Stephen Curry as the "face of the NBA" will be an absolute joke

[rapbeats]

So are you suggesting that iverson is not better than steph curry? Also im a ram not a lamb lil nikka

sorry to the AI fans. Curry is better than Prime AI. period.

 

[Bomberman]

wrong thread.

 

[kingofnyc]

you come from an era if guys are good.... Oh really. and you still STAN bron? i like bron. I think by technicality he's a great player moreso because he's a great specimen with the ability to handle the ball with either hand and finish well with either hand. but. if by chance bron was the normal height and size of other SF's. bron would not have ever won any mvp. does this matter in reality? not really. but it is a perception. giant man with super athletic ability is running by, jumping over, and running over guys that are much smaller and less athletic than he is.

kobe played in an era where his defenders were his size are larger, his athletic abilities or even moreso. yet he still destroyed them. Curry is 6'3ish. giving everybody the Bizzznesss. lebron included when he tries to switch. notice lebron hasnt tried to pull that drose defense on curry. i wonder why?

curry cant be guarded 1 on 1 by lebron or anyone else in the current nba especially with the nba now employing so many screens in plays. people see this regular size nba guy going ham night in and night out. a guy that isnt super athletic. but is super skilled.
bron is not super skilled and anything except for his ability to finish with either hand(no one ever talks about this. this is how you know most of these writers dont know basketball. they know stats.

Lebron right now is getting LOCKED UP by iggy. PERIOD. when iggy is on him, the man is missing more times then not. Its so bad that bron and the coach had to call for screens to get that boy iggy off of bron.

and thats with a nba that allows bron to travel like no other and allows him to Run people over in order to create space on his drives. if you cut him off. he will run you clear OVER. then go up for a layup/dunk. i aint mad at him. he use to play football in high school he doesnt know any better. shoot, he's a 6'8 tank. what else is he supposed to do vs a smaller quicker guy. But its on the nba and the refs to call the obvious charge. but they wont. because if they do, it will kill off half of his game. Because its a FLAW in his game that the nba chooses to allow it to remain hidden by way of rules and no calls.

think about this for a moment. What top GOAT player/scorer has ever had iso's after iso after iso and not be able to destroy their man? NON except for bron. iggy is locking this dude up. and he's doing it in a soft era of officiating where you cant get all up in a guy like you use to. if he could, it would be worse on bron then it already is.

put kobe in brons place on all those iggy isos. iggy may have had one good game of that. and then... kobe would've destroyed him to the point the other coach would've started calling for traps and double teams on the catch. or that infamous boston celtic/detroit piston 1-2-2 zone.

The level of fear they had of jordan's and kobe's scoring ability has been unmatched by anyone thus far. not KD, not LBJ. Curry is getting close. we're talking scoring ability and a team having NO ANswer for you other then hack you and pray the refs dont call it(DELLE), pray you miss, and or go to a 1-2-2 zone or doubling the guy early and often. Sorry lebron fans. he's a great player as in top 50. i'll give him that based on the stats. but the man has way too many holes in his offensive game. and way to much protection by the refs for anyone that knows better to allow people to continue to compare him to jordan and kobe.

Right now they are talking about they should give bron the mvp even if he loses the series. unless steph has a great game 6. LOL. ridiculous. steph has been consistent for the most part. bron has posted nice numbers but that FG% is lacking. not because he's taking too many shots. its because iggy is locking the man up. lebron is able to half play defense cause the other warrior players a lot of time over defer to klay or curry. so bron can just roam(conserve energy). so dont give me that he has to play defense too. not really. he's playing help defense moreso then man. now we've heard for the past 8 or so years about how great lbj's fg% is in comparison to the likes of KOBE. but now we are willing to forgive him for all those bricks that iggy is causing. STOP IT.

sorry to the AI fans. Curry is better than Prime AI. period.

 

[rapbeats]

I'LL SAY IT AGAIN. if i had to start a franchise with AI or steph. give me steph 100 out of 100 times. and i will always be an AI fan. but truth is truth. ole boy shot selection wasnt to cute most of the time, and he wasnt the good of a PG. he was a very short, very thin shooting guard. but he went hard. going hard in the eastern conference getting to the finals once isnt proving to me that AI is the guy i need to start my team with. young curry is already in the finals and he hasnt even peaked yet. he may end up being a champion this season.
sorry AI fans.

 

[TheBEASTCOASTrevival]

but you dont remember curry is 6'3 and would give you the work

 

[G.O.A.T Squad Spokesman]

Hate is a strong word. LeBron is my nikka and I dislike Curry. He takes bad shots, commits careless turnovers and has bad body language but becuz his shooting is at another level it seems he's immune to criticism. He's the best player on the best team but LeBron is still the "face of the league" and he's proving it with his play on the court.

Yet you love Harden

 

[kingofnyc]

I'LL SAY IT AGAIN. if i had to start a franchise with AI or steph. give me steph 100 out of 100 times. and i will always be an AI fan. but truth is truth. ole boy shot selection wasnt to cute most of the time, and he wasnt the good of a PG. he was a very short, very thin shooting guard. but he went hard. going hard in the eastern conference getting to the finals once isnt proving to me that AI is the guy i need to start my team with. young curry is already in the finals and he hasnt even peaked yet. he may end up being a champion this season.
sorry AI fans.

prime AI was a much better player then current curry
curry benefits from having a very good team, a very complete team & a team with minimal weakness
while AI played with rag tag types -he took an old mutumbo, ty hill, george lynch, eric snow, theo raff, aaron mckie to da finals

while curry is playing with 3times the amount if talent around him
several all stars
couple of Olympic/USA national team mates
runner up for defensive player of the year

i mean i personaly dont think it us even close when comparing da two
add da fact AI played most of his career in da hand check era
which i can say with much confidence curry would struggle against

 

[G.O.A.T Squad Spokesman]

prime AI was a much better player then current curry
curry benefits from having a very good team, a very complete team & a team with minimal weakness
while AI played with rag tag types -he took an old mutumbo, ty hill, george lynch, eric snow, theo raff, aaron mckie to da finals

while curry is playing with 3times the amount if talent around him
several all stars
couple of Olympic/USA national team mates
runner up for defensive player of the year

i mean i personaly dont think it us even close when comparing da two
add da fact AI played most of his career in da hand check era
which i can say with much confidence curry would struggle against

You have any stats to show that AI was better than current Curry?

 

[Momentum]

NBA fooled you all into rooting for a rich kid from NBA lineage

Bron is from the gutter and is one of us that truly made it, yet you all hate him now

fukking scust

 

[kingofnyc]

You have any stats to show that AI was better than current Curry?

dont need stats my nikka!
i seen with my eyes


a well rested curry at home with his wifey & riley couldnt fukkz with AI after a longgggg night of partyyyyy n bullshytttttt

 

[Birdie]

I don't really NBA(other than the playoffs sometimes) and I don't care for the whole dark vs light skin conflict, but I like Stephen Curry because he one of the few if not only NBA or Black athletes that had respect for his dad and named him as his role model in his MVP speech. I can respect him for that, unlike the majority of these dudes thanking their mamas who placed them in a horrible living condition to begin with and didn't at all help with them getting in the NBA, they just were fortunate their son had talent.

 

[kingofnyc]

NBA fooled you all into rooting for a rich kid from NBA lineage

Bron is from the gutter and is one of us that truly made it, yet you all hate him now

fukking scust

which is why i truly truly truly believe most if these poster on here
are either none black or self hating uncle ruckus

 

[Momentum]

I don't really NBA(other than the playoffs sometimes) and I don't care for the whole dark vs light skin conflict, but I like Stephen Curry because he one of the few if not only NBA or Black athletes that had respect for his dad and named him as his role model in his MVP speech. I can respect him for that, unlike the majority of these dudes thanking their mamas who placed them in a horrible living condition to begin with and didn't at all help with them getting in the NBA, they just were fortunate their son had talent.

Kind of easy when your Dad provided a comfortable life off a NBA salary. You don't know WHAT LBJ or KD's mothers had to do to afford good shoes, basketball camps, school fees, etc. etc.

Spoiler

 

[Tha_Mac]

Yet you love Harden

I like Harden's game. He is a big reason why the Rockets have returned to relevance and can be viewed as title contenders. The point I was trying to make was that Curry shouldn't be immune to criticism which he wasn't getting after bad showings in Game 2 and 3. Where he was taking bad shots and turning the ball over. I don't hate or love no nikkas tho.

 

[ThaGlow]

What's it even mean to be the face of the NBA? Popularity? IMO the face of the league is who you picture when someone says "NBA". For me its definitely not Curry, despite his peak in popularity and accomplishments this year.

Lol, it ain't fair, but Curry is a victim of his own success, like all the greats. Lebron go to 5 straight finals with losing record, be called LeChoke or whatever. Curry is the 3-point gawd... be remembered strictly as the best shooter in the world instead of best player in the world. For me its an easy out to call Steph the best shooter, because then I don't have to call him the best player. At times, Curry's game almost seems "gimmicky" because he's so good at 3s, lol. Like I said, victim of his own success.

FWIW, when you say NBA, the first superstars that come to mind are Lebron then KD. But I am a KD stan, so maybe I'm biased.