It's January 28, 2026, 11:51:29 AM
imo Larry Legend doesn't get enough creditall this talk about Curry being the best shooter ever come from people who never saw Larry Bird
larry is one of the greatest ever and better than curry overall but curry is still the goat shooter perhaps if larry played in this era it would be a different story ... the 3 point shot wasn't as prevalent in the 80s and larry actually went 4 seasons shooting sub 30% from threebut larry in his prime was definitely up there
no doubt but Larry was doing it against teams like the bad boys, the Lakers etc...shooting percentages weren't as high back then because everyone played tough defensenot taking anything away from Curry his range is ridiculous but he has done it in an offensive era
the difference is the release steph has a very quick release so he can get it off much faster, and his release point allows him for more range but yes, stats are inflated nowadays .. defense is weak and offense is protected regardless, as far as form, mechanics, release, range.. nobody fuckin wit steph
Yeah, as much as I’m a fan of old school NBA I have to say Steph really took whatever the old school guys like his father had done and updated, elevated, and improved it.Bird had that great high release where he started his motion above his head and that was an advantage over Steph, but Steph expanded on using different angles and looks at the basket and moved his whole generation deeper beyond the arc
his father was one of my favorite non Knick players when he was in Charlotte...great range as well
Charlotte had a lot of talent in those years it would’ve been nice to see them put it all together one of those seasons and at least make the ECF, but they were like the Hawks—and seemed to annually get bumped from the playoffs in the first round nearly every year of the Larry Johnson, Zo era…Poor Mugsy Bowes, such an inspiration to short ballers all over the world giving them hope—yet the guy couldn’t hit a wide open jumper? How can you be only 5’3” and survive in the NBA and you can’t even knock down a wide open jumper?But they were stacked up to the point of even have solid bench players like Johnny Newman, Kendall Gill and even Curry came off the bench if I remember correct—didn’t they even have Rex Chapman? Chapman is funny for that one game he balled Jordan in but I think he was with a different team then
yeah Chapman was drafted by Charlotte when they were an expansion team...I remember him being traded to the Bullets afterwards by the early 90sJohnny Newman was also a Knick early in his career
What about Kendall Gill? The Hornets were an expansion team that benefited from a lot of high draft picks. They were able to grab a lot of talented guys from college, Kendall Gill never really maxed out his potential, but early in his career they thought he was going to be an All-Star level player.
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