I believe Curry is truly still hurt

[Myth]

When is the last time he showed any explosiveness? He jogs everywhere. He got a steal, with a clear lane to the hoop but instead of sprinting for the open fast break, he passed to Klay. Him not sprinting is not a matter of him being "off" or "sucking" as the narrative has been, that is a health issue. Does nobody else see this? I feel like I'm taking crazy pills here.

[100grandman]

He's overrated. Get over it

[Prime_Shaq]

Possibly? I'm not sure, just so uncharacteristic of him. Quite a shame to watch as a bball fan.

[plowking]

You can't tell people anything on here.

The bullshit notion of "if you're on the court, you're healthy" floats around here. People don't seem to understand they play 100 games in the year, and then expect these guys to be healthy. Add in the fact one guy actually tore his MCL, and is it not obvious to expect a drop off?

We've seen since he has come back that he hasn't been the same. Then he pulled out of the Olympics.

[bigkingsfan]

He was dancing with the ball to close out game 7...

[bdreason]

No excuses. If he isn't healthy enough to play, then take a seat on the bench.

If he was seriously injured, Kerr wouldn't put him back in the game down 20+ in the 4th.

[Young X]

He's in a win-win situation with you guys.

Plays well - he's the best thing since sliced bread and you praise him to the heavens.

Doesn't play well - Oh well, he's inured anyways.

He basically can't lose.

You don't hear about these "injuries" when he's hitting those same shots he was missing today.

The game he's having now is the same game he had last year game 3 in Cleveland.

[Im Still Ballin]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srH94OR1TbU

WOOP WOOP!

:hammertime: :hammertime: :dancin :djparty

[Wade's Rings]

He's in a win-win situation with you guys.

Plays well - he's the best thing since sliced bread and you praise him to the heavens.

Doesn't play well - Oh well, he's inured anyways.

He basically can't lose.

You don't hear about these "injuries" when he's hitting those same shots he was missing today.

The game he's having now is the same game he had last year game 3 in Cleveland.

People were talking about him putting up like 32/7/8 in the last 3 Games vs OKC and how amazing and clutch he is, now he's struggling in the Finals and he's injured.

[IGOTGAME]

You can't tell people anything on here.

The bullshit notion of "if you're on the court, you're healthy" floats around here. People don't seem to understand they play 100 games in the year, and then expect these guys to be healthy. Add in the fact one guy actually tore his MCL, and is it not obvious to expect a drop off?

We've seen since he has come back that he hasn't been the same. Then he pulled out of the Olympics.

you were obviously never an athlete or been around high level athletes...it was a grade 1 MCL sprain, that occurred over a month ago. that is a silly excuse.

[Milbuck]

You can't tell people anything on here.

The bullshit notion of "if you're on the court, you're healthy" floats around here. People don't seem to understand they play 100 games in the year, and then expect these guys to be healthy. Add in the fact one guy actually tore his MCL, and is it not obvious to expect a drop off?

We've seen since he has come back that he hasn't been the same. Then he pulled out of the Olympics.
Yeah, this is the last place for injury excuses. No one is going to buy it, but I really do believe he's not right. His quickness is nowhere near what it was before, he has no burst out there. Looks slow, lethargic, just weak as hell.

[shootingcomets]

He's in a win-win situation with you guys.

Plays well - he's the best thing since sliced bread and you praise him to the heavens.

Doesn't play well - Oh well, he's inured anyways.

He basically can't lose.

You don't hear about these "injuries" when he's hitting those same shots he was missing today.

The game he's having now is the same game he had last year game 3 in Cleveland.

:applause: Pretty much this

[clipps]

Didn't stop him from trying that failed dunk attempt after the whistle.

[Fudge]

:facepalm

OP username to thread title ratio strong AF.

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

[yeaaaman]

He's not hurt. This is the NBA Finals, it's not supposed to be easy (although both teams are taking turns making it look that way).

Steve Kerr said he's not, I'm assuming he said he's not, and I agree with JVG - everytime he doesn't play well all of a sudden "oh well he's hurt!".

[PJR]

He's not 100 percent, but nobody at this point is. Still doesn't excuse the lack of production. He's been doo doo 2 out of these 3 games.

[ILLsmak]

You can't tell people anything on here.

The bullshit notion of "if you're on the court, you're healthy" floats around here. People don't seem to understand they play 100 games in the year, and then expect these guys to be healthy. Add in the fact one guy actually tore his MCL, and is it not obvious to expect a drop off?

We've seen since he has come back that he hasn't been the same. Then he pulled out of the Olympics.

He's alil hurt but he's gotta dig deep. No excuses, that's how it is in sports.

-Smak

[dubnation]

I have to believe he is hurt. the lack of heart, effort and aggressiveness that he's showing would be absolutely unacceptable otherwise. That, and him pulling out of the Olympics... I've gotta believe that.

[SamuraiSWISH]

Built in excuse making. At this point everyone is banged up and sore.

He's not hurt. He said so. Coach said so ... He's been absolutely fine since he came back in Portland. Increased physicality, pressure and intensity, that's all. Weeds out the great from the good. And the all timers from the great.

[warriorfan]

Built in excuse making. At this point everyone is banged up and sore.

He's not hurt. He said so. Coach said so ... He's been absolutely fine since he came back in Portland. Increased physicality, pressure and intensity, that's all. Weeds out the great from the good. And the all timers from the great.

Yeah everyone is banged up by slipping on some sweaty eurotrash's sweat and tearing their mcl

:facepalm

[Smoke117]

He's in a win-win situation with you guys.

Plays well - he's the best thing since sliced bread and you praise him to the heavens.

Doesn't play well - Oh well, he's inured anyways.

He basically can't lose.

You don't hear about these "injuries" when he's hitting those same shots he was missing today.

The game he's having now is the same game he had last year game 3 in Cleveland.

This...but this playoffs has clearly shown how overrated and overhyped he was this year...the warriors won the most games of all time because they are the most astacked team of all time and not because of curry.

[plowking]

you were obviously never an athlete or been around high level athletes...it was a grade 1 MCL sprain, that occurred over a month ago. that is a silly excuse.

Of course I wasn't an athlete. I'm just someone who has posted myself dunking on here, benching 315lbs for reps, and fairly certain a weighted pull up video.

You on the other hand clearly are an athlete. You take snide shots at athletes when they're at their worst and go running when your posts backfire.

Thanks for the clarification.

[theaussieguy]

skip bayless who has profound insider knowledge says his knee is less than 50%, the only time we will see Curry perform to his standards is if cleveland get close (they won't). If they do (they won't), currys mental strength will overcome his physical limitations, right now these scubs just arnt pushing enough to allow that to happen.

[Myth]

I see people are ignoring the point about his running ability, and focusing more on his shot, which I'm not surprised by. Yes, he is still a shooter and when open will likely to hit a decent amount (hence why he still has flashes of looking good), but he doesn't seem to be able to sprint. The most glaring moment was when he couldn't do an open fast break and had to pull up and pass. Kind of hard to get open if you can't run at full speed to do so. Seriously, not any burst of speed throughout the game. Jogging the whole time.

As for those saying they haven't used it as an excuse, that would just be dumb strategy wise. Why announce he is injured when the Cavs still pay so much attention to him. If he can't be 100% himself, might as well let the Cavs think you are 100% so you can be a decoy and they continue to send double teams. I'm thinking more info will come out after the Finals than during the Finals regarding his knee.

[IGOTGAME]

Of course I wasn't an athlete. I'm just someone who has posted myself dunking on here, benching 315lbs for reps, and fairly certain a weighted pull up video.

You on the other hand clearly are an athlete. You take snide shots at athletes when they're at their worst and go running when your posts backfire.

Thanks for the clarification.

None of that makes you an athlete. Playing at a high level of competition does. You obviously haven't played ball because you'd know how minor of an injury that was.

If we are gonna start making excuses like that then Kobe was hurt for 2 of his last 3 finals appearances

[ArbitraryWater]

No excuses. If he isn't healthy enough to play, then take a seat on the bench.

If he was seriously injured, Kerr wouldn't put him back in the game down 20+ in the 4th.

a reasonable GSW fan :applause:


He's in a win-win situation with you guys.

Plays well - he's the best thing since sliced bread and you praise him to the heavens.

Doesn't play well - Oh well, he's inured anyways.

He basically can't lose.

You don't hear about these "injuries" when he's hitting those same shots he was missing today.

The game he's having now is the same game he had last year game 3 in Cleveland.

bingo

[plowking]

None of that makes you an athlete. Playing at a high level of competition does. You obviously haven't played ball because you'd know how minor of an injury that was.

If we are gonna start making excuses like that then Kobe was hurt for 2 of his last 3 finals appearances

I've talked about the level of basketball I've played on here, but I won't bother even discussing it here since it doesn't matter. Just how being an athlete doesn't matter when it comes to assessing injuries.

You don't know jack shit about grade 1 MCL tears. None. Unless you are a doctor, then I take it back. Even then, we've seen enough evidence, not just in sports, but all over the world, that there are misdiagnosis of injuries, and the fact some injuries are more acute, in a slightly different area, and can cause more concern and damage than others, as well as impacting your performance more so than usual.

We don't know how bad Curry's injury is. By that, I mean myself. How do you know how bad it is? Do you know him personally? Have you been fully versed on his situation. Do you generally take off the Olympics if you're not injured more than you let on? Especially given it is your first Olympics, and the biggest sporting event ever. Do you just casually skip that?

What we do know is, you're a massive Curry hater. You've made several shitty threads about him, which to date, have backfired. We also know that you go running when that thread backfires. We also know all that running from your own threads makes you an athlete. Right?

[Overdrive]

You can't tell people anything on here.

The bullshit notion of "if you're on the court, you're healthy" floats around here. People don't seem to understand they play 100 games in the year, and then expect these guys to be healthy. Add in the fact one guy actually tore his MCL, and is it not obvious to expect a drop off?

We've seen since he has come back that he hasn't been the same. Then he pulled out of the Olympics.

It's a slight tear at max, more likely a sprain. I had the same injury after being kicked out of a concert by 3 bouncers and landing akwardly last year. 2 weeks and I was on the court again.

If it was seriously nagging he'd wear a stabilizing sleeve and not that spandex underpants shit.

[IGOTGAME]

I've talked about the level of basketball I've played on here, but I won't bother even discussing it here since it doesn't matter. Just how being an athlete doesn't matter when it comes to assessing injuries.

You don't know jack shit about grade 1 MCL tears. None. Unless you are a doctor, then I take it back. Even then, we've seen enough evidence, not just in sports, but all over the world, that there are misdiagnosis of injuries, and the fact some injuries are more acute, in a slightly different area, and can cause more concern and damage than others, as well as impacting your performance more so than usual.

We don't know how bad Curry's injury is. By that, I mean myself. How do you know how bad it is? Do you know him personally? Have you been fully versed on his situation. Do you generally take off the Olympics if you're not injured more than you let on? Especially given it is your first Olympics, and the biggest sporting event ever. Do you just casually skip that?

What we do know is, you're a massive Curry hater. You've made several shitty threads about him, which to date, have backfired. We also know that you go running when that thread backfires. We also know all that running from your own threads makes you an athlete. Right?

I've had two grade MCL tears. One of my best friends is a doctor and we have discussed this. I've both had the injury and discussed it with experts.

You only point is they might have categorized it wrong, even though he looked ready to play before the 2 weeks of rehab time. You are reaching...

[Jon_Koncak]

He was playing like crap except for 2 games last year in the finals as well.Was he injured then as well?He didnt even have to guard Irving back then,they would hide him on Dellavedova.Most shocking thing for me is how easily he turns the ball over.like wth,it feels like he cant give a pass out of the pick n roll without it being stripped.

[GINOBILI!]

People realize that if you rush back from an injury, you can't stunt the healing and re-aggravate them right? Having a good performance or 2 since coming back does not mean he is fully healed or hasn't taken any step back in recovery. Any of you ever sprain an ankle? You may return to the court and have that ankle weak and re-tweak it even if you didn't fall like the time you initially hurt it.

[rodman91]

He is fine. Cavs defends him well. They put bigger guys, scrappers on him and it effects. Still he managed to make some incredible shots over good defense.

He might be the greatest shooter but doesn't have same arsenal to create his own shot like Jordan, Kobe, etc.

[Steven Kerry]

Curry can't get open because he is held every play.

[Wally450]

I don't believe he's hurt. Banged up from the playoffs? Yes.

He's having an off series. Sucks that its happening on the biggest stage.

[PickernRoller]

No excuses. If he isn't healthy enough to play, then take a seat on the bench.

If he was seriously injured, Kerr wouldn't put him back in the game down 20+ in the 4th.

Ehh? Kobe had his knee drained on every freaking series in 2010. And in 2011 it just couldn't give anything more at a high level - then went to Germany...etc etc...

These guys fight through it to help their team - period. I don't think his "hurting" had anything to do with his poor ass passing and lack of intensity for most of Game 3. I do think his drives to the basket have been severely limited to avoid ****ing himself up more than he already is. This as a result limits his offense and the Cavs defense take notice and play with that in mind to limit him even more. But him scoring 20+ with opportune buckets, low turnovers is enough to sink this sorry ass Cavs team. Just needs to play a full 48. If he can do that for any of the road games, the Cavs are done.

I do think Curry is somewhat hurt kind of like Kobe was in 10. He can play but obviously he's not 100% physically.

[Orlando Magic]

Curry is definitely still hurt. He had his MCL removed completely. It's 100% gone.

[AintNoSunshine]

He's in a win-win situation with you guys.

Plays well - he's the best thing since sliced bread and you praise him to the heavens.

Doesn't play well - Oh well, he's inured anyways.

He basically can't lose.

You don't hear about these "injuries" when he's hitting those same shots he was missing today.

The game he's having now is the same game he had last year game 3 in Cleveland.
Yup and everyone will eventually give him a pass for playing like a scrub because his team will win despite of him anyway.

[warriorfan]

plowking plowed some salty azz losers in this thread

:applause: