yes.
And his rare 3-10 game does not wipe out all the other trey bombs he has hit.
Look SpurT, I agree the pampered got Curry would not do nearly as much with fair reffing, opponents not having incredibly bad injury luck and in an era that had another team with some balls (See healthy Kwa Game 1). But Curry has hit plenty of long, contested bombs over and over again. Twinky is legit.
This. Durant is the warrior's best overall player, but Curry is their engine and most irreplaceable piece. His presence gives KD the freedom to go nuts without worrying about too much help coming his way.
And to address op, at this point it's inarguable that Curry is the greatest shooter in history, with Larry Bird and Ray Allen coming in at 2 and 3.
Give Lillard the same looks and I don’t think you see any difference.
He wouldn't even be an all-star in the hand check era. No way.
Nope. Reggie Miller, Ray Allen, Chris Mullin, Larry Bird, Pistol Pete all much purer shooters. They were not given extra feet of space by rule.
Pretty sure Lillard has the green light to shoot whenever.
Lillard a better shooter than Curry at this point. But he's another example of how players are emoldened to extend their range by as much as 12 or 15 feet b/c players can't put a body on them or hand check.
Nash, Hornacek and Stockton all better
shooters these days if they played in the 80-90s chucking from that sort of range, the coach would yank them out... there were plenty of sharp shooters, efficient shooters who only shot when t hey were open, they never had the chance to be a chucker like the players today... a 3pt shot back then was considered a low % shot not worth taking unless ur open....
todays they allow that
u go to rec gym pickup games, u got wankers doing that sort of now...chucking long range 3s
Objectively speaking there really isn’t much of an argument. One has to wonder whether other players can have the same result if they can get that much separation from a steady diet of moving screens. We’d never know though.
Nash has the range and not the gunners mentality.
Bird and dirk shoots more inside the arc.
Miller has the ugliest stroke ever and rarely does pull ups.
Allen was more of a driver and likely can dribble free like curry could.
Arenas and Abdul rauf has the mentality but not the range.
Lillard could be it but he doesn’t have the moving screens curry gets.
They were mathematically challenged.
He does, but he doesn’t get the same looks as Curry. Defenses can’t key on Curry with Durant and Thompson out there.
Abdul Rauf would probably get the range in today’s NBA - perimeter players have more space and freedom
Curry was doing this before KD? Curry averages 7% better from three on more attempts?
I like Lillard but
Really can't use the era argument when no one else in this same era has come even close
Even the best spot up shooters drop below 40% once every few seasons, and on less attempts.
congrats for getting ppl to bite on an obvious bait thread tho
Yeah, it's pretty weird how long it took the basketball world to realize, "Hey, you know what, this shot is worth 50 percent more and isn't really all that more difficult!" To be fair, I thought the increased points per shot value of the three would be offset by the increased amount of fastbreaks an opposing team could generate off misses. It was thought for a long time that fastbreaks are easier to come by off jumpshot misses, especially long jumpers. Doesn't seem to be the case.
Good going. Keep us updated mate
Curry was a way better shooter than Lillard has ever been long before Durant ever went to GS
But Curry is benefiting from illegal screens
lillards range and difficult shot making ability is probably as good as stephs (maybe even arguably better)
but when it comes to general shooting consistency, hes not even close to steph
stephs consistency is what really sets him apart from everyone else, the only shooter ive ever seen that had the consistency steph has was nash, but nash didnt have the range and wasn't quite as good at creating his own shot
But Lillard doesn't shimmy shake
short memory
wasnt that long ago DMC was ting on curry for taking too many 3's
It was when teams would crash the offensive glass. Now they don't so much.
What? A contradiction? Do tell.
I shat upon him for shot selection, not volume. There's several pages differentiating between the two but you don't seem to give a about facts, crumb snatcher.
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