Melo: There’s an argument to rank Steph above Bron

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People discount Steph because of lack of athleticism. Same reason Jokic could never be GOAT.
Steph might be one the greatest athletes of his era though. Do people realize how much energy it takes to run around a basketball court underneath screens and shyt for 12 seconds, catch the ball, then possibly dribble for another 5 seconds while being defended, square yourself up and shoot. If thats not supreme athletic ability I don't know what is



 

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Honestly, I have Steph higher all-time in the grand scheme.

Had a higher peak and a lot more influential.

People still bring up that video game year Steph had that we haven’t seen anything like. Meanwhile, Jokic is making a lot of passes and plays as a point-center that have made some people “forget” about Bron’s play, who made people “forget” about Pippen and Magic.

Plus Steph and Jokic are doing it out West. Play-off series battle-after-battle. It’s honestly crazy what stats Jokic been doing out West considering how stacked it’s been and people still don’t think it touches Steph’s year.
 
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It's MJ, Bron, KAJ.....

After that, you can argue Wilt/Magic/Duncan/Kobe/Hakeem etc.

Too many LA nikkas try to put Kobe in that Mt. Rushmore conversation. He can't be in that conversation when he is not even the best player in his OWN franchises history. Kobe might be the 3rd best Laker and I'm not even including Elgin Baylor, Shaq, The Logo etc.

If Dirk had 4 rings, would anyone consider better than Bron, Kobe etc? No.

Why? Defense.

Welp, same shyt applies to Curry...and Dirk had to carry his squads in a way that Steph never did.

Bron gets hate because he actually has a case against MJ. Not saying he's better but you can make a legit argument. Kobe and Curry CANNOT pass MJ, so all the MJ stans hype them up to diminish Bron...then blame Bron stans like that's the reason.
Agreed with most. But Dork carried in ways that Steph never did...sir Steph as the no doubt main guy has done way more than Dork. That 2011 title has done so much to clean up that bum and how he's looked :mjlol:


He was viewed as a soft choker before then. Steph got a no-doubt ring and a 73-win season before his biggest choke, then followed up with a ring in 2022 with Andrew Wiggins as his number two. Have shame.
 
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