How credible is a Steph Curry GOAT case?

[dankok8]

I feel like a case can be made.

Emphasize offensive goodness, impact on the game (both small scale tactics and large scale team strategy), and ceiling raising. De-emphasize individual defense (although a positive interpretation sees him as an above average defender anyway) and lack of durability.

[StrongLurk]

Only thing GOAT about Steph is his shooting.

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[AlternativeAcc.]

Only thing GOAT about Steph is his shooting.

Mods, we can close this thread.

https://fadeawayworld.net/stephen-cu...-playoff-games


Now we can close thread.

OP I hope you're ok man. This is unhinged.

[3ba11]

Steph introduced the world to a superior way of playing and he's the best at this superior way

[Carbine]

I thought it was a simpleton way of playing?

[tontoz]

I thought it was a simpleton way of playing?

It was, until screwball realized that he could use Steph as part of his anti LeBron agenda.

[Hey Yo]

Only thing GOAT about Steph is his 3pt shooting.

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Fixed

[bison]

I have him in my Mt HUNGMORE along with MJ, Kobe and Magic

[stalkerforlife]

Curry changed the game.

We gotta consider him for top 10 all time.

[tpols]

We have recently seen a thread where a poster who shall not be named, a very petty and petulant individual started a long hate campaign on the one known as Chef Dingo saying he's not close to Top 10 all time even in the midst of his record shattering Olympic performance.


While this topic may be jumping the gun, it's a nice counter thread to the aforementioned topic.

To find a balance I think we can all agree Curry is Top 5 GOAT with a chance to possibly move up depending on future longevity.

This is a nice and fair compromise fellas.

[Carbine]

That changing the game narrative applies to all the best players of their generation

You just weren't alive then to have experienced it.

Wilt/Russell

Kareem with his skyhook revolutionized the "go to" post move.

Magic changed the game being a towering point guard with the best passing gene.

MJ was MJ.

Shaq reset the bar as to what a physical specimen was. The league had to adjust to him in his peak.

Lebron and Steph.

Jokic to a lesser extent as a post player with the best passing gene in the league.

Wemby will likely be in this category down the line barring injury.

Curry is not nearly the only one to chance the game. It's a weak argument, as is his top 5 goat candidacy.

[tontoz]

Pretty sure nobody ever changed the way others play more than Steph. Kids didn't change the way they play much to emulate MJ, Kareem or Wilt because they couldn't do the things those guys do.

Steph is more relatable, using ball handling, shooting and off ball movement to dominate. That doesn't mean he is better than those guys but he has certainly been more influential than all of them.

[highwhey]

as much case as this chick has for the GOAT breakdancer

[gengiskhan]

....as credible as LBJ's GOAT case.

[warriorfan]

....as credible as LBJ's GOAT case.

it’s actually better

curry doesn’t have the team hops, he doesn’t have the chokes, he doesn’t have the GOAT choke (2011), where lebron joined the 2nd and 4th highest PER in the league (Wade had FMVP experience as well), and went on to claim he’s going to get 8 titles in Miami and it’s “going to be easy” only to subsequently lose in the Finals while being outscored by 0 time all star, journeyman, undersized shooting guard, Jason Terry, despite Terry logging in 67 less minutes than Lebron during the Finals.

Bron has a bunch of empty stats from longevity but with his teamhops and finals disappointments, along with the goat choke, it really bombed his all time rating. There was a moment he could have been goat. It went really sideways for him after The Decision.