So their playmaking is that close, but yet their scoring is SO FAR apart because one hits threes while the other would post up on you and take you down low. What are you gonna do when you're six inches shorter? Oh right, teams would send the double team immediately these days and do you wanna talk about how many "open looks" would be generated with Magic in the post on that Warriors team with a bunch of shooters on the outside? I don't think you really grasp what it meant to be a 6'9" player with his playmaking ability.
I completely grasp how great Magic was.
I don't know what it is you're trying to say here, but there's a significant margin in their scoring abilities/skillsets - Magic points largely came from working in the post and fastbreak opportunities - in today's game there'd be less opportunities for him to score on those same percentages. The problem with you referencing the open looks Magic would create out of the post (after being double teamed), is that the same can apply to Curry when he's handling the ball - defenders are helping on him as soon as he enters the halfcourt - in ISO or in PnR situations, there's typically another defender within the vicinity. This isn't even mentioning the fact that he warps defensive schemes just as much WITHOUT the ball; something that Magic never did.
I'm not gonna sit here and let you pretend that Curry is generating all these open looks himself because that's just straight up stupid. Their offense is built beautifully and he plays alongside another all time great 3 point shooter with a bunch of other players that spread the floor. This isn't just "Curry" generating open looks and that's what you're literally trying to make out in this post.
Where the fukk are you getting this from? How do you take me saying that his assists aren't an accurate reflection of how many points he generates, as if I'm saying it's JUST Curry creating open looks for his team? It's a team sport, he's not creating the looks by himself, but he's damn sure the #1 reason why. I think it would pay to read properly next time my breh.
You're ignoring the Warriors coaching schemes, you dismiss the extra passes and three point shooting of the team, and you're ignoring the fact that unlike Magic, Curry has a surplus of spot up shooters to pass to.
I'm ignoring the Warriors coaching schemes and the players that Curry has the luxury of passing too.... smh.
Magic had Kareem, Worthy (you know two players who were arguably -- in Worthy's case -- better scorers than every single player that Curry plays alongside), and Scott who averaged ppg in the high teens/low 20s - all players that averaged more points than Magic did at one time or another. Who on Curry's team has ever averaged more points, or been the #1 option on offense?
Least we forget how those Lakers "coaching schemes" revolutionized the game in the 80s.
Are we really at the point where we're using Curry's supporting cast and O/D schemes against him in favor of Magic?
Their ability to generate open looks and find those players to get assists is as close as their margin in scoring ability if you want to try to paint the picture like that because if Magic was on this team he'd be averaging 15 assists easily as there would be need to make the extra pass with the stuff he was doing on the court. Maybe you should go watch some games from the 80's and get out with his nonsense.
First of all, Magic is NOT averaging 15 assists easily with this Warriors squad - how the fukk can you say this when it goes against the very nature of how the Warriors offense operates? Second of all, the Warriors make those 'extra passes' usually to get the best possible look at a 3-pt shot or at the rim - it's got nothing to do with how great the initial pass is.
I think it is you that needs to go and look at more tape. The arguments you're making in here are patently ridiculous.