You're probably right. On 2018, Curry earned more than KD, and were around even in endorsements.
@Revan You're fooling yourself. This era has already become Dubs vs Cavs - first time ever two teams have met 4 years running in the finals. Steph will always be the face of the Dubs, and of course LeBron was the face of the Cavs. As @RobinLFC points out:
It is just going to get more pronounced as the years go by. Durant is a great player, but that's all he is. Steph Curry has changed the game. He is the best shooter of all time in a league where shooting is now the most important part of the game. History will remember KD in the same way it remembers Karl Malone (which is not a bad thing since he was an all time great), but Steph was/is a game changer and a winner. History is kind to players like that.
How will he be remembered as James opponent, when it is very likely that he'll end without any fMVP (and all fMVP when they played together going to Durant)?
Do you really think anybody is going to care about finals MVPs 50 years from now? Nobody cared about finals MVPs until the media decided to make it into a story. Could you name the finals MVPs from 10-15 years ago or back in the 80s when Magic was going up against Larry? Dubs vs Cavs four years running that's what will matter. Steph's team vs Lebron's team.
You're missing the point of the original article and we're just going back to arguing who is better right now. What the article is saying is that Wilt was better than Bill Russell but because of various historical factors Russell is remembered as the better player on most all time lists. Now the author did try to take it a step too far IMLTHO by saying that Steph would be remembered as a better player than LeBron which I think is borderline silly but I certainly think he will be remembered as a better/more transcendent player than Kevin Durant.
I think this quote hits the nail on the head. In 50 years people won't have watched all the games. History will base a player's place in the game on their reputation. Bill Russell won 11 championships and changed the face of the game on and off the court. Steph Curry has won 3 championships so far and done the same.
I think in the words of the great Roger Clemens you might have "misremembered" these finals. The Cavs were 1-8 over the two years and in 4 of the 9 games were beaten by 19+ points - they weren't THAT competitive. As to individual performances LeBron did average a triple double in 2017 but KD outscored him and went 50/40/90 from the floor while doing it. In 2018 LeBron had a great game 1 but 2 and 4 were blow outs and in game 3 (the one that was close) KD led all scorers. I still think LBJ is the best player in the game but in these last two finals KD was better.
It's called Most Valuable Player though, not Best Player. The Dubs could've probably even won without Durant on the floor.
No but you have been repeating that history remembers MVPs. They should also remember that James was robbed of several regular season MVPs and Finals MVPs then.
Ah okay, apologies in that case
Only if someone played 6 finals and was the MVP in all 6 of them...
Ok I see what you are getting at. But there's huge asterisk's on that statement. Durant could never perform to the standard Lebron did with the Cavs.
Aye. No question about that.
I saw some of it. He was actually 4 over at one point. Over the last nine holes he was 2 under which equaled the best score for his group.
I've seen his handicap quoted in the low single figures (anywhere from 2-4). However whenever I've actually seen him play in pro-celebrity tournaments (it's been a while) he has never looked that great.
Tony Romo just won the most recent pro-celebrity tournament. I think Steph was about 15th. Steph shot in the mid to high 70s in his three rounds and didn't look to be taking it too seriously. I think when he knuckles down like he did yesterday in the Web.com event he's pretty good. They both have handicaps less than 1.
Not so good today. He went off in the last group of the day and by the time he got to the third hole there were 2 groups still waiting to hit so he had to wait almost 25 minutes before he could tee off. He promptly put 2 tee shots out of bounds at a 625 yard par 5.
He easily was in 2007. By far better in the first 2 games, as good in the third but then scored the clutch 3 pointer which essentially won them the game and the tie. LeBron had a lot of help on those finals, Kyrie was as good as Steph.
