I'm sayin it now, Klay Thompson will go down as a top 5 SG All Time

[Peezy_Jenkins]

klay would be the 3rd/4th best player on those respective teams too.

i cant see klay leading a team any further than ray did as of now

klay better defender, ray just as good a shooter and better at everything else.

not impossible for klay to surpass but as of now, no. u niggas need to stahp

 

[its....JOHN B]

Ray's best scoring year was the year before he got traded to Boston, he was in his prime, either way you switch Ray with Klay on these GS teams results would be very similar, Ray was the better overall offensive player but Klay's de deserves a little more praise, I think Ray's de is underrated though he used to play Kobe and Wade really well while in Boston

 

[TheGOAT]

Ray's best scoring year was the year before he got traded to Boston, he was in his prime, either way you switch Ray with Klay on these GS teams results would be very similar, Ray was the better overall offensive player but Klay's de deserves a little more praise, I think Ray's de is underrated though he used to play Kobe and Wade really well while in Boston

He was in his 13th season when he got to Boston & scored 17pts per game

He was not in his prime

Young Ray on the Bucks & Seattle years he was special.

 

[its....JOHN B]

Ray's best scoring year was the year before he got traded to Boston, he was in his prime, either way you switch Ray with Klay on these GS teams results would be very similar, Ray was the better overall offensive player but Klay's de deserves a little more praise, I think Ray's de is underrated though he used to play Kobe and Wade really well while in Boston

He was in his 13th season when he got to Boston & scored 17pts per game

He was not in his prime

Young Ray on the Bucks & Seattle years he was special.

Check KG and Pierce's stats and their drop in stats, it's called sacrificing stats to win

 

[TheGOAT]

Ray's best scoring year was the year before he got traded to Boston, he was in his prime, either way you switch Ray with Klay on these GS teams results would be very similar, Ray was the better overall offensive player but Klay's de deserves a little more praise, I think Ray's de is underrated though he used to play Kobe and Wade really well while in Boston

He was in his 13th season when he got to Boston & scored 17pts per game

He was not in his prime

Young Ray on the Bucks & Seattle years he was special.

Check KG and Pierce's stats and their drop in stats, it's called sacrificing stats to win

Understandable but they was all past their prime.

Nobody is in their prime 13seasons into their career.

 

[its....JOHN B]

Ray's best scoring year was the year before he got traded to Boston, he was in his prime, either way you switch Ray with Klay on these GS teams results would be very similar, Ray was the better overall offensive player but Klay's de deserves a little more praise, I think Ray's de is underrated though he used to play Kobe and Wade really well while in Boston

He was in his 13th season when he got to Boston & scored 17pts per game

He was not in his prime

Young Ray on the Bucks & Seattle years he was special.

Check KG and Pierce's stats and their drop in stats, it's called sacrificing stats to win

Understandable but they was all past their prime.

Nobody is in their prime 13seasons into their career.

Maybe not as athletic but from an IQ standpoint and athletic enough to dominate yea they were

 

[its....JOHN B]

Type of things that don't show up on stat sheets, no one had a better year than KG that year even if they were averaging 6 more points and 5 more rebounds, stats tell a smidget of the story

 

[FlightKing]

Classic revisionist history with Ray Allen. He wasn't getting that best at his position talk in Milwaukee, Seattle, Boston or Miami. There was always multiple players better than him. Klay is.

Steph outrebounds Klay because Klay gets the primary perimeter assignment on D like Pippen did and Steph can float. Stats say one thing, watching the game shows how valuable Klay is. His driving game can get better but miss me with the handles, he doesn't need elite handles, he plays his game within his skillset.

That said...IDK bout top 5 all time. 3 spots gone off top (MJ, Kobe, Wade) so Klay getting one of the last two???

Might be getting excited early. We'll see.

 

[S2J]

mj wade kobe clyde tmac vince ray a.i the ice man mitch richmond.......uuhhhhhh nope

Klay Thomson>>>>>>>>Ray Allen

Am I wrong?????

u must think the ray allen in miami was how he was his entire career

Dont go gettin all revisionist history tho!

Ray Allen was 1) Never a top shelf A1 player. He was a perennial all star on solid but not elite teams in Milawaukee, in the vein of a prime joe johnson, paul pierce pre big 3, and then in Seattle he played a few years of meaningless bball puttin up numbers. Lets not revise history to make Ray on Wade, AI, etf level. His talent mattered but bis longevity and couple of clutch shots made his legacy.

I say that to aay this: He never did what Klay did last night. He never averaged 27, 28 for a whole playoffs while winning like Klay. So yes, at this pace, Klay is EASILY better than Ray. Reggie too, Drexler too. The defense, the potential titles and him being a larger factor in them, his size, no doubt. Keywords, on pace

And Klay never averaged over 25-26 PPG for an entire season like Ray did in Seattle. Hell Ray Allen averaged 24.6 PPG for 5 years in Seattle. Klay's career high in 5 years is 22.1 PPG this season. Let's get real here. Ray Allen has better career stats than Klay across the board despite playing years past his prime. Klay is getting it done in the playoffs, but Ray Allen never had the talent around him Klay did til he got to Boston his 12th year in the league. Klay has always had Steph to lean on. Ray was the one everybody leaned on in Milwaukee and Seattle.

Klay is every bit the shooter Ray Allen is, if not better. But Klay doesnt have the all around game that Ray Allen did. Not like Ray Allen had a tremendous all around game, but what else does Klay bring to the table besides his scoring? He's a 6'7 guard and gets significantly out rebounded by Steph. He averages 2 assists per game. Klay rarely has a major impact on offense if he's not shooting well from 3. He's get it done on D tho.

Ray Allen , again, was playing meaningless basketball for a non descript 8 seed caliber team in Seattle. My goodness what do you think Klay would do as a #1 option.

Meanwhile Klay is a 2nd option to the best player on earth who is on oace to skyrocket to the top of the all time ranks. Its the Scottie Pippen rule. Logical basketball minds know you cant compare a sacrificing 2nd option to a #1 option on a bum team. If Ray was avg 26 and winning we could talk. But they didn't. But keep in mind: Klays career ppg is still close to Ray.

AND he may outscore Steph this playoffs- --AND sit tight the nigga could even win Finals MVP. Svit this argue may be over in 2 weeks :joy: This shot aint even fair, i love Ray but his legacy is the greatest 3pt shooter and 3pt shooting guard ever, Klay is going to obliterate all his records and have rings what u gon counter with? Ray's 3 'do whatever you want " years in Seattle? Lls Please

 

[TheGOAT]

Ray's best scoring year was the year before he got traded to Boston, he was in his prime, either way you switch Ray with Klay on these GS teams results would be very similar, Ray was the better overall offensive player but Klay's de deserves a little more praise, I think Ray's de is underrated though he used to play Kobe and Wade really well while in Boston

He was in his 13th season when he got to Boston & scored 17pts per game

He was not in his prime

Young Ray on the Bucks & Seattle years he was special.

Check KG and Pierce's stats and their drop in stats, it's called sacrificing stats to win

Understandable but they was all past their prime.

Nobody is in their prime 13seasons into their career.

Maybe not as athletic but from an IQ standpoint and athletic enough to dominate yea they were

An athlete not being as athletic... pretty much defines being past their prime.

KG & Allen could never land in Boston if they weren't past their prime. It wouldn't happen.

Bostons big 3 were old guys who still had mad skill. Thats why they won. Together they made up a great squad. But they weren't in their prime. Your trippin

 

[nujerz84]

Klay Thompson as the go to guy would never lead a team to a NBA Finals like Drexler or Reggie. Stop it

 

[Peace_79]

Klay Thompson as the go to guy would never lead a team to a NBA Finals like Drexler or Reggie. Stop it

Why?

Because he wasn't a part of the romanticized 90s era?

 

[Peezy_Jenkins]

ray allen lead the team to the playoffs, mostly 6-8th seeds with a couple top 3 seeds in there

i dont see klay doing any better than that as the 1st option, if he could even match it

people bringin up that there were multiple better shooting guards than ray

well when ray was playin so were kobe, a.i., t-mac, vince etc etc

this doesnt downplay klay but his main competition for top sg is harden, and jim buckets, ehh not quite kobe/tmac level imo.

 

[S2J]

Klay Thompson as the go to guy would never lead a team to a NBA Finals like Drexler or Reggie. Stop it

Irrelevant.

Again if, IF he wins 2, 3 titles, perhaps a Finals mvp, couple all defense teams, all the 3pt records next to Steph, legendary ganes kike last night, then the subjective eye test, personal preferences, and hypotheticals will not matter.

 

[nujerz84]

Klay Thompson as the go to guy would never lead a team to a NBA Finals like Drexler or Reggie. Stop it

Why?

Because he wasn't a part of the romanticized 90s era?

Because he isnt the kind of player you build around as your #1 option/go to guy.

S2J acting as if Klay was the main man, he be leading his squad nba finals, nah Klay led teams would be consistent 5-8 seeds.

 

[its....JOHN B]

Ray's best scoring year was the year before he got traded to Boston, he was in his prime, either way you switch Ray with Klay on these GS teams results would be very similar, Ray was the better overall offensive player but Klay's de deserves a little more praise, I think Ray's de is underrated though he used to play Kobe and Wade really well while in Boston

He was in his 13th season when he got to Boston & scored 17pts per game

He was not in his prime

Young Ray on the Bucks & Seattle years he was special.

Check KG and Pierce's stats and their drop in stats, it's called sacrificing stats to win

Understandable but they was all past their prime.

Nobody is in their prime 13seasons into their career.

Maybe not as athletic but from an IQ standpoint and athletic enough to dominate yea they were

An athlete not being as athletic... pretty much defines being past their prime.

KG & Allen could never land in Boston if they weren't past their prime. It wouldn't happen.

Bostons big 3 were old guys who still had mad skill. Thats why they won. Together they made up a great squad. But they weren't in their prime. Your trippin

Bruh your wrong, they all could of stayed in the situation they were in and put up prime numbers in 07-08, they were 30 years old while a 30 year old might not jump as high as he did when he was 21 hes still in the prime of his career mentally and physically, it's like saying Jordan was past his prime in 96 no, he was at his peak

 

[S2J]

ray allen lead the team to the playoffs, mostly 6-8th seeds with a couple top 3 seeds in there

i dont see klay doing any better than that as the 1st option, if he could even match it

people bringin up that there were multiple better shooting guards than ray

well when ray was playin so were kobe, a.i., t-mac, vince etc etc

this doesnt downplay klay but his main competition for top sg is harden, and jim buckets, ehh not quite kobe/tmac level imo.

Irrelevant lol Yall using some strange logic to argue this.

Ray Allen is 1 if my favorite players all time. But its comical to think his legacy is somehow unapproachable.

Relatively speaking. ..He WASNT all that lls Hate to even type that bc thats my guy but we not talkin AI, Wade, etc.

History happens in real time . Yes, we are watching Hall of Fame players live in the flesh lol Yes, some players playing now will surpass players of yesteryear. It happens. It HAS to happen

 

[Peezy_Jenkins]

ray allen lead the team to the playoffs, mostly 6-8th seeds with a couple top 3 seeds in there

i dont see klay doing any better than that as the 1st option, if he could even match it

people bringin up that there were multiple better shooting guards than ray

well when ray was playin so were kobe, a.i., t-mac, vince etc etc

this doesnt downplay klay but his main competition for top sg is harden, and jim buckets, ehh not quite kobe/tmac level imo.

Irrelevant lol Yall using some strange logic to argue this.

Ray Allen is 1 if my favorite players all time. But its comical to think his legacy is somehow unapproachable.

Relatively speaking. ..He WASNT all that lls Hate to even type that bc thats my guy but we not talkin AI, Wade, etc.

History happens in real time . Yes, we are watching Hall of Fame players live in the flesh lol Yes, some players playing now will surpass players of yesteryear. It happens. It HAS to happen

im not sayin its impossible

im sayin "but but but ray wasnt even a top 5 sg n never lead his team past 8th seeds" sounds like stupid reasons to claim klay is better now or will easily surpass ray, klay hasnt surpassed him yet, has a lot less sg comp, and doesnt even lead a team period! people are adding accolades that aint een happened yet. bump this thread in 5-7 years n well see, until then kill this shit

 

[nujerz84]

ray allen lead the team to the playoffs, mostly 6-8th seeds with a couple top 3 seeds in there

i dont see klay doing any better than that as the 1st option, if he could even match it

people bringin up that there were multiple better shooting guards than ray

well when ray was playin so were kobe, a.i., t-mac, vince etc etc

this doesnt downplay klay but his main competition for top sg is harden, and jim buckets, ehh not quite kobe/tmac level imo.

Irrelevant lol Yall using some strange logic to argue this.

Ray Allen is 1 if my favorite players all time. But its comical to think his legacy is somehow unapproachable.

Relatively speaking. ..He WASNT all that lls Hate to even type that bc thats my guy but we not talkin AI, Wade, etc.

History happens in real time . Yes, we are watching Hall of Fame players live in the flesh lol Yes, some players playing now will surpass players of yesteryear. It happens. It HAS to happen

im not sayin its impossible

im sayin "but but but ray wasnt even a top 5 sg n never lead his team past 8th seeds" sounds like stupid reasons to claim klay is better now or will easily surpass ray, klay hasnt surpassed him yet, has a lot less sg comp, and doesnt even lead a team period! people are adding accolades that aint een happened yet. bump this thread in 5-7 years n well see, until then kill this shit

Cosign let Klay career play out first before crowning him based on potential.

 

[S2J]

You rigt but 5 years a long time man , projecting is fun lol

I hate GS but Klay the 1 guy i fuk wit. Cool calm collected assassin. At 6'8? Post up too? Play D? Sick

Not even on the Ray comparison but who compares to him in the history of the league?

Glenn Rice with defense and a quicker release? Lol Crazy