Better player: Curry or Iverson?

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I just read this entire thread and I now have a headache.
Thank you all.
Stans gonna stan. I loved to watch iverson play too, but if a guy is bigger, stronger, has a better handle, and is maybe the best 3 point shooter ever, as well as less turnover prone, why go with what's less effective?
 

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If Steve Nash or Chris Paul's teams played in the East during the time period that A.I's did they both would have multiple Finals appearances :camby:
Eh, naw..I could easily see Nash or Paul losing to the 02, 03, Nets, 08, 09, 10 Celtics, or the 04, 05, 06 Pistons, or the 11, 12, 13, 14 Heat.
 

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How does he get to the paint as much as A.I did with less speed and athleticism?
By being crafty, using hesitation, changing speeds, and having a high basketball IQ.
Steph Curry is a better player than AI but one thing AI has on him is handles.
That's just my .02 and I'm only enough to have seen AI in his prime.
I live in hour from Philly so I grew up watching that man.
EVERYONE was trying to cross cats up like Iverson was back then.
 

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Iverson stans and their fukking nostalgia:scust:
Except these threads are almost always made with the intent of shytting on A.I :aicmon:

The A.I brehs don't make threads praising him like he is the second coming of jesus every week or two do we? :usure:

In fact you won't hear shyt about A.I until a thread in a few weeks about

":russ: GOATBROOK>>IVERSON "


:camby:
 

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@Living Proof

My post from a few pages back. I may have been biased saying flat out that Iverson's numbers are better than Wade's, but I never once implied that Iverson was a better player, or had a better legacy. I just made the point that it's debatable, then all the Wade dikk riders went nuts on me putting words in my mouth and twisting my statements to turn it into an argument, when I never said Iverson had a better career/legacy.

Don't flip shyt now. I didn't say you said Iverson had a better career or anything.

The only thing I argued was the fact that you said that Iverson's best seasons were better than Wade's best season and that it was no debate that Iverson had better numbers.

Wade scored slightly less points, on much higher efficiency, and was statistically better in all other major categories while playing far less minutes and making the playoffs.

Personally, I don't think it's debatable (Wade was, at worst, just as good as Iverson offensively while being bigger, stronger, more versatile due to post game, and a much better defender) but I wouldn't have jumped on this if you didn't compare seasons to seasons.

Iverson was a legendary player and possibly the most influential. Amazing player but his best seasons are nowhere near flat out better than Wade's.
 

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That's why you Iverson fans are so delusional. You're being up the year Wade had a finals Performance of a lifetime and you're bringing up stats from Iverson that didn't lead to shyt

And 09 Wade >>> 06 Iverson

Look breh.. PLAYOFFS and championships are TEAM accomplishments. Iverson never had a championship squad to surround him. He was asked to do way to much for most of his career. It is what it is.

Iverson is a better SCORER than Curry and its not even close.
Curry is obviously a better three point shooter.
Iverson's took the crossover more mainstream than Tim Hardaway and he definitely has better handles than Curry.
At the end of the day Iverson proved HE COULD DO MORE WITH LESS. Wade can't say that and neither can Curry.

Lebron is the only player that I've seen take a non-playoff caliber team to the finals.
 
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