Who's been more influential Curry or Harden
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Who's been more influential Curry or Harden
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Who's been more influential Curry or Harden
Whose play has advanced the game of basketball more?
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Harden’s style isn’t that unique, aside from the fact that he’s so much better at baiting fouls than his predecessors. He’s taken common knowledge on 3’s and layups to new extremes.
Curry has helped contribute to the mass of 3’s taken, but much like the teams wanting to replicate the Jordan model, post Bulls dynasty, no one has really replicated the things that actually make Steph special, they just spam 3’s, thinking that is the key.
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Curry has helped contribute to the mass of 3’s taken, but much like the teams wanting to replicate the Jordan model, post Bulls dynasty, no one has really replicated the things that actually make Steph special, they just spam 3’s, thinking that is the key.
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currys influence is broader, ie the glamourization of the 3.
harden's is more specific, the science of his offense. harden is harder to emulate, so curry has been more influential
harden's is more specific, the science of his offense. harden is harder to emulate, so curry has been more influential
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Curry isn't influential, he just runs around screens and puts up a lot of threes cause he is good at them.
Harden has changed the way people view 1-on-1 isolation basketball, and jacking up contested threes. Before there was a negative stigma around dribbling a ton and then taking bad shots. 10 years ago players would be benched for taking the amount of crazy high difficulty shots that Harden does.
Harden has changed the way people view 1-on-1 isolation basketball, and jacking up contested threes. Before there was a negative stigma around dribbling a ton and then taking bad shots. 10 years ago players would be benched for taking the amount of crazy high difficulty shots that Harden does.
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Shock Defeat wrote:Curry isn't influential, he just runs around screens and puts up a lot of threes cause he is good at them.
Harden has changed the way people view 1-on-1 isolation basketball, and jacking up contested threes. Before there was a negative stigma around dribbling a ton and then taking bad shots. 10 years ago players would be benched for taking the amount of crazy high difficulty shots that Harden does.
Pretty sure Kobe stayed on the floor. If anything Harden is more like guys from 10-15 years ago in that respect.
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Lalouie wrote:currys influence is broader, ie the glamourization of the 3.
harden's is more specific, the science of his offense. harden is harder to emulate, so curry has been more influential
I think this is the correct take. Curry is more influential. I'l add that personally I think Harden is the better player.
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I think its too early to say tbh. You have to look at the guys who come into the league going back about 5 years and for the next 10 years or so. Doncic already mentions Harden as a big influence on his game. So I think people are too quick to mention Curry and in talking about how he revolutionized the game or anything like that. I think Harden's style of play may be copied more simply because finding another guy who can shoot 10 3's a game at close to 45% is going to be really hard to find.
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The only player with a bigger influence than Curry is Michael Jordan himself.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but who is emulating Harden and Rockets playstyle overall? All I see is a bunch of teams that have emulated the Curry/Warriors blueprint while making slight altercations. Rockets included.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but who is emulating Harden and Rockets playstyle overall? All I see is a bunch of teams that have emulated the Curry/Warriors blueprint while making slight altercations. Rockets included.
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Shock Defeat wrote:Curry isn't influential, he just runs around screens and puts up a lot of threes cause he is good at them.
Harden has changed the way people view 1-on-1 isolation basketball, and jacking up contested threes. Before there was a negative stigma around dribbling a ton and then taking bad shots. 10 years ago players would be benched for taking the amount of crazy high difficulty shots that Harden does.
Harden isn't influential, he just dribbles for 20 seconds and chucks a step back three while traveling half the time because he is good at them.
See how silly that sounds?
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Shock Defeat wrote:10 years ago players would be benched for taking the amount of crazy high difficulty shots that Harden does.
I think you could say the same for Curry. I won't swear to it but I think the "bad" 3 is something Harden added to his game after Steph made it fashionable. If you're talking the next generation of bballers I think more kids are emulating Curry than Harden. To be fair, Hardens combo of skill and size isn't something easily duplicated anyway. He's kind of a freak in his own way.
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Optms wrote:The only player with a bigger influence than Curry is Michael Jordan himself.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but who is emulating Harden and Rockets playstyle overall? All I see is a bunch of teams that have emulated the Curry/Warriors blueprint while making slight altercations. Rockets included.
this is about Harden vs Curry, not the rockets playstyle vs the warriors playstyle. The warriors playstyle stems from the dantoni suns/2014 spurs. Draymond Green being a threat from the perimeter while being able to play the 5 and protect the rim at an elite level. Klay being Klay, everybody on the team being unselfish and knowing the pass can come at any time, etc...
Curry's influence is his elite three point shooting in all aspects. off the dribble, off a screen, catch and shoot WITH the handle/playmaking ability of a pg.
Harden's influence is the the off rhythm steps that lets him get to the rim with ease, step back 3, reliance on iso, goat foul drawer, and whatever else i forgot
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What did curry influence? Isn't he a product of analytics?