Lets get it Started right now-Which NBA Era is Better?

[Sccit]

except they never saw anyone like Lebron

HIS NAME WAS SHAWN KEMP...SHAWN KEMP IN THIS ERA WOULD AVERAGE 30 PPG AND DUNK ON LEBRON EVERY TIME THEY PLAYED

 

[Bomberman]

I think the Curry vs Tim Hardaway match-up would be the most fun to watch if Hardaway came out like this (a game 7 btw):




Curry still wins that match-up (I'll even say easily), but Hardaway will put some points up.

 

[bdkane]

The 90's era might be the best the more I think about it. The had the smarts of the 80's and the athleticism of the new melinny players.

 

[rapbeats]

Watched both eras. I'd honestly take the 96-97 team.

This coming from someone who cheers big for Kawhi, Curry, AD, Clarkson and Wiggins.

I've said Kawhi > Pippen, Curry is the GOAT PG next to Magic, and AD can grow into something we haven't seen before. Yet I'll still take that 96-97 team because of the physicality, just too much size everywhere on the court.

Don't hit me with no old timer argument either, if I hate his era of NBA that much, I wouldn't watch. Fact is it's still entertaining and gets no hate from me and most of these cats can flat out ball. Just stating who I think will pull the W here.

WAIT WAIT WAIT. curry is next to magic? curry isnt even a legit PG. he's more of a short shooting guard that can pass well.

so you're trying to tell us that he's a better floor general than john stockton? NO he's not.

and i love curry. and i think he's a legend already with that shot and handles. but lets not lie about who he is. he is not the goat PG. he's a GOAT player if he keeps this up. but not the goat PG next to magic. stop it.

Now Kleonard vs Pippen. i see what you're saying. but i dont think you realize what pippen could do. he backed down to make things workout with mike. i dont think KL would go to a sorry team and throw up 24+ a night. i just dont think thats his peronsality to do that all season long. maybe i'm wrong. but i do know a prime scottie on his own team would've been putting up legend numbers.

you do realize KL has never averaged 19ppg game right? and scottie did that for years. scottie was giving you KL numbers whilte standing 2nd fiddle to mr scorer jordan. KL is the young man on that team and he still is under 18 per. sure he can go off at times. but thats AT TIMES.

KL was also never asked to be floor general. all he has to do is play defense, take and make the open shots and occasionally take his man off the dribble for a score. thats it.

Pippen was told do the same things as KL above, plus run the offense and dribble drive to setup teammates and post up on occasion to boot.

 

[rapbeats]

You talking about Blake? He has a struggle post game.I wouldn't call it good.

Aldridge has a good back to the basket game....but he settles for the turn around J 90% of the time.He's not really beasting in the paint like that.His post game consist of backing you down from 20 ft out & creating enough leverage to get off a rhythmic 12-13ft turnaround J

thats all i'm saying. a lot of guys KNOW how to post up but they REFUSE to do it for multiple reasons.

 

[rapbeats]

Blake doesn't struggle in the post by any stretch of the imagination. The way that he scores may be highly unconventional but hes mastered the art of making his defender lose leverage whether through shoulder fakes, powerful back downs, spins or even burrowing his head into the chest of his man in order to get a hook or floater over the top. Hes been one of the leagues most efficient post post players in each of the past two seasons. In that stretch where Paul was out last year and he averaged like 30 over the course of a month I thought that was the moment when the talk of him having no post skill would die. He is a problem on the block

Aldridge does settle a lot for that turnaround fade from the left block but his up & under move is arguably the best in the league. He catches people with it almost every single time. Also has a good hook shot and plenty of counters. Hes not dominant no but pretty good. Can build a elite offense through him in the post

Oh and Love is a good post player too. AD is the one who really needs to work on polishing his post reportoire but Im confident that'll come with time

now you thru in LOVE> come on STOP IT.

these guys are face up guys. they rarely utilize their post game. and for the most part people dont double team them in the low post for that very reason. no on is afraid they are going to keep kiling their man for easy buckets.

 

[rapbeats]

You are a basketball fan, but you don't really know the game with some of this absurd shyt you have been saying lately

again you with another attack the poster reply vs discussing whats at hand in the thread. stop trying to discredit the message by discrediting the messenger. I know a lot about basketball. if you pay any attention you can read the posts in this very thread. i've explained in detail about things i have never heard of you explain because YOU dont know that much about basketball. what you know is what you've been TOLD about it per ESPN and the new analytics. So you run to a stat sheet and pull up FG%'s and think thats enough to prove a point. CONTEXT is KEY.

 

[Malta]

anthony mason was lebron lite before lebron. so do you really want to kill my point? the guy did it all just on a smaller scale. rebounded, played defense, could score in the post, outside. could pass, could push it coast to coast.that was not a usual thing to see out of a guy with his build.

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

WAIT WAIT WAIT. curry is next to magic? curry isnt even a legit PG. he's more of a short shooting guard that can pass well.

so you're trying to tell us that he's a better floor general than john stockton? NO he's not..

We still on this dumb shyt?

 

[Malta]

Nostalgia is the worst when it comes to the NBA, I really don't think there's another team sport where people resist the idea that things improve.


You put some of those 90s teams in the league right now and they're getting washed because of the zone, and the fact they couldn't hit 3s.

 

[Consumed]

now you thru in LOVE> come on STOP IT.

these guys are face up guys. they rarely utilize their post game. and for the most part people dont double team them in the low post for that very reason. no on is afraid they are going to keep kiling their man for easy buckets.

Stop what, Love is a good post player. Saying that he, Aldridge & Griffin rarely utilize their back to basket skillset or rarely get doubled is so far off base I don't even know what to say. Anthony Davis is a face up guy that rarely plays with his back to the rim, he's more like the player you're trying to describe not those three or the players before

 

[jadillac]

my bad. these are not my picks. these are the actuall all nba teams from those seasons. that tells you how much hardaway with that crossover was killing people. and i'm a super gp fan. i would still personally pick prime gp over prime tim anyway of the week.

Once Gary Payton got a jump shot he was far ahead of Tim

 

[Bomberman]

WAIT WAIT WAIT. curry is next to magic? curry isnt even a legit PG. he's more of a short shooting guard that can pass well.

so you're trying to tell us that he's a better floor general than john stockton? NO he's not.

and i love curry. and i think he's a legend already with that shot and handles. but lets not lie about who he is. he is not the goat PG. he's a GOAT player if he keeps this up. but not the goat PG next to magic. stop it.

The thing is, you can't stop Curry. There's no other PG in the history of the league that has that title except maybe AI when he was playing PG. That's worth a lot in any NBA era. You can only hope he misses. We've seen this guy shoot over 7 footers with abnormal reaches like AD and drop shots in their faces with outstretched arms no problem. Even if you do stop him he has some great court vision and makes some great passes. Now maybe the passes aren't quite at Magic's level in that department, but if Curry doesn't find a shot he likes he makes the right pass the mass majority of the time. If I want anybody as a primary ball handler for a PG it'd be Steph Curry. Even compared to the current All-NBA team I'd want Curry to bring the ball up over LeBron. I'll take Curry any day over John Stockton as well and yes, I've seen Stockton play a considerable amount.

Here's where Curry is valuable: A PG needs to be able to read the floor, analyze the flow of the game, have the smarts to figure what the best possible option should be, and have the ability to carry it out. There are plenty of times where the PG should take it on his duty to score if the situation calls for it. Because of Curry's skill set there is rarely a time when he shouldn't try to score. In fact the option order for someone who is as efficient a scorer, even in volume as Curry (even as a PG) should be a)look to score b)pass it. Golden State has done a great job surrounding Curry with the talent so that the scoring load isn't all on him and he can get very crafty with getting his teammates involved, which he does. Curry knows when he needs to distribute the ball and to which team mate which is all what being a great floor general is about. Comparing him to other gunner PG's isn't accurate because those guys chuck inefficient shots/bad looks when they don't have shooting ability nearly as great as Curry's.

These are old highlights and Curry has only got better since then.


So yes I'd put him right there with Magic in terms of who I'd take at PG. They're both as effective in getting their teams wins, they just do it in different ways. But why're the same level of floor general.

Now Kleonard vs Pippen. i see what you're saying. but i dont think you realize what pippen could do. he backed down to make things workout with mike. i dont think KL would go to a sorry team and throw up 24+ a night. i just dont think thats his peronsality to do that all season long. maybe i'm wrong. but i do know a prime scottie on his own team would've been putting up legend numbers.

you do realize KL has never averaged 19ppg game right? and scottie did that for years. scottie was giving you KL numbers whilte standing 2nd fiddle to mr scorer jordan. KL is the young man on that team and he still is under 18 per. sure he can go off at times. but thats AT TIMES.

KL was also never asked to be floor general. all he has to do is play defense, take and make the open shots and occasionally take his man off the dribble for a score. thats it.

Pippen was told do the same things as KL above, plus run the offense and dribble drive to setup teammates and post up on occasion to boot.

Now here my decision isn't quite as solid and more on the fence, but Kawhi is still very young. I'm very intrigued by some of the flashes of ability Leonard shows offensively and feel he really can be a 20+ppg guy based on that. I'll be more convinced as well when he does it more consistently.

I'll have to say though that Leonard has defended better scoring threats than Pippen and done so effectively. But the jury is still out in terms of overall. However, I think it's a lot closer already than people realize.

 

[Reggie]

WAIT WAIT WAIT. curry is next to magic? curry isnt even a legit PG. he's more of a short shooting guard that can pass well.

so you're trying to tell us that he's a better floor general than john stockton? NO he's not.

and i love curry. and i think he's a legend already with that shot and handles. but lets not lie about who he is. he is not the goat PG. he's a GOAT player if he keeps this up. but not the goat PG next to magic. stop it.

Now Kleonard vs Pippen. i see what you're saying. but i dont think you realize what pippen could do. he backed down to make things workout with mike. i dont think KL would go to a sorry team and throw up 24+ a night. i just dont think thats his peronsality to do that all season long. maybe i'm wrong. but i do know a prime scottie on his own team would've been putting up legend numbers.

you do realize KL has never averaged 19ppg game right? and scottie did that for years. scottie was giving you KL numbers whilte standing 2nd fiddle to mr scorer jordan. KL is the young man on that team and he still is under 18 per. sure he can go off at times. but thats AT TIMES.

KL was also never asked to be floor general. all he has to do is play defense, take and make the open shots and occasionally take his man off the dribble for a score. thats it.

Pippen was told do the same things as KL above, plus run the offense and dribble drive to setup teammates and post up on occasion to boot.

Either this cat is young or he just doesn't realize how nice Pippen was. He guarded point guards and big men just like Kawhi does. Plus he was basically the point guard on the team as well along with getting 18-20 a night. Kawhi is nice and in a few years he may reach Pippen's level. But his ball handling and playmaking skills for others will have improve a great deal in order for that to happen.

 

[rapbeats]

We still on this dumb shyt?

so is BS for me to tell the truth about curry?

why take it as a slight. the guy is not some great point guard. he's a great scoring guard that can pass well and has a mean handle.

but he cant be in the coversation with magic, stockton, etc. those dudes were real life FLOOR GENERALS. the things you remember most about them is not their scoring its their passing. thats the difference. when you say curry you auto think "crazy shooter."