Steph Curry took the Leap brehs....

[Draje]

what the hell curry gotta do to get respect around here?

I have no idea what it is but the more effortless players make the game look, the more they seem to hate them.

"Lebron is too efficient and he statpads with layups and an ugly game! He has no post game!"

>Lebron been a top 4 post player in terms of creating points for the team for the past 4 years

"Curry is too efficient and he's too flashy. That shyt wouldn't fly in the 90s! Someone would take a bat to his face and shoot his dad in the stomach before they let Curry style on him. Trill shyt, that's how it was in the 90s"

>Act like every team was playing defense like the Pistons or Knicks, the fact that the same fouls players like Curry, Harden, and Lebron draw weren't drawn in the 90s (The only difference is that they called flagrants on the most extreme of the extreme but there were plenty of ticky tack fouls)

nikkas just can't take off the nostalgia blinders or don't think Curry "looks like a superstar" despite the fact that he is a ONCE IN A GENERATION TALENT like Lebron, Durant, Davis, etc.

 

[CarltonJunior]

This whole "Curry can't handle physical play" thing needs to stop and it needs to stop now. Anyone who has seen a Golden State game in person will tell you that Curry is constantly getting shoved, pushed, bumped, grabbed, etc.

Dude doesn't care. Curry is surprisingly tough mentally and he'll fight through rough play with no problem plus he's sneaky as hell (Watch Curry when they try to put bigger defenders to body up on him or be physical, he knows that refs will give him the benefit of the doubt so he'll push them off into a screen and use the momentum to clear for a 3 or he'll grab the bottom of jerseys).

It doesn't work.

This definitely true, he can consistently maneuver and finish through and around contact, while getting blocked less than pretty much 95% of guards

 

[Draje]

kyle korver wishes he could shoot that well off the dribble. after breaking someones ankles.
more like steve nash shooting ability on steroids.

Breh...this is probably the best comparison I've seen.

Curry is Nash 2.0 and Nash is probably one of the most effortless talented scorers I've ever seen. It's like if you made Nash 6'4, better athletically in almost every way, and made him a better defender plus improved his shooting slightly.

 

[CarltonJunior]

why do people hate curry so much here.

is the Cavs(or LeBron fanbase that is) fanbase this strong here.
do nikkas here really be on the light/dark skinned shyt

do nikkas really got that much love for Westbrook

what is it.

every board of the coli has it's own brand of haters.

The Coliseum hates on pretty much any player.
The Booth hates on rappers with low album sales and most rappers in general.
The Locker Room hates on bedwenches, cacs, is home of #GMB, etc.
The Arcadium hates...not much.
The Film Room hates on movies with low box office numbers and horror movies.
TSC hates on Orton and Blandy.

Won't mention Higher Learning or JBO

 

[rapbeats]

IMO the disrespect and doubt flow from the fact he doesn't measure up as an individual athlete/player
when the lights are on and the cameras are rolling he's automatic yeah
he's the best player on the nba stage would be the more accurate statement
but that's within the sterile controlled environment of the league

with other players in the conversation you have more confidence that they can dominate any situation
whether it be 1v1 against anybody or drop them into dyckman the rucker or another court with no refs and motherfukkers basically throwing hooks and clotheslines tryna body you

there is no fear factor with steph
vs. athletes who clearly can overwhelm you with athleticism or size
no matter how you defend them or how physical you get they will still get buckets

he's an amazingly polished nba product and the highest pinnacle of sterns vision for the league reached thus far
clean crisp beautiful to watch highlight filled

it's the opposite of the days of zeke and the bad boys era
grimy chippy ruff raw and reminiscent of the streets
and I'm a young nikka too but i understand the questions and shade

we assume he's soft until proven otherwise fukk the statistics

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naw you took it to far. i would agree if this was for james harden(and his fake foul having self). but not for curry. curry would destroy you at the rucker. i WISH curry would step on an outside court and make you look silly.

see the point you're missing is this. curry has more handles than ...ummm. anyone in the world. or at worse the same as. there isnt a single man on this earth that can handle the ball like this man while also using it to get free and hit shots.

he would have some dude like you trying to fight him after he made you look stupid 3 times in a row.
you body up on him being a non nba player if ya wont to. and see dont he shake, shake, shimmy shake, step in. wooooops. step out. FOR THREEEEE

call the paramedics his ankles are broken.

..
proves my point right here. watch how the guy is defendin curry, even in a practice. he's pushing his shoulders(no one even does that in a real game even on the streets). and watch how he finds openings. the same would happen to you, me or any other poor soul trying to guard this assassin.

stop it

 

[rapbeats]

Actually I disagree. his shot and play style can be emulated. It's just that nobody has spent significant years trying. Now that it's been proven to be successful you're going to have a lot of Steph Curry influenced guards in the future. Especially if coaches let players play as loose as Steph does. Let's not forget, all it would have taken was a conservative coach and Steph wouldn't even get the opportunity to shoot these wild ass shots he does. The wrong coach and Steph would have been an afterthought in NBA history.

you cant mimic. just like 6'6 guards with high athleticism and length couldnt be kobe. if they could, tell us why Derozan isnt prime kobe yet?

kobe and steph are the same more or less. their superiority is not based on size, or athleticism. its their skill level. their skills are above their peers which are above every elses in the world.

kobe has impeccable foot work for anyone on the court let alone a guard.

same story with curry. IMpeccable footwork. i noticed this when he was still in college.

but perhaps some of that is God given. perhaps the agility and balance and hand eye coordination. is god given as well then practiced. these type of elite players know exactly where to step and when to step in certain directions to maintain balance and to throw the defender off balance.

 

[bnm8907]

you cant mimic. just like 6'6 guards with high athleticism and length couldnt be kobe. if they could, tell us why Derozan isnt prime kobe yet?

kobe and steph are the same more or less. Their superiority is not SOLELY based on size, or athleticism. its their skill level. their skills are above their peers which are above every elses in the world.

kobe has impeccable foot work for anyone on the court let alone a guard.

same story with curry. IMpeccable footwork. i noticed this when he was still in college.

but perhaps some of that is God given. perhaps the agility and balance and hand eye coordination. is god given as well then practiced. these type of elite players know exactly where to step and when to step in certain directions to maintain balance and to throw the defender off balance.

For Kobe especially, because for the greater part of his career he had elite level athleticism. And Steph curry aint exactly Steve Kerr out there.

But, in general I agree with you.

 

[#1 pick]

you cant mimic. just like 6'6 guards with high athleticism and length couldnt be kobe. if they could, tell us why Derozan isnt prime kobe yet?

kobe and steph are the same more or less. their superiority is not based on size, or athleticism. its their skill level. their skills are above their peers which are above every elses in the world.

kobe has impeccable foot work for anyone on the court let alone a guard.

same story with curry. IMpeccable footwork. i noticed this when he was still in college.

but perhaps some of that is God given. perhaps the agility and balance and hand eye coordination. is god given as well then practiced. these type of elite players know exactly where to step and when to step in certain directions to maintain balance and to throw the defender off balance.

Naw, it's God given to a degree but all you got to do is watch him at Davidson, his improvement is massive. I think everyone has a ceiling, Steph just has a much higher ceiling than most is all.

I remember in HS as a sophomore, I was a 6'4 135 pounder who ran a 5.0 40, had a 26 inch vertical and was uncoordinated and barely made the JV BB team. Then after weight training for a year and a half, I went to 185, 4.5 40, 34 inch vertical and I was looking around like this is easy, why is no one else improving at the rate of me, are they not working hard enough. No they were working MUCH harder than me. They just reached their ceiling. I went from a Black kid who wanted to be an athlete but was a terrible athlete to one of the best in the region athletically. They just had a much lower ceiling. I kept getting faster, stronger and quicker at an exceptional rate and they weren't. It is what it is.

This is why they say, NBA scouting is HARD. Many pro scouts thought Johnny Flynn had a higher ceiling at the time of the draft. But even Steph didn't know his ceiling. He was a SG for the most part at Davidson and lacked PG skills with a weak frame and just solid quickness, handles and was just a decent passer with very good court vision and elite shooting ability with 20+ scoring potential. Fast forward to today and he has elite level passing, court vision and has very good PG skills with elite scoring ability.

 

[42 Monks]

He's impossible to guard if your goal is to win the game.

Like... I don't even know where you'd start. Even if you try to goon him, he's better trained on that shyt than most of the league - dude spent his entire college career getting no name motherfukkers sent for his neck. Even in the NBA he's been aware of it and been getting it whenever he gets hot. I ain't forgot Andre

But damn... what the fukk do you do?

 

[sfgiants]

sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nba-ball-dont-lie/stephen-curry-is-terrifying--and-this-league-is-his-192938307.html

"The threat promise of Curry's shooting stretches defenses past their breaking points, allowing him to take advantage of the seams he creates by blowing past defenders, knifing into the lane, collapsing coverages and finding teammates, whether he can see them or not.. What makes Curry such an impossible problem to solve is that even when your defense doesn't break down — even when Curry's man's right in his mug and everybody's where they're supposed to be behind him — he just pulls up and dots you before you can blink, even if you're Anthony Davis (and maybe especially when you're AD; Steph got him four times on Saturday).

At this point, defending Curry isn't even trying to grab hold of smoke. It's trying to confirm a rumor that smoke once existed while stranded on a desert island. Where do you even start?"

 

[NelsonSwagdela]

Naw, it's God given to a degree but all you got to do is watch him at Davidson, his improvement is massive. I think everyone has a ceiling, Steph just has a much higher ceiling than most is all.

I remember in HS as a sophomore, I was a 6'4 135 pounder who ran a 5.0 40, had a 26 inch vertical and was uncoordinated and barely made the JV BB team. Then after weight training for a year and a half, I went to 185, 4.5 40, 34 inch vertical and I was looking around like this is easy, why is no one else improving at the rate of me, are they not working hard enough. No they were working MUCH harder than me. They just reached their ceiling. I went from a Black kid who wanted to be an athlete but was a terrible athlete to one of the best in the region athletically. They just had a much lower ceiling. I kept getting faster, stronger and quicker at an exceptional rate and they weren't. It is what it is.

This is why they say, NBA scouting is HARD. Many pro scouts thought Johnny Flynn had a higher ceiling at the time of the draft. But even Steph didn't know his ceiling. He was a SG for the most part at Davidson and lacked PG skills with a weak frame and just solid quickness, handles and was just a decent passer with very good court vision and elite shooting ability with 20+ scoring potential. Fast forward to today and he has elite level passing, court vision and has very good PG skills with elite scoring ability.

He was an elite passer in college compared to his peers.

 

[42 Monks]

Steph was still definitely a PG in college, he just also happened to be the best scoring threat on his own team and the nation at the same time.

Dude could always run the fukk out of an offense.

Damn... Just imagine if Pringles got him in NY

 

[Darealtwo1]

Naw, it's God given to a degree but all you got to do is watch him at Davidson, his improvement is massive. I think everyone has a ceiling, Steph just has a much higher ceiling than most is all.

I remember in HS as a sophomore, I was a 6'4 135 pounder who ran a 5.0 40, had a 26 inch vertical and was uncoordinated and barely made the JV BB team. Then after weight training for a year and a half, I went to 185, 4.5 40, 34 inch vertical and I was looking around like this is easy, why is no one else improving at the rate of me, are they not working hard enough. No they were working MUCH harder than me. They just reached their ceiling. I went from a Black kid who wanted to be an athlete but was a terrible athlete to one of the best in the region athletically. They just had a much lower ceiling. I kept getting faster, stronger and quicker at an exceptional rate and they weren't. It is what it is.

This is why they say, NBA scouting is HARD. Many pro scouts thought Johnny Flynn had a higher ceiling at the time of the draft. But even Steph didn't know his ceiling. He was a SG for the most part at Davidson and lacked PG skills with a weak frame and just solid quickness, handles and was just a decent passer with very good court vision and elite shooting ability with 20+ scoring potential. Fast forward to today and he has elite level passing, court vision and has very good PG skills with elite scoring ability.

nikka save the duck tales :neeeeeeww: ole put on 50lbs in a year of straight muscle

Jimmy Butler improved cuz he locked his ass in the Gym all summer and took away his internet, tv. It's all about working hard. Nobody has practice more 3's than steph.

Nobody thought Johnny Flynn had a higher ceiling. Johnny went so high because scouts get caught up in NCAA hype and he had a triple OT run with boehiem.

 

[42 Monks]

nikka save the duck tales :neeeeeeww:

Jimmy Butler improved cuz he locked his ass in the Gym all summer and took away his internet, tv. It's all about working hard. Nobody has practice more 3's than steph.

Nobody thought Johnny Flynn had a higher ceiling. Johnny went so high because scouts get caught up in NCAA hype and he had a triple OT run with boehiem.

Johnny Flynn was a way better athlete and played in a tougher conference. Scouts thought he was a more creative passer and that he actually had the physical frame to survive in the league.

Hardwork really don't mean that much either... Gerald Henderson came into the league with some of the craziest workout regimens anyone's ever seen from rookie. Dude been in the league for years now and is still terrified of the 3pt line. Jamal Crawford didn't take offseason work outs seriously until like 2 years ago - he'd been one of the top 10 SGs in the league that entire time. Hardwork doesn't just mean you'll be better. It ain't that simple. shyt, Dwight spent all that time with Kareem, Hakeem, and Ewing and couldn't drop step off a porch if he tried.

 

[Darealtwo1]

naw you took it to far. i would agree if this was for james harden(and his fake foul having self). but not for curry. curry would destroy you at the rucker. i WISH curry would step on an outside court and make you look silly.

see the point you're missing is this. curry has more handles than ...ummm. anyone in the world. or at worse the same as. there isnt a single man on this earth that can handle the ball like this man while also using it to get free and hit shots.

he would have some dude like you trying to fight him after he made you look stupid 3 times in a row.
you body up on him being a non nba player if ya wont to. and see dont he shake, shake, shimmy shake, step in. wooooops. step out. FOR THREEEEE

call the paramedics his ankles are broken.

..
proves my point right here. watch how the guy is defendin curry, even in a practice. he's pushing his shoulders(no one even does that in a real game even on the streets). and watch how he finds openings. the same would happen to you, me or any other poor soul trying to guard this assassin.

stop it

nikka what...plenty of guys in the nba have better handles than curry wtf you get "no single man can handle the ball like him" . ..kyrie, jamal, etc WTF ARE YOU EVEN SAYING


that video doesn't prove anything? wtf Curry got all those moves from a 17 year old hs recruit dennis smith jr. Do your homework at least before posting. nikka curry even admitted it his damn self on twitter. Plenty of people can do what curry did. shyt was nothing special at all.









I swear half these nikkas that post bout nba never played the game at any level. This nikkas sound like the skip bayless' of the world. Just talkin nonsense