Better player: Curry or Iverson?

[BaldingSoHard]

Curry shot 27 times and HALF were 3 point attempts.

What the fukk did you think he should have done?

Scored 21?

I mean... i'm not sure what you're asking at this point.
3 point shots have a higher degree of difficulty than 2 point shots.
I'm not sure why I'm explaining this.
Trust me breh, 53 points on 27 shots is exceptional.

 

[Originalman]

Iverson in today's nba of spread offenses is literally unstoppable

No hand check and AI.....my lord.

 

[Remote]

I mean... i'm not sure what you're asking at this point.
3 point shots have a higher degree of difficulty than 2 point shots.
I'm not sure why I'm explaining this.
Trust me breh, 53 points on 27 shots is exceptional.

I think he had a great game.

But when you shoot 14 three pointers...even at 40% (Curry's a career 44% shooter from 3), that's 17 points right there.
Take in the typical fouls and the regular field goals...you gotta expect 40 to 50 points.

 

[ManBearPig]

I think he had a great game.

But when you shoot 14 three pointers...even at 40% (Curry's a career 44% shooter from 3), that's 17 points right there.
Take in the typical fouls and the regular field goals...you gotta expect 40 to 50 points.

U don't just shoot the ball and expect results you retard.

 

[Remote]

U don't just shoot the ball and expect results you retard.

Do you understand the concept of percentages, projections and expectations?

Or do you just watch and say "He's good" ?



If a player does X, you can reasonably expect Y....especially given all of that player's....and every other player's historical performance.

It's not that hard.
You're looking at the counting stats -- he put up 50-something points -- and you don't understand that given his output, that point total was reasonable to expect given his percentages.

 

[BaldingSoHard]

I think he had a great game.

But when you shoot 14 three pointers...even at 40% (Curry's a career 44% shooter from 3), that's 17 points right there.
Take in the typical fouls and the regular field goals...you gotta expect 40 to 50 points.

The output is not deterministic, even for a great shooter.
If it were, everybody in the NBA would "just shoot 14 three pointers".

 

[MAKAVELI25]

For thinking that a player should be making 50% of his shots if he's gonna shoot 30 times a game?

You're revealing a suspect level of basketball knowledge. In what world can you just expect someone who shoots 30 times a game to make 50 percent of those shots?

 

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[LV Koopa]

this might end up being my favorite thread on the forum

 

[Noah]

If you're gonna expect Stephen Curry to be as efficient as he is when he shoots that much, at least compare what AI did in his 50-point games since this is a comparison thread. These are some damn good games by AI but if this is really about expecting someone to have as efficient 50-point games as Curry does then you may be a little disappointed when looking at Iverson's and his efficiency doesn't quite stack up. Iverson had one 50 point game that took under 30 shots to get there. The most shots Curry took to get a 50-point game was 28. Hard to just "expect" 50 points every time a guys shoots 25+ times... That takes great efficiency. It's kinda nitpicking when differentiating Curry's 50 point games from AI's 50 point games, because AI had at least comparable efficiency to Curry in each of those games but it goes to show that Iverson did not have the same efficiency (but I guess what AI lacks in three-point attempts he gets to the line enough to even that out). He had way more games where he shot 27+ times and did not have the same effectiveness.

To put it another way, Iverson's shot selection and style of play was not naturally conducive to greatly efficient outings.

Curry is still a more efficient overall player than AI ever was I don't get why that's as debatable as some have made it.

 

[the cool]

i dont understand what people see in this comparison. its curry and its not even close


iverson is a career 39% field goal shooter

volume shooter and like kobe, nobody wanted to play with him

 

[Mook]

Should be as close to 50% as possible.

You can't shoot 30 times and not get at least 30-40 points. You just can't. If you're a good player you gotta do AT LEAST that.
It's like a guy throwing the ball 60 times in a game and getting 305 yards. Yeah you got 300 yards, but that's just ridiculously awful.

if you shoot 30 and hit 40% thats 24 points with just 2 pointers. 40 points is crazy.

 

[stepbackj34spud]

i dont understand what people see in this comparison. its curry and its not even close


iverson is a career 39% field goal shooter

volume shooter and like kobe, nobody wanted to play with him

AI shot 39% for his career? Lmao

So overrated

 

[BrothaZay]

Iverson averaged 27 fga and averaged 31ppg in 2002.


If u don't think 53 point on 27 attempts is impressive then you're a fukking moron.

hes a fakkit who hangs out in the ladies room. He doesnt know shyt about sports fam

 

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