Still rising: How Stephen Curry vaulted into all-time great ranks-ESPN article
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If KD joins then top 3 GOAT is within his reach.
Re: Still rising: How Stephen Curry vaulted into all-time great ranks-ESPN article
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
Re: Still rising: How Stephen Curry vaulted into all-time great ranks-ESPN article
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:
Re: Still rising: How Stephen Curry vaulted into all-time great ranks-ESPN article
Will Curry be winning the DPOTY award?
Re: Still rising: How Stephen Curry vaulted into all-time great ranks-ESPN article
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
Re: Still rising: How Stephen Curry vaulted into all-time great ranks-ESPN article
[QUOTE=Marchesk]Will Curry be winning the DPOTY award?[/QUOTE]
I don't know about that but he will rank higher than Wilt on this list 10 years from now.
Re: Still rising: How Stephen Curry vaulted into all-time great ranks-ESPN article
[QUOTE=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[/QUOTE]
The list is based on peak play and career accolades.
Re: Still rising: How Stephen Curry vaulted into all-time great ranks-ESPN article
[QUOTE=Ca$H]I don't know about that but he will rank higher than Wilt on this list 10 years from now.[/QUOTE]
Wilt in his rookie season accomplished more than Curry.
Smashed the scoring and rebounding records, and probably would have broken the shot blocking record too if that was recorded.
Re: Still rising: How Stephen Curry vaulted into all-time great ranks-ESPN article
[QUOTE=Ca$H]and career accolades.[/QUOTE]
Does that include FMVP votes?
Re: Still rising: How Stephen Curry vaulted into all-time great ranks-ESPN article
[QUOTE=Ca$H]The list is based on peak play and career accolades.[/QUOTE]
Still fcking ridiculous, he's had an all- time great 50 games, ESPN is terrible.
Re: Still rising: How Stephen Curry vaulted into all-time great ranks-ESPN article
[QUOTE=Marchesk]Wilt in his rookie season accomplished more than Curry.
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He didn't though.
Re: Still rising: How Stephen Curry vaulted into all-time great ranks-ESPN article
[QUOTE=plowking]He didn't though.[/QUOTE]
He smashed two NBA records and changed the center position.
Re: Still rising: How Stephen Curry vaulted into all-time great ranks-ESPN article
[QUOTE=Ca$H]The list is based on peak play and career accolades.[/QUOTE]
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.
Re: Still rising: How Stephen Curry vaulted into all-time great ranks-ESPN article
[QUOTE=Ca$H]The list is based on peak play and career accolades.[/QUOTE]
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.
Re: Still rising: How Stephen Curry vaulted into all-time great ranks-ESPN article
List is an absolute joke and shame on anyone for taking it seriously or attempting to discuss ESPNs choices.