I said Steph Curry has the best skillset of any pg ever and my friends say im wilding

[O.T.I.S.]

Curry is damn near a 50% shooter from the field (shooting almost 60 at the moment) above 45% from 3pt range for his career, while also being a 90% FT career shooter...


On top of that, he's led his team to a championship...

He's definitely in the conversation now. And that ring might put him above a few of them now (Nash/Payton at least)

 

[Originalgangsta317]

That Hesitation

 

[Originalgangsta317]

Kobe needs to retire,all this nikka doing is shooting 3's and missing em

 

[blackestofpanthers]

Curry is damn near a 50% shooter from the field (shooting almost 60 at the moment) above 45% from 3pt range for his career, while also being a 90% FT career shooter...


On top of that, he's led his team to a championship...

He's definitely in the conversation now. And that ring might put him above a few of them now (Nash/Payton at least)

He aint above the glove yet but he is damn sure ahead of nash. Nash isn't on payton's level.

 

[O.T.I.S.]

He aint above the glove yet but he is damn sure ahead of nash. Nash isn't on payton's level.

Glove is a legend and one of my favorite players ever that just happened to be one of the victims of the Jordan era for not winning a ring...

But that ring though....

On top of the fact that Curry is a legit PG that just happens to be on offense

 

[Hollywood Co]

I don't think it's out of the question for someone to say J. Kidd. Dude could do just about anything you could ask for out of a basketball player.

Fixed that for you

Steph is moving the game into a new direction with his play. He's literally changing the way the game will be played going forward. You think Jordan had his clones? Curry will have 2x the amount.

Saying that though, he does not have the best skillset for a PG. A skillset is defined by the varying things you can do on a court at any given time. He's got limitations when compared to someone like Kidd, who probably was better at everything on a basketball court cept shooting the ball. Curry may be the best shooter of all time so that may make him more effective but not necessarily more skilled than the all time great PGs.

 

[O.T.I.S.]

Fixed that for you

Steph is moving the game into a new direction with his play. He's literally changing the way the game will be played going forward. You think Jordan had his clones? Curry will 2x the amount.

Saying that though, he does not have the best skillset for a PG. A skillset is defined by the varying things you can do on a court at any given time. He's got limitations when compared to someone like Kidd, who probably was better at everything on a basketball court cept shooting the ball. Curry may be the best shooter of all time so that may make him more effective but not necessarily more skilled than the all time great PGs.

I agree that J.Kidd was the better overall PG but Steph is good at everything a PG does but he is just EXCEPTIONAL at scoring.. Possibly the best shooter ever. And the fact at how he gets his own shot makes him almost impossible to guard one on one.


Plus, like I said he has a ring on the team he lead... He's definitely in the conversation with these guys. His only real weakness is probably on ball defense and turnovers

 

[TKOK]

perhaps offensively, but on D. give me The Glove.

 

[sportscribe]

chauncy billups was never the star of the team, the pistons were a team built without a superstar

Malone was the star of that Jazz team.

As for the topic of this conversation, Curry is probably the most skilled PG in basketball since Magic. As far as skillset is concerned, they are neck and neck. We might only have a definitive answer once his career is winding down.

 

[1/2 Man 1/2 Hennessy]

If Curry becomes a great defender and develops game above the rim he deserves the GOAT PG title over Magic judging from the trajectory of his career Payton tho will forever own the streets. My nikka was and still is certified ouchea

 

[Roland Coltrane]

That ain't got nothing to do with Magic being the best PG ever

He was definitely the sickest ever

 

[Originalman]

I definitely don't agree with you there. Zeke was an assassin & could flat out score; especially during crunch time. While he didn't have the kind of long ball consistency as Steph, he could score in different ways & in a more physical league in the 80's. I don't think Steph would be able to do ALL of what he does if he were in the 80's.

You are right about that. Also like MJ....Zeke played better or just as good when he was hurt. You also didn't want to piss him off because he would get more focused.

But folks forget how great of a scorer he was and he could shoot from anywhere on the court (of course his range wasn't as far a curry. But back in those days shooting the threes like they shoot now would get a dude benched quick).

 

[Knicksman20]

In 89-90 Mark Price averaged 20 and 9 in this physical era that you're talking about

How was Mark Price able to survive the murderball era? Yall make it sound like dudes were playing with swords and axes

I'm talking moreso the 80's than the 90's where you were allowed to mug people & get away with it. Price averaged that like what, 1 season? Come on fam. Every other season he was under 20pts & under 10 assists (which is still good) but he wasn't a game changer like Steph.

Mark Price was 18/19 pts & 8/9 asts on stupid efficiency/percentages in his prime

Yes he was pretty efficient but he wasn't Steph Curry & wasn't playing at an MVP level. Wasn't he injury prone too? I'm just going off of memory with him.

 

[Versa]

Instead of arguing, it's a lot easier to just say he arguably does and leave it at that. No matter whether you firmly agree or you aren't sure, there is an undeniably strong argument for yes.

If he's the best shooter ever at his position, an incredible passer, a great finisher, and has a great handle, why tf would he not be in the conversation when those are the most important skills for the position to have?

You can bring up defense and that would be the only questionable thing. Even then, he's becoming at least average AND he is one of the better steals guys in the league.

People bringing up post play, rebounding, and lock down defense like those things were ever all that important for the position compared to the stuff Curry is untouchable at.

The answer is yes, he just might be.

 

[TrebleMan]

That Hesitation

If you check the highlights from last game dude's hesitation was making cats jump at him from 26 feet out thinking he was gonna pull up. Then Steph drove right by.

@3:01


Also had a defender jumping up on the hesitation right before that bounce pass at the end. Team defenses are absolutely shook of his shot, not just his defender.