Originally posted by TheGore49er:
Originally posted by SteveWallacesHelmet:
Originally posted by TheGore49er:
Originally posted by SteveWallacesHelmet:
Originally posted by TheGore49er:
Originally posted by sacniner:
Originally posted by TTown9ers:
Originally posted by sacniner:
Brookfield's finest is on a mission. Dame can't be stopped. Dudes range is half court and he finishes at the cup or gets fouled every time. Put some respeck on his name
Bubble NBA is the s**t.
One of the best in the league and didn't turn his back on his team and fans to chase a ring. Got my respect.
Hell yes... I follow a couple folks from Warriors twitter and they get a bit insecure about Dame. Is he a better scorer than Steph right now?
Good question. Ill say yes, not by a lot though. Hes a bit better than Curry at finishing around the rim. But I still rather have Curry, he has a better shot selection and plays team ball really well.
Statistics dont support this opinion in the slightest bit.
Curry has a high % around the rim because he rarely attacks the rim, he chooses his spots when to do it. Curry can be a bit crafty around the paint, but he's not gonna dominate you attacking the rim and drawing the fouls. He can barely dunk lol. It's like trying to argue that DJ is better on the inside than Embiid bc he has a higher FG % in the paint.
I totally disagree with this line of reasoning. You are basically saying the guy who does it more frequently but does it at a substantially lower level is better than the guy who does it more efficiently because his attempts are lower.
Would you argue that Lonzo Ball is a better three point shooter than Seth Curry? Using your logic, Lonzo is better.
Shooting 3s and attacking the paint are two different skills. And Lonzo is not statistically better either, not sure what point you are making there.
But Steve Nash had a great percentage around the rim and outside shooting, do you consider him better than Kobe as a scorer, who was worse % wise?
Just stop lol. Steph is not better than Lillard around the rim. I'm not saying there's a huge difference, but its enough to make it pretty obvious
Lolwut? Cmon man I didnt think I would have to spell out the comparison for you to understand haha. NO, Lonzo does not have a better 3pt% than Seth Curry. But Lillard doesn't have a better finishing percentage than Steph does either. You were the one who's logic stated that the lower shooting percentage can be explained by the difference in aggressiveness. Why wouldn't that apply to my Lonzo analogy too? You are all over the place.
And you can tell me to stop all you want, but you have provided nothing to support your argument other than Dame attacks the rim more often (which really shakes down to about 2 more drives a game?
I literally have zero clue why you brought up Nash and Kobe and who was the better scorer. I was simply responding to your claim that Lillard is better finishing at the rim, which statistics show to be categorically false. Scoring has nothing to do with what you and I are discussing.
[ Edited by SteveWallacesHelmet on Aug 12, 2020 at 1:47 PM ]