Klay Thompson sets NBA record with 37 Points in a Quarter

[QUOTE=pauk]In only 32 mins a game...... ridicilous...

Just like i said at the start of the season, this is why i dont think Curry should win MVP, yes Curry handles the ball more fancily & dishes more, but Klay is just as good/valuable and if not better/more valuable (certainly made his case with this performance which Curry will never be able to touch in his career)..... as good of a shooter Curry has been, Klay might be even better....

...and oh, Klay is officially my choice for the best SG in the game.[/QUOTE]

Stop, just stop.

DMC was almost crying on the bench.

[QUOTE=UK2K]Haha

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Dude is a mobile, spot up shooter. He gets great looks thanks to great coaching, and all he has to do is catch the ball and shoot it.

Im telling you, Kyle Korver. Their assisted 3 pt % is almost identical.[/QUOTE]
Klay is a solid offensive player outside of 3s though.

[QUOTE=UK2K]Haha

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Dude is a mobile, spot up shooter. He gets great looks thanks to great coaching, and all he has to do is catch the ball and shoot it.

Im telling you, Kyle Korver. Their assisted 3 pt % is almost identical.[/QUOTE]
How do you explain his 40+ shooting in his rookie season when Curry missed a ton of games. Klay does other things other then spot up shooting.

[QUOTE=Milbuck]I never spammed with Harden bandwagoning, so your entire post is pointless. Agreed though. Let's just bask in the greatness of the world's best shooting guard and his performance tonight.
Didn't read. Keep the responses coming.[/QUOTE]
Didnt read

[QUOTE=Heavincent]Stop, just stop.[/QUOTE]

Klay is that good... sooner or later you will be forced to digest it.... as a pure shooting enthusiast im a bit biased and he reminds me alot of late 80s/early 90s Reggie Miller afterall, but anyways.... :)

Klay sucks.

Anybody in the league could do what he is doing.

Steph Curry made him.

Kyle Korver is better than Klay

Klay sucks at basketball

His game tonight was not that impressive

If it weren't for other people Klay wouldn't be in the NBA

Klay has never worked hard or practiced basketball

Klay owes all of his success to Curry

[QUOTE=Cocaine80s]Didnt read[/QUOTE]
tl;dr

[QUOTE=navy]Klay is a solid offensive player outside of 3s though.[/QUOTE]
And I said that.

He's an above average defender. Arguably elite.

Whats your point?

[QUOTE=UK2K]And I said that.

He's an above average defender. Arguably elite.

Whats your point?[/QUOTE]
That he's the greatest player of all time.

[QUOTE=Milbuck]tl;dr[/QUOTE]
pics or it never happned

[QUOTE=UK2K]And I said that.

He's an above average defender. Arguably elite.

Whats your point?[/QUOTE]
I dont know. seems everyone is agreeing

[QUOTE=Cocaine80s]pics or it never happned[/QUOTE]
[IMG]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B0-5qZPIgAAHo_k.jpg[/IMG]

[QUOTE=juju151111]How do you explain his 40+ shooting in his rookie season when Curry missed a ton of games. Klay does other things other then spot up shooting.[/QUOTE]
And his rookie season, 93% of his three's were assisted on, 5% more than this season.

You're not making a point.

[QUOTE=UK2K]And his rookie season, 93% of his three's were assisted on, 5% more than this season.

You're not making a point.[/QUOTE]

lmfao :lol

[QUOTE=navy]That's because he's rarely in position to catch and shoot. Not like anyone on his team can get him 88% assisted threes the way Curry can.[/QUOTE]
Hardens always done that.. Even on stacked OKC. He's a ball handler.. That's his comfort zone. Klay is an off ball shooter who shoots or uses a fake with one of two efficient dribbles max. They're just totally different styles.. Harden will never be like klay in that regard just like you'll never see klay using 10+ dribbles on a possession to score.

I don't think that record ever gets beat. 37 in a quarter? Ridiculous.

Is it wrong to describe Klay as a slightly better Reggie Miller? Probably a slightly better shooter, better ball handler, and has a better drive on him.

I understand people are just trying to undermine Klay in order to raise Curry's MVP chances.... but.... you cant do this for long guys...

[QUOTE=UK2K]And his rookie season, 93% of his three's were assisted on, 5% more than this season.

You're not making a point.[/QUOTE]
Dude can dominate games while other players are dominating the ball. Best player in the league. 37 points in a quarter and he didn't have to dribble around like a maniac to do it. Greatness.

[QUOTE=plowking]I don't think that record ever gets beat. 37 in a quarter? Ridiculous.

Is it wrong to describe Klay as a slightly better Reggie Miller? Probably a slightly better shooter, better ball handler, and has a better drive on him.[/QUOTE]

Not wrong at all and this is coming from super biased Reggie fan. Tonight i fell in love with Klay much more. :bowdown:

The pure shooting scoring SG era just might not be dead yet.

Wow wtf.

So one player is a ball hog and one passes the ball and moves without the ball to free himself for open shots.

And this is the "factual proof" that Klay sucks and Harden is GOAT?

Holy fuhck

I THOUGHT I HAD READ IT ALL

[QUOTE=plowking]I don't think that record ever gets beat. 37 in a quarter? Ridiculous.

Is it wrong to describe Klay as a slightly better Reggie Miller? Probably a slightly better shooter, better ball handler, and has a better drive on him.[/QUOTE]
He's like a young taller ray Allen.

[QUOTE=Milbuck][IMG]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B0-5qZPIgAAHo_k.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
damn :applause:

Spot up shooter? Did any of you watch the game?


Most his jumpers were coming off screens or off the dribble. Unbelievable display of shooting. :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown:

houseton fans mad salty,

I still think Harden is better but Klay was insane tonight

[QUOTE=tpols]Hardens always done that.. Even on stacked OKC. He's a ball handler.. That's his comfort zone. Klay is an off ball shooter who shoots or uses a fake with one of two efficient dribbles max. They're just totally different styles.. Harden will never be like klay in that regard just like you'll never see klay using 10+ dribbles on a possession to score.[/QUOTE]
I was asking for proof. Harden was the best playmaker on all his teams thus he has the ball to playmake and more ability to take dribble threes It's the same with Curry. Curry isnt nearly as assisted on his threes as Klay is. Harden and Curry might be better at pull up threes than spot up threes but I dont think the numbers indicate that. If they do, show me. :confusedshrug:

Harden isnt as good a shooter as Klay who is making the case for GOAT, but I would wager he could hit 40% if his threes were assisted as much as Klay. I cant say the same vice versa.

[QUOTE=plowking]I don't think that record ever gets beat. 37 in a quarter? Ridiculous.

Is it wrong to describe Klay as a slightly better Reggie Miller? Probably a slightly better shooter, better ball handler, and has a better drive on him.[/QUOTE]
Ever? Bruh. Klay and Curry are still alive.

I see Thompson as the Pippen to Curry's Jordan.

Pippen was an elite player. Averaged 21, 7, 6 and shot 47/35/70 in the last 5 years he played with MJ in Chicago.

After MJ retired, Pippen went on to average 12, 6, and 4 on 44/32/75, not including his last season in which he only played 18 mpg (see, I'm even giving him the benefit of excluding his worst season).

Similar to those two, I think Thompson is a perfect fit next to Curry. He plays great defense, and because of Curry (like Jordan), the defense is not entirely focused on Thompson. As I said before, 90% of his three point shots are off catch and shoots. 90%. That means, he catches the ball, and shoots it.

If for whatever reason Curry and Thompson go separate ways, Curry will continue to put up the numbers that he has the last few seasons, while Thompson will go back to being an above average player.

Thompson is dependent on Curry for his success.

I honestly believe you could replace Thompson with Korver, and there wouldn't be much drop off. The defense isn't the same, but the skill set is similar.

[QUOTE=Cocaine80s]houseton fans mad salty,

I still think Harden is better but Klay was insane tonight[/QUOTE]
I'm not salty at all, I just think its stupid to start making a Harden vs Klay debate when Klay's historic night had nothing to do with Harden. I know both guys are the top 2 SGs, but debating over who's better is really ruining the moment.

So much Jelly...

Assisted or not it's amazing. The guy was running without the ball and creating his own shot.

[QUOTE]There's hot, there's scorching and there's whatever you want to call Thompson. The sharp-shooting shooting guard shot a perfect 13-for-13 from the field, 9-for-9 from beyond the arc and 2-for-2 from the free-throw line during his record-setting period. Thompson's nine three-pointers in a quarter also set an NBA record, eclipsing the previous record of eight, which had been shared by Michael Redd and Joe Johnson.[/QUOTE]

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[QUOTE=UK2K]I honestly believe you could replace Thompson with Korver, and there wouldn't be much drop off. The defense isn't the same, but the skill set is similar.[/QUOTE]

If you honestly believe that then you honestly don't know very much about individual basketball talent.

Klay does everything, everything better than Korver.

I'm beginning to realize you are just trolling :cheers:

[QUOTE=pauk]I understand people are just trying to undermine Klay in order to raise Curry's MVP chances.... but.... you cant do this for long guys...[/QUOTE]

We all know this only about your Lebron agenda. You don't give a **** about Klay.

You're just mad because Curry is the MVP front runner :oldlol:

[QUOTE=navy]I was asking for proof. Harden was the best playmaker on all his teams thus he has the ball to playmake and more ability to take dribble threes It's the same with Curry. Curry isnt nearly as assisted on his threes as Klay is. Harden and Curry might be better at pull up threes than spot up threes but I dont think the numbers indicate that. If they do, show me. :confusedshrug:

[B]Harden isnt as good a shooter as Klay who is making the case for GOAT, but I would wager he could hit 40% if his threes were assisted as much as Klay. I cant say the same vice versa[/B].[/QUOTE]

See, even ISH has you confused.

Last month (since 12/22)

Harden - 51/47/90

Thompson - 51/45/86

Don't fall for it.

[QUOTE=navy]I was asking for proof. Harden was the best playmaker on all his teams thus he has the ball to playmake and more ability to take dribble threes It's the same with Curry. Curry isnt nearly as assisted on his threes as Klay is. Harden and Curry might be better at pull up threes than spot up threes but I dont think the numbers indicate that. If they do, show me. :confusedshrug:

Harden isnt as good a shooter as Klay who is making the case for GOAT, but I would wager he could hit 40% if his threes were assisted as much as Klay. I cant say the same vice versa.[/QUOTE]
Guy I quoted said "imagine how much Harden would score if he got assisted 88%"

There's no proof for their differing skillets.. It's.. Watching the game and seeing how they play. You want a number for that.. It doesn't exist.

We could pull up Reggie miller's shot chart and see he's assisted way more than Harden.. And when the % assist shows much higher than Harden and some guy says "LOL imagine if Harden got assisted as much as Reggie miller" he'd look just as dumb as saying it with klay.

Harden doesn't have as good an off ball game as them.. That's just as much a skill as harden being able to cross guys. I recognized both skillets.. You assume playing off ball is somehow easier.. Which makes no sense. We know Hardens game.. He isn't going to sprout into Reggie Miller if he plays next to say Chris Paul.. If anything we'd see a lebron Wade effect there.

Salty Rockets fans never cease to amaze me:oldlol:

[QUOTE=UK2K]See, even ISH has you confused.

Last month (since 12/22)

Harden - 51/47/90

Thompson - 51/45/86

Don't fall for it.[/QUOTE]
lol month stretches.

Get me some 82 game stats.

[QUOTE=KNOW1EDGE]If you honestly believe that then you honestly don't know very much about individual basketball talent.

[B]Klay does everything, everything better than Korver.
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I'm beginning to realize you are just trolling :cheers:[/QUOTE]

Then stop responding.

And no they don't.

RPG
Korver 4.2
Thompson 3.6

APG
Korver 2.9
Thompson 3.1

Because you watched a highlight video? He's a much better defender, but he isn't a much better passer, or rebounder, and he's not a better shooter.

[QUOTE=navy]lol month stretches.

Get me some 82 game stats.[/QUOTE]

Harden was playing with a D-league roster the first month and a half, his shooting % suffered.

I chose to use the period when both players had healthy teams.

Sorry.