The bottom line with Curry is that he's not a franchise player that you build around like he's being made out to be. He's got great size but no game other than bulling his way to the basket from 3 feet out for dunks and layups. He has no post moves, no jump hook or jumpshot to speak of.

Worst of all he has no defensive presence at all which goes directly to his poor work ethic, his desire and his lack of conditioning. He's a terrible rebounder for a man his size and his post defense is absolutely pathetic. Opposing guards come into the lane without a worry in the world because they know Curry won't challenge them.

After 5 years in the league, Curry is still just relying on his size and that's sad because he has potential. Unfortunately Curry wouldn't be the first player to squander huge physical gifts because he had no work ethic or desire to be great.

Isles, I have to disagree..there are plenty of guys who take time to develop in this league...look at Rashard Lewis, Jermaine ONeal, Tmac, Kobe, Ben Wallace, Garnett...all these guys took a LONG time to develop.

I don't know how much better Curry would be with Paul at PG. Curry already gets plenty of open looks from Steph. His problem is lack of playing time, and that he plays zero defense. A guy 7 feet should be an intimidator in the paint.

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Posted by joec32033:

Isles, I have to disagree..there are plenty of guys who take time to develop in this league...look at Rashard Lewis, Jermaine ONeal, Tmac, Kobe, Ben Wallace, Garnett...all these guys took a LONG time to develop.

The list of players who never developed and tapped their potential is much bigger. And you can't compare Curry to the players that you mentioned. Those guys have more ability and/or a much greater worth ethic and desire than Curry could ever dream of having.

no one said Curry is a player you build around, but he can be an intrical piece to a championship puzzle.

Isiah did. He said he was building around Curry and Frye. Neither or which is a cornerstone type player. Neither of them makes their teammates better, they need teammates to make them better.

what i will say is that you can probably say the same about ben and rasheed. are they franchise players? i mean they're great parts but collectively they're better than individually. neither make they're teammates better but it all just works as a unit. i think they both can be good pieces but the HUGE difference is that sheed and ben are based on defense while frye and curry are more offense.

On the defensive end I think Ben Wallace is a franchise player and he certainly makes his teammates better. They can be more aggressive on defense because they know he's behind them.

Rasheed isn't a franchise player but he fit as their last piece to the puzzle. He's also much more skilled than either Frye or Curry are on offense and defense.

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Posted by joec32033:

Isles, I have to disagree..there are plenty of guys who take time to develop in this league...look at Rashard Lewis, Jermaine ONeal, Tmac, Kobe, Ben Wallace, Garnett...all these guys took a LONG time to develop.

The list of players who never developed and tapped their potential is much bigger. And you can't compare Curry to the players that you mentioned. Those guys have more ability and/or a much greater worth ethic and desire than Curry could ever dream of having.

no one said Curry is a player you build around, but he can be an intrical piece to a championship puzzle.

Isiah did. He said he was building around Curry and Frye. Neither or which is a cornerstone type player. Neither of them makes their teammates better, they need teammates to make them better.

The only one who really showed any work ethic was Kobe. TMac was continually knocked as lazy, JO was skinny and showed NOTHING until in Indy, Rashard also took time and he was billed as a cornerstone..He is about the same age as Curry and this year is his coming out party. I won't say that Curry doesn't have the desire or work ethic...i don't know that and I see subtle improvements in his game. But I will say he has as much potential on everyone on that list oter than maybe Kobe. Curry can be a monster in this league as quick, big and strong as he is. Kids always take time.

Posted by islesfan:

The bottom line with Curry is that he's not a franchise player that you build around like he's being made out to be. He's got great size but no game other than bulling his way to the basket from 3 feet out for dunks and layups. He has no post moves, no jump hook or jumpshot to speak of.

Worst of all he has no defensive presence at all which goes directly to his poor work ethic, his desire and his lack of conditioning. He's a terrible rebounder for a man his size and his post defense is absolutely pathetic. Opposing guards come into the lane without a worry in the world because they know Curry won't challenge them.

After 5 years in the league, Curry is still just relying on his size and that's sad because he has potential. Unfortunately Curry wouldn't be the first player to squander huge physical gifts because he had no work ethic or desire to be great.

Have to agree with you here. 10 feet from basket is like a half court shot to him.