Still rising: How Stephen Curry vaulted into all-time great ranks-ESPN article

[Ca$H]

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/14702698/stephen-curry-place-all-greats

If KD joins then top 3 GOAT is within his reach.

[FreezingTsmoove]

The guy is 6'3 190 with one of the thickest wifes in the game (2nd to LebRon :applause: ) how the hell does he look 13? Dumb quote

[Ca$H]

Now, he's dominating from the arc in a way that evokes Shaq's dominance of the paint. His skill is trumping whatever the world's best athletes have to offer.

Even after two of his lesser games, Curry is on pace to deliver the best statistical guard season in basketball history. No, that's not a typo. He's narrowly topping any Michael Jordan season in player efficiency rating, win share rate, offensive rating, pretty much anything you want out of the advance stat alphabet soup. His coach Steve Kerr would caution you on the PER part, though. "I'd be a little careful with PER, though, honestly," Kerr said when presented with the statistical comparison between Steph and Mike. "You can really easily go through the history books and find a lot of guys whose PER are really inflated, so, you can take that for what it's worth."

Though wary of PER, Kerr is more accepting of true shooting percentage, where Curry's current 67.6 percent leads the best Jordan season in that regard (61.4 percent). Through the power of the 3-pointer, Curry is scoring at a Jordan-esque rate, but more efficiently than Mike ever did -- crazy as that sounds.

Bran stans love these advanced stats. :oldlol:

[Marchesk]

Will Curry be winning the DPOTY award?

[LAZERUSS]

Do you mean to tell me that if Curry were to get run over by a bus tomorrow, that he has had the 23rd greatest career of all-time?

ESPN's lists have generally been laughable, but this just downright gut-busting.

Let's see how he does over the course of his next 4-5 seasons, first.

:facepalm :facepalm :facepalm

[Ca$H]

Will Curry be winning the DPOTY award?

I don't know about that but he will rank higher than Wilt on this list 10 years from now.

[Ca$H]

Do you mean to tell me that if Curry were to get run over by a bus tomorrow, that he has had the 23rd greatest career of all-time?

ESPN's lists have generally been laughable, but this just downright gut-busting.

Let's see how he does over the course of his next 4-5 seasons, first.

:facepalm :facepalm :facepalm

The list is based on peak play and career accolades.

[Marchesk]

I don't know about that but he will rank higher than Wilt on this list 10 years from now.

Wilt in his rookie season accomplished more than Curry.

Smashed the scoring and rebounding records, and probably would have broken the shot blocking record too if that was recorded.

[Marchesk]

and career accolades.

Does that include FMVP votes?

[VengefulAngel]

The list is based on peak play and career accolades.

Still fcking ridiculous, he's had an all- time great 50 games, ESPN is terrible.

[plowking]

Wilt in his rookie season accomplished more than Curry.



He didn't though.

[Marchesk]

He didn't though.

He smashed two NBA records and changed the center position.

[24-Inch_Chrome]

The list is based on peak play and career accolades.
Still doesn't fly. In what world is Wade's peak behind Curry's? This year is the first true ATG season that Curry has had and I don't think that a ~50 game sample is enough to discount a peak that was arguably the 2nd best ever by a shooting guard.

Wade has more rings, an FMVP, a higher peak, all he's missing is the one MVP...and if that one award counts for enough to place Curry over Wade, Paul being ahead of Nash doesn't make sense.

The explanation of what they're ranking helps but I still take issue with how they've ranked the significance of everything.

[LAZERUSS]

The list is based on peak play and career accolades.

Just throwing a name out there...

Willis Reed... #48.

Now you tell me with a straight face that, right now, Curry has accomplished more than Reed did in his career.

[Spaulding]

List is an absolute joke and shame on anyone for taking it seriously or attempting to discuss ESPNs choices.

[Rocketswin2013]

Garnett at #21? :wtf:

[Ca$H]

Garnett at #21? :wtf:

Seems about right to me. :confusedshrug:

[Ca$H]

How many spots does he move up if he wins MVP, FMVP, the championship, and beats the bulls record this season?

[dubeta]

How many spots does he move up if he wins MVP, FMVP, the championship, and beats the bulls record this season?

LOOL calm down


Let him get a FMVP vote first before we start with these hypotheticals

[Ca$H]

LOOL calm down


Let him get a FMVP vote first before we start with these hypotheticals

Yeah Draygod might be a threat to steal it from him this season. I could see Draygod locking down Bran while averaging a triple double for the series.

http://cache2.asset-cache.net/gc/476311272-draymond-green-of-the-golden-state-warriors-gettyimages.jpg?v=1&c=IWSAsset&k=2&d=GkZZ8bf5zL1ZiijUmxa7QWOmo%2BY7w0gu9uNuYf0ZyZqNbk VeZVM77etv9RIv6Cq5

[Marchesk]

Yeah Draygod might be a threat to steal it from him this season. I could see Draygod locking down Bran while averaging a triple double for the series.

In that case, prepare for Big D.I.K 2, Curry 0 posts.