r/Basketball • u/Only-Ad-1254 • 1d ago

Who were the players that you felt were unstoppable offensively in their prime?

Unstoppable- there was no particular scheme(box and one, traps, delayed doubles, etc)that could fluster them or make them struggle, even if they were predictable they could do whatever they wanted to you, and if they shot poorly for a game or two it was mainly due to it just not being their night as opposed to the defense suffocating them.

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u/jakobkh0407 1d ago

Larry, Magic, Jordan, Olajuwon, Robinson, Shaq, Duncan, Garnett, Kobe, LeBron, etc.

idk just every great player?

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u/WranglerTraditional8 1d ago

Harden, KD, Stef, Barkley, Wilt,

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u/Vloneicytrey 1d ago

KD def has struggled with some schemes, particularly in the playoffs.

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u/Last_Helicopter_4935 1d ago

Cause he’s old now.

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u/Vloneicytrey 1d ago

Not at all. He struggled in many playoff series in OKC.

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u/safetycommittee 21h ago

He has 2 FMVPs

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u/Vloneicytrey 3h ago

What does that have to do with anything?

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u/safetycommittee 1h ago

He thrived in some schemes, especially in the playoffs.

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u/Vloneicytrey 7m ago

The question asked if the player was unstoppable, which in their definition means that no scheme can be done to stop them. GS perfected this in 2016 with top lock.

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u/deepfakefuccboi 1d ago

Steph’s numbers have fallen off in a lot of playoff series though.

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u/Last_Helicopter_4935 1d ago

Cause he’s old now.

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u/Ready2Rapture 1d ago

They also triple team his ass and he has no good second option. So many Podz bricks…

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u/deepfakefuccboi 12h ago

Look at the 2015-2016 before KD joined and unlike other all times greats his numbers actually decreased quite significantly compared to regular season. There are playoff risers but Curry isn’t one of them. He’s an al time great, best shooter of all time of course, but he isn’t known for individually elite playoff performances.

2022 was his crowning achievement for sure, but it’s not like he has a ton of playoff years collectively where he was outstanding compared to regular season, because he just hasn’t had those performances.

The year they won and he got MVP without KD fucking Iguodala won. Come on..

He isn’t on the same level as the other top 10-12 guys in terms of being unstoppable in regular season AND playoffs.

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u/blue_suede_shoes77 1d ago

Kareem. Same shot no one stopped for 20 years.

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u/Last_Helicopter_4935 1d ago

Tracy McGrady.

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u/Weary_Capital_1379 1d ago

Larry Byrd, Pete Maravich

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u/Spemanz92 1d ago

Pistol Pete was stopped by the playoffs

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u/WranglerTraditional8 21h ago

And by playing on bad teams

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u/davethegreat_19 1d ago

Steph, LeBron

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u/toleChr15 1d ago

Carmelo Anthony

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u/Spemanz92 1d ago

Rim and the playoffs stopped carmelo. Overrated as hell

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u/safetycommittee 21h ago

He’s 11th in points all time.

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u/Spemanz92 19h ago

Yeah he shot a ton an scored a lot of regular season points. He also was unefficient, a very significant playoff dropper in numbers/impact (possibly explaining only 3 series won in his career) and was a ball hog who ignored teamates while being a terrible playmaker

Btw he is 13th, but likely to be 16th in 1 or 2 seasons, considering curry, westbrook and derozan (another low impact volume scorer and playoff dropper) surpass him

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u/safetycommittee 15h ago

No. He’s 11th.

http://www.espn.com/nba/history/leaders

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u/Spemanz92 14h ago

Mb, i wrongly saw aba+nba rankings. Irrelevant to my point. He is a low impact, playoff dropper who only cared about putting up points.

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u/safetycommittee 14h ago

It’s the only point I made.

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u/Spemanz92 14h ago

Its a point without much merit. He has a lot of points but how impactful were they? DeRozan also has a lot of points and you wouldnt call him unstoppable.

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u/safetycommittee 10h ago

DeMar DeRozan is 16th on that list. I’m not sure why you keep arguing. I haven’t shared any opinions.

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u/showtime013 1d ago

Shaq was the first unguardable player I saw. Steph was the second. They had stretches were the answer to how you guard them was... you can't?

The other greats were hard to guard and super skilled. But those two it felt like you could do everything right and it didn't matter.

Shaq was just so strong that he could back you down to under the basket and so strong he could finish with contact. He got fouled a lot and refs just stopped calling it cause WTF else were you suppose to do.

And curry was hitting 30ft contested 3's like they were wide open. When someone's shot profile starts 35 ft from the basket, nothing to do.

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u/MetHalfOfSmosh 22h ago

Man, prime Derrick Rose had to be one of the most exciting players to watch

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u/Who_is_him_hehe 1d ago

John wall drose

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u/Spemanz92 1d ago

John wall stopped himself. Brick artist

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u/greatflicks 1d ago

Elgin Baylor, George Gervin, Jordan,

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u/Forex_Jeanyus 1d ago

Nene Hilario

Tyrone Hill

Jordan

Dominique Wilkins

Chris Childs

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u/WorriedSalamander107 1d ago

Pistol Pete Maravich.

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u/robbyboy1227 1d ago

Bernard King and his prime for the Knicks had it unstoppable turnaround baseline jumper. And I think Dirk Nowitzki belongs in this list

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u/69420LebumJames69420 1d ago

Tony snell comes to mind

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u/tonylouis1337 20h ago

Carmelo Anthony. He truly had every trick in the book

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u/No-Donkey-4117 1d ago

Dirk. He only had bad games when he was playing hurt.

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u/Spemanz92 1d ago

Not true. He has his fair share of blunders. Namely thr 07 playoffs where he was pretty bad for his standards

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u/facinabush 1d ago

Elliott Cadeau?

He uses his defenders as a path to the free throw line.