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Lmao @ an all time choke job by fitp. He can’t sniff Jokic’s jock strap.
I'd be pretty embarrassed if I was a GSW fan chanting MVP at Curry in the 4th. Not only did he brick everything, but if he had just held onto the ball to the very end and bricked the buzzer beater it would've went to overtime. Instead he passed it to the wrong team and allowed Jokic to show him how to shoot a proper buzzer beater.
 
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I think we can all agree LeCan and Curry have had some rough games recently. At the end of the day though, we have to appreciate that they've both had very successful careers and arguably are top 10 all-time. The debate of who's higher in the rankings will go on for a long time.

Let's celebrate these guys before they retire. Hopefully they can still make a run to the playoffs.

I'm not sure there will be a debate about who is higher on the Top 10 All Time unless FiTP wins a 5th ring. As it is, LeBald is pretty much universally accepted as #1, 2, or 3 at the worst, and Curry is pretty much not in the Top 10 at all or is BARELY in the Top 10. In order for Curry fanatics to really make the argument, I feel like he has to have a 5th ring.
 
I'm not sure there will be a debate about who is higher on the Top 10 All Time unless FiTP wins a 5th ring. As it is, LeBald is pretty much universally accepted as #1, 2, or 3 at the worst, and Curry is pretty much not in the Top 10 at all or is BARELY in the Top 10. In order for Curry fanatics to really make the argument, I feel like he has to have a 5th ring.

That's a perfectly fine opinion but it's hard to rank one over the other or put either definitively in the top 10. LeCan's longevity will probably give him the nod over Curry but it's not enough to place him near the all-time greats.
 
That's a perfectly fine opinion but it's hard to rank one over the other or put either definitively in the top 10. LeCan's longevity will probably give him the nod over Curry but it's not enough to place him near the all-time greats.

Listen man, I hate LeRoid, seriously, but his career puts him easily in the Top 10 and really in the Top 5. Curry is questionable though, a lot of people don't even have him in the Top 10 yet. I just feel like for Curry to really have a strong argument for being ranked anywhere near LeBald he has to have a 5th ring. (which he probably is never getting.)
 
Listen man, I hate LeRoid, seriously, but his career puts him easily in the Top 10 and really in the Top 5. Curry is questionable though, a lot of people don't even have him in the Top 10 yet. I just feel like for Curry to really have a strong argument for being ranked anywhere near LeBald he has to have a 5th ring. (which he probably is never getting.)

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There's no reason to hate anyone. Both have had impressive careers and should be appreciated but have also garnered their fair share of criticism for different reasons. At the end of the day, people are free to rank them however they like. Hopefully when it's all said and done, it's easier to put them both definitively in the top 10.
 
Jokic is shooting 39/44 in his last 4 games. That is unheard of.

At the post game presser Thompson was asked what was going through his head when Yoke was squaring up to shoot as time was expiring and his response was "No way.". I don't know if he watches Yoke play, he should have been saying to himself "Uh oh". Unless it's a one armed heave from his own side of the court I'd never feel confident that Yoke is gonna miss a shot, even with a defender in his face. Like shit, against the Lakes in the playoffs last year he hit three nothing-but-the-bottom-of-the-net bombs with defenders up in his face time pressured shots.

Edit: it's unheard of I think in the true modern game, Wilt has done it, though I'd assume overwhelmingly camped under the net dunks against hapless opponents. But yeah, in today's game 39 of 44 is excellent from the charity stripe, and just absurd from the field. You know next game he's gonna miss two in a row and some commentator is gonna say he's washed and the other team has figured him out.

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At the post game presser Thompson was asked what was going through his head when Yoke was squaring up to shoot as time was expiring and his response was "No way.". I don't know if he watches Yoke play, he should have been saying to himself "Uh oh". Unless it's a one armed heave from his own side of the court I'd never feel confident that Yoke is gonna miss a shot, even with a defender on his face. Like shit, against the Lakes in the playoffs last year he hit three nothing-but-the-bottom-of-the-net bombs with defenders up in his face time pressured shots.

Edit: it's unheard of I think on the true modern game, Wilt has done it, though I'd assume overwhelmingly camped under the net dunks against hapless opponents. But yeah, in today's game 39 of 44 is excellent from the charity stripe, and just absurd from the field. You know next game he's gonna miss two in a row and some commentator is gonna say he's washed and the other team has figured him out.

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You can tell from Thompson's body language that he was preparing for it to go in. He had no reaction at all. Just kept walking through the shot and off the court with no emotion whatsoever.
 
I'm not sure there will be a debate about who is higher on the Top 10 All Time unless FiTP wins a 5th ring. As it is, LeBald is pretty much universally accepted as #1, 2, or 3 at the worst, and Curry is pretty much not in the Top 10 at all or is BARELY in the Top 10. In order for Curry fanatics to really make the argument, I feel like he has to have a 5th ring.
Even with Corey getting a 5th ring he’ll never surpass LeGoat.
 
While on the topic of the Big Honey, as great as he is being acknowledged these days, in some ways he's even better. Bam the other day was saying that Yoke is the toughest guy in the league to defend and that he doesn't look for fouls - his moves are designed to score, not to draw fouls. He said Yoke will embellish to try to make sure actual fouls get called, but does not try to initiate fouls out of nothing.

The game prior against the Warriors when he went to the free throw line 18 times, Kerr was acting like the sky was falling and it's all completely unfair bad officiating. But of the big 3 MVP candidates over the past few years, Yoke has taken 18 or more FTs twice in his career. Giannis and Embiid over 40 times each apparently. Yoke isn't even a top 10 center in the league in terms of % of his scoring coming from the free throw line. I think guys like Kerr know if Warriors are to play Denver in a post season series, the chance to win relies on someone like Draymond getting away with fouling Yoke relentlessly and not having it called. If Yoke managed to institute a foul merchant type aspect to his game like Embiid or Harden and get their whistle from the refs, it's pretty much over for the competition.
 
Luka IMO

Luka averaging a 50 point triple double has become normal already

Given he started in the league at such a young age, so many career records are vulnerable to being challenged and broken by him, especially with the amount of scoring going on these days. I don't think he's as good a court general though, but then again, I'm not sure anybody else has ever been so it's not a real criticism. Anyhow, he will easily retire as an elite all time great if he stays healthy. Without bringing out a spreadsheet, I think it's really feasible to end up top 5 all time scoring.
 
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