Curry's clearly not back to his pre-injury form and just had a 31 point/10 rebounds/9 assist/2 steal game. Clearly very overrated. It's comical to me that people who hate certain players will choose when they're slumping (or just off a significant injury) to start discussing how overhyped they really are. It's even sillier when the numbers the player is putting up despite not being at their best are still really impressive.
Curry > Westbrook and its not even close. Id rather take the player who kills your team less because he doesnt play stupid even if his shooting is cold. Westbrook will make you pull your hair out during big games because of dumb play. When Curry is cold, it doesnt hurt the team as much because he knows what to do with the ball down the stretch.
Even when Curry's cold, teams are still going to do whatever they can to prevent him getting open looks since he can go supernova at any time. So he still warps defenses for his teammates unlike any other player ever, still has great passing chops and can still break down close-outs to get into the lane for floaters or to the rim. Even a cold-shooting Curry is gigantically valuable. And usually he's not cold.
Haha. The guys was out for several weeks at the beginning of the playoff, still bothered by the injuries, that's ankle, knee, elbow, and he still played solid defense, and yea, put the dagger on OKC when it matters. Basketball is not just about athleticism, it's a combination of smarts, skill, and athleticism. Curry beats almost everyone for the first two.
Curry added to the Kings, Suns (healthy), Nuggets, Knicks, T-Wolves, Bucks, or Jazz, become instant playoff teams and even contenders in the East. Most superstar players in their prime couldn't make historically bad teams, like the Lakers or 76ers into playoff teams. Those teams are completely horrible, that would be job for someone, like a Shaq, Wilt, or Olajuwon.
Westbrook giveth, Westbrook taketh away. If Westbrook didn't get too out of control every now and then, I'd consider taking him over Curry. For now, he is just too unpredictable.
Don't think there's any doubt that Curry has already put himself in a position to be considered historically great, if his career ended this season. His resume includes: 2x NBA MVP, 3x All-Star, 2x NBA First Team, 1x Scoring Champion, setting record for most 3's in a season multiple times, a championship as best player on the team. His shooting skills and ball-handling are not going to decline anytime soon, so he's probably going to be making a few more All-Star games and All-NBA teams. I wouldn't be surprised if he had another season or two in the 50-40-90 club. In three or four years, his resume will look pretty similar to Steve Nash's, without as many assists but with more championships.
people are just getting used to what curry does. curry dropped a triple double (basically) in this game, and you have to realize that one of the reasons Klay was able to dominate was that OKC was so fixated on Curry. Meanwhile, in the clutch, Curry hits a couple long bombs and then drives and scores on frickin IBAKA. I mean... think about that... in the clutch, he just went one on one with IBAKA and took it to the hole. Almost nobody in the entire league can do that. With Westbrook, you lose a lot of poise and that killer three point shot that can keep you in any game. I'd take Curry.
Did you forget he was just out with a sprained ACL? He's not injured, but he's not 100%. He doesn't have that explosive quickness before his injury. He uses that quickness to separate space from his defenders.
Yep. I guess people don't understand this. I can't believe people are still trotting out this tired 'system' crap about GS, especially after last night's game. Whatever 'system' they have works only because they have two guys who can hit shots from anywhere on the court, at any time. You don't need a system to keep hitting crazy 3s with hands in your face, or take a dribble after crossing half court and then calmly drain the shot like it's nothing. Steve Kerr is not some kind of genius people - open your eyes.
That's fine, but he's no Jordan, Magic, or even Nash. He's a great shooter. Nothing else is exceptional.
10-27, 0-5 3PT. Westbrook needs to realize he isn't Kyle Korver for one game. Attack the basket, set up other players, don't get suckered into launching threes. Stay disciplined for just one game. He's good.....but I think he is overrated for rebounding. Rebounding for a guard is icing on the cake to me - it's not a key metric for a PG for me. Steve Francis averaged 7 RPG a couple seasons - why isn't he in the HOF???
You can say the same thing about Klay. Great shooters benefit from playing with each other. And the same goes for Durant and WB, two superstars clears divides up the focus of opponent's defense. Unfortunately, Harden doesn't have that luxury, if the other team decides to smother Harden defensively, it's pretty much game over.
I agree with this logically. I'm not good at paying attention to the nuances of defenses, which gives me this question - how is Harden ever successful? Seems like a valid strategy to smother Harden, so why don't teams always do that?
I think if they really, really commit to smothering Harden, they can as we've seen Harden effectiveness sometimes shrink in the playoffs. But the other part is, we shoot a lot of 3s and Harden is a good passer, so I think that element kind of prevents the other team from doubling on Harden all the time. Still, for sure it is much easier to get Harden out of the game currently, than say if we had 2 or 3 all-star caliber players on this team playing at the same time, which would divert away a lot defensive focus on Harden.
