CURRY in the 90s: Another bench player, just like his daddy?

[Dagoods]

I've had enough of this Curry hype! It's time to lay down the law around here, you muppets!

Steph Curry is a great 3pt shooter at best. He's a crappy defender and he's no floor general!
In other words, he's a poor man's Stockton...that's right I said it!

Stockton was a better floor general, and he was lightyears better as a defender. Stockton could also shoot it from 3 with ease.
CURRY didn't change the game, that's just a myth. The rules changed when LeBronna entered the league (probably the main reason why he'll break Kareem's scoring record) and the game became soft. In the 90s CURRY would get abused and he'd be reduced to nothing more than a bench player just like his daddy (Dell Curry) and coach (Kerr).

What say you?
Your thoughts...your thoughts...

[AirBonner]

Curry has more defensive attention than MJ. Curry vs the car mechanics of the 90’s? Lol

[SATAN]

Poor man's Mark Price

[Gohan]

I've had enough of this Curry hype! It's time to lay down the law around here, you muppets!

Steph Curry is a great 3pt shooter at best. He's a crappy defender and he's no floor general!
In other words, he's a poor man's Stockton...that's right I said it!

Stockton was a better floor general, and he was lightyears better as a defender. Stockton could also shoot it from 3 with ease.
CURRY didn't change the game, that's just a myth. The rules changed when LeBronna entered the league (probably the main reason why he'll break Kareem's scoring record) and the game became soft. In the 90s CURRY would get abused and he'd be reduced to nothing more than a bench player just like his daddy (Dell Curry) and coach (Kerr).

What say you?
Your thoughts...your thoughts...

Ok replace stockton with curry on those jazz teams, mj aint winning those championships

[SouBeachTalents]

OP would still be a fakkit in any era

[Phoenix]

Just taking Steph as is and and dropping him into 1990? His offensive gravity out to 40 feet would be game-breaking. If you take Steph and actually have him grow up in the 80s and enter the league in 1990? His skills would fall in line with others of the era, less dependent on 3s because nobody back then was shooting them as much or as deep.

[Airupthere]

Just taking Steph as is and and dropping him into 1990? His offensive gravity out to 40 feet would be game-breaking. If you take Steph and actually have him grow up in the 80s and enter the league in 1990? His skills would fall in line with others of the era, less dependent on 3s because nobody back then was shooting them as much or as deep.

Good clear distinction and agree with both

[Phoenix]

Good clear distinction and agree with both

Most of these 'what if' scenarios pose these hypotheticals without factoring that in. Were we talking about that with Jerry West the other day? Having deja vu lol...

[Johnny32]

I've had enough of this Curry hype! It's time to lay down the law around here, you muppets!

Steph Curry is a great 3pt shooter at best. He's a crappy defender and he's no floor general!
In other words, he's a poor man's Stockton...that's right I said it!

Stockton was a better floor general, and he was lightyears better as a defender. Stockton could also shoot it from 3 with ease.
CURRY didn't change the game, that's just a myth. The rules changed when LeBronna entered the league (probably the main reason why he'll break Kareem's scoring record) and the game became soft. In the 90s CURRY would get abused and he'd be reduced to nothing more than a bench player just like his daddy (Dell Curry) and coach (Kerr).

What say you?
Your thoughts...your thoughts...

we got a glimpse of curry in the 90s the season 5'10, 160 lb michael adams was given the green light to chuck 3s.

26.5 ppg on 8.5 3pta.

he's a weak midget compared to curry and not even close to the same 3pt shooter.

[RRR3]

Just taking Steph as is and and dropping him into 1990? His offensive gravity out to 40 feet would be game-breaking. If you take Steph and actually have him grow up in the 80s and enter the league in 1990? His skills would fall in line with others of the era, less dependent on 3s because nobody back then was shooting them as much or as deep.
Lmao if Steph got sent back in time to 1990 he’d shit on the league so bad.

[Johnny32]

that 5'10 160lb midget avg 8 fta in the big bad, rough and tough, no blood no foul 90s, btw.

[Phoenix]

Lmao if Steph got sent back in time to 1990 he’d shit on the league so bad.

Yeah, he'd be alien. Defenses in 2015 went cross-eyed having to account for someone being a legit threat past half-court. They'd think he stepped off a spaceship back in 1990.

[RRR3]

Yeah, he'd be alien. Defenses in 2015 went cross-eyed having to account for someone being a legit threat past half-court. They'd think he stepped off a spaceship back in 1990.
I wish I could go back in time to 1990 lol. I wasn’t even alive then but I’d just like to live back then lol.

[expansionera]

Lol Michael Adams and Mark Price had no problem scoring in the rough and tough physical 90s, and they were way shorter, slower and less skilled than Curry

90s defense is overrated, Jordan said he could not score against a zone defense and it would kill superstars in the NBA. Curry can bust open a zone due to his range, imagine what he’d do in a league where you can’t double

[Airupthere]

Yeah, he'd be alien. Defenses in 2015 went cross-eyed having to account for someone being a legit threat past half-court. They'd think he stepped off a spaceship back in 1990.

Just like if you send a smart high school senior to talk about math and science to scientists from the past. They would be surprised by how much he knows. But is the high schooler really that much smarter than them? Similar capacity but the knowhow has changed. We laugh at how crude jerry west’s handles are but if you likewise let him be born playingtodays game, he surely would have the same handles as his contemporaries.

I dont even know why we like to ahit on past players. There is progression to the game. Differe t circumstances, different officiating, different gameplay.

[Phoenix]

Just like if you send a smart high school senior to talk about math and science to scientists from the past. They would be surprised by how much he knows. But is the high schooler really that much smarter than them? Similar capacity but the knowhow has changed. We laugh at how crude jerry west’s handles are but if you likewise let him be born playingtodays game, he surely would have the same handles as his contemporaries.

I dont even know why we like to ahit on past players. There is progression to the game. Differe t circumstances, different officiating, different gameplay.

Fanboys with no sense of history or respect for the game, pom-pom wavers. As I said on another thread earlier, the players we consider 'all-timers' are going to adjust to whatever conditions are in front of them.

[FKAri]

I wish I could go back in time to 1990 lol. I wasn’t even alive then but I’d just like to live back then lol.

It was much better than today. At least for those living in the US. And for those not living in LA or NYC.

[BigShotBob]

Great in the regular season like Abdul-Rauf was but unfortunately he's had notorious disappearing acts in the post season.

[FromDowntown]

Lmao if Steph got sent back in time to 1990 he’d shit on the league so bad.

this one

[Johnny32]

It was much better than today. At least for those living in the US. And for those not living in LA or NYC.

was it though? i would have loved growing up with social media, youtube, twitch, netflix, etc. the winters were boring af growing up. summer was fun though.

[pandiani17]

I used to think that some years ago, that he would be just a three-point shooter like Dell Curry was. However, Stephen is much more skilled with that crossover, scoring in the paint, etc. That doesn't mean that he would win those MVPs over beasts like MJ, Barkley, Olajuwon, etc. He would definitely be an all-star, but I think he would also spend a lot of time injured in the sidelines. For me, Allen Iverson is a good comparison on how his career would go. A perennial all-star that never went deep in the playoffs, except in 2001.

[Bronbron23]

Curry has more defensive attention than MJ. Curry vs the car mechanics of the 90’s? Lol

He gets more attention because he gets way way more screens. If the warriors didn't set a thousand screens for Curry to do what he does most teams would just gaurd him straight up. It's how the better defensive teams actually guard him. The just switch everything and gaurd him one on one.

[Bronbron23]

I've had enough of this Curry hype! It's time to lay down the law around here, you muppets!

Steph Curry is a great 3pt shooter at best. He's a crappy defender and he's no floor general!
In other words, he's a poor man's Stockton...that's right I said it!

Stockton was a better floor general, and he was lightyears better as a defender. Stockton could also shoot it from 3 with ease.
CURRY didn't change the game, that's just a myth. The rules changed when LeBronna entered the league (probably the main reason why he'll break Kareem's scoring record) and the game became soft. In the 90s CURRY would get abused and he'd be reduced to nothing more than a bench player just like his daddy (Dell Curry) and coach (Kerr).

What say you?
Your thoughts...your thoughts...

No he wouldn't be kerr but he wouldn't be doing what he's doing now either. He'd be something in-between. These idiot steph fans act like steph would be going back to the 90's with this era's Hindsight. He wouldn't. He'd be a small point gaurd that was relegated to get the ball to the post like every other point gaurd did. He'd be shooting 4 threes a game instead of 10.

[Dagoods]

OP would still be a fakkit in any era

You'd be a submissive woman in any era! Go bake some cookies!

[Gudo]

No he wouldn't be kerr but he wouldn't be doing what he's doing now either. He'd be something in-between. These idiot steph fans act like steph would be going back to the 90's with this era's Hindsight. He wouldn't. He'd be a small point gaurd that was relegated to get the ball to the post like every other point gaurd did. He'd be shooting 4 threes a game instead of 10.

I don't think it's coming from curry fans per se. Just some idiots that have no respect and perspective over the history of the game. Most of these are likely brontards to further prop him up. It's all they care about.

[hateraid]

His game reminds me of Dana Barros. So picture a Barros leveled up and taller. So yes, he would be a star.

[Bronbron23]

I don't think it's coming from curry fans per se. Just some idiots that have no respect and perspective over the history of the game. Most of these are likely brontards to further prop him up. It's all they care about.

It's a bit of both but the bron stans are definitely worse. Some steph fans are in more denial than others but i think they honestly believe what they're saying they're just making the mistake of not factoring in Hindsight. Alot of the bron are just trolling. We know this because when all the talk in 16 of curry being better than bron was about how bad steph was and how much of a choker he was. Now all of a sudden they're saying steph is this amazing atg because as you said it props brons achievements up more.

[hiphopanonymous]

Craig Ehlo on him - oh my

In all seriousness this answer isn't simple. Defenses have changed, offenses have changed. What both are allowed to "get away with" changed so it isn't just linear skill progression even though no doubt Curry has a skill advantage with his shooting then just like he has now. But he'd be missing a lot of moving screens and getting more contact off ball from a defender in addition to on ball. Certain dribble or footwork moves that are common now would be interpreted as a travel or carry then. How much would any of that really be changing his game? I'm not sure exactly. But I know it isn't apples to apples and the 90's players were the best players on the planet at THAT 90's officiated style of the game and I think it would be foolish to think time traveling players who don't even play that style of game would somehow on average have an edge or be generally superior. Generally they wouldn't. Just today's stand out talent like him with his ATG shooting ability would likely stand out back then but expressed of course slightly differently with those slightly different rules. Same goes traveling guys from back then to now. It's the stand out ones that I'd be confident would still stand out, but they'd be making similar adjustments towards today's rules.

[BigShotBob]

It's a bit of both but the bron stans are definitely worse. Some steph fans are in more denial than others but i think they honestly believe what they're saying they're just making the mistake of not factoring in Hindsight. Alot of the bron are just trolling. We know this because when all the talk in 16 of curry being better than bron was about how bad steph was and how much of a choker he was. Now all of a sudden they're saying steph is this amazing atg because as you said it props brons achievements up more.

Yea they want to have it both ways. Curry wasn't guarded by anyone special in the 2015 or 2016 Finals, he just wasn't hitting the same shots as usual.

They then troll him about needing KD and never winning a FMVP but suddenly he'd give Jordan and the Bulls a hard time when he could be guarded 1-4 (Harper, Jordan, Pippen, and Rodman).

It just literally makes zero sense. The best defenders he had on him were....JR Smith, Kyrie, and Matthew Delivadova? :oldlol: