Did any one predict Curry would become the GOAT?

[Nick Young]

Coming out of college, scouts were saying he was a tweener who didn't have the handles or playmaking ability to be an NBA point, or the size and driving ability to be an NBA shooting guard.


I didn't read or hear anyone saying he would become the GOAT.

His deep March Madness run with Davidson was dismissed as a fluke by most. The fact he went to Davidson in the first place shows he wasn't one of the top recruits of his high school class.

[Mrofir]

The difference between Curry, who is incredible, and the GOAT:

If MJ's team was 23-0 I would stop watching basketball this season. Season would be over.

There is still a chance Warriors get beat in the playoffs.

[FKAri]

There was one guy I remember who said Curry can arguably be drafted number 1 overall, over Blake. I forget the article but I think it was an NBA scout.

[dubeta]

The scouts were right


Look at game 2 of the Finals for proof.

[knicksman]

me. just kidding. But i always though he and klay will be those players where gms would say why i didnt draft him. Altho i didnt predicted him to be a superstar, he and klay are the ones ill draft if the top 1-3 prospects are already drafted ala what phil did with porzingis. Shooting is the first skill i look in players.

[LoneyROY7]

brandonislegend did.

[LongLiveTheKing]

Skip Bayless was on of the few who said he should be drafted number one in 2009 :oldlol:

[Nick Young]

Skip Based-less:bowdown:

[AcquiringSteak]

I think I made a thread about this, he literally came outta nowhere last season. I swear no one talked about him in-depth (just a mention here and there), it was always about durant and lebron.

[sundizz]

I did. Check old threads.

[StephHamann]

There was one guy I remember who said Curry can arguably be drafted number 1 overall, over Blake. I forget the article but I think it was an NBA scout.

Skip Bayless said that.

[r0drig0lac]

Goat?

[Naero]

No, and no rational legacy-assessor to this date expects him to be the GOAT from an all-encompassing vantage point. If he was on pace to even rival Michael Jordan's legacy, he would have dominated the league from the outset; otherwise, I'm sure this discussion would have started ages ago, not during this nascency of his BITW status at near the peak of his career.

The better question to propound is how many foresaw him as the BITW that he is now.

I self-admittingly never had the acuity of foresight to peg him as the BITW foreknowingly aside from the sphere of three-point-shooting, but I was ahead of the curve in declaring him as the BITW midway through last season; that's when he improved his defense, had some of the best all-around efficience in the league, and was the driving force behind his upsurgent Warriors team.

Even after his MVP awardeeship, he's been the fringe BITW candidate, but it only took the dawning weeks of this NBA season for him to finally garner the recognition he deserves. Obviously, it's not just recognitional latency; his bolstered-up production has accentuated that reputation, but he's had a strong case as BITW since midway through last season, and he's only being given retrospective recognition now--at best.

Remember when everyone brushed this off as a trolling remark on Klay Thompson's part? (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PT__ly8aLc) No one took it seriously at the time, but hindsight's narrative is that Thompson - deliberately or not - was ahead of the curve in that statement.

[JtotheIzzo]

As odd as it seems the OP is on to something.

Curry is approaching GOAT-peak levels already, only rivalled in the modern era by 84-86 Bird, early 90s MJ and early oughts Shaq.

The fact he wasn't MVP of the Finals is a sham considering he lead his team in scoring in games 1,3,4,5, and 6 and completely went off in the pivotal game 5. Not sure why he got shunned, perhaps the Bran-friendly media could sense his GOATness and wanted to minimize its impact.

IF

and that is still an IF, Curry can keep this up through to 2018 he will be the 4th player in my lifetime to vie for GOAT-peak honors. If he can keep it up for 5 or more years he is top 5-10 material.

[Bobcats2013]

There was one guy I remember who said Curry can arguably be drafted number 1 overall, over Blake. I forget the article but I think it was an NBA scout.

it was MAH BOY SKIP BAYLESSSSSSS, and he was savage af about it too.

[HoopDreams247]

No, and no rational legacy-assessor to this date expects him to be the GOAT from an all-encompassing vantage point. If he was on pace to even rival Michael Jordan's legacy, he would have dominated the league from the outset; otherwise, I'm sure this discussion would have started ages ago, not during this nascency of his BITW status at near the peak of his career.

The better question to propound is how many foresaw him as the BITW that he is now.

I self-admittingly never had the acuity of foresight to peg him as the BITW foreknowingly aside from the sphere of three-point-shooting, but I was ahead of the curve in declaring him as the BITW midway through last season; that's when he improved his defense, had some of the best all-around efficience in the league, and was the driving force behind his upsurgent Warriors team.

Even after his MVP awardeeship, he's been the fringe BITW candidate, but it only took the dawning weeks of this NBA season for him to finally garner the recognition he deserves. Obviously, it's not just recognitional latency; his bolstered-up production has accentuated that reputation, but he's had a strong case as BITW since midway through last season, and he's only being given retrospective recognition now--at best.

Remember when everyone brushed this off as a trolling remark on Klay Thompson's part? (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PT__ly8aLc) No one took it seriously at the time, but hindsight's narrative is that Thompson - deliberately or not - was ahead of the curve in that statement.

kirubell

[feyki]

Maximum top 15 .

[inclinerator]

me.

[FKAri]

Skip Bayless said that.

Maybe but there was at least one other guy who said it too. And he wasn't a tv personality.

[Elosha]

Curry has had an interesting career. Obviously he's been fairly good from almost the beginning, but until the 2014-2015 season, he's been somewhat inconsistent and very injury prone. However he played at MVP level last year and thus far is playing at a historic level this season. He's the driver of Golden State's 23-0 start thus far, and unless he falls off his current game, Golden State is really in a great position to possibly beat the twenty year Bulls record of 72-10.

But GOAT talk is frankly silly. He's a 21.5 ppg career scorer (which will obviously go up if he plays at this level for next few years and was fairly mediocre his first three years in the league. He's a one time MVP and one time champion, with a very strong chance to win MVP again this year and break all time best record. If he and Golden State establish a dynasty where they reel off 3 or 4 championships and Curry maintains his personal stats, then we can start talking. But this is way, way premature.

BTW, I do agree a little bit with KennethGriffin that Curry would have a harder time in previous eras. Handchecking would definitely curtail his efficiency, but he would still be incredible in any era, as long as his coaches gave him the green light to take 8-10 threes per game and he had the right personnel around him.

He has the chance to have arguably one of the greatest peak seasons of all time this season, given his insane efficiency in scoring, and if he keeps this high level of play up for the next 5-7 years, he might become a GOAT candidate despite the slow start to his career. But it's way too early to know for sure.

Last, keep in mind he's already 27 and a bit injury prone historically. While his game doesn't rely on overwhelming athleticism/dunking, he does rely on his above average quickness and reflexes in getting off his shot so fast and breaking his man down off the dribble. Those aspects of athleticism will also slow down as he approaches and passes 30, which will still make it harder to maintain this level of greatness. Hats off to Curry, it's great to see someone with the ambition, resolve, and skill to change the game and he's definitely done it. But the question, as far as GOAT goes, is how long he can maintain it.