely helps him a lot but he is always an elite shooter and that is come from training and hard-work.

Shooting is 90% genetics 10% work...

Do you agree?