ShaqAttac wrote:HeartBreakKid wrote:iggymcfrack wrote:When two guys have similar box score profile and we don’t have impact data for one of them due to the era they played in, at some point you have to look at whether their team got it done in the playoffs. Here are the career playoff records for both by series:
Curry: 23-5
West: 16-12
That’s a pretty dramatic gap. Now add in that we know Steph’s gravity and off-ball movement are able to create outlier impact even relative to his impressive box numbers. I think our default assumption with West has to be that it if he was providing a similar kind of impact, his teams would have won more. Not saying it’s impossible that West provided that kind of value and just faced bad luck in key moments, but I do think the playoff success gives this to Curry pretty easily.
That's really lazy. It's not a 1 vs 1 game, so I have no idea how you think you can default to this type of comparison.
With all the variables that goes into basketball I do not understand how our "default assumption" is that if West was as good as Curry, his team would win more. That doesn't make sense.
west lost with a superteam tho
Was that Wests fault?
In 1969 West posted 38/5/7 in the Finals on 49/84 scoring [FG%/FT%].
Egan and Baylor combined for 33 Points/Game on 41% FG.