Curry is better than Harden and Westbrook

[SpursFanSinceNovember2017]

Player Comparison Finder: Stephen Curry vs. James Harden vs. Russell Westbrook | Basketball-Reference.com

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[Stop_It_5]

bearded Chef

 

[Illuminatos]

Who ever denied this?

 

[onelastdeath]

I don't know. Haven't seen him play in his prime without a loaded squad like I have Harden & Westbrook.

What would he do if teams could routinely, double and triple team him and he couldn't hide on defense or get 3s from (at times) illegal screens.

I don't know what type of player he'd be.

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

Only cornballs who don't know shyt about the game thought otherwise. We don't need a thread for this.

 

[Lord Beasley]

Who ever denied this?

A lot of brehs here will tell you efficiency doesn't matter

 

[BigMoneyGrip]

I don't know. Haven't seen him play in his prime without a loaded squad like I have Harden & Westbrook.

What would he do if teams could routinely, double and triple team him and he couldn't hide on defense or get 3s from (at times) illegal screens.

I don't know what type of player he'd be.

Curry was efficient when GS wasn't loaded when he was playing with monte Ellis

 

[I AM WARHOL]

Water is wet.
The sky is blue.
LeBron traveled.

 

[DlAMONDZ]

Who ever denied this?

TheColi.com
There were countless threads calling him a fraud and not worthy of starting over Russ in the all star game

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

I don't know. Haven't seen him play in his prime without a loaded squad like I have Harden & Westbrook.

What would he do if teams could routinely, double and triple team him and he couldn't hide on defense or get 3s from (at times) illegal screens.

I don't know what type of player he'd be.

Prior to this season (and even you could include it when Durant went down), Curry had more defensive attention than arguably every single player in the modern era. And stop it with this hiding on defense bullshyt, he guards the opposing PG just as much as any other top PG does. If you want officials to call GS for illegal screens, then we have to do the same for every other team who sets illegal screens. And we if you want officials to call GS for illegal screens, then we we have to do the same for defenders grabbing/pulling Curry trying to get around them. And we if you want officials to call GS for illegal screens, then we have to do the same for every other "illegal" activity on offense that players/teams get away with.

 

[ikbm]

lol
"loaded teams"
the only reason the warriors were "loaded" prior to this season was stephen curry.
offensively the attention he draws on a nightly basis allows everyone else to have an easier job on that end.
he's a fake mvp now

 

[KillerB88]

Who cares? They're all dope. Harden's only flaw is that he's a tin man.

 

[Rekkapryde]

 

[010101]

bloody beard and russ can carry a squad solo dolo for better or for worse*

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

This is from a couple years ago -

ESPN reveals last year's top 10 in "Respect Rating"

To recap, gravity score measures how closely a player's defender sticks to him off the ball. Higher gravity scores generally belong to bigs because their primary defender must stay close and also protect the basket. On the other hand, guards typically have lower gravity scores simply because defenders have more liberty to shade off their guy on the perimeter. But elite shooters typically generate more attention off the ball.

Then there's distraction score, which quantifies how much a player's defender is willing to help off the ball to stop the ball handler. The worse he is as a shooter, the more likely his defender will be distracted by the ball handler. To identify the most effective floor-spacers in the NBA, I created a composite score that combines the two metrics. The result is what I've called "respect rating," which has now been translated to a 1-to-100 scale with 100 being the most magnetic (think sharpshooters) and 1 being least magnetic (think non-scoring bigs).

1. Stephen Curry, Golden State Warriors | Respect rating: 97.9
Gravity score: 97.3 | Distraction score: 98.4

2. Kyle Korver, Atlanta Hawks | Respect rating: 96.0
Gravity score: 92.3 | Distraction score: 99.7

3. Klay Thompson, Golden State Warriors | Respect rating: 94.4
Gravity score: 89.6 | Distraction score: 99.1

4. Mike Conley, Memphis Grizzlies | Respect rating: 87.5
Gravity score: 79.3 | Distraction score: 95.7

5. Gordon Hayward, Utah Jazz | Respect rating: 84.0
Gravity score: 72.1 | Distraction score: 95.9

6. James Harden, Houston Rockets | Respect rating: 83.3
Gravity score: 67.2 | Distraction score: 99.3

7. J.R. Smith, New York Knicks | Respect rating: 83.0
Gravity score: 89.0 | Distraction score: 76.9

8. Jamal Crawford, Los Angeles Clippers | Respect rating: 81.6
Gravity score: 67.9 | Distraction score: 95.2

9. Manu Ginobili, San Antonio Spurs | Respect rating: 81.4
Gravity score: 65.4 | Distraction score: 97.3

10. Dwyane Wade, Miami Heat | Respect rating: 79.7
Gravity score: 82.2 | Distraction score: 77.1

So despite Curry being on these "loaded" teams, he still was receiving more defensive attention/help and dealing with a defender stuck on his hip more than any other player in the league.