Steph Curry evaluations pre Draft 2009

[AirFederer]

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Guess he proved 'em wrong :cheers:

[STATUTORY]

sounds like DLO

[Town's Town]

There were more worthy ones to highlight.

[Hamtaro CP3KDKG]

Half of those are right especially the defense ones. Luckily for him the Warriors have the best collection of defensive talent since like the Wallace/Wallace Pistons or 03 Spurs, even tho hes their worst defender by far out of the big minute dudes

[warriorfan]

Half of those are right especially the defense ones. Luckily for him the Warriors have the best collection of defensive talent since like the Wallace/Wallace Pistons or 03 Spurs, even tho hes their worst defender by far out of the big minute dudes

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[Town's Town]

Half of those are right especially the defense ones. Luckily for him the Warriors have the best collection of defensive talent since like the Wallace/Wallace Pistons or 03 Spurs, even tho hes their worst defender by far out of the big minute dudes
Still better than Nash was as a defender though.

[Hamtaro CP3KDKG]

Still better than Nash was as a defender though.
True but not by much, and thats not saying much anyways. Nash is a top 10 WOAT defender

[sd3035]

Half of those are right especially the defense ones. Luckily for him the Warriors have the best collection of defensive talent since like the Wallace/Wallace Pistons or 03 Spurs, even tho hes their worst defender by far out of the big minute dudes


meltdown

[FrenchDude]

Props to Steph!

I loved his march madness run with Davidson but I never expected him to turn out to be this good.

I remember his rookie year, some people were saying he could be like Nash and I was actually laughing at this comparison. Now he has exceeded Steve!:lol

[AirFederer]

GOAT improvement since college?

[Kawhi]

GOAT improvement since college?
I'd say Rodman was pretty decent on the pro level, while playing in college for Southeaster Oklahoma State, as a 22 year old freshman. Eventually became one of the greatest defensive players ever and a HOFer.

[bluechox2]

lakers grasping at straws here...russell cant get a layup if his life depended on it

[1manfastbreak]

Their closest and most accurate assessment is that he is out of control at times.

He is out of control all the time, dude is just ridiculous

[DukeDelonte13]

many of those are still kinda true but over the course of his career he's developed his strengths to an extreme level.

Curry is what he is, one of if not the best shooters of all time surrounded by a collection of great talent.

[Genaro]

Some of it is accurate but not like it's making him less valuable. He's not perfect but he can still be very good.

[Sarcastic]

Looks spot on. :applause:

[Crimsonrain777]

His strength's seem to far outweigh his weaknesses

http://sports.cbsimg.net/images/visual/whatshot/060215_CurryDavidsonProfile.jpg

[ralph_i_el]

His strength's seem to far outweigh his weaknesses

http://sports.cbsimg.net/images/visual/whatshot/060215_CurryDavidsonProfile.jpg

That is a heck of a list of strengths. There was a reason why he was a loterry pick.

Tyreke Evans had a monster year for a rookie. Curry would have won RoY in a lot of seasons. It's not like he came out of nowhere. He scored 17.4ppg on 57 TS%

Look at Curry's WS/48 for his career:
.077
.128
.144
.180
.225
.288
.358 (current)

That's a steady improvement every single season.

[Heavincent]

many of those are still kinda true but over the course of his career he's developed his strengths to an extreme level.

Curry is what he is, one of if not the best shooters of all time surrounded by a collection of great talent.

Literally none of it is accurate except his physical traits.

[Heavincent]

Looks spot on. :applause:

Yeah, Steph definitely has limited upside and is more of a bench player.

[Truth]

Half of those are right especially the defense ones. Luckily for him the Warriors have the best collection of defensive talent since like the Wallace/Wallace Pistons or 03 Spurs, even tho hes their worst defender by far out of the big minute dudes

Clipper fans stay bitter boy

[oarabbus]

Greatest limited upside, backup/fringe starter of all time :bowdown:

[AirFederer]

His work ethic and hand-eye coordination is goat level, to state the obvious.

[clipps]

Outta control: Yes. Force him away from the 3 point and trap him, force him to make a dicision.

Shot selection: If he were normal, those shots he takes would be considered ill-advised shots. He is inhuman with his shot so anything he throws up is considered a good shot.

Defender: He's underrated. I notice he's pretty decent at putting pressure on the ball.

[KungFuJoe]

Curry is, at worst, an average defender. He applies decent pressure and he comes up with steals. NBA PGs can't guard each other anyways. Too quick. It's always a team effort.

[HenryGarfunkle]

Those were all legit gripes and they still are

[buddha]

looks spot on to me. he's not a true PG and he does rely too much on his outside shot. good thing that outside shot is the best in the world.

[livingby3's]

hypothetically speaking if Curry wins an MVP and FMVP this season where will he be sitting in the rankings of all-time great PG?

Back to back MVPs, 2 times champion, 1 FMVP, breaking 3 pt record left and right.

We all know most PGs in the history of the NBA didn't win shit during their time in the league, outside of Magic. Curry is definitely going out as an all time great, question is how fast is he doing it? where is he now?

[PsychoBe]

hypothetically speaking if Curry wins an MVP and FMVP this season where will he be sitting in the rankings of all-time great PG?

Back to back MVPs, 2 times champion, 1 FMVP, breaking 3 pt record left and right.

We all know most PGs in the history of the NBA didn't win shit during their time in the league, outside of Magic. Curry is definitely going out as an all time great, question is how fast is he doing it? where is he now?

isiah? oscar? :facepalm

but he's well on his way. he's already passed cp3 so now it just depends on how far he can go. here is his competition to crack the top 10.

in no order:

magic
stockton
isiah
payton
kidd
nash
iverson
oscar
frazier
cousy

[dreamwarrior]

He looked just like DLO as a rookie. Super slow, worse handles, a little better of a shooter...

[FreezingTsmoove]

He looked just like DLO as a rookie. Super slow, worse handles, a little better of a shooter...

Curry was dropping 40 point games and 30 point games gtfo

[Funktion]

I still remember peeps wanting to move him to SG with Monta at the point. :lol

Having Jarrett Jack at point in 2012 did help his development.

[bdreason]

I was pissed when we drafted Curry. :facepalm

[WayOfWade]

Lol, "Limited Upside"

[Sarcastic]

Yeah, Steph definitely has limited upside and is more of a bench player.

The question mark after means that they are not stating a fact, but rather are not sure about it.

Capiche?

[SyRyanYang]

Curry is, at worst, an average defender. He applies decent pressure and he comes up with steals. NBA PGs can't guard each other anyways. Too quick. It's always a team effort.

Although at times he has trouble against quick guards and he lacks defensive versatility. he's motivated and focused consistently on the defensive end so I'd say he's at worst an above average defender.

[warriorfan]

some lowkey meltdowns ITT

[masonanddixon]

It's obvious that whoever wrote the report is a retard. I hate people who focus solely on athleticism and not at all on actual skill.

The dude took some shitty D3 team to the NCAA quarterfinals if I recall correctly. Obvious he was going to be legit.

I think the author of that report is an ISH poster.

[Harison]

Shot selection is quite spot on. If anyone else would be shooting these, he would be crucified (even Kobe gets flamed for it), but everything Curry throws goes in, its NOT normal :eek:

'Limited upside' got me laughing :lol

[dunksby]

OP you stupid or something? Curry takes like 12 3 pointers a game and leads the league in that, so yes he relies heavily on his outside shot. Not a true PG is arguable but isn't that what everybody used to say about Westbrook? Curry averages like 6 APG and that's not a traditional PG role, so that's not thread worthy either, neither is the "college system makes him hard to evaluate".
Just because he has been incredible for a few years you going to act like he was a clear cut MVP caliber player from the start?
For the record, this is the whole list, including a long list of strengths:

http://sports.cbsimg.net/images/visual/whatshot/060215_CurryDavidsonProfile.jpg

[Clifton]

How could he have been evaluated any differently? There is literally nothing other than a deal with the devil that could make a player with Curry's build and athletic ability any better than a fringe starter.

Think about what he has to do to be competitive, never mind the MVP. He literally scoops in layups from 15 feet and pulls up over 7 footers from 30 feet several times a game.... to score 25 or 30. Nobody in the game's history has ever been able to sustain that sort of thing before. Why not Eddie House? Why not Isaiah Thomas (the active one...)?

Curry is completely outside the realm of what's possible without Satanic ritual or voodoo. Nobody could have predicted this.