OT: Basketball nerds Nate Duncan and Danny leroux says average 2016 pg would win 60s mvp

[apalisoc_9]

Jose Calderon would be Jerry West in the 60s/70s, if we are being honest and unbiased..

Crazy to think that if Jose had been born a little earlier, he would be the logo of the NBA

What an Insult to Jose. Can jerry west even dribble with his off hand? I wish time travel was real so I can go back to the 60s and become an NBA player

[ambchang]

I never said "no other person in history" could do what Curry did...I was more referring to what you said...that only a handful of players have the talent mixed with the dedication to do what Curry, Jordan, Dream, etc. do/did. There are a lot of "elite" players in the league. However, there are only a handful that will truly be remembered throughout history because they were on another tier. Some of those other elite players work just as hard has Curry, but they aren't him and never will be him.

This discourse started when you said "skills can be attained." They can, but only to a point. Some guys who are very high level players can work on post moves for countless hours, but they will never be Dream. Some guards can work on their passing, but they will never have the ability to pass like Magic. Some players can shoot thousands of threes, but they will never be able to sink them from the spots Curry can at crucial times in a game. Kawhi Leonard is a great example. He's taken the talent he has and worked hard, transforming himself into one of the best players in the league. He'll carve out a nice career...and might even wind up in the Hall of Fame. He'll be mentioned in same breath as a lot of great players, but he'll never be Jordan, Dream or even peak level LeBron.

Will the next Magic/Dream/Jordan show up? It's always possible. People win the lottery all the time against unbelievable odds...but I'd say it's close to as likely as me hitting the jackpot if I picked up a ticket tomorrow.

Sure, why not?

The point is that these combination of skills and hard work are not era specific and the skills can most definitely be obtained. If curry was born 50 years ago he will not be as great a shooter because he won't be given the same opportunities to train, so to say that players today are sommcih better than those in yesteryears because they are much more athletic is idiotic. We were not seeing this level of skills in the 60s not because those players couldn't do it, it's because they don't have the proper training, which speaks to skills can be attained.