Curry

[gtcam]

Pcket's and Superjohn's kiddie fight is ridiculous.
Anyway, Curry has improved his game so much since coming to the league. He came in known as a creative and extremely accurate shooter who would be a JJ Reddick with a bit more athleticism.
He has turned into a very good ball handler, someone who has expanded his court vision that has helped him become a creative passer and he is not afraid to bang inside for a rebound but also has learned and recognizes the bounce of the ball off the rim and can position himself for the rebound.
He reminds me or should I say Bazz reminds me a bit of Curry but by no means is Bazz even close to being the outside threat.
Who is better Ray or Seth? Two different players - Seth has on ball responsibilities, Ray never did. Ray looks prettier on his shot but not a quick with it as Seth.
Both will be in Springfield (barring a career ending injury for Curry) in their due time.

 

[CallMeBruce]

I think Curry definitely passes Ray as the "best shooter ever" for anyone who even considers Ray as that. A lot of people still say Reggie, and the argument can be made.

That being said, I won't have Ray being denigrated in this thread. At his best, he was one of the very best and most efficient scorers in the league. He never got the hype that an Iverson got because he didn't use up so many possessions, but he was a much, much more valuable player. Unfortunately, the best Prime Ray ever did in the postseason was lead a team to the ECF, where his team was hosed by bad frontcourt play and worse officiating. He outplayed Iverson by an enormous margin in that series, and he deserved to be the one to go get spanked by the Lakers in the Finals.

 

[aceboon]

Pcket's and Superjohn's kiddie fight is ridiculous.
Anyway, Curry has improved his game so much since coming to the league. He came in known as a creative and extremely accurate shooter who would be a JJ Reddick with a bit more athleticism.
He has turned into a very good ball handler, someone who has expanded his court vision that has helped him become a creative passer and he is not afraid to bang inside for a rebound but also has learned and recognizes the bounce of the ball off the rim and can position himself for the rebound.
He reminds me or should I say Bazz reminds me a bit of Curry but by no means is Bazz even close to being the outside threat.
Who is better Ray or Seth? Two different players - Seth has on ball responsibilities, Ray never did. Ray looks prettier on his shot but not a quick with it as Seth.
Both will be in Springfield (barring a career ending injury for Curry) in their due time.

Steph, Seth is the brother in the DLeague

 

[James]

monty williams needs to get fired. for some reason he has this affinity to trot out asik and davis at the same time, in crunch time... days ago , davis was quoted talking about how much ryan anderson opens up the floor for him. not only that, anderson had like 4 straight FGs last night then went multiple possessions without a touch.

 

[CTPride]

Curry has good handles but best in the league? Come on now...Tyreke Evans has better handles than Curry

 

[aceboon]

Curry has good handles but best in the league? Come on now...Tyreke Evans has better handles than Curry

Tyreke Evans? Lol, when the discussion of best handles in the league comes up it starts with Kyrie, Steph, and CP3. Evans isn't even in that discussion.

 

[Hoophound]

Pcket's and Superjohn's kiddie fight is ridiculous. Anyway, Curry has improved his game so much since coming to the league. He came in known as a creative and extremely accurate shooter who would be a JJ Reddick with a bit more athleticism. He has turned into a very good ball handler, someone who has expanded his court vision that has helped him become a creative passer and he is not afraid to bang inside for a rebound but also has learned and recognizes the bounce of the ball off the rim and can position himself for the rebound. He reminds me or should I say Bazz reminds me a bit of Curry but by no means is Bazz even close to being the outside threat. Who is better Ray or Seth? Two different players - Seth has on ball responsibilities, Ray never did. Ray looks prettier on his shot but not a quick with it as Seth. Both will be in Springfield (barring a career ending injury for Curry) in their due time.

Ray had the ball all the time in Seattle. He was a different player back then, and his release was very fast. Ray's handle and ability to create with the ball was light-years ahead of what we've seen of him in the last six or seven years. Look back at old Sonic highlights, Ray played point a lot of the time. It is such a shame that Ray's years in the spotlight, were way past his prime.

 

[Pudge]

I'll school you a little more son, Ray's title as greatest shooter will be short lived. It's just another thing everyone who watches the NBA knows except for you. Stop talking about the NBA, you just embarrass yourself.

Arrogance personified.

You are the same Joe/John that didn't know who Rick Barry was (nor the family string through several offspring).

 

[superjohn]

Arrogance personified.

You are the same Joe/John that didn't know who Rick Barry was (nor the family string through several offspring).

Dude, wtf are you talking about? Of course I know Rick Barry, he was one of the all-time greatest scorers and pricks to ever play the game. I was a big fan of Brent "Bones" Barry when he was at Oregon State and used to catch half court alley oops, later in his career he played much more like his older brother Jon when the hops left him and Tony Parker was nailing his wife, I even remember when the Celtics drafted Jon and my dad told me the only reason they drafted him is because he's white. I know all about Scooter too even though I never saw him play, nice seeing Canyon bring back his dad's granny ft's. I might be an arrogant but don't tell me I don't know basketball or Rick Barry.

 

[superjohn]

Ray had the ball all the time in Seattle. He was a different player back then, and his release was very fast. Ray's handle and ability to create with the ball was light-years ahead of what we've seen of him in the last six or seven years. Look back at old Sonic highlights, Ray played point a lot of the time. It is such a shame that Ray's years in the spotlight, were way past his prime.

He was way better and more dynamic earlier in his career but I still only thought his handle was mediocre for a guard even during his best years in Seattle. He could still get pretty much everywhere he wanted to on the court because his athleticism was superior back then but he always had a high dribble.

 

[The Smart One]

Without major injuries, he'll be up over 2500 after five more seasons. Chasing Ray's record isn't all that far down the road.

with currys ankles as fragile as a China along with getting older he would be lucky to finish close to Ray.

 

[aceboon]

with currys ankles as fragile as a China along with getting older he would be lucky to finish close to Ray.

Curry hasn't had any issues with his ankles for like 3 years now, that's old news

 

[James]

with currys ankles as fragile as a China along with getting older he would be lucky to finish close to Ray.

curry has started atleast 74 games in every other year not counting his injury plagued one. wouldn't call him fragile anymore.


curry has 270+ threes every year the past three years, allens never done it once. curry is 26. this isn't rocket science, he is the goat shooter

 

[superjohn]

with currys ankles as fragile as a China along with getting older he would be lucky to finish close to Ray.

As ace pointed out that's old news, if you want to go there you could also say Ray had fragile ankles. Curry was by far the quickest to 1000 threes, he now just has a competition with himself breaking his own season marks. There has to be some catastrophic injury or he simply just decides to quit basketball for him not to break Ray's record, without that happening Curry will shatter Ray's record.

 

[nomar]

Looks like another NBA coaching job is about to open.
How does a 280 lb guy waltz across the court and shuffle the ball to Curry without getting hammered?

It helped that he just walked across the court without bothering to dribble.

 

[RayRay19]

Draymond green...rebounds like a big...versatile can guard almost every position and allows GS to become the best small ball team...what a game changer for them....it will be interesting to see but I think a few teams might offer him close to a max contract this summer....I wouldn't but some team will

 

[superjohn]

Draymond green...rebounds like a big...versatile can guard almost every position and allows GS to become the best small ball team...what a game changer for them....it will be interesting to see but I think a few teams might offer him close to a max contract this summer....I wouldn't but some team will

He's an awesome player. Drummond said he wants the Pistons to get him and I expect they go after him.

 

[aceboon]

He's an awesome player. Drummond said he wants the Pistons to get him and I expect they go after him.

Pretty much the perfect compliment to Drummond since he won't clog up the lane and can work as a stretch 4 but seeing how important he is to GSW I can't see them letting him go.

 

[James]

draymond green should be embarrassed by that egregious flop last night. sad thing is league can't really do anything about it. suspending is too much and a fine is meaningless in a playoff scenario. harrison barnes joined in on the flopping as well

 

[mauconnfan]

The NBA - gotta love it. Watched some of the Celts game and between LeBron and Kyrie they traveled 5 times each without a call one being when Kyrie got fouled on the third step, but hey no travel lol. And LeBron was stopped with a hug and flopped so they called it intentional even after they reviewed it. After March Madness it's unwatchable.

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

The NBA - gotta love it. Watched some of the Celts game and between LeBron and Kyrie they traveled 5 times each without a call one being when Kyrie got fouled on the third step, but hey no travel lol. And LeBron was stopped with a hug and flopped so they called it intentional even after they reviewed it. After March Madness it's unwatchable.

These posts are boring. No one cares. Although I gotta laugh at the balls on a college basketball fan to call the NBA playoffs "unwatchable."

 

[mauconnfan]

These posts are boring. No one cares. Although I gotta laugh at the balls on a college basketball fan to call the NBA playoffs "unwatchable."

To each his own Cracky. If they're so boring do your wonderful self a favor and don't read it. It's only an opinion and should mean very little to you. Actually your arrogant rant in reply is fairly bring to me but who cares?

Read something less boring, there's a concept and reply to that!

I will add that since this thread was about Curry, he is beyond exciting to watch. I don't tune in much but he's made himself into a player who you just can't guard. Amazing how far from Davidson he's come.

 

[deedougie]

NBA playoffs is the ultimate lesson learned. The Warriors blew a playoff game against the Spurs 2 years ago when they were up 15 with 5 minutes left. Last night they showed they learned that lesson.

 

[deedougie]

Curry has good handles but best in the league? Come on now...Tyreke Evans has better handles than Curry

Really?


Really?

 

[deedougie]

Pretty much the perfect compliment to Drummond since he won't clog up the lane and can work as a stretch 4 but seeing how important he is to GSW I can't see them letting him go.

Warriors can match any offer for Draymond. He isn't going anywhere

 

[Hoophound]

He was way better and more dynamic earlier in his career but I still only thought his handle was mediocre for a guard even during his best years in Seattle. He could still get pretty much everywhere he wanted to on the court because his athleticism was superior back then but he always had a high dribble.

No, I totally agree. It's just that sometimes you can tell some people never saw him back then. He wasn't a premier ball handler but he could pretty much do whatever he wanted on the court. It's hard to believe what he was without going back and watching it. He was a beautiful basketball player. His handle wasn't too suspect at all until he slowed down, then it was magnified. Even then, if you go watch him back then, he had much better skills with the ball than anything you'd ever imagine if you only started watching in the Celtic years.

 

[CallMeBruce]

NBA playoffs is the ultimate lesson learned. The Warriors blew a playoff game against the Spurs 2 years ago when they were up 15 with 5 minutes left. Last night they showed they learned that lesson.

What's the lesson? Don't let the other team win when you're winning? If you're losing, score way more points than the other team?

 

[johnhuskies95]

I think Curry definitely passes Ray as the "best shooter ever" for anyone who even considers Ray as that. A lot of people still say Reggie, and the argument can be made.

That being said, I won't have Ray being denigrated in this thread. At his best, he was one of the very best and most efficient scorers in the league. He never got the hype that an Iverson got because he didn't use up so many possessions, but he was a much, much more valuable player. Unfortunately, the best Prime Ray ever did in the postseason was lead a team to the ECF, where his team was hosed by bad frontcourt play and worse officiating. He outplayed Iverson by an enormous margin in that series, and he deserved to be the one to go get spanked by the Lakers in the Finals.

Iverson got hype because he led to Dikembe Mutombo, Tyrone Hill, Aaron McKie, and Jumaine Jones to the Finals. So I think the front court excuse is a little weak, and I don't think efficiency stats are as valuable when you consider the context of what both players had surrounding them. As impressive as LeBron's 2007 run is, that '01 Sixers supporting cast is worse. And the Sixers got a game off the Lakers.

 

[deedougie]

What's the lesson? Don't let the other team win when you're winning? If you're losing, score way more points than the other team?

Lesson? You never think you've won the game. The Pelicans first relaxed and then got tight and blew the game.

 

[pnow15]

On flopping. During quarter breaks, refs should review flops and then penalize the obvious flopping team a technical at start of next quarter and opposing team gets a free throw.
During fourth quarter, television review guys in NJ review any possible flops with two minutes left and access technical at two minute mark. This will stop flopping.