Joe Dumars vs Klay Thompson

durantbird · Post #1 » by **durantbird** » Tue Apr 15, 2025 6:16 am

Having Joe Dumars in the news again as a potential GM hire for the Pelicans made me think of this question.

Some similarities here. Second best guard in a dynasty, great defender, though Dumars defensively and has more playmaking, while Thompson his more focus on shooting.

Who do you think is the better player in their prime?

iggymcfrack · Post #2 » by **iggymcfrack** » Tue Apr 15, 2025 7:28 am

Klay definitely peaked higher, but Dumars maintained a high level for longer. Like in 2015, Klay might have been a top 10 player in the league, but by 2017 he was already pretty mediocre. 3 year prime is Klay all day, 7 year prime is probably Dumars.

70sFan · Post #3 » by **70sFan** » Tue Apr 15, 2025 8:38 am

iggymcfrack wrote:Klay definitely peaked higher, but Dumars maintained a high level for longer. Like in 2015, Klay might have been a top 10 player in the league, but by 2017 he was already pretty mediocre. 3 year prime is Klay all day, 7 year prime is probably Dumars.

I don't think Klay was ever close to top 10 player.

Cavsfansince84 · Post #4 » by **Cavsfansince84** » Tue Apr 15, 2025 6:24 pm

As a #1 I'd go with Joe but if you can have the luxury of letting Klay mainly be an off ball #2 then I think he becomes more impactful. Peak is kind of subjective to what you value.

One_and_Done · Post #5 » by **One_and_Done** » Tue Apr 15, 2025 9:45 pm

70sFan wrote:
iggymcfrack wrote:Klay definitely peaked higher, but Dumars maintained a high level for longer. Like in 2015, Klay might have been a top 10 player in the league, but by 2017 he was already pretty mediocre. 3 year prime is Klay all day, 7 year prime is probably Dumars.

I don't think Klay was ever close to top 10 player.

And today Dumars wouldn't be close to a top 10 player either.

70sFan · Post #6 » by **70sFan** » Tue Apr 15, 2025 9:55 pm

One_and_Done wrote:
70sFan wrote:
iggymcfrack wrote:Klay definitely peaked higher, but Dumars maintained a high level for longer. Like in 2015, Klay might have been a top 10 player in the league, but by 2017 he was already pretty mediocre. 3 year prime is Klay all day, 7 year prime is probably Dumars.

I don't think Klay was ever close to top 10 player.

And today Dumars wouldn't be close to a top 10 player either.

So what's your point exactly?

DorianRo · Post #7 » by **DorianRo** » Wed Apr 16, 2025 1:02 am

Oh god I would never compare Dumars to a 3 point chucker. Dumars could do it all offensively.. Klay was pretty one dimensional who fell into a perfect system for his game