slowed him down in that overtime huh?
This nikka's had a goat season. It was looking like he was going to tear shyt up in the playoffs as well (25 first half points in game 1 of the playoffs) before the ankle and knee injury slowed him down
Game 6 will define the greatness of steph curry
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What ankle? Stop making excuses - he said that he is back but all i hear are people other than him coping pleas all over the place claiming that he is 70% or 91%. The guy spends too much time running trying to get a screen for a jump shot but the defenders in the series are very good at switching. He is a great shooter just like Reggie and thats his role - not the best of any other role or close to being these best. The team has shown time and time again that he just puts them over the top but he is not their lifeblood and doesnt belong in any GOAT discussion
This nikka's had a goat season. It was looking like he was going to tear shyt up in the playoffs as well (25 first half points in game 1 of the playoffs) before the ankle and knee injury slowed him down
Curry needs to have a dominant performance in game 6, nba fans have such a huge double standards. They say oh well Bron is playing for a stacked team he a loser cant win it all cause he needs more help, he needs to have a big game 6, then he does that amazing game 6 in boston and haters shut up. Meanwhile Curry has even more stacked team but fans be like...oh they just need to get the win...oh why he needs to have a big game, a win is a win right?So people are seeing this as Curry's version of LeBron's Game 6 at Boston in 2012?
If warriors lose this series the backlash will be huge. And it will start from curry who somehow got all the mvp votes. When you get praised so much you need to perform on MJ level.
He doesn't even have a Finals MVP, before last season it would've been a serious debate whether he was even better than someone like Tracy McGrady, now he has a handful of good to really good seasons under his belt, 1 great season, and 1 incredible season with a Finals win and 2 regular season MVPs. Add to that that he's an average to good defender at best. No more than a good playmaker.
What am I missing?
How is he even close to Jordan, Magic, Bird, Kareem, Wilt just to name a few? It's premature to compare him to someone like Hakeem or Shaq in terms of legacy and sustained greatness let alone throwing him in the same conversation with Jordan.
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King Biko
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U are missing that he is by far the greatest shooter of all time and hes building on his resume which is the point of this thread
Greatest shooter of all time qualifies him to be compared to Ray Allen and Reggie Miller. Like I said in my last post, add to that that he's an average to good defender and a good playmaker and he's still multiple great seasons, another MVP or two, and at least 1 Finals MVP away from really being in the conversation with the GOATs.
Obviously I don't think there's anyway a game 6 victory in the WCF is anywhere near enough to put him in the conversation with the all time greats.
Also I was addressing your comment that you don't understand why it's so far fetched to people that Curry would be compared to Jordan, not whether or not game 6 will define his greatness. As for this game being THE defining moment of his career or defining his greatness, the GOATs don't have 1 defining moment, their careers are made up of multiple defining moments, many of those hinge on how well they bounce back after devastating losses. So a loss doesn't automatically remove Steph from that conversation either. If they do lose and he can bounce back next season and sustain it for another few seasons after that he'll end up partially being defined by how resilient he was to bounce back after one of the most disappointing playoff losses ever.
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I think whether he leads the charge or not matters. He basically wasn't the major part of the offense last game until the 4th quarter, you'd think to force elimination, he'd need to get involved a little early and actually put it away. (hell he was part of the reason the game was as close as it was to close it with that dumb and one foul)
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Man when I think of goat calibers, I think of dudes like Hakeem, Jordan, Wilt, LeBron, Magic, Kareem, the Mailman, Shaq, as guys who truly could make their own separate arguments for why they deserve to be considered "the best"
Can Steph really make that argument at all? He's the best shooter, he has good handles, very inconsistent passing decision making, plays a shyt ton of offball on elite point guards, has the matador defensive mentality, and is injury prone
In what planet would he be a borderline GOAT? He can barely get by Kentavious Caldwell Pope (who is definitely elite and underrated), what is he gonna do against someone like Gary Payton?
I think it's more the team itself as oppose to Steph. When they don't turn the ball over, they win. Simple as that.
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Every player has/had flaws 2 their game and it was question marks about every player that you mentioned at one point. All of them had 2 show and prove in the big moments which is the point of this thread. Let me break it down in the simplest form so i can stop being ask this dumb ass question that you ask that is basically the same thing im saying in the thread. IF STEPH CURRY WANTS TO BE REGARDED AS A ALL TIME GREAT PLAYER THE STAGE IS SET FOR HIM TO SHOW AND PROVE IT SATURDAY NIGHT. Im not comparing him to wilt, micheal or any of them im comparing STEPH CURRY to the hype that has become STEPH CURRY. This next game will be remembered a la lebron game 6 against Boston. Steph is already great but him dominating and carrying gis team back home to game 7 after being embarrassed on the road in back to back and team being counted out will be one of his biggest career defining moments no matter how long he plays im sure of it.
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I mean of course but if he under performs and they still win it will be a situation of how people try 2 shyt on him for now winning finals mvp. People in this thread are acting like fans and media aren't fickle as hell
Just GOOD or GOAT status/dominant GOOD?
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King Biko
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Bruh im not comparing curry 2 no one from the past. Im comparing him 2 his hype right now. He is being pegged as the player of his generation if y'all like it or not. Game 6 is his chance 2 prove it and yes this year was one of the goat seasons 30 and 7 on 50/40/90 shooting, league leader in steals, free throw percentage and percentage finishing in the paint for guards and over 400 3's. The first unanimous mvp and the leader of the team that broke the all time wins record. How was this season not all time great
Curry needs to have a dominant performance in game 6, nba fans have such a huge double standards. They say oh well Bron is playing for a stacked team he a loser cant win it all cause he needs more help, he needs to have a big game 6, then he does that amazing game 6 in boston and haters shut up. Meanwhile Curry has even more stacked team but fans be like...oh they just need to get the win...oh why he needs to have a big game, a win is a win right?
