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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Posted: 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. _________________ Damian Lillard shatters Dwight Coward's championship dreams:
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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Posted: 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. _________________ Resident Car Nut.
Honestly, this is about as close as Duncan vs Garnett. Which is not close at all. Duncan outclasses Garnett the way Curry outclasses Lillard. _________________ Smrek 2, Nevitt 1, Barkley 0
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
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.
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. _________________ Smrek 2, Nevitt 1, Barkley 0
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). _________________ Thank you, Kobe. We love you.
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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