SGA is better than Curry ever was and has been for a while

Aside from debating SGA vs. Steph Curry, calling Curry the most overrated player of the 21st century over poster child Carmelo Anthony might be the dumbest comment of the 21 century.

 

Curry still shoots like a God and has great touch around the rim. I hate him, but he's not overrated.

 

Calling Curry the most overrated just really undermines those peak James Harden Rox teams.

 

Feeling this might be a Mike/Kareem versus Bird/Magic discussion, not going there.

Ice in Veins versus the greatest Showmanship/Showboating/Shooting.

 

The only thing about Curry that people don't pay enough attention to is his atrocious defense (he also flops more on picks than people want to talk about since he was the NBA's poster child for close to a decade -- Harden was the lightning rod for all flopping criticism during that time).

Aside from that, as a bonafide Curry hater, I can say with full confidence that Curry was incredible. Absolutely not overrated from what I've seen. Best shooter of all time, which on its own is enough to put him in a lot of epic comparisons, let alone his handles and off ball IQ. He's not the GOAT, but he's probably top 10-20.

Most overrated of my lifetime belongs to one of either Kobe, Iverson, or Worstbrick. Kobe was objectively a fantastic player, but just absolutely does not belong in the Lebron or Jordan conversation -- that's the only reason for his inclusion. He's still like top 25ish all time. So that narrows it to Iverson or Westy. Both had several years where they were putting up big numbers but almost seemed to be providing negative value for their team, but all people remember is the numbers and the couple good years. After the hype around his triple double year, I'm going Westbrook. He's the single most overrated. He was probably a better player than Iverson, but Iverson was never put on such an insanely high pedestal.

Anyway, I digress lol. Imma struggle to put SGA ahead of Curry right now. But he does play better defense...

 

Just one of the most skilled players ever really. Even as a below the rim player he managed to be one of the best finishers at the rim throughout his career.

 

I don’t know what to think about SGA, but Curry is absolutely not overrated. He was by far the best player on 4 championship teams (or at least the most important) and a historically great shooter and completely unique offensive weapon in NBA history.

My hot take would be that Curry’s supporting casts on the “historically great” Warriors teams were actually pretty mediocre (other than Durant) and it was Curry alone that made the whole thing work.

I hated (and will always hate) the Warriors and it was maddening how they have dominated the Rockets, but I gotta give credit where it’s due.

 

Why is it always the SAME posters that do edgy posting, even in different forums?

 

trolls gotta troll man, doesn't matter where

 

Curry > Jokic > LeBron

Sorry not sorry.

 

Don't really agree with the Steph take

But, I do think SGA seems to be quite underrated. He plays both sides of the ball, can shoot, can pass, can handle all at an elite level.

He's usually right at the top of the EPM rankings with Jokic but the same advanced stat aficionados that hate Westbrook will basically call you racist for saying he's a deserving MVP 'becuz triple dubble'

 

No

 

I agree about Curry's mammoth impact on those teams. His on-off numbers were ridiculous, higher than any of SGA's seasons so far, which suggests SGA's bench depth is superior and there's less of a dropoff when he sits.

 

Did Curry get as many whistles as SGA? Maybe Curry should've tried throwing his body into others while shooting 3s....and people complain about Harden.

 

Couldn’t agree more with this post. Absolutely nailed it.

 

The big benefit curry got was 1. his team was allowed to screen/block like offensive lineman which gave him as many easy open shots as he wanted and 2. they didn't have to play by any rules on defense, they could hack and foul with impunity and never get called. Shai gets the crazy whistle for himself and also they are allowed to foul all they want. If you watched game 7 against denver when caruso "guarded" jokic, he probably fouled him 40+ times in that game. I don't know that okc would be a real contender without the refs (so far obviously they wouldn't have been but this year isn't over).