If Steph Curry Wins Championship & MVP...

[Bettor Days]

If Steph Curry beats Boston and Wins Championship & MVP, where do you rank him on all-time best players list?

 

[Wagerallsports]

I think everyone will agree he's already the best shooter to ever play so another championship definitely puts him in the top 10 if he wasn't already there on someone's list, but is Top 5 pushing it?

 

[carolinakid]

and to think no acc team had any interested in him and his dad even played at va tech

 

[Archie]

I'd have to dig into deeper

but my initial knee jerk reaction gut/eyeball test still doesn't have him anywhere near my top 10

 

[lemartinsports]

I'd have to dig into deeper

but my initial knee jerk reaction gut/eyeball test still doesn't have him anywhere near my top 10

Who’s in your top 10?

 

[Wagerallsports]

I'll take a stab at Arch's top 10 in no particular order and he can tell us which ones if any don't belong

 

[Wagerallsports]

Wilt
Bill Russell
Jordan
Bird
Magic
Kareem
Oscar Robertson
Tim Duncan
Jerry west
Hakeem

This isn't my list I'm just guessing Archie's and I have a feeling Hakeem might be one he excludes

 

[carolinakid]

a pretty good list ^^^^^^^

 

[Archie]

Wilt
Bill Russell
Jordan
Bird
Magic
Kareem
Oscar Robertson
Tim Duncan
Jerry west
Hakeem

This isn't my list I'm just guessing Archie's and I have a feeling Hakeem might be one he excludes

pretty decent.

I take out bill Russell and Jerry west because I never saw them play and have very little frame of reference. Russell over rated for winning championships in a league of 8 teams, and as a rookie he had like 5 other hall of famers on the team that drafted him. I also take out tim Duncan for lack of star/wow factor. Oscar played in point inflation days, so he is gone too.

add
Kobe
3 time MVP Moses Malone
Durant
Lebron

 

[Wagerallsports]

I remember watching Malone in his latter years when I was little and he was still a man among boys on in the key

 

[Wagerallsports]

However, personally, I'd have to put shaq in place of Malone or Durant

 

[Archie]

yeah I wouldn't argue much with Shaq over Durant. Moses with his rebounding domination and defense stays up there for me though. he prob drew even more fouls than Shaq and MADE his free throws. the fact that Shaq never really improved that weak spot, which is easily the easiest skill to improve upon will always limit his greatness in my mind.

 

[Franklee168]

The best shooter ever at this time but not even close to being the best ever. Every era has their players. Imagine if Steph was playing against the bad boys of Detroit back in the day. Snapped in half comes to mind.

 

[Bubbles]

steph will definitely be in top 10 if he wins finals and mvp.

 

[stormtrooper8]

MJ and Lebron (basically a tie at #1 for me)
Kareem
Magic
Wilt
Russell
Bird

Those are the only guys I think I'd put ahead of him, and I think it's actually debatable between him/Bird. Impact on the game is greater than most on that list too.

Curry is historically underrated IMO

 

[carolinakid]

i got to say no way is james tied with mj, MJ is far ahead of the guy here

 

[stormtrooper8]

i got to say no way is james tied with mj, MJ is far ahead of the guy here

Can't really go wrong. They're definitely the top 2

LeBron's longevity and performance in playoffs is pretty remarkable when you really dive into it. He was also remarkably efficient in clutch situations, something that is historically overlooked because of stereotypes of him not looking to score enough. He was also the better overall playmaker and far superior passer

MJ was awesome too obviously lol

 

[stormtrooper8]

Does anyone else think it's kind of a joke that Curry didn't win the 2015 Finals MVP?

Dropped 37 points in Game 5 of a 2-2 series, then 25 in close out game. Iggy didn't really guard LeBron well either.

 

[Archie]

i got to say no way is james tied with mj, MJ is far ahead of the guy here

yes, it's night and day

 

[Wagerallsports]

i got to say no way is james tied with mj, MJ is far ahead of the guy here

yes, it's night and day

I truly believe if you've been fortunate enough to see both of them play, that it's very easy to see that there is no comparison and that there's MJ, and then everyone else.

Not only in overall talent and heart and killer instinct, but the aura of Michael in general

And Kobe is closer to all of that the LeBron is

Just my opinion though