Kobe never consistently bricked wide open 3's. He bricked 3's with defenders all in his grill, just like Jordan did. When Curry is guarded like that (instead of coming off of screens and getting out in transition), he shoots 9 for 27. Curry is a 1-trick pony, who is only consistent when he's wide open. He runs from guys like Barea, and gets punked by guys like Galloway, Rose, and Bradley. He and (Durant) need screens and neither have a post game. People are always talking about how Curry can make layups and step-backs. Nope. There's a reason why those shots only make up
26% of his fga's
combined. The reason is that he
can't make them any more consistently than the Klays, Reddikks, Danny Greens, Novaks, Korvers, etc. Curry is a great
wide open shooter, and that's where it ends. Not a great
shooter, a great
wide open shooter, just like Klay, Reddikk, Danny Green, Novak, and Korver. He's not nearly as good at it as a healthy Korver. Only 26% of Curry's fga's (4.6) are with defenders within 4 feet of him and he shoots a sparkling (read: putrid) 39% on those shots:
NBA.com/Stats. Even the midrange shots and 3's that he takes are, as I said, wide open, mostly coming off of screens and getting out in transition. People take the shots that they can hit consistently. Guys like Kobe, Lillard, Kyrie, Durant, 'Melo, and Jordan (to name a few) take fadeaways, layups, step-backs, turnarounds, etc more often because they can
make those shots consistently. Kobe, Jordan, and 'Melo even have a post game. 'Melo has developed a great 3-point game, but is struggling this season from 3 because of his knee. He'll probably be back to shooting 40% from 3 by next season. Curry has no versatility. He can only make about 2 shots consistently and he has to be wide open to even make
those consistently. He has no athleticism whatsoever, which is why he doesn't attempt layups that much.
As far as the other nonsense that has been stated in this thread: Horry never said Curry is the better player, so I don't know why that's even being argued. He wasn't even asked that; he was asked if he was the better "offensive" player. But I'll address it anyway:
What kind of "willing passer" goes 10-25? Especially when that "willing passer" is the pg? Especially when that "willing passer" has Klay on his team?
To say Kobe can't win with shooters all around him is stupid. Especially when he's already done it. He had guys like Horry, Fisher, etc. It's easier to put up points when you have players to distract defenses for you. It's difficult to do numbers when the defense can consistently load up on you. Curry doesn't even get doubled for the full game, like Kobe, 'Melo and Jordan (to name a few) because when Klay, Draymond, Iggy, and Barnes start hitting their wide open 3's from those double-teams, all that doubling stops. Kobe also doesn't need to play a depleted Pelicans team, a depleted Cavs team, and Dallas. Popovich never beat Kobe in a 7 game series. The Triangle gives Popovich so many fits that he copied the offense.
Curry won't beat Popovich in a legit series where Popovich isn't throwing the series like he did against the Clippers last season and like he did against the Heat in 2013. Curry won't beat Popovich in a legit series where the refs aren't helping him.
I'm not convinced the Warriors will be able to beat any contender this season, considering all they're doing this year is outscoring teams. Unlike last season, they're playing no defense whatsoever. They gave up 105 to the mighty Sixers, 121 to Washington, and 108 last night (barely getting enough stops to win in their own building). They're 18th in ppg allowed. They won't have the same ppg in the post-season that they're having in the regular season. They didn't last post-season. In the post season, a team doesn't have 82 games coming at them to keep them from concentrating on how to defend you and a depleted Cavs team held them 10 points under their average.
Curry's defense doesn't exist. Someone said Kobe is an overrated defender, even if that were true, he'd still be better on defense than Curry, which is the issue at hand, not how Kobe's defense stacks up against other players not named Curry. People saying Curry "doesn't play a lot of 4th quarters". That's a lie. He's still averaging 34 mpg, which is full minutes and only 4 less mpg than his career high in mpg. He was "fresh" for the Finals last season, but still managed to get punked by Delly.
As for iggy's defense giving him MVP: what defense? Lj averaged nearly a triple double. If making him shoot 39% matters, what about Iggy shooting an elite fg% while curry's fg% was trash?
Curry's handle is trash (just like Kobe's). Curry turns the ball over and ton. He does this 3.4 times per game:
He wasn't even "getting fancy" with the ball, like the commentator tried to claim. The "fanciest" thing he did was dribble through his legs. He just lost it from dribbling. And with a big on him too. And a big who can't defend, at that.
This should be a smiley:
It's interesting how we don't hear from those who say Kobe is a better shooter. That propaganda.
i bet you blame that on shaq and his 63% fg and double double average for the series too right
. Inflate my ego some more with another neg.
Kobe's facial expression in the video should be a smiley.