OFFICIAL Postseason race thread *Sticky*

[Ignacio]

One year? Are you talking this mvp year and probable record breaking year and likely championship?
Or last year's mvp year, championship and record breaking (3 point attempts) year?

This year, I'm certainly not talking about the injury-riddled NBA League last year.

 

[fishonjazz]

1 Year

He has been in the league 7 years and been quite good in all of them (though admittedly not at mvp levels)

I those 7 years he has never averaged less than 17 points and 6 assists per 36.
For his career (7 years remember) he is shooting 90% from the line, 44% from 3, and 48% from the field.


One year? Pfft

 

[zyzz]

Rockets lead the league in 15+ point comebacks (Currently 8)

Teams sure love choking against the Rockets.

 

[Darkwing Duck]

He's a chucker because he chucks up shots regardless of who is open and who isn't on his team, even if he's being defended (albeit poorly because most are afraid of getting a foul for breathing on him), regardless of if he's making his poor shot selection doesn't disregard most of his shots aren't the most open or best shots on the court at that point.

Golden State leads the league in assist rate. In fact, Curry's individual assist rate and the team's assist rate is virtually identical.

Curry is fourth in points per shot, trailing only centers. He leads the league in true shooting percentage.

Basically any random shot his teammates take, any shot taken by Curry is a better bet.

Curry is 4th in usage rate,

Curry is the most efficient player in basketball by a wide margin with the fourth highest usage in basketball. Can't underrate results.

I could go look up off dribble and off drive percentages to pretty easily dispel your "spot up shooter" notion, but you already have your narrative, so it won't matter.

 

[Ignacio]

We'll see come playoff time when people can actually play defense on him without being called for fouls. I shall be sure to bump your posts when they are eliminated after getting 73 wins.

 

[Darkwing Duck]

Oh and a "good shot selection" is not the same as a "good shot". Low BB IQ vanilla fans get those mixed up far too often and has elevated a spot shooter to a Top 10 player just by jumping on the bandwagon.

I fail to see how eschewing a contested shot made at 45% rate for three points for an open shot made at 40% rate for three is a worse shot selection.

Don't feel like looking into points per possession on specific plays, but Curry's iso/pull up threes would likely fare well against any other look the Warriors use.

In any case, Warrior's offense works due to Curry's threat from 30 feet. If Curry didn't take and make those shots, Warrior's offense wouldn't be as good as it is.

 

[Bawse Dawg]

We'll see come playoff time when people can actually play defense on him without being called for fouls. I shall be sure to bump your posts when they are eliminated after getting 73 wins.

I'll give you the field and i'll take the Warriors for the championship.

What are the stakes?

 

[Darkwing Duck]

We'll see come playoff time when people can actually play defense on him without being called for fouls. I shall be sure to bump your posts when they are eliminated after getting 73 wins.

Not outside the possibility that Golden State loses, especially to the Spurs, an all time great team, and maybe the Cavs because of LeBron being one of the greatest players in history.

 

[Ignacio]

I'll give you the field and i'll take the Warriors for the championship.

What are the stakes?

If Warriors win, you're right. If they get eliminated, I'm right.

Not outside the possibility that Golden State loses, especially to the Spurs, an all time great team, and maybe the Cavs because of LeBron being one of the greatest players in history.

This is what vanilla mainstream fans get confused with. These teams are not "all time great", this circles back to the whole "league being very weak the last 2 years in comparison to before" thing, but clearly there are too many low BBIQ posters here for me not to be ridiculed about it, since everyone wants to say "I WAS THERE WHEN GOLDEN STATE SMASHED THE BULLS RECORD!" heh. Once again, we will see in the upcoming months - this thread is not the place for this conversation and will just delve into spamming immovable opinions to one another.

 

[Bawse Dawg]

How about if Golden State wins you leave this board forever.

If they don't win then you are clearly just intellectually superior, and don't have time to waste on us vanilla mainstream fans. So you leave this board forever.

Deal?

 

[jimmy eat jazz]

If Warriors win, you're right. If they get eliminated, I'm right.

This is what vanilla mainstream fans get confused with. These teams are not "all time great", this circles back to the whole "league being very weak the last 2 years in comparison to before" thing, but clearly there are too many low BBIQ posters here for me not to be ridiculed about it, since everyone wants to say "I WAS THERE WHEN GOLDEN STATE SMASHED THE BULLS RECORD!" heh. Once again, we will see in the upcoming months - this thread is not the place for this conversation and will just delve into spamming immovable opinions to one another.

So are you Old School a la Oscar Robertson and other former NBA players; someone who romanticizes the past to the extent that nothing in the present can ever compare to it?

Is GS an 'all time great?' Statistically, Yes, I believe it is by a number of measures. Could they beat the 71-72 Lakers or 95-96 Bulls or even the 78-79 Blazers before Walton got hurt? I don't know, and neither do you. So stop pretending you do.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

I remember when Dallas had one of the all-time great regular seasons (67 wins) and the Warriors upset them as the 8th seed in the first round.