superstars always have such a tendency. When
couldn't win the championship, he would use regular season achievements to "post gold." For example, if the Lakers failed to make the playoffs in the past two years, some fans of LeBron can only hope to quickly complete the "411 Project" and boast of another "unique in history."
And when you win the championship, such as after winning the championship in 2020, you will win four championships + fmvp, leading three different teams to the top. Not much worse than Jordan .
After all, the championship, FMVP and regular season MVP are the most arrogant hard currencies.
has the crown and boasts the championship, but does not boast the history, which is the safest routine.
So after the Warriors won the championship this year, this became the operation of Curry fans.
Before the playoffs started, looking at the wolf-like Bucks , Suns and Celtics , I could only sigh:
"Our Curry is finally the three-point king in history. He is a big man who changed the history of NBA." After
won the championship this year, he immediately became the top ten point guard in history, surpassing Kobe and Magic Johnson. He is definitely the number one point guard in history.
Is it possible that Curry was only one championship and fmvp away from the top ten and the first point guard in history? How come
has become the face of your "most annoying James"?
1. Curry’s 2022 Finals - Returning to the Origin and Surpassing Self
Why is Curry’s championship this year so moving?
Because apart from him, this Warriors really isn't a championship team.
used to be his eponymous partner Clay . After a serious injury, his offense was only 70% of the previous level, and his defense fell below the team average.
His most important helper, Green , is now addicted to live broadcasting. During the playoffs, he opened 18 episodes of the podcast . As for the performance on the court, even Warriors fans are probably too lazy to wash their hands of it.
are Wiggins , Poole , Porter and Looney who are playing conscientiously, but their level in the playoffs and even the finals is still not as good as that of Iguodala. changes the situation like that.
Curry alone supports this Warriors, and his existence is the lowest level logic for the Warriors to win the championship.
This is different from his previous three championships.
The two fmvp champions in 2017 and 18 are Durant . Although Curry is indispensable, death is the answer to cure the disease.
Although he won the 2015 Finals, 7 of the 11 FMVP judges voted for Iguodala and 4 for LeBron.
Although Curry has won three rings before, Curry's performance in the finals is indeed not worthy of his super giant status.
That’s why his performance in this year’s finals deserves to be so praised and praised.
He faced the Celtics, who ranked first in defense this season. Before facing the Warriors, they encountered Durant, Antetokounmpo and Butler, who exploded in the big scene.
The performance of these three is,
Durant 26.3 points, true shooting percentage 52.6%,
Antetokounmpo 33.9 points, true shooting percentage 51.7%,
Butler 25.7 points, true shooting percentage 58.2%,
said they are this year The teams that are best at dealing with superstars will probably have no problem.
In the finals, Curry faced such a defense, while averaging 31.2 points per game, his true shooting percentage was a terrifying 61.2%.
This year's Celtics are like a scale, measuring the quality of the superstars.
But Curry's scoring and efficiency have never been a problem. In the past, he has been criticized for his ability to take over at critical moments and his game hardness.
Take the sixth game of the final championship as an example. How did Curry end the game after he came on the court with 8 minutes and 13 seconds left in the fourth quarter?
directly broke through Smart layup, 84-70.
After Brown and Horford scored 5 points in a row, Horford was singled out again and hit a basket, 86-75.
After the two teams scored four three-pointers, he scored a layup and a three-pointer himself, which dispelled the Celtics' counterattack. Then he made 3 of 4 free throws and secured the victory with 13 points in a single quarter.
only had one three-pointer, but he singled out and penetrated the paint countless times.
In the fourth quarter and even throughout the series, Curry is no longer the three-point cannon that people remember in the past, the catalyst for the team's momentum.
He plays like Isaiah Thomas , Allen Iverson, Wade and even traditional guards like Jordan.
Three-pointers are no longer his only weapon. He relies on the muscle armor he has developed over the years to get into the paint again and again.
silences all doubters in the most traditional way.
Although he still made 31 three-pointers in the finals, which is the second-highest number in history.
This is indeed a battle for Curry to enhance his historical status.
has too many helpers? His best helper in this year's playoffs is actually Wiggins, who dropped the thermos cup.
Can't play key goals? He has been the Warriors' first choice from beginning to end.
Finals weak? He had the highest score in five of the six games.
won’t play in the playoffs? He defeated the Celtics heroes who killed Antetokounmpo, Durant, Irving , and Butler.
But, can it really be among the top ten in history?
2. Top ten in history - what is the threshold?
By 2016, after LeBron completed the comeback and defeated the Warriors 73 times, the top ten in history were basically finalized.
Jordan has always been flying in the sky, with 6 championships, 6 FMVPs, and 5 regular season MVPs. His supreme status is unshakable.
Bill Russell 's 11 championships + 5 mvp, and if fmvp was not established the year he retired, he would have at least 4-5 trophies.
Tiangou has 6 championships + 2fmvp + 6mvp, and has the highest total score in history.
LeBron has 4 championships + 4mvp + 4fmvp, and his longevity is comparable to Tiangou. Among the three
, it doesn’t matter who ranks second. It just depends on the judge’s perspective.
and the latter
Larry Bird crowns + 2fmvp + 3mvp,
Magic ’s 5 crowns + 3fmvp + 3mvp,
Shark’s 4 crowns + 3fmvp + 1mvp,
Kobe Bryant’s 5 crowns + 2fmvp + 1mvp,
Stone Buddha 's 5 crowns + 3fmvp + 2mvp.
Chamberlain 's 2 crowns + 1fmvp + 4mvp
Although there is no clear sequence, outside of these ten people, it seems that no one can shake their position. The "top ten goalkeepers" before
,
big dream championship + 2fmvp + 1mvp, are actually what Kobe achieved in 2008-2010 when he wore No. 24. The only one who can squeeze out is Chamberlain, but Marshal Zhang The scariness of in the regular season is much greater than that of Big Dream.
"Dr. J" Irving only won 1 championship and 1 mvp in the NBA. His achievements must be added to his competitiveness in the ABA, otherwise he would not even be as good as his partner Moses Malone .
Although Havlicek has eight rings, he only has one Finals MVP (1974). Most of the glory is due to the Celtics dynasty with 11 championships.
Although West, Baylor, and Big O are all recognized legends, they lost too much to the Celtics after all, and they are really lackluster in terms of hard honors.
So before Stephen Curry this year, there were almost no stars who could threaten the status of these ten big guys.
In terms of the number of championships, he is higher than Bird, Zhang Dashuai,
In terms of the number of MVPs, he is higher than Kobe and Shark.
In terms of the number of FMVPs, he is tied for last (1) with Zhang Dashuai.
If Curry were to be ranked among the top ten in history, he would probably squeeze out Big Bird, Kobe Bryant, Shaq and Marshal Zhang.
O'Neal first ruled out the "three consecutive championships" of championship + FMVP. Only he and Jordan have done it in history, and they have reached the ceiling of center dominance.
The reason why he suffered a loss in the regular season mvp is just because this guy is too lazy, and he met the god-like Michael Jordan when he was young.
There is no need to consider Big Bird, the only MVP in three consecutive seasons after the merger of NBA and ABA. James was the small forward spokesperson before . But his greatest achievement was working with Magic to save the NBA, which was on the verge of collapse in the late 1970s.
In terms of importance to the development of the NBA, he can be ranked among the top five in history.
3. Curry and Kobe—who is better?
seems to be the only ones left with Kobe Bryant and Dashuai Zhang.
Chamberlain has a long history after all, and it is still the ceiling of personal data. His 100 points in a single game, 50.4 points and 25.7 rebounds in a single season, and various bizarre scoring records have made him the ceiling of NBA personal statistics.
As long as NBA technical statistics still exist, he will be an unattainable peak.
But can Curry definitely surpass Kobe?
The reasons are nothing more than the following:
① Kobe won three consecutive championships with O'Fa, while Curry's four championships were as the team leader
1992-1999, in the first seven seasons of the Sharks entering the league, they were swept five times in the playoffs. . Although he was born with great power at the time, opponents were still able to kill him by double-teaming, causing mistakes, and foul traps. However, it was not too shameful to lose to the then-peak Jordan, Big Dream, Twin Towers, and Utah who had reached the finals for two consecutive years.
The reason why the 1999-00 season was able to evolve suddenly was not only the joining and guidance of Zen Master. The most important reason is that Kobe averaged 20+ per game for the first time and entered the defensive first team for the first time.
He has the same lightning breakthrough as "Penny" Hardaway, and his shooting and defense are infinitely better than Penny, making it more difficult for opponents to target the Sharks. In Game 7 of the Western Conference Finals against Trail Blazers , and in Game 2 of the Finals against Pacers , Kobe led the team to win the game after the Sharks were successfully strangled by their opponents.
For their first championship, Shark acted as the core and arrow, but Kobe was the perfect second-in-command.
But in the two subsequent championships, the roles of Kobe and Shark were equal.
In the 2000-01 season, Kobe ranked fourth in the league with 28.5 points per game, and the Sharks ranked third in the league with 28.7 points. In the playoffs, the Sharks ranked 30.4 points and Kobe Bryant ranked 29.4 points.
In the 2001-02 season, Kobe averaged 25.2 points and the Sharks 27.2 points per game. In the playoffs, the Sharks averaged 28.5 points and Kobe 26.6 points.
During the last two championships, the two of them were the league's invincible "double fists inside and outside."
And in the six rounds of the Western Conference playoffs in those two years, Kobe and Shark each led the series in scoring three times.
Among the three times Kobe Bryant played, two were against his old rivals Spurs , and one was against Princeton's Kings.
David Robinson has a good saying:
"Both of them are poison, and you have to choose a bottle, but the ending is the same."
html No. 08 Kobe's three championships, the first one is the perfect second-in-command, The other two are dual cores that go hand in hand.
plus the two championships in 2009-10, the quality of Kobe and Curry's championships:
each has two "boss" championships (Curry 2015, 2022, Kobe 20092010)", each has two evenly matched "Winning with two fists" (Curry & Durant 2016-17, Kobe & Shark 2001-02). But Kobe currently has one more "second champion" (99-00 season). In the
finals fmvp, Kobe Bryant Currently leading 2-1, some people will feel sorry for Curry in 2015. But think about the years when Kobe won the three consecutive championships when he was not surrounded by invincible and willful sharks, would he have one more?
② Kobe only has one controversial one mvp, Curry is the only unanimous mvp
in history. Curry's current clear lead is actually the regular season mvp. He truly deserves the title in 2015 and 2016.But if Kobe Bryant's 81-point season in 2005-06 is compared to today, is it more legendary than Master West's "season triple double"?
Master Wei wanted it back then, but Black Mamba and couldn’t?
09-10 Losing to LeBron for two consecutive years, Kobe mainly suffered from the team's record loss, but think about the Wild West he was in and the East where LeBron was, how much worse was their combat power?
So judging from the three major honors (championship, mvp, fmvp), Curry can only catch up with Kobe at the moment. To truly surpass him convincingly, he must at least win another championship.
③ Kobe is the best iron king in history, and Curry is the famous "perverted and accurate" in history
This is a typical "hooligan logic".
Curry is already known for his accurate shooting. Coupled with the various high-level shooting percentage calculation formulas nowadays, there is already more demand for players with accurate three-pointers. Kobe's shot selection has always been the most criticized aspect of his career.
But the reason why fans like him is not because of his "Mamba Mentality" that carries the team on his shoulders at all times?
This is equivalent to using each other's strengths to attack the enemy's weaknesses. If you put it this way, Kobe has defended the first team 9 times and the second team 3 times in his career, ranking first among outside players, while
Curry has not done so once.
If " does not accept a player who has never even scored in a defensive formation, entering the top ten in history".
What do the secretaries say?
The comparison between Curry and Kobe now is very similar to the comparison between LeBron and Jordan and Sky Hook in 2020.
The new superstars became famous just after winning the championship, and their fans quickly thought about competing with the "old legends".
But in the end, they found that they were still only close, and they were still a little bit behind when broken down.
Actually, what are you anxious about? After all, he hasn't retired yet, and he still has time to play in his career.
Generally speaking, evaluation of historical status is only discussed after a player retires. Why are we so eager to get here?
