Around the NBA: February 2016

Wow. Overtime.

 

Curr 11/15 from three. Needs one more to tie Kobe and Donyell.

 

12 threes by Curry

 

And the Thunder lose. I hate the Thunder. Curry hit game winner, I love it.

 

GSW clinch a playoff spot 57 games into the season. Wow.

 

Curry isn't human

 

Jazz lose to Brooklyn at home.

Grizzlies are losing to Suns team that has lost 13 in a row.

5th seed is looking possible for us.

 

The dude is in some kind of zone. He just hits shots that nobody has any business hitting. I've never seen anything like it. Dame is really good, but Curry is just ridiculous. I thought it was silly at first, but he probably is the best shooter in NBA history.

 

Curry if he continues to play like this for 4 or 5 more seasons I don't see how he isn't the best basketball player of all time

 

Very helpful Memphis loss to a BAD Phoenix team!

 

Magic Johnson agrees with you:

 

I disagree with that. Jordan shot an unbelievable percentage from the floor despite 3 people hanging on him. He was defensive player of the year. 10 scoring titles. 6 championships. 6 NBA Finals MVPs (Steph doesn't have one). Curry has a loooong way to go catch that man. LeBron is better too. Twice, he's taken a crappy Cleveland team to the Finals. And there's Larry Bird. That dude was a ridiculously good player in every facet of the game. Curry has the CHANCE to be a top 10 player in NBA history but I think GOAT is not in his wheelhouse.

 

I think Golden State is getting more credit than they deserve. I think that team is middle-of-the-pack without Curry. I think he's elevating that team. The Bulls still made the ECF without Jordan. I'm not sure the Warriors make it to the second round without Curry.

 

I don't think Curry is likely to end up GOAT, mostly because he can't match up with Jordan defensively. But he's not a worse defender than players like Magic Johnson and Larry Bird...like both of those guys, he's not a great one-on-one defender but he's a smart team defender who play with good technique, funnels his man to the right places in the defensive scheme and plays passing lanes well.

I think Magic's point is that he's such a unique offensive weapon, he may push himself into that argument just by how he warps games. Arguably, he warps games more than Jordan did, due to his unprecedented range. Jordan was unstoppable too, but Curry stretches defenses in ways no player has ever done. Jordan made the mid-range his domain, which has limited ability to completely distort defenses. Curry needs to be accounted for almost out to 40 feet. It's crazy, really.

 

Somebody turned the sliders all the way up man, no other explanation.

 

I can't believe how the Thunder choked that away... all they had to do was hold on to the ball and have them foul.... but no. And THEN the foul on Iggy at the end of regulation.

That team is not mentally strong to win a championship.

I love it.

 

Westbrook isn't one of the 5 best NBA players. He's not even one of the 10 best. Maybe he sneaks into the top15. A top5 NBA player doesn't miss 19 shots with 7 turnovers. Thats not just stats from one game; he's had those hero ball hogging moments his entire career. Curry, LeBron, Lowry, Butler, Kawhi, Draymond, Davis, Aldridge, Harden, Cousins, Durant, CP3, Griffin, and Lillard are all superior.

He puts up big points and sportscenter dunks so everyone considers him top 5. He has good teammates. He couldn't help a decent roster get to the 8th seed when Durant was injured. Oh but he had a bunch of ball hogging triple doubles where his team lost so some consider him top5.

 

Are you from 2014? We saw it work in the playoffs last year.

 

If this season ends very poorly makes me think Durant could have some Aldridge type of interest to look elsewhere.

Still think its very likely he resigns for a 1+1 year deal. That door might be open a tiny crack though.

 

I don't understand why David Lee, Joe Johnson, Kevin Martin and Andre Miller are getting this interest to join playoff teams? Do these teams think its 2009? If any of those guys are on the floor for playoff minutes somebody is gonna get blown out and its not the opponent.