KG (in response to Ant Man)- "If im being honest, I don't think anyone in this generation could've played 20 years ago"

[MJ Truth]

The problem with these types of comments is whose to say that a lot of the current players wouldn’t have adjusted to the style of play from that era?

In fact, you could say that a lot of those players wouldn’t make it in this current era.

People did say this lol. That’s literally why he made this response.

 

[Thavoiceofthevoiceless]

People did say this lol. That’s literally why he made this response.

Yet people still bring it up as a talking point when discussing player rankings or GOATs.

 

[HandyWithTheSteel]

BJ Armstrong average 14 points a game, shot 47% from the field, a great shooter played 82 games

KOBE average 8 points in his 1st year, in 1996 and did not even start, had all the hype, played 71 games

But you dudes wanna tell me that Curry who is much smaller, wasn't heavy recruited by the Blue Blood programs would come into the NBA in his 1st year and average more points than BJ Armstrong??

Like KG and Paul said, yall better go watch more film and stop thinking like folks who never played nor watched the game

Steph is bigger than BJ Armstrong and doesn’t belong in the same paragraph as that bum ass nikka.

Mark Price at 5’11” was making all-star teams. Curry is averaging 40 in the 90s, especially in the shortened 3 point line era.

 

[010101]

In the old days there was no space so those two driblle pull ups were necessary.

shake that one dedicated defender there's a ocean of space there

mj isolating calling clear outs on a whole side of the court was a viable winning strategy because of the difference in defensive rules back then

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[NormanConnors]

“Pierce says no one in this era has post game or midrange, or 2 dribble pull up. Etc.. etc...”

Old head babble. Maybe he should watch some Devin Booker or Jalen Brunson or something.

These dudes go full retard. Anthony Edwards is wrong but so are these guys.

And yeah players at all levels are generally more skilled now. Pierce was good but Luka takes parts of his game to another level. I even see some Pierce in J-Dub from OKC.

Luka being better than Pierce, I don't even rock with Pierce like that but still

 

[Gotright]

Luka being better than Pierce, I don't even rock with Pierce like that but still

luka>pierce

 

[NormanConnors]

Steph is bigger than BJ Armstrong and doesn’t belong in the same paragraph as that bum ass nikka.

Mark Price at 5’11” was making all-star teams. Curry is averaging 40 in the 90s, especially in the shortened 3 point line era.

No way in hell Steph is averaging 40 in the 90's. I'd put more money on Price averaging 30 in this era

 

[NormanConnors]

luka>pierce

Nah, yall must only be familiar with late in his career Pierce

 

[Gotright]

Nah, yall must only be familiar with late in his career Pierce

no i was watching him in the early 2000. luka better and will be looked as a better player when he's done. pierce was nice as fukk tho not taking nothing away from him

 

[fifth column]

Steph is bigger than BJ Armstrong and doesn’t belong in the same paragraph as that bum ass nikka.

Mark Price at 5’11” was making all-star teams. Curry is averaging 40 in the 90s, especially in the shortened 3 point line era.

Foh Steph is his pops in the 90s, a 3pt specialist. You can’t just download 2016 Steph

 

[ISO]

Luka being better than Pierce, I don't even rock with Pierce like that but still

 

[Lucky_Lefty]

fukk it, since we making outrageous statements, Glenn Robinson would destroy nikkas in this era.

 

[Elim Garak]

All these dudes be all over the place lol. I'm honestly tired of the generation discussion in basketball.

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

No way in hell Steph is averaging 40 in the 90's. I'd put more money on Price averaging 30 in this era

Price didn't have it in his bones to put up that many shots; he'd be far more inclined to balance his scoring with playmaking. He'd be dope in this era with more freedom to play an expansive game, but he wouldn't be averaging 30. Meanwhile, Steph averaged 32 ppg in 34 minutes, with a longer 3-pt line and more defensive attention than he would encounter in the 90s.

Averaging 40 would be within his realm if he was allowed to just shoot whatever shots he wanted. There'd be a period where he would put up ridiculous numbers (scoring 45-50 on the regular), until teams realized they actually needed to guard him that far out and then his numbers would taper off a bit.

Luka being better than Pierce, I don't even rock with Pierce like that but still

Luka is on a completely different level.

There's no way you can watch either player and think that Pierce was better. Luka took everything Pierce did, and turned the volume up to max. And even shyt that Pierce wasn't particularly great at (like playmaking), Luka is all-time great at. I bet your perception of him would be entirely different if the player he is now existed in the 90s.

 

[Greenhornet]

pierce is better than luka overall and will have a full career. luka is hitting more now but only because he has more experience younger and the green light. Pierce is better defender and has more heart

I never understand at age 37 how kids can be so dumb in convo... I played in 90s and won and still beating 18 year olds. The game is way more soft and terrible now. People cry and call contact and no travel all day... its like tennis out there. 90s you had to win mentally and physically. My era added And1 and shakes to the physical game and people started carrying. But players like McGrady didnt need that shyt. On one hand the new players would score, but in the handcheck era they would get abused. You were supposed to abuse players and hit them... if you had arm injury they would use fouls to chop that shyt. Spacing and creation were different, not harder really but different pace and shots. Honestly it comes down to heart... anyone could play in any era with the will to adapt and score. but rules matter. Steph would be benched for shooting deep 3s on stacked teams. Only Reggie by himself on trash Pacers could get away with that. You couldnt just abuse shots, coaches would pull you. He would be amazing but used as a decoy... Klay is a good pair because it would revolutionize the 3 ball still. But they couldnt defend physical enough. Dudes would muscle them and put them in the cup on cuts, Klay would be a legend but tired as fukk and Curry would be getting physically abused... it would be alot harder

they could all do it but physicality would adapt