OT: Is Steph Curry Turning Into One of the Greats?

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Yeah, the season he's having is, by many metrics, the best season an NBA player has ever had. Ever. EVER.

Let's sit back and enjoy it.
 
Yep. The only other player I'v ever seen that could shoot & flip a switch like he can was Larry Bird.
 
I was on the Steph-or-bust bandwagon back on 2009.....

Didn't think he'd turn out this good. Dame has a LONG way to go to catch Curry.
 
FRAGILE ANKLES AND POINTY ELBOWS. DON'T BELIEVE THE HYPE.
 
Steph is amazing. And we are witnessing something amazing. And yes, Dame and Steph are the same kind of player with simular skill sets and abilities. And I fucking love Dame. Seriously. He is my current favorite player. But, Curry is playing on a level that I can only call Lillard a poor man's Curry. And when you are good enough for me to call an all-star a poor man's version of you, then you are fucking great. I expect another mvp this year and another title.
 
Hell yea he's turning into one of the all time greats. He's pure amazing
 
He's pretty goddamned amazing for sure. When we talk about putting him in the "Legend" category I always wonder how he would have fared in the hand-check era? Hell, he'd probably still be pretty awesome.
 
As much as I hate to admit a non blazers is any good at all. This dude is incredible. Everything he tosses at the rim goes in and his defense is elite.
 
He can envision the play before the ball leaves his hands. Thats the skill.
 
seems so, i just visited espn and there is literally no space left on Curry's nuts there..... here's their homepage - yellow squares are Curry mentions/stories

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Fez Hammersticks said:
I was on the Steph-or-bust bandwagon back on 2009.....

Didn't think he'd turn out this good. Dame has a LONG way to go to catch Curry.
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Lets not put too high of an expectation on Dame, yeesh... You're gonna be disappointed...
 
Imagine what Dame could be if he had someone like Del Curry as a father\mentor.
I think he would've surpassed Curry or at least be as good.
 
Blazers Roy said:
Imagine what Dame could be if he had someone like Del Curry as a father\mentor.
I think he would've surpassed Curry or at least be as good.
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Or maybe he would have been a spoiled kid who didn't need to try as hard. Part of what makes Dame Dame is his family and the path it took to get where he is.

Dame might not be the person he is today if he had played at NC, Duke or Kentucky for a year and then jumped to the NBA.
 
Man, if Dame moved like him he'd probably get more open looks, I see a lot of standing around with our guards on some possessions.
 
Fez Hammersticks said:
Dame has a LONG way to go to catch Curry.
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As much as we all like Dame, he's NOT going to catch Curry. He can't control a game the way Curry can. He's definitely improved his ability to get others involved, but the quality of his assists are a few notches below those of Curry. And that's just their passing games. The same can be said for every aspect of their games.
 
It's a little early in the season but I thought I would just throw this out there...

Curry, year 4 in the NBA:

22.9 pts * .451 FG% * 3.5 3PM * .453 3P% * 6.9 ast * 1.6 stl



Dame, so far this season (his year 4 in the NBA):

26.9 pts * .457 FG% * 3.9 3PM * .449 3P% * 7.4 ast * 1.1 stl
 
SlyPokerDog said:
It's a little early in the season but I thought I would just throw this out there...

Curry, year 4 in the NBA:

22.9 pts * .451 FG% * 3.5 3PM * .453 3P% * 6.9 ast * 1.6 stl



Dame, so far this season (his year 4 in the NBA):

26.9 pts * .457 FG% * 3.9 3PM * .449 3P% * 7.4 ast * 1.1 stl
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People keep forgetting that Curry has been in the league quite a bit longer than Lillard. This will be his 7th season, while Dame is only just entering his 4th.

Dame has actually accomplished a lot more than Curry in his first three seasons. Curry's 4th season was when he broke out and nearly made the All-star team. The following year, his 5th season, is when he really took a huge step forward into being a star. Dame is really doing that right now, in his 4th season.
 
SlyPokerDog said:
It's a little early in the season but I thought I would just throw this out there...

Curry, year 4 in the NBA:

22.9 pts * .451 FG% * 3.5 3PM * .453 3P% * 6.9 ast * 1.6 stl



Dame, so far this season (his year 4 in the NBA):

26.9 pts * .457 FG% * 3.9 3PM * .449 3P% * 7.4 ast * 1.1 stl
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I don't think Damian will be as good as Curry is, tho I think if you put Curry on a team inexperienced and raw as this team, and he'd put up similar #'s but the team would still have a poor record.

Put Damian on a team like Golden State (in place of Curry) and Damian would have better #s' than he has here. HOWEVER, I don't think nor am I saying that Damian would have similar #'s to Curry.

Damian is Clyde. Curry is Jordan.
Drexler was good, so is Damian...but Jordan was a notch above, as is Curry.
 
julius said:
I don't think Damian will be as good as Curry is, tho I think if you put Curry on a team inexperienced and raw as this team, and he'd put up similar #'s but the team would still have a poor record.

Put Damian on a team like Golden State (in place of Curry) and Damian would have better #s' than he has here. HOWEVER, I don't think nor am I saying that Damian would have similar #'s to Curry.

Damian is Clyde. Curry is Jordan.
Drexler was good, so is Damian...but Jordan was a notch above, as is Curry.
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The biggest difference between them is that Curry is just an insanely good shooter. And by that, I'm not saying he's capable of hitting shots that Dame can't hit, I mean that his shooting percentages are absurd. He's a career 47% FG shooter. Right now he's shooting 53% from the floor, which I think will come down a bit, but he's been very close to 50% multiple times in his career.

Dame's best year is this one, so far, shooting 45.7% from the field. In seven years, Curry has never shot below 45%. Dame has hovered around 43% for his whole career.

Then there's three point shooting. Dame is a career 37% shooter from three. He's having his best year, so far, but his past three were all sub-40% seasons. Curry has never shot below 40%. Hell, he's never shot below 42% from three. He's just a really consistently, really accurate, really good shooter from anywhere on the floor. Dame is streaky.

With that said, Dame is an alpha. Drexler was a beta. It's comparing apples to oranges. This is really more of an Isiah/Magic then it is Drexler/Jordan. Not comparing the styles, just the personalities. Magic had a flair about him, while Thomas was more of a cold blooded killer. I see a lot of that in Curry and Lillard.
 
(insert vague internet argument where we escalate quickly and I say you're not my boy because you don't agree with me)
 
julius said:
(insert vague internet argument where we escalate quickly and I say you're not my boy because you don't agree with me)
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Eh, I did agree with you in some respects. I don't think Lillard will ever be as consistently great at shooting. Curry might be the greatest shooter ever. Only time will tell.
 
Natebishop3 said:
Eh, I did agree with you in some respects. I don't think Lillard will ever be as consistently great at shooting. Curry might be the greatest shooter ever. Only time will tell.
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(ESCALATING COMMENT, followed by VICTIM ROLE PLAYING)

totally agree with you btw, I like your Johnson/Thomas twinge.
 
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