Better Perimeter Shooting: Klay Thompson V Kevin Durant

mdonnelly1989 · Post #1 » by **mdonnelly1989** » Thu Apr 9, 2015 2:19 am

Who has the better Perimeter Shot?

Post #2 » by **Goudelock** » Thu Apr 9, 2015 3:07 am

Durant. I don't have the stats to back this up, but they seem to be the same on spot-up jumpers, while Kevin Durant is WAY better at hitting contested shots.

picc · Post #3 » by **picc** » Thu Apr 9, 2015 8:13 am

PockyCandy wrote:Durant. I don't have the stats to back this up, but they seem to be the same on spot-up jumpers, while Kevin Durant is WAY better at hitting contested shots.

Pretty much this. Klay is a great shooter but still much more situationally limited than the truly great ones. Durant is a near-Curry level shooter.

East Bay Sports · Post #4 » by **East Bay Sports** » Thu Apr 9, 2015 12:53 pm

Durant

Swagalicious · Post #5 » by **Swagalicious** » Thu Apr 9, 2015 1:40 pm

picc wrote:
PockyCandy wrote:Durant. I don't have the stats to back this up, but they seem to be the same on spot-up jumpers, while Kevin Durant is WAY better at hitting contested shots.

Pretty much this. Klay is a great shooter but still much more situationally limited than the truly great ones. Durant is a near-Curry level shooter.

Nope. Curry is a cheat code. His three-point shooting is 2K levels of ridiculous.

Imo Durant is just as good a shooter as 13/14 Melo, a lil' better than prime Kobe/Jordan and definitely clearly ahead of Thompson.

Post #6 » by **bondom34** » Thu Apr 9, 2015 2:16 pm

Swagalicious wrote:
picc wrote:
PockyCandy wrote:Durant. I don't have the stats to back this up, but they seem to be the same on spot-up jumpers, while Kevin Durant is WAY better at hitting contested shots.

Pretty much this. Klay is a great shooter but still much more situationally limited than the truly great ones. Durant is a near-Curry level shooter.

Nope. Curry is a cheat code. His three-point shooting is 2K levels of ridiculous.

Imo Durant is just as good a shooter as 13/14 Melo, a lil' better than prime Kobe/Jordan and definitely clearly ahead of Thompson.

Everything other than 3 point shooting is still KD. KD's season last year had better shooting numbers overall, higher TS, the only lower FG percentage was from 3. And efficiency wise, Melo wasn't close.
http://bkref.com/tiny/2eXI9

sixerswillrule · Post #7 » by **sixerswillrule** » Thu Apr 9, 2015 3:03 pm

bondom34 wrote:
Swagalicious wrote:
picc wrote:Durant is a near-Curry level shooter.

Nope. Curry is a cheat code. His three-point shooting is 2K levels of ridiculous.

Everything other than 3 point shooting is still KD. KD's season last year had better shooting numbers overall, higher TS, the only lower FG percentage was from 3.
http://bkref.com/tiny/2eXI9

You could replace KD with Barkley and that would still be true what you said. The topic was jump-shooting, though.

Post #8 » by **bondom34** » Thu Apr 9, 2015 3:14 pm

sixerswillrule wrote:
bondom34 wrote:
Swagalicious wrote:
Nope. Curry is a cheat code. His three-point shooting is 2K levels of ridiculous.

Everything other than 3 point shooting is still KD. KD's season last year had better shooting numbers overall, higher TS, the only lower FG percentage was from 3.
http://bkref.com/tiny/2eXI9

You could replace KD with Barkley and that would still be true what you said. The topic was jump-shooting, though.

Durant is also better from 16 ft. to the 3 point line than Curry. What he loses from 3, he makes up in long 2s. Its not efficient, but perimeter shooting overall is pretty similar.

sixerswillrule · Post #9 » by **sixerswillrule** » Thu Apr 9, 2015 3:17 pm

bondom34 wrote:
sixerswillrule wrote:
bondom34 wrote:Everything other than 3 point shooting is still KD. KD's season last year had better shooting numbers overall, higher TS, the only lower FG percentage was from 3.
http://bkref.com/tiny/2eXI9

You could replace KD with Barkley and that would still be true what you said. The topic was jump-shooting, though.

Durant is also better from 16 ft. to the 3 point line than Curry. What he loses from 3, he makes up in long 2s. Its not efficient, but perimeter shooting overall is pretty similar.

Not last season, though that was Curry's best year.

2014
Mid-range Jumpers
Curry - .488 (17% assisted)
Durant - .443 (46% assisted)

3PT Jumpers
Curry - .424 (58% assisted)
Durant - .391 (66% assisted)

Overall Jumper eFG%
Curry - .573 (32% assisted)'
Durant - .509 (50% assisted)

Post #10 » by **bondom34** » Thu Apr 9, 2015 3:31 pm

sixerswillrule wrote:
bondom34 wrote:
sixerswillrule wrote:
You could replace KD with Barkley and that would still be true what you said. The topic was jump-shooting, though.

Durant is also better from 16 ft. to the 3 point line than Curry. What he loses from 3, he makes up in long 2s. Its not efficient, but perimeter shooting overall is pretty similar.

Not last season, though that was Curry's best year.

2014
Mid-range Jumpers
Curry - .488 (17% assisted)
Durant - .443 (46% assisted)

3PT Jumpers
Curry - .424 (58% assisted)
Durant - .391 (66% assisted)

Overall Jumper eFG%
Curry - .573 (32% assisted)'
Durant - .509 (50% assisted)

I was only talking perimeter.

Last year:

KD: 16 ft.-3 point line was .445
Curry: .386 this year

Unless you're picking single best season from each range in which case you're right.

sixerswillrule · Post #11 » by **sixerswillrule** » Thu Apr 9, 2015 3:40 pm

bondom34 wrote:
sixerswillrule wrote:
bondom34 wrote:Durant is also better from 16 ft. to the 3 point line than Curry. What he loses from 3, he makes up in long 2s. Its not efficient, but perimeter shooting overall is pretty similar.

Not last season, though that was Curry's best year.

2014
Mid-range Jumpers
Curry - .488 (17% assisted)
Durant - .443 (46% assisted)

3PT Jumpers
Curry - .424 (58% assisted)
Durant - .391 (66% assisted)

Overall Jumper eFG%
Curry - .573 (32% assisted)'
Durant - .509 (50% assisted)

I was only talking perimeter.

Last year:

KD: 16 ft.-3 point line was .445
Curry: .386 this year

Unless you're picking single best season from each range in which case you're right.

Curry over his entire career is 46% from 16-3. Even if you exclude Durant's first 4 seasons, Curry still at least equals him from there.

Post #12 » by **bondom34** » Thu Apr 9, 2015 4:05 pm

sixerswillrule wrote:
bondom34 wrote:
sixerswillrule wrote:
Not last season, though that was Curry's best year.

2014
Mid-range Jumpers
Curry - .488 (17% assisted)
Durant - .443 (46% assisted)

3PT Jumpers
Curry - .424 (58% assisted)
Durant - .391 (66% assisted)

Overall Jumper eFG%
Curry - .573 (32% assisted)'
Durant - .509 (50% assisted)

I was only talking perimeter.

Last year:

KD: 16 ft.-3 point line was .445
Curry: .386 this year

Unless you're picking single best season from each range in which case you're right.

Curry over his entire career is 46% from 16-3. Even if you exclude Durant's first 4 seasons, Curry still at least equals him from there.

Touche.

picc · Post #13 » by **picc** » Thu Apr 9, 2015 5:52 pm

Swagalicious wrote:
picc wrote:
PockyCandy wrote:Durant. I don't have the stats to back this up, but they seem to be the same on spot-up jumpers, while Kevin Durant is WAY better at hitting contested shots.

Pretty much this. Klay is a great shooter but still much more situationally limited than the truly great ones. Durant is a near-Curry level shooter.

Nope. Curry is a cheat code. His three-point shooting is 2K levels of ridiculous.

Imo Durant is just as good a shooter as 13/14 Melo, a lil' better than prime Kobe/Jordan and definitely clearly ahead of Thompson.

Its probably back of mind since he hasn't played in so long, but Kevin Durant routinely hit those same 25 foot, off the dribble contested three pointers like they were free throws. He was clearly better than everyone you listed (imo) and the only perimeter player today that approaches Curry. Not quite as good but a decent 2nd.

Post #14 » by **bondom34** » Thu Apr 9, 2015 6:41 pm

picc wrote:
Swagalicious wrote:
picc wrote:
Pretty much this. Klay is a great shooter but still much more situationally limited than the truly great ones. Durant is a near-Curry level shooter.

Nope. Curry is a cheat code. His three-point shooting is 2K levels of ridiculous.

Imo Durant is just as good a shooter as 13/14 Melo, a lil' better than prime Kobe/Jordan and definitely clearly ahead of Thompson.

Its probably back of mind since he hasn't played in so long, but Kevin Durant routinely hit those same 25 foot, off the dribble contested three pointers like they were free throws. He was clearly better than everyone you listed (imo) and the only perimeter player today that approaches Curry. Not quite as good but a decent 2nd.

Yep, I'd agree with this. KD is definitely closer than people think to Curry and ahead of the rest.

Post #15 » by **PaulieWal** » Thu Apr 9, 2015 6:45 pm

bondom34 wrote:Yep, I'd agree with this. KD is definitely closer than people think to Curry and ahead of the rest.

Absolutely. People are forgetting because KD hasn't played much this year and Thompson has had a breakout season of sorts.

Greatness · Post #16 » by **Greatness** » Thu Apr 9, 2015 7:06 pm

Durant is a better shooter than Klay, but Curry is unquestionably better than both and it isn't close.

cpower · Post #17 » by **cpower** » Thu Apr 9, 2015 7:25 pm

bondom34 wrote:
sixerswillrule wrote:
bondom34 wrote:Durant is also better from 16 ft. to the 3 point line than Curry. What he loses from 3, he makes up in long 2s. Its not efficient, but perimeter shooting overall is pretty similar.

Not last season, though that was Curry's best year.

2014
Mid-range Jumpers
Curry - .488 (17% assisted)
Durant - .443 (46% assisted)

3PT Jumpers
Curry - .424 (58% assisted)
Durant - .391 (66% assisted)

Overall Jumper eFG%
Curry - .573 (32% assisted)'
Durant - .509 (50% assisted)

I was only talking perimeter.

Last year:

KD: 16 ft.-3 point line was .445
Curry: .386 this year

Unless you're picking single best season from each range in which case you're right.

[tweet]https://twitter.com/kdtrey5/status/426429947138170880[/tweet]

Post #18 » by **bondom34** » Thu Apr 9, 2015 7:26 pm

cpower wrote:
bondom34 wrote:
sixerswillrule wrote:
Not last season, though that was Curry's best year.

2014
Mid-range Jumpers
Curry - .488 (17% assisted)
Durant - .443 (46% assisted)

3PT Jumpers
Curry - .424 (58% assisted)
Durant - .391 (66% assisted)

Overall Jumper eFG%
Curry - .573 (32% assisted)'
Durant - .509 (50% assisted)

I was only talking perimeter.

Last year:

KD: 16 ft.-3 point line was .445
Curry: .386 this year

Unless you're picking single best season from each range in which case you're right.

[tweet]https://twitter.com/kdtrey5/status/426429947138170880[/tweet]

Did ya read 2 posts down where I agreed?

cpower · Post #19 » by **cpower** » Thu Apr 9, 2015 7:29 pm

bondom34 wrote:
cpower wrote:
bondom34 wrote:
I was only talking perimeter.

Last year:

KD: 16 ft.-3 point line was .445
Curry: .386 this year

Unless you're picking single best season from each range in which case you're right.

[tweet]https://twitter.com/kdtrey5/status/426429947138170880[/tweet]

Did ya read 2 posts down where I agreed?

yes

just felt its a good time to post that

Post #20 » by **bondom34** » Thu Apr 9, 2015 7:33 pm

cpower wrote:
bondom34 wrote:
cpower wrote:
Did ya read 2 posts down where I agreed?

yes just felt its a good time to post that

Oh, OK then.