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Jordan's career FG% is higher than Curry's this season. The only thing Curry has on Jordan is range. That's it, nothing else to this point in his career. I can't help but think that Jordan's 3pt range would have looked much better if he wasn't busy making every player look like a high schooler when he drove through, around, over them on the way to a ridiculous bucket.

If Curry can continue for another 8 or 10 years at his current pace, he will be the second best of all time.

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Depends on what percentages you look at.Sure, Jordan's overall FG% and 2 point FG% are slightly higher than Curry's. That's what you would expect from a taller player who spent much of his time near the rim. (For a more obvious example, see DeAndre Jordan.)

But, let's look at some other percentages. For instance, Curry's 3pt. FG% is .446 to Jordan's .327. And, look at the effective FG% of the players. Curry - .573 Jordan - .509

The argument could be made that the only thing Jordan has on Curry is dunking ability.

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Jordan's career FG% is higher than Curry's this season.

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What am I missing? I'm seeing 0.515 for Curry this year and 0.497 for Jordan's career.

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Jordan's career FG% is higher than Curry's this season.

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What am I missing? I'm seeing 0.515 for Curry this year and 0.497 for Jordan's career.

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you are right, I read the wrong column.

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I love Jordan BTW. I grew up idolizing MJ and he was in his prime when I played in high school and during my college years. Jordan is GOAT...but Curry is definitely doing something remarkable and trending towards worthy of being in the conversation with MJ if he keeps this up for a few more years.

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As you can see from the stats above, he has an amazingly long way to go. Even if he matches Jordan in Championships and MVP's he will still be number two. Jordan was too dominate on D for Curry to ever pass as the GOAT. I just think people are forgetting how ridiculously good Jordan was at everything.

That ending @ The Thunder was mindblowing though.

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As of now, Curry has shown to be the better shooter for about two or three years of his seven-year career.

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Well, given that your initial claim was that Jordan had a higher FG%, I'll consider this an internet victory.

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As of now, Curry has shown to be the better shooter for about two or three years of his seven-year career.

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Well, given that your initial claim was that Jordan had a higher FG%, I'll consider this an internet victory.

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Okay! Maybe not over Curry this year but...

SC seven season career FG% 47.7
MJ 15 season career FG% .497

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Well, given that your initial claim was that Jordan had a higher FG%, I'll consider this an internet victory.

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Okay! Maybe not over Curry this year but...

SC seven season career FG% 47.7
MJ 15 season career FG% .497

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Due to 3 point % Currys efficiency is amazing.

3 pointers are more difficult shots (hence their increased value) so a straight up comparison is flawed.

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Jordan's career FG% is higher than Curry's this season. The only thing Curry has on Jordan is range. That's it, nothing else to this point in his career. I can't help but think that Jordan's 3pt range would have looked much better if he wasn't busy making every player look like a high schooler when he drove through, around, over them on the way to a ridiculous bucket.

If Curry can continue for another 8 or 10 years at his current pace, he will be the second best of all time.

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Depends on what percentages you look at.Sure, Jordan's overall FG% and 2 point FG% are slightly higher than Curry's. That's what you would expect from a taller player who spent much of his time near the rim. (For a more obvious example, see DeAndre Jordan.)

But, let's look at some other percentages. For instance, Curry's 3pt. FG% is .446 to Jordan's .327. And, look at the effective FG% of the players. Curry - .573 Jordan - .509

The argument could be made that the only thing Jordan has on Curry is dunking ability.

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LOL!!!!!!

Wake me up when Curry has:

• 6 NBA champion (19911993, 19961998)
• 6 NBA Finals MVP (19911993, 19961998)
• 5 NBA Most Valuable Player (1988, 19911992, 1996,1998)
• 14 NBA All-Star (19851993, 19961998, 20022003)
• 3 NBA All-Star Game MVP (1988, 1996, 1998)
• 10 All-NBA First Team (19871993, 19961998)
• All-NBA Second Team (1985)
• NBA Defensive Player of the Year (1988)
• 9 NBA All-Defensive First Team (19881993, 19961998)
• NBA Rookie of the Year (1985)
• 10 NBA scoring champion (19871993, 19961998)
• 3 NBA steals champion (1988, 1990, 1993)
• NBA playoffs all-time leading scorer

Hey, but at least, Curry has one Championship and one MVP.

As of now, Curry has shown to be the better shooter for about two or three years of his seven-year career.

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so based on that list of accomplishments, you MUST consider Bill Russell to be the GOAT over MJ, right?

I could waste time comparing Curry to Jordan, but I think that I probably have some bias toward Jordan seeing as though he dominated during my formative years. All I know that is when I watch Curry, I see things that I thought were impossible. Statistics & years of watching basketball tell me that what he is doing right now could never happen, and that's a tough thing to top from a sheer entertainment perspective.

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Jordan's career FG% is higher than Curry's this season. The only thing Curry has on Jordan is range. That's it, nothing else to this point in his career. I can't help but think that Jordan's 3pt range would have looked much better if he wasn't busy making every player look like a high schooler when he drove through, around, over them on the way to a ridiculous bucket.

If Curry can continue for another 8 or 10 years at his current pace, he will be the second best of all time.

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Depends on what percentages you look at.Sure, Jordan's overall FG% and 2 point FG% are slightly higher than Curry's. That's what you would expect from a taller player who spent much of his time near the rim. (For a more obvious example, see DeAndre Jordan.)

But, let's look at some other percentages. For instance, Curry's 3pt. FG% is .446 to Jordan's .327. And, look at the effective FG% of the players. Curry - .573 Jordan - .509

The argument could be made that the only thing Jordan has on Curry is dunking ability.

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LOL!!!!!!

Wake me up when Curry has:

• 6 NBA champion (19911993, 19961998)
• 6 NBA Finals MVP (19911993, 19961998)
• 5 NBA Most Valuable Player (1988, 19911992, 1996,1998)
• 14 NBA All-Star (19851993, 19961998, 20022003)
• 3 NBA All-Star Game MVP (1988, 1996, 1998)
• 10 All-NBA First Team (19871993, 19961998)
• All-NBA Second Team (1985)
• NBA Defensive Player of the Year (1988)
• 9 NBA All-Defensive First Team (19881993, 19961998)
• NBA Rookie of the Year (1985)
• 10 NBA scoring champion (19871993, 19961998)
• 3 NBA steals champion (1988, 1990, 1993)
• NBA playoffs all-time leading scorer

Hey, but at least, Curry has one Championship and one MVP.

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so based on that list of accomplishments, you MUST consider Bill Russell to be the GOAT over MJ, right?

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Russell at least has a spot at the table. Curry is a long long way from reaching either of those two. Surely you are not trying to compare what Curry has done for a couple of years to what these two did. They are far more complete players.

And there more to basketball than being accurate from range. I'll say it again, Curry could match MJ on rings and MVPs and he still could not match MJ as a basketball player. Russell was 6'10" playing against a bunch of 6'4' white boys and still is more rounded than Curry.

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3 pointers are more difficult shots (hence their increased value) so a straight up comparison is flawed.

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He has indeed been the better 3pt shooter. I'm just not sure that warrants comparing him to 12 or 13 years utter and complete dominance by Jordan.

Really, there is no comparison. Dominating every facet (minus rebounding) of the game is far more difficult than being the best at 3's.

1 made 3 pointer away from 400 on the season.

No one in NBA history had even hit 300 in a single season prior to him.

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And there more to basketball than being accurate from range.

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Curry averages 7 assists per game, 6 rebounds and 2 steals per game. I'd say there's a lot more to his game than "accurate from range"

what a night in the NBA!

warriors get to 73-9. best regular season in history.

Curry makes 10 three pointers giving him 402 for the season. No other NBA player in NBA history has even made 300 threes in a single season..,,....

Kobe Bryant goes out scoring 60 points on a zillion shot attempts vs the Jazz to end his career.

Only negative is games started so dang late that I wasn't awake to watch most of it!

Allen Iverson thought Kobe took too many shots last night.

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what a night in the NBA!

warriors get to 73-9. best regular season in history.

Curry makes 10 three pointers giving him 402 for the season. No other NBA player in NBA history has even made 300 threes in a single season..,,....

Kobe Bryant goes out scoring 60 points on a zillion shot attempts vs the Jazz to end his career.

Only negative is games started so dang late that I wasn't awake to watch most of it!

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Warriors game was pretty anticlimactic in my opinion. But that 4th quarter from Kobe was pretty amazing.

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what a night in the NBA!

warriors get to 73-9. best regular season in history.

Curry makes 10 three pointers giving him 402 for the season. No other NBA player in NBA history has even made 300 threes in a single season..,,....

Kobe Bryant goes out scoring 60 points on a zillion shot attempts vs the Jazz to end his career.

Only negative is games started so dang late that I wasn't awake to watch most of it!

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Warriors game was pretty anticlimactic in my opinion. But that 4th quarter from Kobe was pretty amazing.

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I only watched the first quarter of Warriors before went to bed. Probably that was the best part. Curry hit like 6 threes, including a back-to-back-to-back three pointer sequence in about a minute of play in the 1st that pretty much blew the game open and I assume the 3 quarters after that was mostly just celebration time.

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I only watched the first quarter of Warriors before went to bed. Probably that was the best part. Curry hit like 6 threes, including a back-to-back-to-back three pointer sequence in about a minute of play in the 1st that pretty much blew the game open and I assume the 3 quarters after that was mostly just celebration time.

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Same experience, though I watched the second quarter as well which included Klay Thompson taking over for a segment. Ridiculous stuff.

5-minute Highlight video Put out of the Warrior's 73-win season:

In. Dude is greatness.

As a Spurs fan, all I can say is:

"Sweep the ankle!"

Jordan played one great team in the Finals. I know it sounds odd, but the fact that he never lost a Finals diminishes him a bit. I wish the '93 Suns had won, and he had played the '95 Rockets. Of course the Jordan apologists are probably incapable of reasonable discussion here - I did go to UNC if that helps.

You sound dumb. Does that help? Utah had two HOFer, New York was good squad, had to go through Detroit, LA, Portland.

If you don't think Portland in 1992 was a good squad I'm a little skeptical you're being objective.

Jordan apologists?

Would you consider somebody who believes the earth is round to be a "round world apologist?"

Jordan is GOAT to me personally no question. Imagine the damage that he would do in his prime with today's rules with less hand checking allowed etc.

That said, Curry is also a very very special player playing on a very very special team. Posters comparing him to a former player like Reggie Miller....uh no. curry has developed an offensive game far beyond that.

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No. But the 80's were more entertaining when you had a great team in each conference. It would have been nice to have a 90's dynasty in the West. I think Phoenix was the only team that ever had home court advantage. Porter/Drexler was a great tandem, as were Stockton/Malone. Neither of those teams were in the league of the Bulls, even though they provided entertaining series.

It's not MJ's fault that he played in a down time for the league. In fact, it's to his credit that he made the league watchable during those years. He probably was the greatest of all time. Maybe if they had lost to Phoenix, he would have told the commissioner to pound sand instead of playing baseball. We'll never know.

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As a Spurs fan, all I can say is:

"Sweep the ankle!"

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I'm gonna feel bad about this if Curry is really hurt this time.

What a wild turn of events. Curry out for at least two weeks and now the Clippers lose Paul for the remainder of the playoffs, suddenly making it very possible that even without Curry, the Warriors can still at least advance to the Western Conference Finals vs. Thunder or Spurs.

Lets hope Curry is back for the West conf. finals and playing in decent form. The NBA playoffs become a lot less fun to watch when stars like Curry and Paul are in street clothes.

I hope Curry makes a full recovery. The day after the western conference finals.

wow. Out 15 days after a knee injury, comes back into a tough playoff game on the road and.....

That performance was Jordan-esque.

Yea. Unbelievable.