Posted by Bonn1997:
Posted by bigbeast:
Posted by Bonn1997:
Posted by Bippity10:
Yeah, I understand not wanting to build around Curry. That to me is fair and logical. I understand not being enamored with his game, because right now the truth is that he is only a scorer and does nothing else well. But you can't discredit him as a basketball player completely. There is room for one dimensional players in the NBa. Many have starred for championship teams. Curry is a tough low post scorer and does cause havoc for other teams whether you want to admit it or not.
The problem is that we need to build a team that takes advantage of his skills as we go forward instead of hoping that he becomes Bill Walton or Kareem or Shaq. He's never going to be a good passer. His reboounding will most likely always be below average(7 years to get himself to 7 rebounds a game). He's most likely never going to be a great defender. So let's build a team that can use his skills in the post. But has other players that can create havoc and make teams pay when they spend so much time defending Curry. Right now our mismash crew isn't built right.
Now I dare someone to find something unfair in that post.
I agree that there's a place for one dimensional specialists including Curry but they're just role players, they're not crucial, and you shouldn't give up much for them.
If you know this about Curry, why do you constantly feel a need to bash him, instead of harping on Zeke and his over paying for Currys services? It seems as if most dump on Curry as if he was the one that pulled trigger on that trade.
BTW, Curry is better than an average role player.
Curry's no Steven Kerr. He could actually be a great player if he wasn't always out of shape and lazy on the court. No doubt Isiah deserves a ton of criticism too and so does Dolan.
For me the biggest problem with Curry is this. Based on athletic ability and size that guy could average 10, 11 and 12 rebounds tomorrow if he put his mind to it. This isn't a part of his game where he has some sort of physical disadvantage. He has an advantage over 90% of the league when it comes to rebounding. He can come out next year and challenge for the league lead in rebounding. Yet he averages 7 rebounds a game. Until this changes I can't take him seriously as a star of the future. The double teams we can fix. The offensive fouls we can fix. But the rebounding and shotblocking Curry has to fix.
And this is the guy that we gave up 2 lottery picks for. I'm not bashing Curry, I'm just trying to figure out where we go from here. We are staring mediocrity in the face like we were 7 years ago when we traded Pat. But as an organization and a fan base a lot of people don't really want to admit it. Until we get a 2 way star on this roster there is a ceiling. And until we put ourselves in position by obtaining high draft picks, or cap space or trading our productive youth, we have to rely on Curry suddenly getting it one day and turning up the effort. it's not talent with him, it's effort. He could be an all-star tomorrow if he put his mind to it. This is why he has so many critics. It's nothing personal. People just hate when players don't reach their potential.
To me you can argue that he will develop a devastating post game. You can argue that he will learn to pass out of the post. But the shotblocking and rebounding are things that can improve right now. And the fact that they are so bad has nothing to do with referees or fans booing or negativity on a chat board. And have everything to do with Eddy not getting it done.
[Edited by - bippity10 on 27-04-2007 3:06 PM]
4/27/2007 3:11 PM
