Curry plays under control. He plays with the confidence of a vet and it shows. When he doesn't get calls he sure doesn't throw fits of frustration. Oh and I did see Brooks 4th quarter play. I remember a big 3 and 2 straight turnovers.
Curry by far. being able to see the floor at the pg position is really valuable. and Brooks is nothin to sneeze at either
Curry is in the Steve Nash and Chris Paul stratosphere of play-making. He plays calm under pressure, and doesn't let the opposing team get into his head. He's great at finding the right guy at the right time and consistently makes a number of high difficulty passes. I saw the frustration Brooks displayed when he wasn't getting calls and his inability to slow down the tempo at a critical juncture of the game last night, yes.
Last night AB was doing fine until the Suns start to make 3s in the end. He made a couple very questionable decisions in a row after that.
Stephen Curry for sure. Better shooting percentages across the board. More rebounds, more assists, more steals. He's also 3 years younger and not so understized like AB. His celing is higher. That said, I love AB. He's awesome paired with Martin.
I don't get the argument for Curry being a system player. People are forgetting the Rockets also play in a high-tempo offense, and from the looks of things lately, we aren't bothering to play much defense either. We even attempt more 3s than the GSW per game. I love AB to death, but I'll take Curry over him easily.
I think you need to watch Curry a bit more. He does EXCEPTIONAL things for a rookie, stuff that makes it clear he is special. Interesting you would give Curry a clear edge on shooting as that is one area I feel AB is about as good. Regarding floor vision, it isn't close. Curry has eyes in the back of his head and sees things nobody else on the floor sees (on a regular basis). He is better at misdirection with the ball and making defenders look foolish than most veteran PGs. Curry is a better, slicker finisher at the rim. He also has better, more reliable handles than AB, who gets the ball poked away or falls/slips down too often when defenses exert pressure in half-court.
Also you might add that Stephen Curry plays smart defense. He doesn't have the lateral quickness and athleticism to really "lock down" a player, to make up for it he reads the passing lane quite well and he has quick hands.
Curry's shooting looks better statistically because the Warriors' system. AB takes a lot more difficult shots than Curry and still isn't lagging much behind in TS% and eFG%. If Brooks played in the GSW offense I bet he would average 25ppg.
Ellis averages 25ppg too and I still think Curry is their best player. Brooks is one of the better point guards in the league but he's not better than Curry imo.
I dont understand people saying if Brooks plays in GSW system he will produce more than his current stats and much more than Curry. We played smilar system like GSW this year, and Brooks was the 1st option of this team's scoring&passing/creating ALL YEAR. Curry is not the first scoring option in GSW even now, and Ellis dominated the ball all year long until he got injured, Curry was more like a spot up shooter %50 portion of the GSW games this year. He's a very very good basketball player and very smart guy, I can sse him being top 5-7 player in the NBA in future.
He is better than Curry right now. Look at their stats. There is no question about that; if you think Curry is better this season, you are both insane and ignorant. It's one thing to say Curry is going to be better down the road, he's a rook. But he is not better right now.
Curry has a better FG%, more rebounds, more assists, more steals and you're talking about stats? I really hate to bring stats up you know.
Exactly. He is a rookie and he is still lighting it up. Let's look at post all-star numbers for a more accurate comparison: Curry = 21.6 pts, 5.4 reb, 7.7 dimes, 2.0 stls Brooks = 20.5 pts, 2.7 reb, 6.1 dimes, 0.9 stls Curry is clearly better than Brooks now (as a rookie). Curry also is 3 inches taller and doesn't rely on blazing speed to be effective. Brooks is a good player and has exceeded my expectations but you would be crazy not to trade Curry for Brooks.
Since you brought up stats, I will provide them as they are current from nba.com, in the rank of which one is better for a team overall. AB PPG: 19.8 > Curry PPG 17.3 Curry FG%: .462 > AB FG%: .432 Curry APG: 5.9 > AB APG: 5.3 Curry STPG: 1.9 > AB STPG: .89 Curry TOPG: 3.1 > AB TOPG 2.9 Curry 3P%: .435 > AB 3P% .397 Curry FT%: .874 > AB FT% .832 Now seeing that Curry has won 6/7 of those metrics, whom do you think DM would splooge his pants over more? So is Curry better than AB in his rookie year or not?
