First and foremost, I didn't definitively state that Curry was a better offensive player than LeBron; rather, I said a reasonable argument could be made. There's a difference. After that...rileymartin wrote:LeBron is a better offensive player. Not only do the stats bear that out, but watch a game.rtiff68 wrote:So LeBron is a better ball handler than Curry? A better jump shooter (non-3 ball)?rileymartin wrote:For anyone to sit here and say that Curry is a better offensive player than LeBron is laughable.
LeBron just being on the court had the Bulls fearing for their lives over Jame freaking Jones lol.
Stop with the nonsense. Curry is a hell of a shooter, and he is a very good player, but offensively, defensively, intangables, whatever you want to discuss, LeBron is better. Curry shoots the 3 ball better, but it ends right there.
If you want to tell me that Curry might beat LeBron in the Skills challenge at the all-star break, I won't argue. But, LeBron has a scoring title, and, other than his rookie season right out of high school has never averaged less than 25 points a game, and Curry hasn't even done that once...even with all of the 3's he shoots at a very high percentage.
Curry is a good passer, but he simply doesn't have the vision and the court awareness LeBron has. And, for as good as Curry is, he simply doesn't get the attention from opposing defenses like LeBron does.
Curry has a LONG way to go before his fans can start ranking him ahead of LeBron lol.
1) "Not only do the stats bear that out, but watch a game."
LeBron: 25.2ppg / 7.4apg; .488 / .354 / .710 / .577 TS%; ORating: 112; Offensive Win Shares: 7.4
Curry: 23.8ppg / 7.7apg; .487 / .443 / .914 / ..638 TS%; ORating: 122; Offensive Win Shares: 11.5
The statement above is factually untrue, and there really isn't any room for debate. Curry bested LeBron by a significant margin from a statistical standpoint this past season.
2) "Curry doesn't get the attention LeBron gets from opposing defenses."
To use your own line against you, "watch a game." Right now, Stephen Curry gets as much or more attention from opposing defenses than any single player in the NBA. LeBron is an incredible offensive force, but teams always have the same strategy when defending him: pack the paint, and dare him to make jumpers. LeBron is so good that he almost always finds a way to get his, but there is a "book" on how to defend him.
Teams are still trying to figure out what to do with Curry. If you run two guys at him once he crosses half court, he beats you with his handle or he gets the ball to a teammate leaving the offense with a 4 on 3 advantage; if you pack it in, he will murder you with jump shots. Every team that plays GS has "stopping/slowing Curry" as their #1 and #2 priorities. Give me a break, riley.
3) "Curry is a good passer, but he doesn't have the vision/court awareness LeBron does."
Well, we can't objectively "prove" who has better court vision, and assist totals certainly don't tell the whole story, but Curry averaged more assists than LeBron this season despite playing almost 4 fewer minutes per game. He averaged more assists than LeBron last year, as well.
Like I said, the discrepancy between the two defensively gives LeBron the clear edge overall, but offensively it's debatable.