Is Steph Curry on his way to passing up Zeke & Stockton & being the 2nd best PG after Magic?
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Why neg him for a reasonable take? It's certainly realistic that Curry finishes as the GOAT PG when it's all said and done.
How ? Unless he gets more mvp titles, more points, more assists, more titles, more 1st nba all team etc, then yeah.
But it probably wont happen.
Magic goat pg. Nothing bad about being #2 tho
That's not how it works, my breh.
So players ranking arent based on their individual + team achievements/ trophies ?
They're part of the equation, except it isn't as simple as "unless he gets more mvp titles, more points, more assists, more titles, more 1st nba all team".So players ranking arent based on their individual + team achievements/ trophies ?
To keep a long story, short, when it comes to all-time rankings, players should be measured by their on-court play: skillset, ability, impact, and how long they maintained it for. Because when you start going by a bunch of narrative-based accolades and box score stats you muddy the waters over who's better, especially when you consider the talent pool is far greater today than during Magic's time, and that Curry's skillset is greater than Magic's too.
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Going off your neg count you've told a lot of truth....or not
Curry's skillset is better than Magic's skillset ?
Shooting and scoring aside, what does he do better than magic ?
Playmaking ? Handling the ball ? Passing the ball ?
No matter what you think should be the measure for all time rankings, people still go with accolades and numbers.
Even though i agree with you.
KD playing in gsw doesnt help either :
No more MVPs, no more 1st nba all team, unless he goes for a 2015 type of season again.
Still, Magic is the Goat PG and it will be a long time before anybody tops him.
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You do realize that a basketball skillset is based primarily on shooting/scoring, right? So with that said, how can we put that "aside"?
In a general manner, yes, Curry is better than Magic in those areas. Y'all dudes forget that Magic couldn't dribble with his left-hand, and he couldn't break down his defender with his dribble either (his go-to move was backing down smaller defenders with a live dribble - not taking them off the dribble - but using his frame as a shield), therefore, that restricted what type of playmaking he could do (especially given the era he played in), which was primarily pushing the ball in transition and feeding players when the double-team came in the half-court.
He could manipulate the ball better than Curry could (due to the size of his hands), but that's about it. Steph was heralded as "the best passer in college basketball" at one point, but that gets glossed over because of his shooting ability being at the forefront. Which speaks to a common theme when the basketball public value/compare players: they underate attributes of scorers/shooters, but overrate attributes of non-scorers/shooters, which is basically ingrained in our sporting-subconscious to level the playing field by trying to give added value to those who aren't the main contributors (e.g. scoring for basketball) in their respective field.
Going off your neg count you've told a lot of truth....or not
You just proved me right by quoting a post that called you “yellowthoughts”
Going off your neg count you've told a lot of truth....or not
You just proved me right by quoting a post that called you “yellowthoughts”
Going off your neg count you've told a lot of truth....or not
You just proved me right by quoting a post that called you “yellowthoughts”