Magic Johnson ethers Steph Curry's GOAT PG case

Harry B

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This position-less game of today makes it hard to call people best *position*, even best *position* in the league right now

Old heads always wanna make comparisons between their day and today, not saying Magic but old head media and fans
 

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Magic said eh tell this beige motherfukker to fall back lol

On a serious note the comparison between the two is interesting only for one reason.....as a ceiling raiser would you put Magic above Steph?

I have no horse in this race......
 

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The Steph vs Magic is one of the stupidiest arguments ever

What does Steph do better as Point Guard better than Magic other than shoot better?

Steph is combo guard, probably the best ever, as a point guard? Then Iverson, Jerry West, and host of other guards have an argument....

Curry is a better shooter, better ballhandler, better penetrator and layup package on drives, better defender of other point guards.

Magic is the better passer, better rebounder, better scorer out of the post, better defender of bigger players.

It's a weird argument because their skill sets are so different that they barely play the same position. It's easier to compare Curry to shooting guards than to compare him to point guards, and even harder to compare him to Magic who was a weird-ass point guard almost to the point of being a point forward (cause he didn't break guys down off the dribble and didn't defend point guards on the other end).


Overall as players, Magic has the better argument for GOAT career because of his MVPs and Finals MVPs. But it's entirely subjective to speak on who the better player is.
 

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As great as Steph is I just can't call him the GOAT PG, let alone even put him in the top 5 of PG's ever. He lacks something that makes it hard to call him the goat of anything outside of 3-point shooting and being the greatest Warrior in franchise history.

I feel like this Steph vs. Magic thing is a forced narrative used to make Steph the GOAT of something and in this case, it's being a PG. Since he's not in the same league as Jordan or LeBron in terms of being inserted into the GOAT (period) conversation the media and Warriors fans are trying to rewrite history to big up Curry.
 

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I mean Steph played in a significantly tougher western conference tho. In 1982 and 1987 Magic didn’t have to beat 1 50 win team to make the finals. That’s crazy
Regular season wins do not tell you a whole story about a team. Those Dame Blazers or Harden Rockets were bad in the playoffs.

It don't take much effort to beat a James Harden team. He even does that job for you. That gimmicky basketball, to get free throws, only works in regular season. That's why Harden had no success going to the finals as a leader.
 
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