Did anybody ever bother to think that perhaps he was taking so many shots on his team because the rest of the team sucked ass? He may have more PG to his game then is let on by statistics.
Well the slot to move to is #5, but the question is what does WAS want to move that pick? They want a player/players to contribute now...and they want to unload salary...DAL has been angling to get that pick...I wonder if POR could trump thier offer... Who would WAS have interest in? Pryzbilla? probably... Outlaw? maybe.... Blake? maybe... Bayless\Batum....I would think so One thought I had was that New Orleans is really in some financial trouble, they tried to offload Tyson Chandler for virtually nothing last year.....I don't think Chris Paul is going anywhere....But what if POR was able to get Chandler, using a player or two, some picks, trade exception, available cap space? I don't know what the combination would be, but IMO acquiring Chandler could be done fairly cheaply (and he is 3 years (27) younger than Przybilla) and would enable POR to offer a player like Przybilla as a piece in a deal for the #5, which would have significant value to a team like WAS...who currently has to rely on Brendan Haywood and Etan Thomas?...ugh... Let's say then you could make a move for #5, by dangling a Przybilla and an Outlaw or Webster...maybe swapping picks and likely agreeing to take back an undesirable contract (Thomas, James, Songalia or a Stevenson) or two.... I thnk it is likely that WAS will trade the #5 pick and I also think it is likely NO will look to deal Chandler again... Then POR could look to a guy like McDyess or J.Smith or another FA banger type to fill in at PF (Would Kleiza fit in a b\u PF role?)...or through the draft with a guy lke Adrien, Pendergraph or Heytvelt (or bring Freeland over)... I am not going to try and put together the actual deals, that is for someone else to attempt...I just wanted to toss out the ideas.... BTW, nice post J-Ray, I think Stephen Curry has a chance to be a very good pro.....Look how Eric Gordon, another similiar player IMO, performed last year, I think he could be a Monta Ellis type of talent...apparently he is not done growing yet either, and has the potential to grow another 2" (which would bring him to 6'5)...his dad had a very late growth spurt as well apparently....and contrary to some of the opinions here, he is much stornger and athletic than many people think...he benched 185- 10 times, and had a 35.5 vert, good lane agility & sprint as well, though I take these with a grain of salt b\c in reality what matters most is, Can he play? Does he have good b-ball IQ? Does he have a clealry identifiable NBA skill? and the answer is a resounding yes for all of those questions...
Why are we even debating this? So what "if" Curry is a better shooter that Bayless? Its pretty close any way you look at it. Looks like, from reading everyones arguments, that Curry is pretty similar to Blake.....BUT EVERYONE HATES BLAKE AND WANTS HIM GONE!!!! Why would we want a slightly better Blake? And why the hell would be trade sooo far up to get him? This is crazy talk people.
Curry is extremely better at passing the ball, extremely better on the break, and arguably a much better shooter. People will dispute that with percentages, but Blake never takes a shot that isn't wide open. Curry also is much better at getting open off the ball, he'll just command a lot more defensive attention and make his teammates better than Blake does. A Roy/Rudy/Curry backcourt wouldn't be the most athletic that's for sure, but it likely would be the smartest in the NBA.
I don't know how I feel about Curry... I think he's a potentially very very good shooter, but I haven't been impressed with what I've seen overall (although it's been limited viewing, to be fair). I don't think that I'd be upset, though, if the team traded up to get him... that would indicate that KP is very excited about him, and I want to get as many players that he's very excited about as possible. With that being said? I doubt Portland is targeting Curry. Why? 1. It's early. Why would they already have their mind made up? 2. It's public. Portland has had a few players on their radar that they've acquired (Batum, Kopponen) but never anyone this high-profile, where a lottery pick would have to be acquired to get him. 3. Position scarcity. Portland presumably would have to move up significantly in order to guarantee they get him... and wouldn't they be better off getting a pick significantly lower pick and getting the PG that drops? Like with Bayless last year; guaranteeing they would have got him would have meant moving up to the seven or eight spot, but allowing him to drop allowed for a cheaper cost to get him. 4. Jerryd Bayless. Could Bayless and Curry play together someday? Probably, if both players pan out. Could either of those guys play with Roy or Rudy? Sure. Does it make sense to have both Bayless and Curry? I don't think so. And I, personally, don't think that Curry is a superior prospect to Bayless... Ed O.
I think Curry is an underrated playmaker. He did dish out 6 apg, with Davidson's roster, that's very impressive.
Curry is going to be like Ben Gordon was in 2004, where he went from that 8-10 area, and just shot up the draft board, with tons of teams trying to trade up (Boston offered Pierce for Gordon, and Indiana Jermaine O'neal for that #3 pick). With a guy like Curry, he will go into these individual workouts and make almost all his shots. That's going to be hard to pass on, especially with this new emphasis on point guard. I wouldn't be shocked if Curry went #2 to Memphis even.
well Bayless and Blake sure have been the shit so far, nevermind we're a championship team right now.
Much less so when you consider the competition level he faced. I'm not saying he's going to be a bust, but I think people are getting way too excited about the guy.
I agree. And the argument about 6 assists being great because of the talent on his roster.. how about the talent he played against? It was the same or worse.
