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

I understand what you guys are getting at.

We may just be watching the second of those rings coming soon. We're certainly watching some fun stuff!

As for another four, very doubtful IMO..... As "you guys" often note, "it's a different game today."



Cheers,
Ian

 

Cool!

Watching on the box, it looked like you had fun!.....

Cheers,
Ian

 

Albert, belated Happy Birthday! And Go Warriors!

 

Looked up his stats today and maybe best season ever
90, 50, 45% only second time ever after steve nash. But 30 ppg way more than nash. And 7 assists with 5 rebounds and 2 steals. All with most wins ever
Yup, as good as it gets

 

What makes his regular season stats great and arguably the best ever is his team is winning and the more he produces, the higher the team's chance of winning, simoly because he is an efficient scorer with high basketball IQ. Can't say the same for others aside from MJ.

 

Check your stats. Plenty of high basketball IQ's been out there.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 3 college championships at UCLA IN A ROW.
19X NBA All Star 6 NBA Championships 6X NBA MVP 2X NBA Championship MVP
20 seasons in the NBA Played in 10 NBA finals. NBA rookie of the year. 2X scoring champion 4X blocked shots champion.

Oh and was the assistant coach on two more NBA championship teams.

Want me to go on about great players and single season records? Find my first post about Wilt Chamberlain.

Look up Oscar Robertson, Jerry West, Magic Johnson, Bill Russell, Larry Bird, there are at least a half dozen players who have had great individual seasons on championship teams, plenty have had more than one.

Hell, Magic Johnson played CENTER in the NBA finals when their starting center got injured and he carried that team to a championship against the 76ers. Thats high basketball IQ when a GUARD can move to center and help his team win.

Steph's a GREAT 3 point shooter, maybe will end up the best ever. He's a good teammate, at least appears to be. Can make his own shot where none exists, but greatest season ever? C'mon, be real.

D

 

If we're talking regular season, show me a player who had a higher effective field goal scoring percentage and actually had a winning season (as in... Best record in the NBA). Wilt padded stats at the expense of his team. Curry actually makes his teammates better and more efficient.

None of the players you mentioned ever scored 30 ppg , had anything remotely close to a 63% effective field goal percentage (aside from Wilt) and had the best team winning record going into the playoffs all in the same season

Check your stats.

 

He's out tonight.

Sucks.

Hopefully the other guys will step up.

Anyone else 'in love' with Ros?..... Oh dear, she's cute!

Cheers,
Ian

 

Greatest individual season, imo, was Jordan in '87-'88. Led the league in scoring at 35ppg with 54%fg and 85% free throw (60%ts), led the league in steals at 3.2spg, added 1.6bpg, 5.5 rebounds and 5.9 assists. He led the league in scoring, won mvp and defensive player of the year, only player to ever do that. He also won all star mvp and the dunk contest that year, then averaged 36.3ppg in the playoffs.

Curry is the best shooter I've ever seen, but I don't think we'll ever see Jordan 87-88 again, dominating both sides of the ball so completely. Curry isn't even a first team all defense let alone dpoy candidate. Until he can do that, he won't be in the discussion for best ever or best season ever.

 

Insane year but jordan didnt win ring in 80s. Currys regular season stats this year compare well to mj during his championship seasons. Again, 30ppg at 90, 50, and 45% is equally insane. Besides curry is a pg so cant compare to mj. Lets compare curry to other point guards

 

too bad for steph (and nba fans in general, me included).

but that's another reason why mj and now LeBron are so special. they NEVER got hurt. its part of the overall deal if want to be considered goat

 

i'd argue that Dwayne Wade's 2009 season was better...so greatest of all time, no.

 

just looked up wade in 09 and was better than I thought.

wade played 79 games, 39mpg, scored 30.2 with 5 rebounds, 7.5 assists, 1.3 blks, 2.2 steals, 3.4 to. his shooting % was 49 fg, 32 3pt, and 77 ft

curry also played 79 games but only 34mpg, scored 30.1 with 5 rebounds, 7 assists, 0.2 blks, 2.1 steals, 3.3 to. so all very close but the difference between wades excellent season and currys historic one is in the shooting % of 50 fg. 45 3pt, and 91 ft. he was so much more efficient than wade was that its not comparable

and of course, wade wasn't even mvp and curry will be without doubt. and he didn't lead league in those stats, as good as they were. LeBron scored 5ppg more than wade did

 

I submit to you Steph is not the MVP because his team keeps winning without him.

Most MVP's - when they miss games - their teams lose most games.

 

Warriors are beating scrubs without curry. Will lose to spurs or cavs without him

 

Colin Cowherd did a semi-rant today on why Steph isn't MVP, isn't even close to MVP. Not sure I agree, but he certainly had some valid points.

His team continues to win without him, in the playoffs, no less.

Take Lebron off the court, and Cleveland doesn't have a chance. (is that how we spell LeBron?) Same with Miami before his move back to Cleveland.

I think Steph is a great 3 point shooter. Absolutely fantastic, and he's having one hell of a season. MVP? Given the parameters by which MVP is chosen? Sure.

We'll see, hope he gets back on the court this year and plays his ass off.

D