Curry has dominated this era, but would get crushed in the 90's

[MavsDirk41]

Transcended players would be good in any era. He is one of them.

Im a 90s nba guy all the way. Best era of the nba imo, but this is exactly correct. Curry would be special in an era. He changed the game.

What make the 1990s better that the 1980s?

I started watching the nba around 87/88. Went to a Maverick’s basketball camp. Played one on one with Brad Davis. Bird was my favorite player to watch. Dude was incredible. My Mavs couldn’t beat LA, even with Roy Tarpley. But i only caught a few years of the 80s. 90s had Jordan, Shaq, Stockton/Malone, Barkley, Ewing, Mutumbo waving his finger, Reggie Miller, Rain Man, Dream, Rodman, Pippen, Iverson, Kidd, Nash, Drexler, Run TMC. Dirk drafted in 98. Bulls games televised on WGN Chicago. Less 3 point shots. A little more physical basketball. Some great finals.

[LakerLegend]

Funny thing is...Mahmoud was a better athlete than Curry.

[Iwasawitness]

Funny thing is...Mahmoud was a better athlete than Curry.

Is your shtick just pretending to be a troll after realizing you made a stupid thread?

[LakerLegend]

Funny thing is...Mahmoud was a better athlete than Curry.

Is your shtick just pretending to be a troll after realizing you made a stupid thread?

There are A LOT of guys who are better pure athletes than Curry.

[Iwasawitness]

Funny thing is...Mahmoud was a better athlete than Curry.

Is your shtick just pretending to be a troll after realizing you made a stupid thread?

There are A LOT of guys who are better pure athletes than Curry.

Mahmoud ain’t one of them

[LakerLegend]

Is your shtick just pretending to be a troll after realizing you made a stupid thread?

There are A LOT of guys who are better pure athletes than Curry.

Mahmoud ain’t one of them

He is..it's evident on tape.

You're just making statements that align with your beliefs, without any reasoning.

[Bergmaniac]

Funny thing is...Mahmoud was a better athlete than Curry.

Is your shtick just pretending to be a troll after realizing you made a stupid thread?

There are A LOT of guys who are better pure athletes than Curry.

Depends on what you mean by athleticism. For me handeye coordination is part of the overall athleticism and Curry has the best one in the history of the league. He also has excellent stamina, great balance, is quite strong for his size and quite quick too.

[ShootersShoot]

This doesn’t address the issues either. It’s just looking for the highest chucking rates of the 90s.

Curry gets shots by constantly moving…in a good motion offense. The 90s was iso ball.

Didnt realize reggie miller was purely an iso player. And really, a top 15 player all time point guard cant iso? We've seen steph do it plenty of times.

So now Steph is going away from his best strength and going iso against defenses that are set and defenders who can put hands on him, with a monster down low ready to put an elbow into him if he drives (they could use bigger defenders on him too). This is exactly my point…the structural differences in era take him from MVP and make him all-nba. No shame there. Mark Price plus a level up is a HOF player type.

I get what you are saying but if reggie who is a worse iso player and worse shooter than steph can thrive in the 90s..why wouldnt steph?

[Iwasawitness]

There are A LOT of guys who are better pure athletes than Curry.

Mahmoud ain’t one of them

He is..it's evident on tape.

You're just making statements that align with your beliefs, without any reasoning.

That's what you've been doing this entire thread.

And btw, no. Curry is a better athlete than Muhmoud.

[LakerLegend]

Mahmoud ain’t one of them

He is..it's evident on tape.

You're just making statements that align with your beliefs, without any reasoning.

That's what you've been doing this entire thread.

And btw, no. Curry is a better athlete than Muhmoud.

Again, no reasoning. You never saw Mahmoud play and haven't watched a bit of footage on top of it.

[LakerLegend]

Didnt realize reggie miller was purely an iso player. And really, a top 15 player all time point guard cant iso? We've seen steph do it plenty of times.

So now Steph is going away from his best strength and going iso against defenses that are set and defenders who can put hands on him, with a monster down low ready to put an elbow into him if he drives (they could use bigger defenders on him too). This is exactly my point…the structural differences in era take him from MVP and make him all-nba. No shame there. Mark Price plus a level up is a HOF player type.

I get what you are saying but if reggie who is a worse iso player and worse shooter than steph can thrive in the 90s..why wouldnt steph?

No one's saying Curry wouldn't do well, but he wouldn't be what he is now. Also, Reggie is a 6-7 SG. Comparison is kind of moot.

[WarriorGM]

There are A LOT of guys who are better pure athletes than Curry.

Mahmoud ain’t one of them

He is..it's evident on tape.

You're just making statements that align with your beliefs, without any reasoning.

It doesn't really matter what ones beliefs or reasoning are if the evidence as shown on the tape is not there or are clearly contradicted by it.

It's why Curry is absolutely the worst choice of player to pick if the argument is that the 90s are tougher. Curry is the player that most obviously shows that is not the case.

Is a drive to the basket by Jordan in the 90s more impressive than one by LeBron later on? I'd argue that's more difficult to clearly evaluate.

On the other hand it is easier to see that Curry plays at a higher level than analogues in the 90s. Curry shoots at a farther distance. There is no arguing against that. Curry is larger than the average point guard of the 1990s. There is no arguing against that. To do so is to show you are either blind or disingenuous.

On the other hands what is the evidence on the tape that shows Mahmoud is more athletic? What are the tell-tale signs that you see that show it? Because I don't think anyone sees what you are seeing.

You have zero evidence and because of you don't have any you are only left with the theory of rule changes to explain everything away.

Indeed the entire premise of this thread is so preposterously ridiculous that saying DeMar DeRozan is a better player than Jordan is a more reasonable take.

[WarriorGM]

So now Steph is going away from his best strength and going iso against defenses that are set and defenders who can put hands on him, with a monster down low ready to put an elbow into him if he drives (they could use bigger defenders on him too). This is exactly my point…the structural differences in era take him from MVP and make him all-nba. No shame there. Mark Price plus a level up is a HOF player type.

I get what you are saying but if reggie who is a worse iso player and worse shooter than steph can thrive in the 90s..why wouldnt steph?

No one's saying Curry wouldn't do well, but he wouldn't be what he is now. Also, Reggie is a 6-7 SG. Comparison is kind of moot.

You seem to put a tremendous amount of stock in height. Klay is also taller and plays SG and SF. You picking Klay over Curry in the 1990s? Because the comparison today is moot despite Klay's height advantage.

I brought this up before but are you taking Wilt Chamberlain (7'1) over Muhammad Ali (6'3) in a fight?

[Iwasawitness]

So now Steph is going away from his best strength and going iso against defenses that are set and defenders who can put hands on him, with a monster down low ready to put an elbow into him if he drives (they could use bigger defenders on him too). This is exactly my point…the structural differences in era take him from MVP and make him all-nba. No shame there. Mark Price plus a level up is a HOF player type.

I get what you are saying but if reggie who is a worse iso player and worse shooter than steph can thrive in the 90s..why wouldnt steph?

No one's saying Curry wouldn't do well, but he wouldn't be what he is now. Also, Reggie is a 6-7 SG. Comparison is kind of moot.

WHAT?!

You literally say point blank in the title of this thread that YOU CREATED that Curry would get crushed in the 90s. You are all over the place in this thread and can't keep your arguments straight.

[Iwasawitness]

He is..it's evident on tape.

You're just making statements that align with your beliefs, without any reasoning.

That's what you've been doing this entire thread.

And btw, no. Curry is a better athlete than Muhmoud.

Again, no reasoning. You never saw Mahmoud play and haven't watched a bit of footage on top of it.

I never saw him play?

You are the one that said he's Curry's closest comp, which is a hilariously bad comparison to make if you know anything about either player.

You think I didn't watch a particular player, I'm having trouble at this point believing you watched the 90s, based on the insane amount of incorrect things you've said about it in this very thread alone.

[Mephariel]

Is your shtick just pretending to be a troll after realizing you made a stupid thread?

There are A LOT of guys who are better pure athletes than Curry.

Depends on what you mean by athleticism. For me handeye coordination is part of the overall athleticism and Curry has the best one in the history of the league. He also has excellent stamina, great balance, is quite strong for his size and quite quick too.

Curry is a great athlete. People are just too obsessed with explosive athleticism. For some reason Americans thinks wide-receiver athleticism is the only type of athleticism on the planet.

[MrBigShot]

Steph is a good athlete. There is more to athleticism than dunking on people. He has exceptional hand eye coordination, flexibility and balance. Earlier in his career he used to routinely get into the lane, take a hit, and still finish at the rim. He would play most 90s guards off the court.

[SNPA]

I truly hope these people say the same about Michael Jordan being crushed in the 1960s, because rules and environment were certainly tougher in the 1960s than in the 1990s.

The rules of the 60s would hurt Jordan’s game. Just like any wing or guard, having to dribble using only the top of the ball is a massive difference. Maybe he could adjust but it wouldn’t look the same, it couldn’t.

[LakerLegend]

That's what you've been doing this entire thread.

And btw, no. Curry is a better athlete than Muhmoud.

Again, no reasoning. You never saw Mahmoud play and haven't watched a bit of footage on top of it.

I never saw him play?

You are the one that said he's Curry's closest comp, which is a hilariously bad comparison to make if you know anything about either player.

It's pretty obvious you're just making disagreeable statements for the sake of making them because of your belief about how good Curry is, without any reasoning behind it.

I'm not the first nor will I be the last to compare Curry to Mahmoud.

Our registration dates also pretty clearly indicate who is old enough to have watched 90's ball and who's not.

[LakerLegend]

I get what you are saying but if reggie who is a worse iso player and worse shooter than steph can thrive in the 90s..why wouldnt steph?

No one's saying Curry wouldn't do well, but he wouldn't be what he is now. Also, Reggie is a 6-7 SG. Comparison is kind of moot.

You seem to put a tremendous amount of stock in height. Klay is also taller and plays SG and SF. You picking Klay over Curry in the 1990s? Because the comparison today is moot despite Klay's height advantage.

I brought this up before but are you taking Wilt Chamberlain (7'1) over Muhammad Ali (6'3) in a fight?

It's not just about height.

The only thing they have in common is that they are both shooters.