The Stephen Curry Thread (2015-16 Pt. 2)

[PaulieWal]

Credit to OKC. They're a far better team than I thought they were. I freaking love Steven Adams.

GSW's mental issues are really glaring though. Missing bunnies and these awful awful turnovers. Barnes has been completely clueless on D tonight.

I don't even know what to say. This is insane.

This is what I thought the Thunder could be when I was way higher than on them than you were before the season started. I am not going to sit here and act like I knew this was gonna happen because they did not look like this at all during the RS and even during the Mavs series. This is a stretch of recent games after they got their butt whooped by SAS in game 1.

That being said there is still a lot of basketball left and it just takes one 3 to get Curry going and go ape****.

[Nbafanatic]

I get why people don't like to go there, but seeing Cuury blocked on a 3 twice in 2 games is enough for me to say he's not healthy.

There's no excuse for the rest of the team though. This is a clear mental collapse in the face of a team who can compete.

He's not 100% but he still looks 90% there athletically IMO.

For a compariosn 2013 lebron IMO was just as banged up as curry in the playoffs and he still had a huge impact. I guess thats the risk of 1 way only play, you cant dig in on defense and make up for your lost offense.

Regarding the two jumpers in both cases he was trapped in a spot with the shot clock running down, he didnt really have anywhere to go on those shots

Nate Duncan from the Dunc'd on podcast has an interesting take on the issue: It's like we're watching a version of Curry from the future, from 3 or 4 years from now. Even the slightest drop in athleticism and agility from Steph can prevent him to get off a good amount of his shots, rendering him a way lesser version than his super MVP season this year. That's a super shame.

[Basileus777]

OKC's length is just destroying the Warriors, it's completely nullified the death lineup. Curry's been having a lot of trouble with it.

[JordansBulls]

OKC's length is just destroying the Warriors, it's completely nullified the death lineup. Curry's been having a lot of trouble with it.

People thought they matched up with the 1996 Bulls but the Bulls had even greater length.

[RSCD3_]

OKC's length is just destroying the Warriors, it's completely nullified the death lineup. Curry's been having a lot of trouble with it.

People thought they matched up with the 1996 Bulls but the Bulls had even greater length.

Well JByou got your wish GS isnt close to a GOAT team

But maybe OKC is. Or rather that they could be a 2001 lakers type of team.

[NinjaSheppard]

This is making Robinson vs Hakeem look like a coin flip by comparison

[mikejames23]

Frankly disappointed from the guy I had #1 untouchable all season. Injuries are not an excuse when you're compared to a guy like MJ. Look at how Kyle Lowry fought his on the Raps and has delivered multiple big games i the playoffs. At this level, you gotta will past stuff like this.

[PCProductions]

Just isn't right, injury or not. Just isn't there.

[mtron929]

Frankly disappointed from the guy I had #1 untouchable all season. Injuries are not an excuse when you're compared to a guy like MJ. Look at how Kyle Lowry fought his on the Raps and has delivered multiple big games i the playoffs. At this level, you gotta will past stuff like this.

Moreover, the ability to play well when not 100% is an important skill as well. Now this obviously depends on how much he is injured but nonetheless it is not a good sign for him. Most likely, he should not be viewed as the best player this season unless he (and the Warriors) make a remarkable comeback.

[JordansBulls]

I bet you GSW would trade 2 losses from this series and switch them to the regular season now.
Anyway this is now the first time GSW has lost in back to back games all year.

[2klegend]

Curry drops by a lot in my hypothetical GOAT rank right now. He is definitely not at the ATG level performer in the playoff. Very disappointed and got fool by his brilliant in the regular season. He's going toward the D-Rob route right now but at least with D-Rob, he got an excuse for having no help in the playoff.

[bigboi]

I guess we can throw that best season ever BS out the window. And he probably is barely injured, if he were then he wouldn't be guarding Westbrook. I've always said this, Curry's other attributes have always gotten overrated due to his 3. When the 3 isn't falling, he isn't that good at all. No reason why he took that many 3s when it wasn't falling

[ThaRegul8r]

OKC's length is just destroying the Warriors, it's completely nullified the death lineup. Curry's been having a lot of trouble with it.

People thought they matched up with the 1996 Bulls but the Bulls had even greater length.

Well JByou got your wish GS isnt close to a GOAT team

But maybe OKC is. Or rather that they could be a 2001 lakers type of team.

I imagine Bulls fans are especially happy with this turn of events.

[JordansBulls]

People thought they matched up with the 1996 Bulls but the Bulls had even greater length.

Well JByou got your wish GS isnt close to a GOAT team

But maybe OKC is. Or rather that they could be a 2001 lakers type of team.

I imagine Bulls fans are especially happy with this turn of events.

Not necessarily. I just wanted them to lose more playoff games so that the Bulls overall percentage in the season and playoffs would still be better. But I still did want them to win it all.

[Sinant]

People thought they matched up with the 1996 Bulls but the Bulls had even greater length.

Well JByou got your wish GS isnt close to a GOAT team

But maybe OKC is. Or rather that they could be a 2001 lakers type of team.

I imagine Bulls fans are especially happy with this turn of events.

Or Lakers fans.

Shaq is safely secure as the 2nd best peak of all time.

[GSP]

His offense has suffered greatly with how much more defensive responsibility hes had.

The death lineup hasnt been able to switch everything due to Okcs rebounding threat. And Kevin at the 4 completely murdered the death lineup in 2 games now. Credit Billy/Roberson for fighting something on offense so he isnt completely useless, just forces Steph to hold an even greater defensive utility cant just let him camp out with the sets theyre running with Andre as basically a power forward on O, great cutting and offball movement

[GSP]

Well JByou got your wish GS isnt close to a GOAT team

But maybe OKC is. Or rather that they could be a 2001 lakers type of team.

I imagine Bulls fans are especially happy with this turn of events.

Or Lakers fans.

Shaq is safely secure as the 2nd best peak of all time.

Yeah kinda crazy that stuff was happening. Pretty clear Gsw is a well oiled machine, Steph should be this bad if he was truly a Goat level peak. I never bought Steph anywhere near the Mj/Lebron/Shaq/Hakeem level or even 86 Bird. Tho i think he was on a top 10 alltime peak pace

[GSP]

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[ThaRegul8r]

Well JByou got your wish GS isnt close to a GOAT team

But maybe OKC is. Or rather that they could be a 2001 lakers type of team.

I imagine Bulls fans are especially happy with this turn of events.

Or Lakers fans.

Shaq is safely secure as the 2nd best peak of all time.

And speaking of that, this is a prime example of why I've always said, "Can we wait until the season plays out, first?" when people are quick to anoint someone the next GOAT before the body of work is complete. Now Curry's getting trashed by some of the same people boosting him up before from what I'm reading, and the GOAT bandwagon's going to be abandoned now, but let's just watch the games—all the games—before jumping one way or another. When everything's done, then you can make all your updated ranking lists. Of course, this won't stop people from jumping on to the next big thing, but oh well.

[RSCD3_]

I imagine Bulls fans are especially happy with this turn of events.

Or Lakers fans.

Shaq is safely secure as the 2nd best peak of all time.

And speaking of that, this is a prime example of why I've always said, "Can we wait until the season plays out, first?" when people are quick to anoint someone the next GOAT before the body of work is complete. Now Curry's getting trashed, and the GOAT bandwagon's going to be abandoned now, but let's just the games first before jumping one way or another. When everything's done, then you can make all your updated ranking lists. Of course, this won't stop people from jumping on to the next big thing, but oh well.

I wonder how much of curry's injury changed things, because in theory a player like him shouldnt have much of a fall off frm RS play and I wouldnt call him a fraud yet, having him defend westbrook while not 100% is also a terrible idea.