Sports Poll : Better Player - Steph Curry vs. LeBron James

Curry but neither are in the all-time Top 10


Due to the vast decline in viewing quality and the decline of the "real" style of basketball being played to the truest nature after Jordan, players after 1998 are an inherent disadvantage in their claim to all time great status.

But I'll say Curry here because LeBron's failure in building a championship team with 4 or 5 all star talents around him is truly a mark of historical significance.

Where Curry was part of successful championship rosters with different headlining players.

And also the obvious is that Curry owns LeBron head to head.

The even thought of putting LeBron over Jordan lmao

yeah lebron and it’s not even debatable. although i do like curry better (one of my favorite players). never been a fan of lebron. probs doesn’t help he fucked up my celtics numerous times in the playoffs.

curry is more influential in regard to how he changed the game (which is one of the best arguments for his all time ranking), but lebrons longevity and peak > currys longevity and peak

also both are arguably top 10, but lebron being top 10 isn’t even arguable at this point imo. for the majority of fans and players, it’s him and jordan as the top 2.

No it’s not 

Ehhh I'm not a modern NBA guy so I don't care enough to argue this so I'm just gonna half ass this . But I'm mostly referring to LeBron during the last 2 Cav teams. If I remember correctly he had 5 all stars on those teams and still got destroyed by the Warriors.

And same goes for some of those post-20 Laker teams can't win despite the starpower on those teams.

I actually dont think the 2nd title was "meh". The Spurs are a legit team even if the Heat got really lucky, Kawhi missed a free throw otherwise Spurs looked like the better team all series.

And I think the 4th title is pretty meh because the Heat with Butler are a sorry ass team that Jordan embarrasses off the court.

History doesn't lie, ibbi. Curry owns LeBron no matter how you slice the cake, but hit me back once football season starts.

I got much more to say about the NFL than NBA.

Again, I'm on Jordan's side of the debate, but to say it's not a debate at this point is silly. LeBron has 4 rings on 3 different teams, the greatest comeback in NBA history, All-NBA for 2 decades. the all-time leading scorer in NBA history.

Bron, though Curry revolutionized the game more in inspiring every team to develop their 3 point shooting. Curry's success (despite him being the greatest shooter of all time) is more uniquely team synergy driven than LeBron's, with figures like Klay and Draymond occupying major roles in him getting rings. I would rather play with Curry, though.  LeBron being "the system" isn't winning basketball.  

I'd agree with this. I always thought of LeBron as the greatest floor raiser in NBA history. His heliocentric style of offense ensures his team can get a good shot through his playmaking but it's hugely predictable for the defense so long as they have someone who can match up with LeBron (which is extremely rare, so it can still work). But that style has throughout his career meant the team craters whenever he's on the bench since the other players don't get touches outside of LeBron's playmaking - notice that all of LeBron's rings came when he had another elite ballhandler/playmaker (Wade on the Heat, Kyrie on the Cavs, Rondo on the Lakers) to help keep the offense running when LeBron needed a break.

I've thought for years now one of the best things LeBron could do would be to develop his off-ball game to promote more motion on offense and develop the role players. He's naturally an elite cutter, but there's obvious discomfort for him in playing without the ball in his hands. Meanwhile that's Steph's greatest attribute aside from his shooting and vital to the development of Klay and Draymond as well as the elite benches the Warriors often had.

Fair enough, no arguing those Cavs teams were definitely not stacked beyond Kyrie and Love, and even then they were well overmatched by one of the greatest teams there ever was.

When I say the second title is meh, I mean only as it relates to his individual greatness, because that old-ass Spurs team was also pretty overmatched by what the Heat had going on.

His 4th title I just loved because of how relatively old school that side was. Starting 2 7-foot guys and dominating the paint in an age when we're told that's old fashioned and isn't going to work anymore. What a beautiful team.

Again, Fuck Shooters.

As Popovich would say: "We do the same boring thing every year"

That's LeBron James. So sick of longevity being thought of as some evolution stone. People in the past retired earlier and came into the league later.

Him overtaking Curry doesn't make him a taller midget.

Fuck this guy. Get him out of my town. He's failed here. Case closed. He can't resurrect it anymore.

The difference is scoring is all Durant does, he's a mediocre defender and never led the league in assists (and it's not like he hasn't had teammates who can make shots).