re: Who will finish ranked higher all time - Steph or KD?

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You think MJ was a better shooter than Curry?

Jesus Christ

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I guess I'm overly influenced by statistics. Jordan's overall FG% and 2P% are better. Maybe that is because he was better at working inside to the basket? Perhaps 3 pt shots are the thing to look at, again, my own particular OCD seems to enslave me to statistics. Ultimately, the game has change

If you just compare their first 8 seasons, MJ is significantly better in overall FG% and 2Pt% but significantly worse in 3PT%.

And maybe nostalgia comes into play but I am not really an MJ fan, just acknowledge his greatness in this sport.

Ultimately, I think, a couple of things come into why I hesitate to consider Steph the greatest shooter of all time. He's just 8 seasons into a career and history indicates he will tail off in the very near future. Also, I think the greatest labels are difficult to establish across eras, particularly in basketball. A clear indication of the differences of styles of play is this 5.3% (725 of 13644) of MJ's total shots in 8 seasons were 3 pointers, 45.4% (4379 of 9645) of Steph's were 3 pointers.


In a few years I may very well look back at this and think "what the heck was I smokin"