How many rings does Curry win on the Trail Blazers in place of Lillard?

[jalengreen]

If Curry was drafted in 2012 at the same age he was actually drafted in 2009

[eminence]

Does regular Curry still exist or is he replaced by Dame or nobody at all?

[No-more-rings]

Their best shot would be 2019, that would have the 2016 version of Curry but I doubt they’d be good enough to beat the Raptors so i’m gonna say 0.

[jalengreen]

Does regular Curry still exist or is he replaced by Dame or nobody at all?

Good question. Will say replaced by Dame

[lessthanjake]

Would depend a lot on whether he still got a coach that figured out how best to use him. If Curry had had Mark Jackson his whole career, I don’t really think he’d have won a title on the Warriors, so if he had a coach on the Blazers that used him similarly to that then I don’t think he’d have won one there either. But if he got Steve Kerr on the Blazers? Maybe. I definitely don’t think he’d have been as successful as he was on the Warriors though, since I don’t think the Blazers were as good a team.

[NBA4Lyfe]

zero

the blazers dont or never had the elite expensive switchable 3 and d guys that curry could hide behind and just focus on offense like he could in his prime with the warriors

iguodala, klay, draymond, and 2015 bogut, along with a game livingston.. and now wiggins andrew wiggins would not be in portland. Instead curry would have played with evan turner, cj mccollum, nurkic, enes kanter and moe harkless. also the blazers coach and assistants were nowhere as good as the warriors

the warriors were literally the perfect team for steph, curry is not floor raiser. He is more of a ceiling raiser.

[Dr Positivity]

Curry's prime doesn't line up with the Blazers supporting cast I like the most in LMA/Batum/Matthews, so probably not.

With Lillard on Warriors:

2015 (Curry at 2013 age): Blazers win 50+ with Aldridge and Curry as quality combo. 2nd round loss. Actually probably one of the best chances at a title despite younger Curry. (champion: Grindhouse Grizzlies with the 2004 Pistons title! They beat the regular season leading Lillard Warriors, the Rockets who never should have been there and then get one man Cavs in finals.)
2016: 1st round knockout. Curry/McCollum/Aminu/Plumlee is effective but a lot of young players in supporting cast, plus Curry is barely better than 2016 Lillard. (champion: Cavs over Thunder)
2017: Off year in real life but prime Curry brings them to 50 W caliber. 1st round loss. (champion: Cavs over Spurs)
2018: Curry wins MVP with relative healthy McCollum/Aminu/Nurkic and supporting cast does ok. WC run like a 2020 Nuggets/2022 Mavericks season as they upset the Durant/Lillard Warriors. Lose to Rockets. (Champion: Rockets over Cavs)
2019: Curry wins 2nd MVP in a row, again pre title year Jokic parallel is best. They make the finals after Warriors have Durant injury and lose to the Raptors. (Champion: Raptors)
2020: Blazers disappoint after getting guys like Melo and Whiteside, and Curry gets banged up. 1st round loss.
2021: Struggle with injuries in supporting cast leading to another mid season and 1st/2nd round loss.
2022: Curry misses entire season.
2023: Curry comes back and plays great and gets them to play-in loss similar to 2021 Warriors.

Curry asks for trade to contender and wins title with Butler and Bam in 2024. His career becomes like KG.

[homecourtloss]

That is a good question, and I think the answer is probably likely zero, but I am 99.9% certain that the Blazers become a much better team, become a much more difficult out, and would become an actual contender; as good as Lillard has been on offense, there’s still a tier or maybe two that separates Curry and Lillard.