All this talk about Steph being "exposed"

[Mylie10]

New Orleans barely made the Playoffs with AD and they had Holiday. Totally flawed thinking

[Money_]

Physically, Steph is not going to take over a game the way Jordan or even Lebron can do. He just doesn't have the physical stature to do so. He can get to the rim, and he can dribble drive and fake most defenders out, and he can SHOOT. But once they start throwing double teams at him at mid court, there's not much he can do but give the ball up.
Jordan had Pippen. Bron had Kyrie. kobe had Shaq etc etc.
He needs at least one reliable threat to get just a little bit of space and he's good.

The leaders and coaches on this team have their work cut out for them. Now's the time to earn that paycheck.
It's not going to come overnight, so our expectations should be low as of now...

[FNQ]

Put another way, if you put Steph on the Wolves, would they get into the Playoffs?
Because if you put LeBron, Durant, AD, Harden...the answer is very likely yes.

You can say that it's likely, I say it's unlikely. You can't just assume such things and use it to "prove" one player is better than another.

right? In fact 3 of those guys have been on bad teams before while they were good..

Frankly of the 4 names listed, one really doesnt belong with the other 3. LeBron/KD/AD are generational talents, unquestionably IMO. Harden, Curry, and a slew of other stars simply aren't the 2 way excellent players that they are. If Steph not being on that level is 'exposed' then it kinda goes to show how pisspoor these kids are at evaluating players to begin with. And I assume theyre kids because who really gives any kind of **** about ranking NBA players? No one is reading your blog

[Mylie10]

And by the way in the Chicago game, Steph did take it up vet by getting to the free throw line and then found his shot. He controlled the pace and then finished it off.

[HiRez]

He's not "exposed" but let's be real, we've all watched Curry play for a decade and I think if we're being honest we have to admit right now he's not playing up to his own standards despite what the numbers are. As I said in a game thread the other night, he's putting up numbers but hasn't been an impact player so far. Being an unstoppable offensive force what we expect from him.

Yes, his teammates have sucked beyond reason and that's not helping, but the greatest players rise above that and take over anyway, and we haven't yet seen that from Steph this year except for a few brief glimmers. Prime Steph would shake off double teams and still hit shots from everywhere on the court. Expecting it will happen sooner or later, if he starts shooting his usual ~40% from 3 things will suddenly look a lot different.

That said, I sure wish we had a Haliburton or Vassell or someone right now who could simply knock down shots. Wiseman is going to be good but he's too raw right now to have useful synergy with Steph's game. Steph hasn't been great but Oubre in particular has been straight trash, he's worse than useless, he's a net negative on the court.

[Little Digger]

5 fffing games

[xdrta+]

Steph could take over and make shots from all over the court, but he can't score 120 points by himself. Other players get open shots because of Steph, but if they don't make them what's he supposed to do? This idea that he can just "take over" and win makes no sense.

[Samurai]

As currently structured, it will be extremely difficult for Steph to take over games as he had earlier in his career (i.e. when he had Klay next to him). Portland used variations of the "box-and-one" defense that Toronto used in the finals once Klay went down. And as long as we have guys like Oubre, Dray, Looney, etc., teams will continue to use this and similar variations of it. If being 'exposed' means being identified as the only person on the team that the other team fears from the 3-point line, then yes he has been exposed (identified) as the sole outside shooting threat and will be treated as such. And I am doubtful that his teammates have the skillset to force teams to change their approach and will keep focusing on bottling up Curry and dare our non-shooters to beat them.

[HiRez]

Ah well, better for the franchise if we end this year with another bottom 5 record anyway. Some of these players will probably suck less and Draymond will help more over time, but I don't see us going far this year regardless of what Steph does.

[ahmetmekin]

About the box and one stuff, Ethan Strauss wrote a good piece in Athletic.
This is from there:

https://pasteboard.co/JHYs69m.png
There are other images and videos there. It is ridiculous. I cannot understand how they cannot find a counter offense for this type of defense.

[sonnyhill]

Put another way, if you put Steph on the Wolves, would they get into the Playoffs?
Because if you put LeBron, Durant, AD, Harden...the answer is very likely yes.

You can say that it's likely, I say it's unlikely. You can't just assume such things and use it to "prove" one player is better than another.

right? In fact 3 of those guys have been on bad teams before while they were good..

Frankly of the 4 names listed, one really doesnt belong with the other 3. LeBron/KD/AD are generational talents, unquestionably IMO. Harden, Curry, and a slew of other stars simply aren't the 2 way excellent players that they are. If Steph not being on that level is 'exposed' then it kinda goes to show how pisspoor these kids are at evaluating players to begin with. And I assume theyre kids because who really gives any kind of **** about ranking NBA players? No one is reading your blog

Steph's offense this season has been somewhat disappointing (especially 3-point shooting and being outplayed by Lillard on Friday evening); yet, much of what we are seeing is a reflection of a disjointed half-court offense, which should/may improve as players begin to better understand Kerr's offense and become more comfortable in their roles.

Overlooked, however, is how Steph's on-ball defense looks good-great (when, in past seasons other teams would look to isolate Steph as the weak-link in the Warrior defense).

[Mylie10]

If most of the shots Steph took and missed, were makes, would this even be a discussion?

[wco81]

If most of the shots Steph took and missed, were makes, would this even be a discussion?

He's not getting enough good looks and the few good shots he gets, he's not putting them away like he usually does.

[clyde21]

Physically, Steph is not going to take over a game the way Jordan or even Lebron can do. He just doesn't have the physical stature to do so. He can get to the rim, and he can dribble drive and fake most defenders out, and he can SHOOT. But once they start throwing double teams at him at mid court, there's not much he can do but give the ball up.
Jordan had Pippen. Bron had Kyrie. kobe had Shaq etc etc.
He needs at least one reliable threat to get just a little bit of space and he's good.

The leaders and coaches on this team have their work cut out for them. Now's the time to earn that paycheck.
It's not going to come overnight, so our expectations should be low as of now...

January 3rd revelation

Steph is not a top 2 player of all time

[Mylie10]

If most of the shots Steph took and missed, were makes, would this even be a discussion?

He's not getting enough good looks and the few good shots he gets, he's not putting them away like he usually does.

Ok, agreed. But missing shots early in a season isn’t an indication that somehow he’s lost it.

Remember when Klay would have a months long shooting slump? It’s happened to Curry as well in the past, but not the the kind of level Klay had. I remember all of the same kinds of crummy posting we had back them where people over reacted and wanted to trade Klay.

It’s basketball....it’s a streaky game for everyone who plays it. I have no doubt Steph will shoot towards his mean when the season is done. And even if it’s slightly lower due to this slow start, it will still be better than most.

Al shooters......all shooters have periods where they miss those gimme shots

[sonnyhill]

Physically, Steph is not going to take over a game the way Jordan or even Lebron can do. He just doesn't have the physical stature to do so. He can get to the rim, and he can dribble drive and fake most defenders out, and he can SHOOT. But once they start throwing double teams at him at mid court, there's not much he can do but give the ball up.
Jordan had Pippen. Bron had Kyrie. kobe had Shaq etc etc.
He needs at least one reliable threat to get just a little bit of space and he's good.

The leaders and coaches on this team have their work cut out for them. Now's the time to earn that paycheck.
It's not going to come overnight, so our expectations should be low as of now...

January 3rd revelation

Steph is not a top 2 player of all time

Clyde21, nobody (even the most delusional Warrior Kool-Aid drinker) has ever stated nor believes that Steph is "a top 2 player of all time."

Steph, however, did revolutionize/change the game to appreciate-and-emphasize the 3-point shot.

Also, up to this season, everyone acknowledges that the Warriors have had to "hide" Steph as a defensive liability (easier to do when Klay was healthy) and have Steph matched up on the opposing team's weaker backcourt guard.

[CS707]

I can’t imagine what motivates a few of those guys to create accounts specifically to take shots at Curry and subsequently the Warriors. I don’t even talk about things I enjoy that much. I get that the Warriors have earned some animosity but the singular focus of some of those posters is impressive.

Regarding Curry... guys like Lillard have spent their entire career just being *the guy* to middling success. Curry has spent his figuring out how to play within a team context and win championships. I think he’ll have to embrace more of a Lillard approach as the season goes by if the rest of the team doesn’t pick it up which will by default lead to more box score dominant performances but losing and making everything about him still an unfamiliar concept to Steph.

[clyde21]

If most of the shots Steph took and missed, were makes, would this even be a discussion?

He's not getting enough good looks and the few good shots he gets, he's not putting them away like he usually does.

he's actually getting a lot of decent looks, he's 3 ball is just not there, that part of Steph's game is clearly struggling right now because you can tell by the way he's missing it's bad, too strong, too weak...but everything else is there, which he needs to recognize and start using more to set up his 3 ball instead of the other way around which was always the usual for Steph

he's averaging 7 assists per game right now...what would that even look like if Wiggy and Oubre weren't shooting a whopping 37% and 27% from the field respectively? Steph would easily be averaging a 27 point double-double right now.

[Little Digger]

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[HiRez]

About the box and one stuff, Ethan Strauss wrote a good piece in Athletic.
This is from there:

https://pasteboard.co/JHYs69m.png
There are other images and videos there. It is ridiculous. I cannot understand how they cannot find a counter offense for this type of defense.

I snapped a similar one during the Milwaukee game.