Doctor MJ wrote:falcolombardi wrote:wow, i didnt see that coming, i may need to revaluate how good reggie actually was
I think Reggie Miller has a strong case for being the best offensive player in the NBA in '93-94, so yeah, the degree to which people at the time failed to grasp how good Miller was was hard to overstate. They just fundamentally didn't understand Miller's role, which makes sense, because for the most part people still don't understand what Curry's doing, and he's playing the Miller role 30 years after Miller. The lag in understanding is something awful.
One thing I want to say about what people say in this thread:
People are confused when they see Miller "being his best" but Curry "failing to be himself" as a general playoff rule.
The reality is that they were both playing the same style in their signature years, but that because Miller scored so little in the regular season flow, defenses weren't committing everything to try to stop his playoff volume the way they do with Curry. That's not intended as an excuse for Curry though for 2 reasons:
1. The ORtg is the thing to focus on rather than the individual's PPG in general, and particularly so in a role which by definition encourages defenses to open gaping holes for the player's teammates if the defense gets too scared of his scoring.
2. Curry's much criticized playoff stats are excellent by any reasonable standard.
Great post. I was pretty shocked at the discrepancy in regular season and playoffs performance by Reggie
