The Stephen Curry Thread (2015-16 Pt. 1)

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Re: The Stephen Curry Thread (2015-16 Pt. 1) 

Post#301 » by Zeitgeister » Fri Nov 13, 2015 10:33 pm

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Post#302 » by Nitro1118 » Fri Nov 13, 2015 11:10 pm

It's ok he is launching 3's at this volume as long as pulls it in on nights he is cold or being run off the 3pt line. But if he is taking...nd making..the game's highest % shot at historic volume and efficiency, then there is no reason he should change his approach at all.
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Re: The Stephen Curry Thread (2015-16 Pt. 1) 

Post#303 » by JordansBulls » Sat Nov 14, 2015 12:17 am

MyUniBroDavis wrote:
JordansBulls wrote:Steph is too good, if he keeps it up he will surpass Isiah Thomas's Peak season if he hasn't already.


thats basically punching steph in the nuts

What do you mean by this?
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Re: The Stephen Curry Thread (2015-16 Pt. 1) 

Post#304 » by The-Power » Sat Nov 14, 2015 12:20 am

nate33 wrote:Chicago definitely has the edge with the #2 guy. Pippen >> Klay.


JulesWinnfield wrote: I know a lot more goes into assembling a team, but Klay Thompson is quite possibly the weakest number 2 you can have on a team this good.


Without arguing with your overall points: Green is the #2 player on this team and he has been last season as well. He is probably superior to Klay as a player in general but he is without a doubt the #2 best player on this particular team.

And on a side note: I believe more and more with every game that Curry/Green is the best duo in the NBA right now. I'm dead serious about that. Green is the distant second the most important player on the team, it is actually not close. Based purely on talent Westbrook/Durant, Paul/Griffin or James/Irving might have an overall edge but none of the relevant duos have a similar synergy between them and complement each other as well. And the Curry/Green-PnR might very well be the most dangerous offensive weapon in the league.
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Re: The Stephen Curry Thread (2015-16 Pt. 1) 

Post#305 » by makaveli_99 » Sat Nov 14, 2015 12:26 am

JordansBulls wrote:
MyUniBroDavis wrote:
JordansBulls wrote:Steph is too good, if he keeps it up he will surpass Isiah Thomas's Peak season if he hasn't already.


thats basically punching steph in the nuts

What do you mean by this?


think he is saying its an insult to curry, to compare him to isiah, as he has already surpassed his peak season, and barring a miracle, will surpass him in the all time rankings as well.
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Re: The Stephen Curry Thread (2015-16 Pt. 1) 

Post#306 » by bballexpert » Sat Nov 14, 2015 12:59 am

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spearsy23 wrote:Prisoners of the moment...

Maybe it's possible Curry eventually surpasses Durant, but it's entirely unlikely. Curry is in the midst of his third truly elite season, Durant is in the midst of his sixth. from what I've seen most people agree that KD's MVP season was slightly better than Curry's. Curry is actually a few months older than Durant and has scored almost 7,000 fewer points, that's a huge gap to overcome. Unless Durant breaks down or Curry ends up with an insanely long prime, I'd say there's almost no shot of it happening.


Another Mvp and good ps and Curry could get on his way for being above Durant who seems to being having problems staying healthy. Were only 10 games in but Curry stat and advance stats are off chart not mention best shooter in the nba history.

Only if you completely ignore everything beyond the last three years. We're talking twice the number of elite seasons, an insane point volume edge on basically equivalent efficiency, slightly better defense, having lead equivalently exceptional offenses. Curry may be on his way to peaking higher than Durant, but it would take Durant completely breaking down and Curry having at least two more elite seasons after this one. It's far more likely that they both continue to be elite players for 4-5 more years, and Durant has far to large of a head start for Curry to overcome unless he goes on a run that has people questioning prime Curry vs Jordan.


Last year numbers for Curry were pretty nuts and is ps was great to not mention winning a chip. I mean if he wins this year and keeps his numbers close to what he is doing and Durant can not stay health already missed a season damn near i can see Curry getting ranked ahead of him. Winning few Mvps and Rings while playing like he does be hard for me to not rank him he is changing the way people thing about the game. I mean his talent is something we have never seen because his stats and advance stats are nuts and i do not see why he would go down i mean 10 games not a huge sample but i think it is pretty telling.
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Re: The Stephen Curry Thread (2015-16 Pt. 1) 

Post#307 » by rich316 » Sat Nov 14, 2015 3:45 am

bballexpert wrote:
spearsy23 wrote:
bballexpert wrote:
Another Mvp and good ps and Curry could get on his way for being above Durant who seems to being having problems staying healthy. Were only 10 games in but Curry stat and advance stats are off chart not mention best shooter in the nba history.

Only if you completely ignore everything beyond the last three years. We're talking twice the number of elite seasons, an insane point volume edge on basically equivalent efficiency, slightly better defense, having lead equivalently exceptional offenses. Curry may be on his way to peaking higher than Durant, but it would take Durant completely breaking down and Curry having at least two more elite seasons after this one. It's far more likely that they both continue to be elite players for 4-5 more years, and Durant has far to large of a head start for Curry to overcome unless he goes on a run that has people questioning prime Curry vs Jordan.


Last year numbers for Curry were pretty nuts and is ps was great to not mention winning a chip. I mean if he wins this year and keeps his numbers close to what he is doing and Durant can not stay health already missed a season damn near i can see Curry getting ranked ahead of him. Winning few Mvps and Rings while playing like he does be hard for me to not rank him he is changing the way people thing about the game. I mean his talent is something we have never seen because his stats and advance stats are nuts and i do not see why he would go down i mean 10 games not a huge sample but i think it is pretty telling.


In the past few seasons, Durant has had a 41 game streak of 25+ points and a 12 game streak of 30+ points. In 2014 he dropped 32 ppg on 64% TS. Curry is off the chain right now, and I personally don't see any reason to believe this will stop anytime soon, but Durant has been where he is right now, and for longer stretches. He did it differently, but when Durant was crazy good he looked just as unfair as Curry does now. Hopefully he gets back to that spot and those guys can duel in the playoffs for years.

That being said, there's no reason Curry can't finish ahead of Durant, even if his numbers come back to earth a bit. They are both 27, should be an incredible rivalry for the next few years.
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Re: The Stephen Curry Thread (2015-16 Pt. 1) 

Post#308 » by MyUniBroDavis » Sat Nov 14, 2015 5:14 am

JordansBulls wrote:Steph is too good, if he keeps it up he will surpass Isiah Thomas's Peak season if he hasn't already.


Put it this way, after long arguements he made 17 in the peaks project, and Imo, not to be mean, but the only people who didn't consider him were people too lazy to read the-power's amazing post. (Other than a few posters that replied to his post of course)

If he keeps this up, this season beats magics best imo.

I mean, in the Kobe vs curry thread, it seems curry is better than Kobe as well.
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Re: The Stephen Curry Thread (2015-16 Pt. 1) 

Post#309 » by NY2TheBay » Sat Nov 14, 2015 10:26 am

MyUniBroDavis wrote:
JordansBulls wrote:Steph is too good, if he keeps it up he will surpass Isiah Thomas's Peak season if he hasn't already.


Put it this way, after long arguements he made 17 in the peaks project, and Imo, not to be mean, but the only people who didn't consider him were people too lazy to read the-power's amazing post. (Other than a few posters that replied to his post of course)

If he keeps this up, this season beats magics best imo.

I mean, in the Kobe vs curry thread, it seems curry is better than Kobe as well.



The key will be for teams to actually be in the game in the 4th quarter. Last year his stats took a slight hit because he sat for most of the fourth in many games. Lets all hope we get to witness a historic season by teams getting up and challenging the warriors (which I think they will with a target on their back this year).
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Re: The Stephen Curry Thread (2015-16 Pt. 1) 

Post#310 » by sisibilio » Sat Nov 14, 2015 1:14 pm

MyUniBroDavis wrote:
JordansBulls wrote:Steph is too good, if he keeps it up he will surpass Isiah Thomas's Peak season if he hasn't already.


Put it this way, after long arguements he made 17 in the peaks project, and Imo, not to be mean, but the only people who didn't consider him were people too lazy to read the-power's amazing post. (Other than a few posters that replied to his post of course)

If he keeps this up, this season beats magics best imo.

I mean, in the Kobe vs curry thread, it seems curry is better than Kobe as well.

Thomas was great and all but not even in the ballpark. If Curry keeps this level all season long (very unlikely) we're talking about a challenger for best season ever, up there with the best from LeBron, Jordan, Bird, Kareem or Wilt. Serious stuff.
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Re: The Stephen Curry Thread (2015-16 Pt. 1) 

Post#311 » by bballexpert » Sat Nov 14, 2015 2:36 pm

The only pg i would take over Curry is Magic because like Curry his impact was amazing. One of them is the greatest shooter of all time who is changing the way we think about shooting down town. The other was the best passer of all time who was the size of pf or a center and was a miss match for anyone on his potion. They both were not really great defenders but they were good enough and good at getting steels to get the offense going not to mention d for a pg is kinda eh only few who defense mattered.
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Re: The Stephen Curry Thread (2015-16 Pt. 1) 

Post#312 » by dreadhead_htx » Sat Nov 14, 2015 2:36 pm

PCProductions wrote:I'm ashamed to say this, but I think we've seen the best of Curry. All I can hope for is a season as good as the last, because I really don't anticipate improvement.


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Re: The Stephen Curry Thread (2015-16 Pt. 1) 

Post#313 » by PCProductions » Sat Nov 14, 2015 4:14 pm

dreadhead_htx wrote:
PCProductions wrote:I'm ashamed to say this, but I think we've seen the best of Curry. All I can hope for is a season as good as the last, because I really don't anticipate improvement.


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Re: The Stephen Curry Thread (2015-16 Pt. 1) 

Post#314 » by weekend_warrior » Sat Nov 14, 2015 5:09 pm

Interesting note:
Steph can surpass his father Dell tonight in career three pointers made. Needs 3 of them to accomplish that.
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Re: The Stephen Curry Thread (2015-16 Pt. 1) 

Post#315 » by sixerswillrule » Sun Nov 15, 2015 3:29 am

Say Curry finishes the season with 28 and 7 with 67% TS, GS beats the Bulls record and wins the title and Curry gets FMVP. Top 10 peak of all-time? Top 5?
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Post#316 » by eminence » Sun Nov 15, 2015 3:39 am

sixerswillrule wrote:Say Curry finishes the season with 28 and 7 with 67% TS, GS beats the Bulls record and wins the title and Curry gets FMVP. Top 10 peak of all-time? Top 5?


I'd say so. That'd be arguably the top scoring season of all time, and Curry has huge offensive impact when not scoring as well. Probably offensive GOAT season, combined with decent defense I'd say top 10 all time. Only wings I'd say would have serious arguments would be MJ/LBJ and then the bigs: Shaq, Wilt, Kareem, Hakeem, Duncan, etc...
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Re: The Stephen Curry Thread (2015-16 Pt. 1) 

Post#317 » by euliss » Sun Nov 15, 2015 6:00 am

really ugly game, missed tons of wide open 3s

i hope andres ok
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Re: The Stephen Curry Thread (2015-16 Pt. 1) 

Post#318 » by cpower » Sun Nov 15, 2015 6:04 am

The warriors without Klay reminds me a lot of old AI led 76ers LOL damn were them bad offensively.
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Post#319 » by TroubleS0me » Sun Nov 15, 2015 6:09 am

31 shots
making Westbrook proud.. :wink:
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Re: The Stephen Curry Thread (2015-16 Pt. 1) 

Post#320 » by Ballerhogger » Sun Nov 15, 2015 4:55 pm

31 shots is a lot... he was still plus 3. Kept his point avg up. So not too bad. They had rough night and beat the nets in Ot.

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