Lillard vs Curry: I prefer Lillard?
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 11, 2016 6:47 pm    Post subject:

Steph puts up 4 more ppg.
On 10% higher true shooting percentage...
This isn't a debate.
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 11, 2016 9:43 pm    Post subject:

Curry be like you ain't doing that to me again.....
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 12, 2016 7:13 am    Post subject:

That double behind the back dribble was crazy.
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 12, 2016 8:04 am    Post subject:

pio2u wrote:
LakerLanny wrote:
Curry last 3 games

42

51

46

That reminds me of someone....


Lillard strikes back with 50 last night.

* Curry will probably drop 50+ on us.


As long as Russell drops 39 on him
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PostPosted: Sun May 08, 2016 12:25 am    Post subject:

Lilliard just destroyed the Curry-less Warriors again. That's twice this season. He's awesome, definitely now my favorite player in the league.
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PostPosted: Sun May 08, 2016 9:16 am    Post subject:

Lillard has GSW's number.
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PostPosted: Sun May 08, 2016 10:15 am    Post subject:

SuperboyReformed wrote:
Lilliard just destroyed the Curry-less Warriors again. That's twice this season. He's awesome, definitely now my favorite player in the league.


Problem is when Curry comes back. They haven't defeated the Warriors when they are away from home. Warriors can win anywhere. Things I like about Lillard is without Aldridge he is basically carrying the team on his back, much like a certain #24 years ago. Warriors will likely win the series even with Lillard's heroics....if Curry comes back next game I don't think the Blazers will win another game this series. If Lillard stays healthy for the rest of his career, he might end up being the best player ever to put on a Blazers uniform...
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PostPosted: Sun May 08, 2016 10:21 am    Post subject:

Fun fact: Lilliard was somehow not named an All-Star this season despite averaging 25.1 PPG.
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PostPosted: Sun May 08, 2016 1:23 pm    Post subject:

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Fun fact: Lilliard was somehow not named an All-Star this season despite averaging 25.1 PPG.

one of the problems with overhyping a guy like curry, and yes he is overhyped as good as he is, is that other good players who are similar get devalued. Lilliard is not that far off from Curry despite what many think. It's really a circumstance of Curry benefiting from much better cast and an organization that is performing impressively (also good timing with the eras and stuff). I personally don't think Curry can carry a team individually the way Lilliard can. After about two years of this hype, now we are seeing that Draymond Green is turning out to be MVP caliber player. This is also a sign that Curry is overhyped in the sense that a lot of the things green did in the past was attributed to Curry. And that goes for a lot of the warriors players. all the success, hype-wise, has been attributed to curry. But that's not the case. Lilliard has no MVP candidate on his team, not even close. Even when he had Aldridge, it wasn't like that. Not to mention all the other guys. From that perspective, there is at least the very real possibility that Lilliard is the more capable player, and we have many years to see how it will play out.
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PostPosted: Sun May 08, 2016 2:11 pm    Post subject:

Lillard may be perfectly suited for GSW's type of system, but no way is Curry underrated.

Seriously, their team just won 74 games. Curry had one of the best PER seasons of all time. How do you overrate that?

Klay Thompson and Draymond Green were on the same team for the past 2 3 years with the Warriors too. The difference is the system and Klay's, Green's, and Curry's development within that system.

It's like blaming Curry for Klay and Dray improving.
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PostPosted: Sun May 08, 2016 4:44 pm    Post subject:

Honestly, this is about as close as Duncan vs Garnett. Which is not close at all. Duncan outclasses Garnett the way Curry outclasses Lillard.
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PostPosted: Sun May 08, 2016 11:43 pm    Post subject:

nevitt_smrek wrote:
Honestly, this is about as close as Duncan vs Garnett. Which is not close at all. Duncan outclasses Garnett the way Curry outclasses Lillard.
Nice comparison, very nice, though some might say it isn't even that close. It was 'closer' before this season. Dame is a stud but still in the realm of believability and can be duplicated Curry on the other hand is almost unfathomable
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PostPosted: Mon May 09, 2016 7:27 am    Post subject:

Lillard is growing but he is not in Steph Curry's zip code just yet.
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PostPosted: Mon May 09, 2016 3:42 pm    Post subject:

I would expect people to say Curry is better than prime Kobe if Curry wins it this year and wins the Finals MVP. Kobe haters will probably put up a list like this (and argue that as Curry continues his career he will accomplish a lot more and blow Kobe away):

MVPs: Curry 2, Kobe 1 (just saw a report that Curry is winning it this year)

70 win seasons: Curry 1, Kobe 0

65 win seasons: Curry 2, Kobe 1

Finals MVP: Curry 2, Kobe 2

Rings as "the man": Curry 2, Kobe 2 (I've seen several people dismiss the rings with Shaq)

Then we'll also see trollish comments like Kobe was a ballhog, Kobe chased Shaq away, Curry is more of a team player and more likeable, etc.
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PostPosted: Mon May 09, 2016 9:43 pm    Post subject:

Curry didn't win FMVP last season.
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PostPosted: Mon May 09, 2016 9:53 pm    Post subject:

Curry now is what Lillard should try to aspire to be.
He's not there yet.
He does have elements where you can see they are very similar.
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PostPosted: Mon May 09, 2016 10:12 pm    Post subject:

17 points in OT on an MCL sprain doesn't suck
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PostPosted: Mon May 09, 2016 10:17 pm    Post subject:

doughboy90650 wrote:
17 points in OT on an MCL sprain doesn't suck


It's quite amazing. And the guy rarely gets tons of FT attempts to bolster his point totals and FG%. If he did, he'd be nearly a 60/40/90 guy while averaging 35-40 pts per game. Removing the 3-pt line would negate his effectiveness quite significantly. But he'd still be the Jerry West of our time.
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PostPosted: Tue May 10, 2016 5:58 am    Post subject:

doughboy90650 wrote:
17 points in OT on an MCL sprain doesn't suck


Overrated.
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PostPosted: Tue May 10, 2016 8:11 am    Post subject:

still overated and overhyped. but that was a high moment and amazing game for him..
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PostPosted: Tue May 10, 2016 9:06 am    Post subject:

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you put curry on this laker team, and he won't do much better than kobe.

Thank you for the biggest laugh this year so far.
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PostPosted: Tue May 10, 2016 9:09 am    Post subject:

SuperboyReformed wrote:
still overated and overhyped. but that was a high moment and amazing game for him..


C'mon fam.
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PostPosted: Tue May 10, 2016 9:53 am    Post subject:

Steve007 wrote:
I would expect people to say Curry is better than prime Kobe if Curry wins it this year and wins the Finals MVP. Kobe haters will probably put up a list like this (and argue that as Curry continues his career he will accomplish a lot more and blow Kobe away):

MVPs: Curry 2, Kobe 1 (just saw a report that Curry is winning it this year)

70 win seasons: Curry 1, Kobe 0

65 win seasons: Curry 2, Kobe 1

Finals MVP: Curry 0, Kobe 2

Rings as "the man": Curry 2, Kobe 2 (I've seen several people dismiss the rings with Shaq)

Then we'll also see trollish comments like Kobe was a ballhog, Kobe chased Shaq away, Curry is more of a team player and more likeable, etc.


fixed. Iggy won finals mvp last year. Curry played like (bleep).
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PostPosted: Tue May 10, 2016 10:02 am    Post subject:

This is a sad sad thread.
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PostPosted: Tue May 10, 2016 1:01 pm    Post subject:

It's the same disconnect as with Kobe. Lillard probably does take and make "harder" shots but he often does so unnecessarily and it just kills his efficiency. Steph doesn't take nearly as many truly "bad" shots as Lillard. You can argue that it is because Dame has no help but that's B.S. in my opinion. You can see it is just who Lillard is; it is in his DNA. He's always done it and he always will. Hero ball simply isn't as effective as getting and making easier shots.
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