Stephen Curry declares; fits the blazers like a glove

Didnt Curry disappear in the tournament. I am not for sure, but I thought I read something that said they were disappointed that when he went against tougher competition he did not riase his game.

 

He dominated in the tournament last year.

This year the team was terrible except for him and they lost in their conference tourney.

 

To be fair I don't think everyone around here reads Blazersedge.com and realGM.com (there could be more places where he's cut and pasted this manifesto, but I haven't seen them yet?)

 

I think he meant, stop making the same post on this site. Every couple of weeks, we get a long post from him about how great it would be to get Steve Nash or Stephen Curry.

 

Well it's such a clearly awesome idea. Doesn't it need to be mentioned at least twice a week?


ps. I miss the "trade for Iggy" threads

 

even so, you would think once he posted it on one site and nearly everybody disagreed with him or got annoyed that he would stop?

 

Curry? That's guys a bust plain and simple, or more so a role player - like his father. He's too small, he can't defend, still needs to adjusts to switching positions while adjusting to the NBA game. He can shoot I'll give him that.

 

geez, I must have driven a stake through something like 5 of those

STOMP

 

I agree that Stephen Curry will more than likely be a role player but he would be a great one on Portland IMO. But what you have said about him shows you haven't seen Curry much. First off Curry is 6'3" and his doctors said he still has growth plates, with potential of still growing since he's still pretty young. Next, Curry is a pretty smart defender, and would be better than average once he gets stronger. Finally, he played the whole year as a PG and most of his turnovers were a result of his teammates not being on the same level as him. Curry broke one of the best fullcourt presses I saw all year against South Carolina all by himself for 35 minutes, while still producing offense for his team. On an NBA, especially a team with Portland's talent, Curry will be a great role playing Combo guard.

 

I've seen a LOT of him. He's small in that he's skinny as a toothpick. He's at best an average defender and with his size stronger PG's will abuse him. He put up good stats against bad teams but whenever he played anyone worth talking about he choked. I don't think moving up for a role player is a good idea. There are a lot of other PG's I would rather have in this draft than him.

 

You're one of those dirty "name-ists" I'll bet But I agree, I'd take Lawson over Curry, and I'm not wild about Lawson (not a huge fan of the tiny tot PGs, and I've yet to see a UNC point run a half-court set worth a damn in the NBA).

 

I like Curry, especially in the tournament. He's more of a pure shooter than Roy, and more adapt to running off screens to catch and shoot like a Rip Hamilton. He is similar that he seems to have a lot of confidence and, despite not being the quickest, is deliberate with the ball and can do what he wants. I don't think he's at the same level as Roy finishing around the rim.

But watching Curry play, he plays with a similar poise to Roy, which I haven't really seen mirrored in many other players. I like him for that reason, as a player, if nothing else. I'm not sure he's the best fit on this team unless you want Roy to handle the ball even more, and feel like our backcourt is already getting pretty loaded with middle-level talent.

He won't be there unless we move up anyways. He'll be a solid pro, for his shooting if nothing else, but I don't see him as being an all-star unless he gets physically bigger...which I don't see him doing too much of.

Would I take him? Surely! Will he be available at 24? Nope. But overall I like the kid and think he can continue to perform well, especially as a shooter on a team with other scorers...thus the floor will be spread a lot. I also agree with the comment someone made about his "great passing" being in part because the defenses focused so much on him and not the other 4 players on the floor.

 

Brandon is a legit 6'6" weighs about 215 and has a 40" vertical leap. Steph Curry compared to Brandon in terms of style of play might be appropriate, but in terms of raw athleticism and physical gifts it's not even close. Put it this way, if Brandon were 30 or 40 pounds lighter, less athletic and 3 inches shorter he'd probably be looking for work in the ACB or the Italian leagues, or barely hanging on with an NBA team as a bit minute role-player.

 

If Curry were there at #24, I'd consider him reasonable value. But he most likely won't, and I don't think he's worth trading up for.

 

you answered your own question like 5 paragraphs into your little manifesto. the answer is more rudy/roy in the backcourt.

 

Interesting that you watched him a lot but then you said he choked....44 @ Oklahoma, 44 @ NC State, 27 vs West Virginia @ MSG...oh yeah how about last year's tourney when he put up 40 on the Zags, 30 on G'Town, 33 on Wisconsin, then 25 on Kansas & Brandon Rush....I would like to see him when he's on if that is choking This year he only had 1 other teammate that could score and had no help handling the ball. If you ask me, his shooting percentages are down from what they should be b/c of the fatigue he would have during some games playing so much and doing EVERYTHING. It's not like he wasn't passing either, b/c he averaged 5.6 apg in his first year as a PG w/ his team having no real talent on it. Curry is exactly what Portland needs with Brandon Roy, and they would compliment each other really well. If the Blazers were to move up to get anyone, it would have to be Stephen Curry.

 

I'm not a fan of small PG's myself, usually, but there are the obvious exceptions of course where they have been successful--like Paul, Stockton, and IT. Believe me, I'm not "comparing" Lawson to those guys at all, just using them as an example that there have been successful players in the NBA that are/were about his size (of course, I know you're aware of this, but I just figured I'd throw it out there).

The two things he has, in my opinion, that could make him a pretty good player in the NBA, are his speed and his perimeter shooting ability. His speed and quickness is obviously natural talent but the kid has REALLY worked on his outside shot. He was a pretty solid shooter his freshman and sophomore seasons, but somebody must've locked that kid in a gym last summer, 'cause his jumper is absolutely lights-out these days.

Good point about never having seen a UNC PG "run a falf-court set worth a damn in the NBA." I've been avidly following the NBA and college hoops since I was about 5 or 6 years old (29 now), and after reading your statement above, I started thinking of any notable PG to come out of UNC since I started following basketball damn-near 25 years ago. The only guys I could think of are Kenny Smith, Raymond Felton, and (*perhaps*) Lawson--at least as far as PG's are concerned. Lord knows they've had at least a few other decent players to come through there over the years that played other positions.

When all is said and done, I think I'd rather go with Eric Maynor... the dude is just SCREAMIN' "steal of the draft" to me, after watching him pretty closely the past two seasons, especially when you factor in that most mocks have him in the mid-to-late teens or early 20's.

 

Fixed.

 

you know it's funny I almost posted that I thought Curry would be a Juan Dixon type in the NBA, but I do think he's a better passer than JD which gives him at least the chance that he can play the point in the pros.

Who knows, maybe Curry will be great and prove all of his doubters wrong, but he's a helluva risk as a lottery pick ... unless Donnie Walsh and D'Antoni get a hold of him; he'd probably thrive in an open, full-court offense like that and where he won't have to play defense.

 

I could definitely get on board with Maynor, he's got a really unorthodox release on his jumper but he is a pass first guy with some creativity and his mid-range game isn't bad. He obviously wouldn't be ready to lead the team out of the gate and his upside is a little limited by his age, but I think he's going to be good -- maybe not all-star good, but certainly B+, solid starter material in a couple of years.