Knicks · The Great Debate: Is Stephen Curry More A Game Changer Than Carmelo? (page 1)

Curry has demonstrated more court awareness and maturity.

Carmelo has supreme talent, but his comprehension of spacing and angles is not as sophisticated.

Curry has unlimited range.

Carmelo can drive on anyone.

It's close.

Yes, Curry is a great scorer who also does many other things well.

misterearl wrote:Curry has demonstrated more court awareness and maturity.

Carmelo has supreme talent, but his comprehension of spacing and angles is not as sophisticated.

Curry has unlimited range.

Carmelo can drive on anyone.

It's close.

curry is just a superior shooter. Few guys in the world can shoot like this Kid so, the Melo comparisons are crazy. As to his maturity, I think it's too early. Durant looked very mature and had that goody, goody image. Its a bit tarnished these days so, I'll hold off on that a bit. Guys look very mature until they do some dumb sh....

Greatest post ever Anubis. you rock

AnubisADL wrote:

Tim Legler just said, on live tv, that Patrick Beverly is a better basketball player than Jeremy Lin.

He cited Beverly's ability to break down a defender, drive and kick and toughness.

Oh snap.

misterearl wrote:
Greatest post ever Anubis. you rock

AnubisADL wrote:

Tim Legler just said, on live tv, that Patrick Beverly is a better basketball player than Jeremy Lin.

He cited Beverly's ability to break down a defender, drive and kick and toughness.

Oh snap.

I don't see anything wrong with that. Beverly looks better than 85% of the NBA PGs. I have no idea if he keeps this up though.

I'm a Melo supporter, but I acknowledge a healthy Curry is just lethal on the basketball floor as soon as he crosses the halfcourt line.

No release is quicker in NBA History, apologies to Ray Allen.

It's that threat that also enables him to pass to open shooters and cutters as well, if a team were to cheat or double him.

Steph Curry, health permitting, may go down as the best pure shooter of any era.

Curry's abilities especially that behind the back dribble to a fadeaway 3, are transcendant. He gets better every year. Watching him at Davidson, you knew he could shoot. Who knew he could run the point as well!

Curry > Melo

And just think if we had actually done a better job of tanking in a worthless, meaningless season, we might have actually been able to draft Curry.

But, we went hard after every win, even though the plan all along was to clear cap and go for Lebron.

Maybe Lebron would have liked playing next to Steph Curry & whoever else (Amar'e ) we could have gotten.

two different players:

- Curry
great shooter and underrated passer
weakness: injury prone (bad ankles)

- Melo - great scorer (inside and out) and underrated rebounder
weakness: lazy at times

i think you can build a winning team around both players

Call me lazy

callmened wrote:two different players:

- Curry
great shooter and underrated passer
weakness: injury prone (bad ankles)

- Melo - great scorer (inside and out) and underrated rebounder
weakness: lazy at times

i think you can build a winning team around both players

Ned - Carmelo is a lot of things but you gotta do better than "lazy" unless you have some evidence.

misterearl wrote:Curry has demonstrated more court awareness and maturity.

Carmelo has supreme talent, but his comprehension of spacing and angles is not as sophisticated.

Curry has unlimited range.

Carmelo can drive on anyone.

It's close.

Papabear Says

Too soon to tell. Lets see how his health hold out after 9 years in the league.

misterearl wrote:Call me lazy

callmened wrote:two different players:

- Curry
great shooter and underrated passer
weakness: injury prone (bad ankles)

- Melo - great scorer (inside and out) and underrated rebounder
weakness: lazy at times

i think you can build a winning team around both players

Ned - Carmelo is a lot of things but you gotta do better than "lazy" unless you have some evidence.

Sometimes not playing defense and jacking up unnessecary 3s is lazy. He gets lazy on the court misterearl. All things Knicks aren't peaches and cream.

I'm still happy to have him though. Over Curry though? This has yet to be determined. Curry is pretty sick.

franco12 wrote:And just think if we had actually done a better job of tanking in a worthless, meaningless season, we might have actually been able to draft Curry.

But, we went hard after every win, even though the plan all along was to clear cap and go for Lebron.

Maybe Lebron would have liked playing next to Steph Curry & whoever else (Amar'e ) we could have gotten.

I remember being pissed off every time we won a game. If there was ever a year to tank, that was one

DurzoBlint wrote:

franco12 wrote:And just think if we had actually done a better job of tanking in a worthless, meaningless season, we might have actually been able to draft Curry.

But, we went hard after every win, even though the plan all along was to clear cap and go for Lebron.

Maybe Lebron would have liked playing next to Steph Curry & whoever else (Amar'e ) we could have gotten.

I remember being pissed off every time we won a game. If there was ever a year to tank, that was one

I remember being pissed off every time an Isiah team won a game. Just the stench of that era makes me want to vomit. I hope we never have to go through that again.

Ahh yes, yet another flame out, look at that shiny new thing thread.

First we had: Gallo better than Melo.
than we had Lin better than Melo.
than we heard smatterings of Lee better than Melo
than we heard JKidd better than Melo

Now it's Curry the Kid better than Melo.

Coming soon: Is Nate better than Melo?

he's the flavor of the month, for certain. Curry is now a super duper star. Let's see him do it season after season... I hope he does because he's a joy to watch. Injury worries me more with a guy like Curry than it does like a guy like Melo

misterearl...hmm? in the past, sometimes melo didnt try hard on defense. whether you want to call that lazy or not interested..i dont know. hes my fav player but i keep it real..hes not perfect

I like Curry, but I always feel his career could end at any minute due to his ankle problems. I wonder how many seasons he's going to last in this league.

misterearl wrote:
Greatest post ever Anubis. you rock

AnubisADL wrote:

Tim Legler just said, on live tv, that Patrick Beverly is a better basketball player than Jeremy Lin.

He cited Beverly's ability to break down a defender, drive and kick and toughness.

Oh snap.

Wrong thread?

Not a big Melo fan. Maybe it's because of the whole trade thing but Melo is a game changer more so than Curry. Curry you just need to put a long athletic 2 guard to stay with him the whole game and he should be neutralized or at least slowed down. With Melo, you will need to double and triple team which changes the game dynamics. You give Melo players that can hit an open shot or knows hot to cut to the basket and you are golden.

jrodmc wrote:Ahh yes, yet another flame out, look at that shiny new thing thread.

First we had: Gallo better than Melo.
than we had Lin better than Melo.
than we heard smatterings of Lee better than Melo
than we heard JKidd better than Melo

Now it's Curry the Kid better than Melo.

Coming soon: Is Nate better than Melo?

There is a big difference with Gallo, Lin, Lee, JKidd being better than Melo than Stephen Curry better than Melo.

Gallo will never be a superstar.

Lin will never be a superstar.

Lee is very efficient, double double guy but you still give the edge to Melo for sure.

JKidd in his cameo as Yoda is retiring any second, so no debate there.

Nate always had the athletic ability, never the mindset or the consistency.

Now we're comparing apples and apples. Different positions, sure, but both great players.

Steph Curry is the real deal, and I love Carmelo Anthony on the Knicks.

There's nothing wrong with saying one is superior or has more skills or is more talented.

Ewing was the man for the Knicks. 50th Greatest Player in NBA History. Made the playoffs every year and competed for titles.

That said, I'll easily say David Robinson, Hakeem Olajuwon, Shaquille O'Neal, Karl Malone, Charles Barkley, Tim Duncan, Kevin Garnett were all greater players than him.

No Knock on Melo, just acknowledging greatness growing before our eyes.