Better player: Curry or Iverson?
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nikka, you need to stop with this awful posting
Ethnic Vagina Finder
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Let me put things in better perspective.
The ONLY thing Curry has on Iverson is he's a better 3 point shooter.
People try to discredit AI's stats because of his field goal percentage but that doesn't tell the whole story. Iverson wasn't a great 3 point shooter as he only shot 31% for his career and in his best season he never shot higher than 35%.
But A.I. shot 45% on regular shots and for his size that's above average. Curry by the way shoots 49%... which leads me to my next point. Curry and A.I. are TWO DIFFERENT TYPES OF GUARDS.
1. Curry is mainly a jump shooter. if his shot is off, then he can be contained with ease. A.I. on the other hand played as a scoring two guard for he majority of his career. So even if his shot was off, he was still going to SCORE.. because..
2. While Curry is a better free throw shooter, Iverson got to the free throw line way more. He average more than 10 free throw attempts per game multiple years while Curry only averages 4 free throw attempts per game for his career so far.
3. Iverson took more shots but he averaged about the same amount of assists as Curry with less talent. Steals and turnovers are about the same. Iverson is smaller but rebounds are about the same as well.
At the end of the day you simply need to ask, who's harder to contain. Iverson or Curry? That would be Iverson for the simple fact that he was faster than Curry and could MANUFACTURE POINTS by drawing fouls when his shot was off. If Curry isn't making his shot, he's not that hard to contain plain and simple. As far as being a playmaker, both are pretty much comparable.
The ONLY thing Curry has on Iverson is he's a better 3 point shooter.
People try to discredit AI's stats because of his field goal percentage but that doesn't tell the whole story. Iverson wasn't a great 3 point shooter as he only shot 31% for his career and in his best season he never shot higher than 35%.
But A.I. shot 45% on regular shots and for his size that's above average. Curry by the way shoots 49%... which leads me to my next point. Curry and A.I. are TWO DIFFERENT TYPES OF GUARDS.
1. Curry is mainly a jump shooter. if his shot is off, then he can be contained with ease. A.I. on the other hand played as a scoring two guard for he majority of his career. So even if his shot was off, he was still going to SCORE.. because..
2. While Curry is a better free throw shooter, Iverson got to the free throw line way more. He average more than 10 free throw attempts per game multiple years while Curry only averages 4 free throw attempts per game for his career so far.
3. Iverson took more shots but he averaged about the same amount of assists as Curry with less talent. Steals and turnovers are about the same. Iverson is smaller but rebounds are about the same as well.
At the end of the day you simply need to ask, who's harder to contain. Iverson or Curry? That would be Iverson for the simple fact that he was faster than Curry and could MANUFACTURE POINTS by drawing fouls when his shot was off. If Curry isn't making his shot, he's not that hard to contain plain and simple. As far as being a playmaker, both are pretty much comparable.
Ethnic Vagina Finder
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nikkas really comparing the best point guard since Isiah to Allen Iverson?
Don't get it twisted. Curry is not a point guard in the classic sense. Point Guards don't shoot as much as Curry does and look the score as much not to mention be the main scoring option.
I would take Russell Westbrook over Curry. People are masturbating over Curry's jump shot but he doesn't know how to manufacture points when he has off nights. If the Cav's had Irving and Love in the finals, nobody would be sucking him off like they are now.
And I like how you mention Zeke and bypassed Stockton and even Nash for that matter
Ethnic Vagina Finder
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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 wasI don't get why that's as debatable as some have made it.
Curry is only efficient when his shot is on. He doesn't know how to manufacture points. Iverson was able to score regardless. And he wasn't just a volume shooter. He average more than 10 free throws a game multiple season and played a lot of minutes (led the league multiple times). So Iverson was more efficient because he was able to manufacture points while Curry mainly relies on his jump shot.
ItzDaKiing
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Um yea because he better at in than basically everyone else... And the notion that curry can't get points if his shot ain't falling is false. He's gotten ALOT better at getting in the paint.
Ethnic Vagina Finder
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I never said he couldn't, I said he wasn't better at it than iverson.
You basically re-enforced my point. Curry is a different type of scorer than AI.
ItzDaKiing
Freedom
Bruh... AI had no choice but to barrel his way to the rim. He couldn't shoot. I'm not taking anything away from him I'm just saying curry does it all and better.
You all are really hype over this one regular season game as though AI hasn't dropped 50 in multiple PLAYOFF games.Inb4 @Peter Vecsey, @MJ Truth and other AI stans bring up "have you ever played organized ball before?"
Except Curry's shot is pretty much almost always on and he had to always be guarded like his shot on because it takes one or two makes for him to heat up. Also, Iverson averaging more steals and assists doesn't really matter when you realize that Curry averages almost TEN MINUTES A GAME LESS (His MVP season) than Iverson did in ANY of his comparable seasons.
So Iverson can average more turnovers, less or the same amount of assists, and rebounds while playing almost a full quarter of basketball more than Curry (Because Curry was chilling on the bench in the 4th Q because Golden State was killing dudes) and that's a KNOCK ON CURRY?
"We got two guys here and guy A can do everything Guy B can do in less time, higher efficiency, and on a more consistent basis...whose better?"
Mantis Toboggan M.D.
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Negged. This is why people have accused you of being @Sausageman before. #WPOY2015
Mantis Toboggan M.D.
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Stans are gonna stan. Here comes some mindless trash from them about influence or a 48 point game in the finals where he needed 45 shots, or braids and ink, or someone to ramble about iggy getting finals MVP following my post.
roxxthe96er
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stepbackj34spud
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Facts. 2nd best SF of the 00s.