Stephen Curry...Greatest individual season of all time? **POSSIBLE NBA SPOILERS!**

Amazing playoffs for nba this year. Okc v spurs then v gsw then clev v gsw. Almost 2 months of viewing pleasure.

Never in million years did I think clev would pull this out but they did it. Huge congrats to them.

Curry is a great player for regular season when game is not as physical but this year ad last year, his performance went down the deeper he got in playoffs. As of now he didnt have greatest season ever because he wasnt even best pg in finals. Irving was, who bby the way is most underrated star in nba. What a talent!

And i do hope this series will end all the lebron bashing. He is at the all time top right after mj. Finally, as a knicks fan, I can only hope lebron will use his powers to bring his friend melo over to cavs. Lol

 

I disagree.

The game was decided by two things late in the 4th quarter.

1) The monster block by Lebron on that 2 on 1 layup attempt by GS

2) GS's decision to keep bombing 3's (and missing all of them) instead of attempting higher percentage shots. You only need to beat the other team by 1 point, not 3. At that time, the game was 89-89 forever (as neither team scored in the last few minutes until that dagger 3 by Cleveland).

Why GS kept throwing up prayer 3's is beyond me. It wasn't working, try something different.

 

Must have been completely devastating for dubs fans esp those at arena. Probably same for pats fans when giants sent them to 18-1. I remember how upset I was when john starks ruined knicks chances in game 7 in 94 but that wasnt a historic season. Took a full week to recover.

Curry was total class in post game conference though. And cannot blame refs for allowing rough stuff on curry bc irving managed to deal with it as a small size player pretty well. Irving is a superstar near top of pg list

if durant goes to gsw week I will throw up. Maybe you guys want melo?

 

There's no question that Jordan was favoured by the refs (hence the phrase "The Michael Jordan treatment"), and Curry did not receive the "Jordan treatment", but the referees did not decide this series (nor did they decide any of Jordan's series).

 

You took the words out of my mouth. I was going to say that this season for GS is equivalent to the season that Pats when undefeated then lost to the Giants in the Superbowl.

 

This is an excellent post.

 

My friend sent a text last night that said the greatest shot in Lebrons career was that one free throw.

 

Yea, I agree...

#1 was for sure Lebron's perfectly timed stuff against the glass

#2 I'd say more specifically was Curry's missed behind the back pass that went out of bounds... that was shortly after he had finally hit a big 3 and was trying to get the mojo flowing... that pass embarrassed him and killed it.

What ever happened to his wrist??? When he went down I was sure he broke something... has that been reported on since?

But yes going up 4 with 10 seconds left sealed it..... even when GSW was throwing up 3's at the buzzer and missing, they would have still been short if they got one in.

 

I'm not sure. But I think he tweaked it and also hit his funny bone and that feeling went to his wrist. It looked bad and any one else that fell the same way I doubt would have been able to compose themselves.

 

Growing up in Cleveland, finally getting a win was amazing.

Crazy series!

 

As a Clevelander, everyone knows in this town that LeBron is known for drama...........real or carefully crafted often resulting in getting players moved or coaches fired. He knows where the cameras are, he knows the moment, he knows what everyone in media is saying about him. He certainly took a bad fall, but I don't doubt for a moment that he played that up. It didn't look like his wrist was hurting when he raised that trophy and champagne.

 

currys worst move was dribbling at the 3pt line with k love on him at the end. either take a quick 30' bomb or better yet drive. to. the. basket!!! werent they down 4 at the time? they couldve used a layup as much as a 3. but wasting precious time and then heaving a one handed shot like that was the closing of the casket. inexcusable for player of his level and experience.

 

Oh I know for sure he's as big a flopper as every other NBA player.

I do try to look at that specific play as any other injury we've all had playing sports. It's something that hurts like hell for a minute, but we know we have to put the pain aside and keep playing.

With 15 seconds (or around there) why they were playing at such a fast pace didn't make any sense to me. If I remember there were 10 seconds on the shot clock, so why not run the clock down as far as possible? But it's moot point now.

Curry played sloppily, period. That shot, the behind the back pass. He's just a chucker.

 

Funny you should say that. My brother and I were thinking the same thing, as we were watching the replays, we looked hard and careful at how he landed on his wrist, and it looked perfectly normal. I was thinking that he embellished so that he looks like a hero, ie taking a nasty fall, injuring his wrist, miraculously finishing the game and clinching the win.

Needless to say, he was already a hero prior to and without that incident, and wouldn't have needed that to obtain hero status.

 

Well, he needs to figure out what 'defense' means, then you can possibly
start using the word 'superstar'.

I have been in situations where I thought I was hurt really bad,
and I react the same exact way for about a minute.
I have had fingers and thumbs slammed in car doors that, I yelped,
but nothing happened. The shock of the moment makes you do that,
you 'reset', and no pain comes, and you figure out you are OK.

I don't think at all he did this 'hero' crap you alluded to, as one person
here said, he knows where the cameras are, he knows if he faked it that
would be revealed in a replay. He was in shock for a minute, that's all.

 

Yes the loudest I have heard the crowd which was a great game though to bad GSW couldn't pull it off Curry seemed to be off for the last few games....and I didn't see any big fights also...and our car still had all its windows after the game!
Unlike other visits...

 

what ace said.

what an exciting 7 games. I was amazed to see how LeBron can dominate the game when he needed to. a stud for sure!

 

irvings finals defense was the equal of currys and the title of this thread is currys best season of all time. all I want for irving is to be in mix with curry, westbrook, paul, etc. his defense is good enough for that and to be a superstar

 

Come on man, don't be that guy. Officiating didn't lose them the series, poor shooting at the wrong time (helped by great Clev defense) did.

 

You should re-read his post. He said that because Lebron knew where the cameras were, that he didn't doubt that he played it up. I agreed with him.

 

All athletes flop whether for the drama, their brand, influence refs, whatever. Maybe he was nervous to shoot the free throws and wanted an excuse if he missed (big sarcasm)

Lebron is my 2nd best player all time after mj and no one who knows basketball could put anyone other than him as starting all time small forward. Bron bashing officially ended last night

 

Everything I said a few posts ago comes to fruition once again. He claims he zeros out the media virtually everyday in press conferences and yet he posts this just an hour ago. Typical LeBron.

LeBron reminds me of that #1 sales guy in the company that can get away with a lot more than the guys pulling lower numbers. The franchise walk on their tippy toes around him, Dan Gilbert gives him and his "crew" anything they want, he has incredible amount of power. LeBron gets guys fired the worst way, passive aggressively, he won't tell you to fire the coach, he'll just very subtly disprespect him every chance he gets in front of the media like little paper cuts everyday until you eventually bleed to death.

At the same time, he's one of us (born & raised in NE Ohio) and for that reason the overwhelming majority of us turn a blind eye. He did the right thing by coming back to give us the ultimate prize we've been thirsting for 52 years. It makes it extra special that it was one of us that did it. A person that understands the suffering, the debacles, the collapses we've had to anguish through. That thirst is now quenched.
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