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Of course you can. KD in his prime was clearly better than Curry in a 7 game series. Height matters in a sport with 10 foot rims. Game on the line, you want the 6’2 Curry running off screens and most likely taking a tough 25+ footer, or do you want to give it to arguably the best midrange shooter of all time who can shoot over anyone? Seems like a no-brainer
In a 7 game series Curry beat KD directly off on an injury the doctors said would take months to heal.
Curry out created and scored much more efficiently than KD while we watched KD shoot league average and have more turnovers than assists.
Not sure what this sample size is from. But Curry was never better that KD and I explained why. Sure the best shooter ever sure has had many amazing moments. But there’s also a thing called defense
The 2016 WCF which happened to be a 7 game series.
Is that why curry smokes KD in every impact metric imaginable, has the much deeper ties to winning, is the better post season scorer, the much much much better playmaker, has the much better lineup data without one another, is that why he dwarves KD in making his teammates shooting efficiency sky rocket with him and crater without him? Is that why Curry won before Durant, won 73 games, then beat KD head to head, won with KD, then proceeded to decisively beat the team that embarrassed KD in the 2022 finals?
Curry has the deeper ties to winning. KD has the deeper ties to losing.
Curry is the much better on ball playmaker, he’s the best off ball playmaker in the history of the sport, he’s the better cutter, screen setter, he’s the much better ball handler and passer, he’s much much better at punishing extra defensive coverage and he obviously is the much more resilient post season scorer.
I love this argument. If KD was such a more impactful defender, then why isn’t he close to curry when it comes to impact? Why doesn’t KD’s good defense and curry’s “bad defense” make up for the massive gap in impact?
Ill tell you why. Because curry is a neutral to slightly positive defender while Curry’s offensive output is unmatched of his generation outside of Lebron james.
Because Curry is far and away your fav player and nothing will ever change that. Doesn’t matter that the head coach, Steve Kerr, said multiple times who is the best player. Doesn’t matter how many FMVPs Curry won with KD. Or how he received 0 votes in 2015 when they won it all lol. None of these things matter to you. Nor does Kyrie outplaying him in the biggest choke job in NBA history. Or how his team didn’t even make the playoffs and guys like you thought he deserved MVP.
Your explanation is "height matters"?
No, that is one important fact out of several you chose to use. My explanation is the history of their time together and KD in OKC. That is the prime that is only disputable if you are looking to argue.