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MT Steve said:
His playmaking, off ball movement, and handles are all elite.
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I agree but the elite handles and elite off ball movement are skills he uses to get looks at threes. They are basically an extension of his amazing shooting or they supplement his amazing shooting.

His playmaking is great but he is never near the top of the league in assists.

About 6 per game every season. I mean sexton was at about 6 per game last season if he got the minutes and he isn't a great playmaker to anyone. Curry also turns it over a bit more than sexton does per 36.

Curry is a shooter. The goat easily. He is clutch. He is a great ball handler and great at moving without the ball. But shooting is what makes him great. And it's really the only thing that makes him great. If he weren't the goat shooter then he would still be a great ball handler and move well off ball but he would be pretty average.

Some of the other goats were extremely good at many things. Steph is more one dimensional than many of the other goats.

And I'm not trying to knock him. He is my favorite non jazz player in the league and has been for the past decade. He is in my top 5 all time.

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str8line said:
LeBron has 4 titles, Michael has 6, but MJ retired for two seasons in his absolute prime so he could have had 8. Just saying.
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I think we are comparing players though which is an individual thing. Rings are team things imo.

I will have Jordan ahead of LeBron but not due to rings alone. LeBron been to more finals too. Which is a huge accomplishment. (All us jazz fans have )

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Saint Cy of JFC said:
It's just weird lmao. The French defense was great with Gobert in. Yeah, Lessort will give you a putback or get a postup,but their D just let USA get wide open looks
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Rudy also set some amazing screens… like they hit a couple threes cuz the looks were so damn clean. I know I know screen assists yada yada but those were some of the best looks they got all day.
 
str8line said:
And still got four titles to MJ's six. And Michael didn't need to form a superteam to get his.
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Michael had a super team though.

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str8line said:
Wemby 26/7/2 and 3-8 3PT. 20 years old. Future GOAT?
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Yes. Obviously. If he doesn't get hurt then he is pretty much guaranteed to be a top 5 player within the next 5 years imo. And he would just be about to enter his prime at that point lol.
 
Curry in the game today. 14 field goal attempts. 13 Three point attempts.
against serbia? 19 field goal attempts and 14 three point attempts.

When I was in high school my favorite basketball t shirt said "why take a two when you can drain the three?" on it. Curry understands that concept. (I was a great three point shooter back in the day as well)
 
str8line said:
See above post.
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Rodman was a hall of famer. And he had goat role players who might have looked much better if mike wasn't taking all the shots (lebron makes his teammates look better due to his playmaking)
Kukoc, kerr, grant, harper, oakley, were some great players. Probably had the best coach of all time too.

But I put Jordan ahead of lebron because he was the best scorer I ever saw by a long shot (kinda like steph is the best shooter by a long shot). And putting the ball in the hoop is the best thing to be the best at in basketball. Plus he was tremendous defender and the most clutch.

They didn't score as many points per game back in jordans day and games often finished in the 80's for point totals. Yet Jordan had season averages of 37 (!!!), 35, 34, and a bunch more over 30 per game. If he were playing at todays pace he might have averaged like 42 per game or something. Crazy stuff.

And he was a pretty crappy 3 point shooter like most players in that era. Imagine if he developed a 3 ball. Holy crap. His field goal percentages were always amazing even though his 3 point percentages were crap.
 
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