Dame vs Curry Career Stats.....

Amazing how close they are...... thru their first 5 seasons.....

 

Or how about hall of famer Isiah Thomas thru their first 5 seasons.......

 

Not saying anything we don't know, but this kid is special.

 

Curry is a far better shooter from deep, but Dame draws almost twice as many fouls. Isiah was a far better passer and drew almost 2 more fouls per game but worse shooter from deep than Dame. Interesting comparisons, thanks!

 

Trying to think of comparable players from different eras......

 

John Stockton, Jason Kidd, Gary Payton, Kevin Johnson, Mark Jackson, Walt Frazier, Tony Parker, Jerry West, Steve Nash, uhhh I am sure there are more.

 

Excellent idea to look at some comparisons. Dame is so underrated... Thankfully it seems like he's finally getting some recognition this year.

More minutes and more FT's per game explains the difference in points. Iverson is definitely the better defender. Still though, the company Dame is in at this point in his career is impressive.

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Rk           Player From   To   G  GS   MP  FG  FGA  FG%  3P 3PA  3P%  2P  2PA  2P% eFG%  FT FTA  FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV  PF  PTS
1    Allen Iverson* 1997 2001 345 343 40.6 9.3 21.8 .426 1.4 4.2 .323 7.9 17.6 .451 .457 6.2 8.4 .745 1.1 2.9 4.0 5.6 2.2 0.2 3.5 2.4 26.2
2    Damian Lillard 2013 2017 324 324 36.5 7.3 17.0 .428 2.6 7.0 .370 4.7 10.0 .468 .504 4.4 5.0 .871 0.5 3.3 3.9 6.2 0.9 0.3 2.8 2.2 21.5

Here's another interesting one.

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Rk              Player From   To   G  GS   MP  FG  FGA  FG%  3P 3PA  3P%  2P  2PA  2P% eFG%  FT FTA  FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV  PF  PTS
1       Damian Lillard 2013 2017 324 324 36.5 7.3 17.0 .428 2.6 7.0 .370 4.7 10.0 .468 .504 4.4 5.0 .871 0.5 3.3 3.9 6.2 0.9 0.3 2.8 2.2 21.5
2    Russell Westbrook 2009 2013 394 377 34.3 7.1 16.4 .432 0.6 2.1 .302 6.4 14.2 .452 .452 5.1 6.3 .814 1.6 3.2 4.8 6.9 1.6 0.3 3.5 2.4 19.9

 

The shooting percentages really stand out to me. Curry is so superior

 

#26 wins

 

Watched the Iverson Doc last night and it had me thinking of Dame a lot.

 

Agree and disagree. The way I think of is that this is really Dame's 1st year as an awesome finisher. To compensate previously, he took bad shots. He isn't doing that now.

Still, Dame's eFG% is still better Westbrick, Thomas, and AI, above. Also, one could make the argument that Lillard's scoring average is much higher than Curry's if you include all of the games that Curry (and Dame) scored ZERO points (Curry has missed 5*82-336 = 74 games, Dame has missed 7)

Side comment: weird/bad comparisons. Dame is 3 games into what will probably be his best season, yet the comparators played a full 5th year. It would make a lot more sense to compare first 4 years, or wait until the season is over.

 

That's because you're old and senile and you say things like, "we should elect Ike instead of Trump or Hilllary!"

 

I think Oscar Robertson is a guy I hope Dame aspire's to become

 

Clearly you were ahead of your time.

 

I'd say that's STILL the more reasonable choice.

 

John Stockton