One more statistic to add to above: Curry thread - 637 replies 58,990 views Jeremy Lin thread - 8,218 replies 629,773 views
What curry is doing is absolutely ****ing insane. I replayed that last shot liek 3423233487924 times. That being said, it puts into perspective that he is nowhere close to MJ. Nowhere. The sheer insanity of what MJ did while having far less help into hoards of defenders every night for that long of a time. Jesus.
Best player in the game, it's not even close... Really.... Come on guys.... That's Jordan **** right there bruh.
How? Watching the games, Curry can pull this ish off in any situation, many of his baskets don't have anything to do with his teammates. Simple screens, ISO, everything, don't need an elite supporting cast for that. People have to stop talking about the teammates or rules, Curry is just insane and not relying on any special rules or team. I don't see how his insane performances make MJ look better (on offense) and in a different league anyhow.
My point is, that this season he is having is very Jordanesque, sustaining it for as long as Jordan did and dominating in the post season is what shows us how difficult the task truly is. You're absolutely right, he is doing what he wants right now.
I don't know what rules from the 90's would stop him. I suppose if you were allowed to body him up and bang with him more of the game that would take its toll and lower his fg percentage somewhat. But I doubt it.
It's not just the bodying. It's also the fact that you're allowed to put two hands on the offensive player's body at a stop and when he drives. Part of Steph's effectiveness is the fact that he has an above average first step and is deadly when he drives and gets into the midrange area, where his tear drops are basically automatic. With effective hand checking, a strong defender can then crowd him a lot more on the perimeter, while also taking away some of the effectiveness of his drives. With that said, Steph would have still been an Allstar, borderline superstar in the 80s-90s. Not sure he would be the best in the league...
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I agree with this.. Harper was the main reason for the change of the hand check... He gave Kenny Smith fits.. Harper could control your direction with his hand in your lower back and people forget how much bumping of the body they allowed back then... Today if you touch someone like that it's an automatic foul. T_Man
I remember four years ago or so when a few of you guys said GSW was going to be a scary team. Mad props to you guys who could see how great they could be. I shrugged it off because they were first round fodder or couldn't even make the playoffs.
That's because they got Kerr. No offense to Mark Jackson but they would still be a 2nd round exit kinda team if he was still there
Go to YouTube and look at clips of the 1991 NBA finals and 1998 ECF's. Magic and the Pacers PGs aren't struggling for space because they have weak handles. They are struggling because a 6'7 athletic freak with insane footspeed, length and strength is allowed to use all of those attributes to body them 94 feet. So imagine if a LeBron, Durant or Leonard (I listed the long wings from the other contenders today) were allowed to do that to a dude who's what, 6'3 and 190? He wouldn't be a scrub or anything but I'm lost on how folks can't recognize the impact that could have. The league didn't change the rules just for the hell of it.
In the 90's people could hit their arms and elbows while they shoot with no whistle. A foul like that on a jump shooter was called about as often as an illegal screen is today.
That was also due to Kenny Smith's limitations as a player. There were several top notch PGs who could drive to the hoop at will, even in the hand check era, such as Kevin Johnson and Gary Payton.
