Curry 2015 NBA finals

Heat4lyf · Post #1 » by **Heat4lyf** » Thu May 23, 2019 7:54 pm

I keep hearing Steph under performed Iggy was better and Steph was horrible Delly outplayed him by these genius sport analysts I mean does this drive anyone else crazy how he didn't win fmvp or recieve a vote is beyond me

26/5/6 in the finals is pretty good to me.

Most 4th Quarter Points during the Finals

1995 Shaquille O'Neal 11.5
2000 Shaquille O'Neal 11.5 (61.1% TS)
2015 Stephen Curry 10.8 (75.1% TS)
1997 Michael Jordan 10.7 (55.1% TS)
1998 Michael Jordan 10.6 (50.6% TS)
2011 Dirk Nowitzki 10.3 (68.0% TS)
1993 Michael Jordan 10.3

Like this misinformation is impacting his legacy and it's a damn shame.

And on top of this, Curry legit injured his MCL in 2016 like that was clearly impacting his game and one hot shooting night and him saying I'm back doesn't change that. But people won't acknowledge this

clyde21 · Post #2 » by **clyde21** » Thu May 23, 2019 8:01 pm

iggy winning it over Steph was the biggest sham in FMVP history...he literally got it just because of the media's hard on for LeBron and that iggy 'limited' him offensively.

Steph, as u mentioned, had one of the best 4th quarters performances in finals history, including a 37 point performance in a pivotal G5, and lead the Warriors in scoring, assists, was 2nd in steals, 3rd in in rebounds and had the highest game score.

it's hilarious how people give Kawhi credit for having a 'FMVP' because he won it posting 17/6/2 but discredit Curry because he didn't win one despite posting better numbers across the board than a lot of past FMVP winners.

Chanel Bomber · Post #3 » by **Chanel Bomber** » Thu May 23, 2019 8:05 pm

Curry not winning FMVP that year is one of the most egregious and legacy altering decisions in NBA history as far as awards are concerned.

mademan · Post #4 » by **mademan** » Thu May 23, 2019 8:07 pm

Iggy winning it over him was crazy. People trying to rewrite history and act like Steph wasnt disappointing is also crazy.

He had an abysmal game
A bad game
3 you'd expect out of a star (underperform for a superstar)
And 1 where he looked like an MVP

Arteezy · Post #5 » by **Arteezy** » Thu May 23, 2019 8:08 pm

Curry is never winning an NBA Finals even if he scored 50 ppg on 80% 3 pt

Nike is the main sponsor of NBA Finals. An Underarmour guy simply cant win it no matter the performance.

raptor jesus · Post #6 » by **raptor jesus** » Thu May 23, 2019 8:08 pm

The media whiffed big time on that vote. Iggy was a trendy pick because he wasn't your typical star player. He certainly left his imprint, defending Lebron and helping to turn the series after being inserted into the starting lineup (although the media went overboard on the correlation of the latter move); but Curry was straight up robbed.

Post #7 » by **Duke4life831** » Thu May 23, 2019 8:15 pm

Thought it at the moment and still think it to this day, that decision made absolutely no sense to me. I think people overreacted to game 2 and just from that 1 game painted the narrative that Delly was a Curry stopper and Curry didn't have a good series.

dynamic duo · Post #8 » by **dynamic duo** » Thu May 23, 2019 8:29 pm

lebron was historically robbed that year (4 votes to iggy's 7). he'd probably decline the award anyway when it comes in a losing effort but he was the clear-cut best player in the finals that year and single-handedly won 2 games when the cavs were missing their 2nd and 3rd best player. curry has a good chance to get his first finals mvp now that lebron is out and durant is hobbled. watch out for draymond though.

Spintown · Post #9 » by **Spintown** » Thu May 23, 2019 8:33 pm

No excuses. This year is Curry's year.

Post #10 » by **floppymoose** » Thu May 23, 2019 8:46 pm

Curry was the real FMVP of both 2015 and 2018.

clyde21 · Post #11 » by **clyde21** » Thu May 23, 2019 8:53 pm

floppymoose wrote:Curry was the real FMVP of both 2015 and 2018.

15 and 17, 18 rightfully went to KD.

kali323 · Post #12 » by **kali323** » Thu May 23, 2019 8:54 pm

dynamic duo wrote:lebron was historically robbed that year (4 votes to iggy's 7). he'd probably decline the award anyway when it comes in a losing effort but he was the clear-cut best player in the finals that year and single-handedly won 2 games when the cavs were missing their 2nd and 3rd best player. curry has a good chance to get his first finals mvp now that lebron is out and durant is hobbled. watch out for draymond though.

Lebron shot under 40% lol

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clyde21 · Post #13 » by **clyde21** » Thu May 23, 2019 8:55 pm

Spintown wrote:No excuses. This year is Curry's year.

What excuses?

Tigersrule · Post #14 » by **Tigersrule** » Thu May 23, 2019 8:56 pm

honestly 2015..bron shud have won FMVP..

warriorschamps · Post #15 » by **warriorschamps** » Thu May 23, 2019 8:57 pm

It was all narrative based and BS. For instance people were talking about how great Lebron played and many folks were pushing for Lebron to get it even in a losing situation. Here is the thing not only was Lebron not great in those finals he was pretty bad. His volume stats were great but that was only because he take a ton of shots. His efficiency in that series was terrible. If I remember correctly he shot around 40% from the floor.

But yeah Curry obviously should of won the fmvp in 2015 no question about it.

bubonicphoniks · Post #16 » by **bubonicphoniks** » Thu May 23, 2019 9:04 pm

No, it doesnt drive me crazy and I never think about it. Who cares?

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picc · Post #17 » by **picc** » Thu May 23, 2019 9:04 pm

He played worse than his numbers and deservedly lost the finals MVP to Andre Iguodala.

Carry on.

RCM88x · Post #18 » by **RCM88x** » Thu May 23, 2019 9:08 pm

kali323 wrote:
dynamic duo wrote:lebron was historically robbed that year (4 votes to iggy's 7). he'd probably decline the award anyway when it comes in a losing effort but he was the clear-cut best player in the finals that year and single-handedly won 2 games when the cavs were missing their 2nd and 3rd best player. curry has a good chance to get his first finals mvp now that lebron is out and durant is hobbled. watch out for draymond though.
Lebron shot under 40% lol

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He was also the only guy on the team who could create his own shot.

warriorschamps · Post #19 » by **warriorschamps** » Thu May 23, 2019 9:10 pm

Heat4lyf wrote:I keep hearing Steph under performed Iggy was better and Steph was horrible Delly outplayed him by these genius sport analysts I mean does this drive anyone else crazy how he didn't win fmvp or recieve a vote is beyond me

26/5/6 in the finals is pretty good to me.

Most 4th Quarter Points during the Finals

1995 Shaquille O'Neal 11.5
2000 Shaquille O'Neal 11.5 (61.1% TS)
2015 Stephen Curry 10.8 (75.1% TS)
1997 Michael Jordan 10.7 (55.1% TS)
1998 Michael Jordan 10.6 (50.6% TS)
2011 Dirk Nowitzki 10.3 (68.0% TS)
1993 Michael Jordan 10.3

Like this misinformation is impacting his legacy and it's a damn shame.

And on top of this, Curry legit injured his MCL in 2016 like that was clearly impacting his game and one hot shooting night and him saying I'm back doesn't change that. But people won't acknowledge this

Is it affecting his legacy? Probably but only to people that don't know or follow basketball. Take 2017 for instance. Curry was far and way the best player in the playoffs from beginning to end.

As far as the 2017 fmvp, I agree Durant should of won it. But that was only because the Cavs were paying so much attention to Curry that Durant got a lot of easy looks. But again anybody that watched all the playoffs from beginning to end knew Curry was the best player on GSW and the real reason they won the championship.

It's true he didn't play well in the 2016 finals whatever the reason, injury or otherwise. He also didn't play well against OKC in 2016 WCF. But those were the only times I can ever remember Curry not playing well in the playoffs for an extended period of time. You see guys like Harden, Lillard, Westbrook, etc play poorly in the playoffs every single year. Lebron has had many poor playoffs performances including the 2007 and 2011 NBA finals. So if two bad series in a single year when Curry is just getting back from a knee injury affected he legacy I can't imagine how much it should affect the legacy of guys like Harden and Westbrook who play poorly in the playoffs every single year.

I remember correctly Curry has the 5th highest PPG average of all time in the playoffs and I'm assuming his efficiency is up there too. Obviously Curry has played very well in the playoffs in his career despite whatever the narrative is. You don't get to 5 straight NBA finals with three championship(mostly likely will be four after this year) when you are 1st or 2nd option on your team unless you played very well.

Kobblehead · Post #20 » by **Kobblehead** » Thu May 23, 2019 9:22 pm

Back then, the media really questioned the legitimacy of Steph's greatness. They looked at him as some kid juking the system and masquerading as a great player, as opposed to actually being one. Some former players still seem to feel this way.

So they were searching for any player other than him to give Finals MVP to.