Curry top 15?
I can see it but part of me thinks that’s a little high, especially since he had a lot of injury issues and has little to no defensive value.
I don’t have an issue with Kwahi being 25th. He probably will end up much higher, so him being where he is ranked now is adjusted for longevity imo.
Agree about Giannis.
I kind of feel that Harden is ranked too high too.
Until Harden wins something, how much better is he than Carmelo? Yes I would take Harden over Melo but both are great scorers. Harden the better passer, Melo the better rebounder. Neither play defense. Neither have won anything.
Curry has had one of the very few best offensive peaks in NBA history and of course he has winning on his side too. He's also not bad defensively at all, but yes, obviously that's not a strength of his. Longevity is a valid issue to bring up, though.
I think Harden is significantly better than Carmelo. He should have 6 1st All NBA's after this year compared to Melo's 0 (2 2nd team, 4 3rd team). Harden has an MVP and finished 2nd 3 times while Melo was only in the top 5 once (3rd). Also, there's a very strong argument that Harden should be a multiple time MVP winner.
As for the winning argument, we know that we think about that differently, but there are other guys without titles ranked around him (Paul, Ewing, Nash, Iverson, Stockton, Giannis) plus Charles, Baylor, and Malone ranked a fair amount higher.
Really, Harden is pretty similar to a guard version of Barkley and Malone.
He like them had some bad moments in the playoffs, but they had to get through MJ and the Bulls throughout most of the 90's, and he had to deal with the best team ever when his Rockets were primed to contend, and they probably would have won a chip if CP3 didn't get hurt against the Warriors.
Btw, his defense has mostly been solid throughout his career. He had a stretch where he was notoriously slacking, but the Internet shaming him actually resulted in better effort recently. Plus he's always been a great post defender for a guard and has great hands that lead to a lot of steals and deflections (he's been elite with that the last 2-3 years).
