steph_harden
Superstar
Curry is an offensive juggernaut. His numbers/efficiency/TS are unprecedented. Another couple years at this level and there's no denying that he is a top 5 offensive player in history. His numbers over the past 3-4 yrs say he on par with Michael fukkin Jordan in terms of gravity, plus/minus and efficiency. So yea he's an offensive juggernaut. He's an analytic nerds wet dream..
Here's the problem...we're putting wayy too much stock into offense and we're forgetting that defense also impacts the game. nikkas are getting way too carried away with Curry's offense and are forgetting that he's an average defender at best..that's called a weakness. Yet i see people are now ranking him over Kobe Bryant. Kobe didnt play defense his last 5-6yrs but in his prime he was the best 2way player in the game. That has to factor in when u compare alltime greats, but because Curry's per is so beastly people are glossing over his shortcomings on otherside of the ball. Look at Dwade...in his prime not only did he also have a 30 per season and was a beastly efficient, offensive machine..but he was an absolute tasmanian devil on D...he had his team in the top 10 in defensive ranking without a rim protector. But we're ranking Curry over him now, we're saying what Curry is doing now is better than anything he and Kobe ever did. Even though Curry doesnt even have the longevity to be ranked over Kobe and Dwade. But we'll throw that out for now
And address how the Curry effect is warping how past players even are being ranked. Steve Nash vs Jason Kidd...because of what Nash could do on offense and how he engineered top ranked offenses for years (which deserves props) he's now ranked over Kidd...despite the fact that Kidd was the best defensive and rebounding PG in his era, and was flat out a more versatile player. You can really see it getting out of control when you see nikkas using advanced offensive stats to rank Kyle Lowry over a hall of famer like Jason Kidd. Fighting tooth and nail.
Thats when you realize that people have lost perspective on the way to properly rank a player. Especially when dealing with alltime greats
Here's the problem...we're putting wayy too much stock into offense and we're forgetting that defense also impacts the game. nikkas are getting way too carried away with Curry's offense and are forgetting that he's an average defender at best..that's called a weakness. Yet i see people are now ranking him over Kobe Bryant. Kobe didnt play defense his last 5-6yrs but in his prime he was the best 2way player in the game. That has to factor in when u compare alltime greats, but because Curry's per is so beastly people are glossing over his shortcomings on otherside of the ball. Look at Dwade...in his prime not only did he also have a 30 per season and was a beastly efficient, offensive machine..but he was an absolute tasmanian devil on D...he had his team in the top 10 in defensive ranking without a rim protector. But we're ranking Curry over him now, we're saying what Curry is doing now is better than anything he and Kobe ever did. Even though Curry doesnt even have the longevity to be ranked over Kobe and Dwade. But we'll throw that out for now
And address how the Curry effect is warping how past players even are being ranked. Steve Nash vs Jason Kidd...because of what Nash could do on offense and how he engineered top ranked offenses for years (which deserves props) he's now ranked over Kidd...despite the fact that Kidd was the best defensive and rebounding PG in his era, and was flat out a more versatile player. You can really see it getting out of control when you see nikkas using advanced offensive stats to rank Kyle Lowry over a hall of famer like Jason Kidd. Fighting tooth and nail.
Thats when you realize that people have lost perspective on the way to properly rank a player. Especially when dealing with alltime greats
