Curry was never better than LeBron, and we all knew it

[SouBeachTalents]

Funny how Curry's injury didn't affect him when he dropped 40 his very first game back, or when he averaged 33/7/8 in Games 5-7 of the WCF to come back from 3-1

[hold this L]

Funny how Curry's injury didn't affect him when he dropped 40 his very first game back, or when he averaged 33/7/8 in Games 5-7 of the WCF to come back from 3-1

It did affect him? He played like garbage for 3 1/2 quarters that entire game. Curry was flat out blocked once in the entire season with over 800 3PA. He was blocked twice by Adams in that semi-final. You guys just don't want to admit it and that's fine. Just make sure this upcoming postseason, you keep the tears to a minimum when he embarrasses teams.

[!@#$%Vectors!@#]

[CTbasketball92]

So people won't even acknowledge that the man was playing Injured?

Alright. Not Going to be like the Bron Stans that were literally making daily threads on how they wish Curry got hurt and were happy once he got hurt.

It would be terrible if Bron or Kyrie suffered a season-ending injury wont it?

What Curry did or didn't do this year doesn't even matter that much to me. He just isn't the all around force that LeBron is. If you're being honest with yourself, you definitely expect a team with LeBron on it and only LeBron to go way farther than a team with just Curry.

[Spurs m8]

It did affect him? He played like garbage for 3 1/2 quarters that entire game. Curry was flat out blocked once in the entire season with over 800 3PA. He was blocked twice by Adams in that semi-final. You guys just don't want to admit it and that's fine. Just make sure this upcoming postseason, you keep the tears to a minimum when he embarrasses teams.

He was blocked twice by Adams because he couldn't handle the pressure and took some stupid shots.
Happened a few times in big moments in the playoffs..

He was fine, you weak dogs are pathetic.

Like your team

[Spurs m8]

Funny how Curry's injury didn't affect him when he dropped 40 his very first game back, or when he averaged 33/7/8 in Games 5-7 of the WCF to come back from 3-1

I can tell he doesn't even believe he's back, looks too shook and knows he's a 0/22 type player when it actually matters.

Fake guy lapped up by plastic fans.

[egokiller]

Lebron is better than Curry in a vacuum.. the playoffs have proven that. Curry needs goons, Lebron is a goon.. that's the main difference.

A lot of OP's evidence is very poor though.. comparing Love and Dray's impacts in that series, saying Bron could win with just klay by his side apparently, whole lot of dumb stuff.

it would have been a good post if just the last sentence was present

The problem with his post is that it provides zero evidence that Curry wasn't inurjed to the point that he couldn't play like he did during the regular season.

It also doesn't address Iggy being 50% due to a f'd up back.

The cavs were at like 90% and the GSW after being up 3-1 were at like 45%.

The fact that a 90% team can win 4 games in a row against a depleated 45% team should not come as a surprise.

What was surprising however is that we got to see a 24 year old phenom shoot 71% and score 40 points. If someone can tell me another 24 year old that has done this or better in a finals game, I'd love to discuss it.

[LAZERUSS]

The problem with his post is that it provides zero evidence that Curry wasn't inurjed to the point that he couldn't play like he did during the regular season.

It also doesn't address Iggy being 50% due to a f'd up back.

The cavs were at like 90% and the GSW after being up 3-1 were at like 45%.

The fact that a 90% team can win 4 games in a row against a depleated 45% team should not come as a surprise.

What was surprising however is that we got to see a 24 year old phenom shoot 71% and score 40 points. If someone can tell me another 24 year old that has done this or better in a finals game, I'd love to discuss it.

This.

Iggy's injury obviously had the most impact. He had OWNED Lebron up until that point. And that's why I get a kick out of those that claim that LeChoke had no help in the '15 Finals. His teammates were shit offensively, but so was LeShrinkage. He averaged 36 ppg on a staggering 32 FGAs per game. And he did so while being SINGLED the ENTIRE series. And as poorly as he shot against the Warriors overall, he was just pure shit when defended by Iggy.

As for a 24 year old in the Finals...

Lew Alcindor (Kareem) hung a 31-17 game, in 33 minutes, in game one of the '71 Finals...on 13-16 from the field, and 5-5 from the line. I have long maintained that Kareem PEAKED at ages 23-24 (his 2nd and 3rd years in the league.) He was a MONSTER from mid-way thru his ROOKIE season (including the playoffs), then thru his entire '71 season (both regular season and post-season), and then thru his '72 regular season.

You had to have been around back at the beginning of the 71-72 season, but the young Bucks, who had just come off of a 66-16 regular season, and then a 12-2 post-season run, and with a PEAK Kareem, were universally picked to not only win their second title in a row, but many felt that they would be the next great dynasty. And KAJ was playing at prime Chamberlain levels in the process.

However, he was stunned when a fading Thurmond completely outplayed him in their first round of the '72 playoffs. And then was devastated when a old Wilt turned him into a brick-laying shot-jacker in the '72 WCF's.

He never fully recovered, and was never again as dominant as he had been. The Bucks slipped, as did Kareem, and within a couple of years he was traded to the Lakers, where he languished, unmotivated, and ultimately headed for a career that would have been considered one of the most disappointing in NBA history.

Fortunately, Magic arrived in the 79-80 season, and the rest was history.

[warriorfan]

Golden State's three best defenders: Draymond Green(team's best defender), Andrew Bogut(team's only rim protector), and Andre Iguodala(prior year's FMVP) were all out of commission due to injury or suspension under dubious circumstances. [COLOR="Red"]The team that Kyrie Irving beat in the Finals does not accurately represent the record setting team that won 73 games during the regular season.[/COLOR]

[SouBeachTalents]

This.

Iggy's injury obviously had the most impact. He had OWNED Lebron up until that point. And that's why I get a kick out of those that claim that LeChoke had no help in the '15 Finals. His teammates were shit offensively, but so was LeShrinkage. He averaged 36 ppg on a staggering 32 FGAs per game. And he did so while being SINGLED the ENTIRE series. And as poorly as he shot against the Warriors overall, he was just pure shit when defended by Iggy.

As for a 24 year old in the Finals...

Lew Alcindor (Kareem) hung a 31-17 game, in 33 minutes, in game one of the '71 Finals...on 13-16 from the field, and 5-5 from the line. I have long maintained that Kareem PEAKED at ages 23-24 (his 2nd and 3rd years in the league.) He was a MONSTER from mid-way thru his ROOKIE season (including the playoffs), then thru his entire '71 season (both regular season and post-season), and then thru his '72 regular season.

You had to have been around back at the beginning of the 71-72 season, but the young Bucks, who had just come off of a 66-16 regular season, and then a 12-2 post-season run, and with a PEAK Kareem, were universally picked to not only win their second title in a row, but many felt that they would be the next great dynasty. And KAJ was playing at prime Chamberlain levels in the process.

However, he was stunned when a fading Thurmond completely outplayed him in their first round of the '72 playoffs. And then was devastated when a old Wilt turned him into a brick-laying shot-jacker in the '72 WCF's.

He never fully recovered, and was never again as dominant as he had been. The Bucks slipped, as did Kareem, and within a couple of years he was traded to the Lakers, where he languished, unmotivated, and ultimately headed for a career that would have been considered one of the most disappointing in NBA history.

Fortunately, Magic arrived in the 79-80 season, and the rest was history.

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[SpaceJammeR]

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[hold this L]

He was blocked twice by Adams because he couldn't handle the pressure and took some stupid shots.
Happened a few times in big moments in the playoffs..

He was fine, you weak dogs are pathetic.

Like your team

He couldn't handle the pressure, yet averaged 30+ being down 3-1? You realize he has historic 4th quarter numbers in the playoffs in terms of his % right from 2 seasons back?

[Mr Feeny]

That was before lebron made and absolutely iron-clad case to leap wilt on the all time list.
After the greatest performance in finals history, it's rhetoric 3 J's (James, Jordan, and Jabbar) at the summit and fans of all other players are throwing fits.

[LAZERUSS]

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Exactly.

Jordan had his playoff flop jobs, too.

Doesn't detract from the Court Jester's horrific offensive ineptitude in his '15 Finals (and thru the first four games of the '16 Finals.)

The Shrinkage fans love to point out the pathetic surrounding offensive talent that LeFlop had in the '15 Finals...but those same teammates were dramatically reducing the Warrior's efficiencies, as well.

And the '16 Finals were well on their way to really exposing LeFoldo until the NBA stepped in and suspended Draymond (who was, BY FAR, the best player on the floor in game seven), and then the injuries to Bogut and particularly to Iguadala, who had just made LePuke look like a blind man shooting a bowling ball in a wind-tunnel from the '15 Finals, the two regular season H2H's in '16, and the first four games of the '16 Finals.

Game four of the '16 Finals was a great example of the Jester's stats-padding. Iggy held him to his usual poor shooting (8-18, and contributing nothing when they needed him.) Then, with the Cavs trailing by nine points and desperately needing treys, LeCoward drove down the lane, on three straight possessions, where the Warriors gladly exchanged layups for Chokurry's FTs. So, both LeCrap and Glass added empty points to their totals.

With everything that went wrong for GS...they still lost a game seven, on a Kyrie three. Oh, and in the last four minutes of that game...LeTiny went his usual 0-4 from the field (eerily similar to his game six of the '13 Finals...when it was Ray who saved his ass). And then the clown drove the lane, landed a little awkwardly, but was hardly hurt....then curled up in the fetal position, and cried like the baby he is. Of course, he was really prepping his fans for the inevitable...that he would whiff both FTs. He chunked the first one, and then somehow made the second one (I'm sure he even he was shocked when it went in.)

[swagga]

whoever thinks or ever thought that curry was even comparable to lebron should quit watching basketball and stick to casual stuff.