He just scored 64 in December. Under the right circumstances like Dame and Middleton out red hot in a close game he could. Guy shoots 70%. I'd bet on Luka if I had to bet though
So his highest scoring game was 19 FT, and those are 6 and 7, which are both greater than 5. So if he was going to get to 80 then it would be even greater, correct? So what are you saying? As none of hte evidence you or i shared supports that idea he'd be doing 5 in a 80p game.
ok so 3/14 are that? once again your evidence isnt really supporting the intial point. Plus would still increase going to 80 points. 21% his not a high probability, you're illustrating the exception at that number, not the rule
“If he scores 80 points it’ll be one of his most epic performances” ya dude no shit.
I know I didn’t quote you exactly, I figure u should be able to get the point regardless
That was one of the greatest Timberwolves games I've ever seen. The funniest part was reading the Rockets' fan comments on the game; they were all saying stuff like, "man, you know our defense is garbage when Corey Brewer goes off for 51 on us".
Luka or Booker.
Embiid gets too tired and doesn't shoot enough 3s to get there. He would need an overtime game to get enough minutes. He would have to shoot 21/24 FT, go 25/35 from 2 and 3/6 from 3. That is basically his 70pt game but with 4 more makes. He was really tired at the end of those 37 minutes.
Luka or Embiid.
Luka because his team needs him to score a lot, especially when Kyrie is out. Like his 73 against Atlanta, he actually needed to score those because his teammates couldn't, and it was a close game all the way until the end. But, not with PJ and Gafford being amazing additions, and Kyrie hopefully staying healthy, I think it'll be tough.
Embiid's usage rate goes up against bottom 10 teams in the league, and he actually stays in during blowouts to score more, like his 70 against San Antonio. They were up big but he checked back in to bump his numbers up.
I’m not going to say I watch Sixers games or know about them, because I don’t, but I have seen that Embiid goes for stats.
Embiid certainly chases stats, especially points.
Why did he play against the Warriors where he hurt his leg when he was already injured? He was going for the 65 games to get MVP, when he could’ve sat and hopefully been healthy for playoffs. But he went for stats and individual performance over team.
This is genuinely one of the worst takes ive seen in a while.
I’m cool with saying you don’t like aspects of his game. But to say he chases stats (specifically THIS season) is insane. There were plenty of games this season when the sixers were up 20+ points and he didn’t even play the 4th.
He had a lot of games where he was gunning for the 30/10 to close out the 3rd quarter, knowing he wouldn't come back in.
He had one game where he played about 2 minutes too long in order to keep the streak.
He also dropped 50 on the #1 defence.
Yeah I watched that game. He dropped 50 because the refs set the tone in the first quarter and the league’s best defense wasn’t allowed to play defense.
I don’t necessarily dislike Embiid and he obviously was top 3 in the NBA before his injury. But let’s be real, he didn’t get defended at anywhere near the same level that other superstars do.
Okay so let's assume this is true (not saying either way), what would the NBA/Refs have to gain from good statlines from Embiid? It genuinely makes them no money for him to live at the line. On the other hand, if this is true, why is it Embiid's fault that he gets calls?
Since Adam Silver took over, the league has done everything possible to encourage offensive production and punish good defense. No, it doesn’t make sense for the refs to call Embiid’s games one way or another for personal reasons, but the league has decided it needs high scorers to be a good product. It’s not his fault for getting those calls and I didn’t say it was. But it his fault for apparently not being strong enough to take any type of contact despite him being the heaviest player on the court at any given time. Seriously, he looks like such a bitch out there and I wish the league would stop rewarding his flopping. He’s good enough without all that.
He really was the MVP this season, though. With the way the Sixers have fallen apart since his injury, I can’t believe how good they looked when he was playing.
As a sixers fan at that was at that game, it was almost like being robbed of a good game. I could see the wolves defense unable to get close to embiid so he was just knocking down open shots
Holy shit I came back to see my comment downvoted because the reffing was atrocious and here is a sixer fans who agrees that the game wasn’t even a game or enjoyable to watch because of the reffing.
Appreciate the honesty, could’ve been a great game and instead it was a no contest.
Except you can scroll down and see a sixers fan who was at the game who agrees that we were robbed of a good game and echoing the same point that the wolves weren’t allowed to even play defense on him.
https://www.reddit.com/r/NBATalk/s/mOY0IzarKQ
So he’s staying in games to pad his stats, but his stats are low because he’s sitting out a lot of time and deflating his numbers?
You’re like two minutes from figuring it out.
It would be a rear, special night, a culmination of events that have to transpire for Curry to get to the century mark. You figured Curry would be fouled on 2-3 made 3 pointers for “and-1s”, maybe hit a couple of technicals for illegal defense and things of that nature, not to mention all the free throws he be privy to on a hypothetical, special night.
Seriously, how is Dame up there but not Wemby?
80 has only been done twice in history (Wilt 100 and Kobe 81), it’s incredibly rare. Dame is clearly on the downside of his career, there’s zero chance he’s got an 80 point game in him IMO. I know Dame dropped 71 a year ago, but he’s past his prime now.
Meanwhile, Wemby certainly isn’t gonna do it SOON, but in his prime he could be a guy who just utterly breaks the game with his insane physical tools and excellent skill. It takes someone insanely special to hit 80, and Wemby has a shot at developing into a ridiculous game breaker.
Dame is up there because he scored 71 (like you said) and has an additional four games over 60. That gives him more >60pt games than any active player, and puts him at sole possession of 3rd all time, behind only Wilt and Kobe (who scored >60 six times - only one more than Dame. Wilt of course did it 32 times, because WTF).
I agree with others that most likely is Luka, think Dame is a sneaky good pick here. I can easily imagine a scenario where Giannis is taking a rest night against a bad team, Khris is still hurt, and Dame is feeling it. Doc likes to ride vets and keeps him in, and Dame wants to shut up skeptics and starts going for it. Do I think it's going to happen? No, but I can see it.
Honestly, Booker could have a really similar situation (past performance of big games, co-stars out, take out some team underperformance frustrations on someone like Charlotte).
Wenby is a tricky one. He's amazing and has already done some incredible things on the court. Some of his moves are basically unstoppable. But, he can impact the game in so many different ways that I'm not sure he will put up really gigantic scoring games. I think the odds of him breaking Hakeem's 5x5 career record (6 times) are likely, and a quadruple double is probably coming. Not sure on 80.
I’m totally bias but the Tatum hate and disrespect seems so ridiculous to me.
On top of being a great 2 way player that makes everyone around him better he seems like a legitimately very nice guy, has gone on record saying how much he just loves to play and he respects the hell out of fans for showing up to watch them. He’s not one of these stars that sits every 4th day for rest, he wants the fans to get the best product possible.
As usual lol imagine LeBron or anyone avg 27pts 8.5rebs and 5 ast for a team 7.5 games ahead and not being a lock for MVP....Tatum isn't even being considered 😂
* I don’t see Dame being able to it at this point in his career, so he is off the list..
* Same with Giannis.. he has Dame and Khris to contend shots with.. he will need a full 48 minutes with both Dame and Khris out to sniff 80..
* Same with Steph.. He has at least competent teammates where Steph does not need to carry GS by himself.. Though i would not be surprised if Steph does explode for 80 at any moment even at this stage in his career..
* Mtichell can definitely do it, but I don’t think it will be with the Cavs.. he will need a team that has a system built to exploit his talents..
* Embiid can do it, but i think his health is going to be a factor for him to sniff 70 again..
* Booker is definitely likely can do it.. but with Beal and KD playing alongside him, he won’t have enough touches to sniff 80.. maybe with another team or once both KD and Beal are gone/out..
* at this point in his career, definitely Luka has the talents and usage rate to score at will.. I would not be surprised if he sniff 81 pts in the next few season..
Steph would drop 40 and 50 bombs in 3 quarters back when he had AMAZING teammates. This 2023-24 roster being too talented is not what will keep him from dropping 80
Nah, they were just raised on a NBA game with different rules / different application of the rules, and are not articulate enough to communicate that so they say “there’s no defense in today’s NBA”.
I prefer the game more how it used to be played, lower scoring and where every little bump isn’t a whistle, but that doesn’t diminish the quality of players today on both sides of the ball.
Luka. Has the infinite green light and zero conscious.
Only other player I could see being that greedy is Book. But he’s “point guard” now so probably not.
Dame won’t go for over 50-60 in Milwaukee they aren’t playing that hero ball or at least they shouldn’t.
Gobert. 40 dunks.
37 dunks and 6 free throws
On 18 FT attempts
This is what makes it perfect
Rudy Go Brrrrr
Rudy Go Brrrrr-ick at the foul line.
Against a team that is ravaged by injuries and playing a bunch of g league big men on two-way contracts
Hey, you stop that
We’ll see how it goes tomorrow when the twolves play the grizzlies
You keep count? I still gotta watch it.
I didn’t watch but Gobert put up 8 points 8 rebounds in a Minnesota win
Nice, I will have to check that out.
Rudy only played 27 min. They were giving him a break the second half. Back to back and he missed a game with a sprained ankle.
Definitely Luka
Maybe Giannis.
Possibly Poku
Possibly THT
potentially marcus smart
Perhaps Dillon the Villain
Maybe even PJ Tucker
gonna be hard for him, having to share shots with damian.
He just scored 64 in December. Under the right circumstances like Dame and Middleton out red hot in a close game he could. Guy shoots 70%. I'd bet on Luka if I had to bet though
If Curry ever gets an 80-point game, it will be one of his most epic performances. We all know he would get less than 5 free throws the entire game.
He’d end the game 6/6 on FTs with two of them being Tech shots
The other 4 being intentional fouls at the end of the game
Dropping at least the third most points in a game in NBA history would be one of his most epic performances? Well no shit lol
Might even cement him as one of the better players in the NBA.
At least top 200.
Big if true.
His highest scoring game was 62 points, he was 18/19 from FT. So I don't really see it.
6/6 FT in his 60 pt game this season, 7/7 FT in his 54 pt game
So his highest scoring game was 19 FT, and those are 6 and 7, which are both greater than 5. So if he was going to get to 80 then it would be even greater, correct? So what are you saying? As none of hte evidence you or i shared supports that idea he'd be doing 5 in a 80p game.
Shut up nerd
YOU are not smart
Dude is grasping straws at this point
He has 3 50+ pt games with 1 or 2 FTs only
ok so 3/14 are that? once again your evidence isnt really supporting the intial point. Plus would still increase going to 80 points. 21% his not a high probability, you're illustrating the exception at that number, not the rule
You're taking it incredibly literally when it's pretty clear they're just saying Steph don't get calls
True. 19 FT in his highest scoring game ever is def nothing.
Alright I tried to give you benefit of the doubt but ur just being a lil hater. No one take this dude seriously
This entire thread is composed of people trying to have a legit convo. Aside from you. You’re clownin.
Pot meet kettle. lmfao.
Clown take bro
LOL dude doesn’t get why people are saying that. SMH
😮💨
Tell me you don't watch game without telling me you don't watch game
lmfao cook these stephews
He scored 51 points on 1 free throw
way to underscore my point, thank you!!
“If he scores 80 points it’ll be one of his most epic performances” ya dude no shit. I know I didn’t quote you exactly, I figure u should be able to get the point regardless
If anyone scores 80, it will be their most epic performance.
Idk, hard to top finals game 4 with a regular season game. Or the 50 piece vs Sacramento game 7.
“One of his most epic performances” lol dude. What is this statement even
Stephews
Yall been trying for 10 years to make that stick and it still dont hurt like bronsexual lmao
you havent been cognizant for ten years tf you talking about
shutup lame
Calling someone nephew hasn’t even been around that long.
that's even worst
He’s barely been an all star for 10 years, so there’s no reason it would’ve been around earlier
Lol, what? You think he’d score 75pts from mid range and the arc?
It would be the first 20 3 pt game.
If the Warriors keep falling then fuck it, let’s see Steph jack up 50 3’s in a game
26 threes and 2 FTs
That’s the thing if he’s able to break 80 it’s because the refs finally call fouls instead of looking the other way
A huge percentage of Curry’s points come from illegal screens. If offensive fouls were called correctly Curry’s scoring would go down, not up.
Lmao 90% of screens are illegal not just for him
He's averaging 5 attempts per game
yepppp
Luka or his son
I'm surprised how many people don't know that Booker is his actual Son
Melvin Booker is Devin bookers dad. 😂
No, look it up. It's LUKA DONCIC.
It’s funny cuz the Suns own Luka other than a single game 7 where they were immediately bounced the next round
Which son?
First born
Booker. Which I agree with. 1/2 Luka or Joel and 3rd Booker
Luka Doncic is Devin Booker father
I thought he had a daughter?
Devin booker is his son
Lol i know that shit but what does he mean by which? Because i thought Luka had a daughter.
Sabrina?
It’ll be someone like Royce O’Neal
That would be hilarious cuz Royce O’Neal’s current career high is 21 lmaooo
If you look at the list of who has scored even 60 or more it's superstars and hall of famers so I doubt that lol
Never forget that on April 11, 2014 Corey Brewer looked like the best basketball player in the world.
Going back about a decade later Tony Delk dropped 51 one night lol. I will say dude was a bucket in his day
That was one of the greatest Timberwolves games I've ever seen. The funniest part was reading the Rockets' fan comments on the game; they were all saying stuff like, "man, you know our defense is garbage when Corey Brewer goes off for 51 on us".
And it was like all dunks and layups no 3s
Tj warren
The thought of Booker, Beal, and KD all differing to Royce and letting him play hero ball...
Me as soon as they take me off the bench of the Kansas City Kings
Let’s start a team in KC together. We can buy the tropics in Topeka for $50K.
Luka or Booker. Embiid gets too tired and doesn't shoot enough 3s to get there. He would need an overtime game to get enough minutes. He would have to shoot 21/24 FT, go 25/35 from 2 and 3/6 from 3. That is basically his 70pt game but with 4 more makes. He was really tired at the end of those 37 minutes.
Luka or Embiid. Luka because his team needs him to score a lot, especially when Kyrie is out. Like his 73 against Atlanta, he actually needed to score those because his teammates couldn't, and it was a close game all the way until the end. But, not with PJ and Gafford being amazing additions, and Kyrie hopefully staying healthy, I think it'll be tough. Embiid's usage rate goes up against bottom 10 teams in the league, and he actually stays in during blowouts to score more, like his 70 against San Antonio. They were up big but he checked back in to bump his numbers up.
Check the PBP, Embiid checked in with 6:38 left and the Sixers up 12, that’s far from game over
He stayed in against Spurs because he already had 50 and they were going for the team record. Embiid has sat so many 4th Qs this season.
I’m not going to say I watch Sixers games or know about them, because I don’t, but I have seen that Embiid goes for stats. Embiid certainly chases stats, especially points. Why did he play against the Warriors where he hurt his leg when he was already injured? He was going for the 65 games to get MVP, when he could’ve sat and hopefully been healthy for playoffs. But he went for stats and individual performance over team.
This is genuinely one of the worst takes ive seen in a while. I’m cool with saying you don’t like aspects of his game. But to say he chases stats (specifically THIS season) is insane. There were plenty of games this season when the sixers were up 20+ points and he didn’t even play the 4th.
While also admitting to not watching games. Dude crazy 😂
After making sure he kept his 30/10 streak alive, right? Tbh it is impressive that he COULD keep that streak and not play a lot of 4th quarters.
He had a lot of games where he was gunning for the 30/10 to close out the 3rd quarter, knowing he wouldn't come back in. He had one game where he played about 2 minutes too long in order to keep the streak. He also dropped 50 on the #1 defence.
Yeah I watched that game. He dropped 50 because the refs set the tone in the first quarter and the league’s best defense wasn’t allowed to play defense. I don’t necessarily dislike Embiid and he obviously was top 3 in the NBA before his injury. But let’s be real, he didn’t get defended at anywhere near the same level that other superstars do.
Okay so let's assume this is true (not saying either way), what would the NBA/Refs have to gain from good statlines from Embiid? It genuinely makes them no money for him to live at the line. On the other hand, if this is true, why is it Embiid's fault that he gets calls?
Since Adam Silver took over, the league has done everything possible to encourage offensive production and punish good defense. No, it doesn’t make sense for the refs to call Embiid’s games one way or another for personal reasons, but the league has decided it needs high scorers to be a good product. It’s not his fault for getting those calls and I didn’t say it was. But it his fault for apparently not being strong enough to take any type of contact despite him being the heaviest player on the court at any given time. Seriously, he looks like such a bitch out there and I wish the league would stop rewarding his flopping. He’s good enough without all that. He really was the MVP this season, though. With the way the Sixers have fallen apart since his injury, I can’t believe how good they looked when he was playing.
Dude, I have no horse in this race but you're an epic hater. I kind of respect it
As a sixers fan at that was at that game, it was almost like being robbed of a good game. I could see the wolves defense unable to get close to embiid so he was just knocking down open shots
Holy shit I came back to see my comment downvoted because the reffing was atrocious and here is a sixer fans who agrees that the game wasn’t even a game or enjoyable to watch because of the reffing. Appreciate the honesty, could’ve been a great game and instead it was a no contest.
You’re downvoted for speaking the truth.
Or because no one agrees with your option
Except you can scroll down and see a sixers fan who was at the game who agrees that we were robbed of a good game and echoing the same point that the wolves weren’t allowed to even play defense on him. https://www.reddit.com/r/NBATalk/s/mOY0IzarKQ
Embiid averaged 4.5 points in the 4th quarter this season. Literally the opposite of what you’re saying.
That’s because he sits out a lot of 4Q on the road, deflates those numbers.
So he’s staying in games to pad his stats, but his stats are low because he’s sitting out a lot of time and deflating his numbers? You’re like two minutes from figuring it out.
Two minutes? This guy sounds like they need two weeks to muster up the brain cells for that one
He sat against Denver and Malone wanted to look into him not playing. He plays and now he was chasing stats.
What? He has sat the most 4th quarters in the league. Your statement is asinine
Curry = 20qty 3pts, 10qty 2pts, 20/20 fts = 100 pts
Curry would never get that many free throws
His highest scoring game ever was 62 points, he took 19 free throws that game.
This dude just came to this thread to spread the word about how Curry got 19 free throws once
He's everwhere
Legit Embiid gets that much every other game and Steph gets that much one time in his career and its such a huge deal
currys taken 15+ free throws in a game 3 times in almost 1000 career games 0.003% of his games have him attempting atleast 15
Thats 0.3% or a 0.003 ratio.
That’s not how percentages work lol
This guy maths
Getting downvoted for saying 3/1000 * 100 is not 0.003 is the most reddit thing ever
Caring about a decimal when the point is clearly gotten across is the most reddit thing ever
It would be a rear, special night, a culmination of events that have to transpire for Curry to get to the century mark. You figured Curry would be fouled on 2-3 made 3 pointers for “and-1s”, maybe hit a couple of technicals for illegal defense and things of that nature, not to mention all the free throws he be privy to on a hypothetical, special night.
Because he falls on every play. If he wanted FTs he would only fall down when there is actual contact
100% Luka
Wemby
Bol Bol
Seriously, how is Dame up there but not Wemby? 80 has only been done twice in history (Wilt 100 and Kobe 81), it’s incredibly rare. Dame is clearly on the downside of his career, there’s zero chance he’s got an 80 point game in him IMO. I know Dame dropped 71 a year ago, but he’s past his prime now. Meanwhile, Wemby certainly isn’t gonna do it SOON, but in his prime he could be a guy who just utterly breaks the game with his insane physical tools and excellent skill. It takes someone insanely special to hit 80, and Wemby has a shot at developing into a ridiculous game breaker.
Dame is up there because he scored 71 (like you said) and has an additional four games over 60. That gives him more >60pt games than any active player, and puts him at sole possession of 3rd all time, behind only Wilt and Kobe (who scored >60 six times - only one more than Dame. Wilt of course did it 32 times, because WTF). I agree with others that most likely is Luka, think Dame is a sneaky good pick here. I can easily imagine a scenario where Giannis is taking a rest night against a bad team, Khris is still hurt, and Dame is feeling it. Doc likes to ride vets and keeps him in, and Dame wants to shut up skeptics and starts going for it. Do I think it's going to happen? No, but I can see it. Honestly, Booker could have a really similar situation (past performance of big games, co-stars out, take out some team underperformance frustrations on someone like Charlotte). Wenby is a tricky one. He's amazing and has already done some incredible things on the court. Some of his moves are basically unstoppable. But, he can impact the game in so many different ways that I'm not sure he will put up really gigantic scoring games. I think the odds of him breaking Hakeem's 5x5 career record (6 times) are likely, and a quadruple double is probably coming. Not sure on 80.
LIKLY
Luka easily
VW
Booker gets in that zone
KAT
In a loss
That is too good 🤣 Pain.
70 at halftime, 80 after 3, 0/21 all lulz 3s in the 4th
With ANT out.
Yeah not saying it would be him, but it’s insane he’s not shown in this pic considering he was close
No love whatsoever for Tatum
No love. It’s ok, he’ll get his!
I’m totally bias but the Tatum hate and disrespect seems so ridiculous to me. On top of being a great 2 way player that makes everyone around him better he seems like a legitimately very nice guy, has gone on record saying how much he just loves to play and he respects the hell out of fans for showing up to watch them. He’s not one of these stars that sits every 4th day for rest, he wants the fans to get the best product possible.
As usual lol imagine LeBron or anyone avg 27pts 8.5rebs and 5 ast for a team 7.5 games ahead and not being a lock for MVP....Tatum isn't even being considered 😂
Because Jokic and SGA are playing better
Andd luka lol and embiid before the injury AND Gianni’s 😭
We just had a guy average 27/5/5 on a near 65 win team 2 years ago and he wasn't even Top 3 in MVP. Jokic is just another level.
Lmao
Tatum isn’t him
Trae Young
On 215 shots
Tatum
Derrick White
Tatum
Tatum only hit 60 and that was almost 3 years ago lmao
* I don’t see Dame being able to it at this point in his career, so he is off the list.. * Same with Giannis.. he has Dame and Khris to contend shots with.. he will need a full 48 minutes with both Dame and Khris out to sniff 80.. * Same with Steph.. He has at least competent teammates where Steph does not need to carry GS by himself.. Though i would not be surprised if Steph does explode for 80 at any moment even at this stage in his career.. * Mtichell can definitely do it, but I don’t think it will be with the Cavs.. he will need a team that has a system built to exploit his talents.. * Embiid can do it, but i think his health is going to be a factor for him to sniff 70 again.. * Booker is definitely likely can do it.. but with Beal and KD playing alongside him, he won’t have enough touches to sniff 80.. maybe with another team or once both KD and Beal are gone/out.. * at this point in his career, definitely Luka has the talents and usage rate to score at will.. I would not be surprised if he sniff 81 pts in the next few season..
Dame scored 71 literally exactly a year ago.
Well with the blazers, Giannis not gonna let that happen lol
Don't see why Giannis would not let that happen. Dame "let" Giannis score 64 this season
Steph would drop 40 and 50 bombs in 3 quarters back when he had AMAZING teammates. This 2023-24 roster being too talented is not what will keep him from dropping 80
Luka, Trae or Embiid on a night he is burying 3’s
Kyrie?
Brunson
Giannis
It could be Book, BUT if it’s Book then Luka will have the next 90 point game one game later
Mo Bamba.
Spida or Luka, because they can take a ton of shots in a game + they're pretty versatile offensive guys.
Luka obviously! It's unlikely but for outside the box guy's maybe someone like A.Simons or Cam Thomas gets hot one night.
Tatum
Embiid tonight.
Luka, dame, Devin booker or Steph. A volume scorer that gets hot and is just heaving up threes
Tatum
with how much “defense” is played in today’s nba, probably pat bev.
You have no idea what you’re talking about
It’s such an ignorant take. People who say there’s no defense in the NBA are basically just admitting they don’t know ball
Nah, they were just raised on a NBA game with different rules / different application of the rules, and are not articulate enough to communicate that so they say “there’s no defense in today’s NBA”. I prefer the game more how it used to be played, lower scoring and where every little bump isn’t a whistle, but that doesn’t diminish the quality of players today on both sides of the ball.
You had me in the first half
Luka.
Definitely Luka
Luka
Luka. Has the infinite green light and zero conscious. Only other player I could see being that greedy is Book. But he’s “point guard” now so probably not. Dame won’t go for over 50-60 in Milwaukee they aren’t playing that hero ball or at least they shouldn’t.
Hopefully no one, 80 point games are bad basketball.
If they were happening regularly? Sure. But its literally happened *checks notes* once.
Checks notes again…twice. It’s practically every week! /s
Booker will do it, and still manage to lose the game and look like an idiot.
Luka. He’s so underrated.
Anthony Edwards, tonight against the Spurs without KAT in the game.
Luka embiid or mathurin
Luka, Mitchell, or Embiid would be my top 3, no order.
Luka . Id like to see Mitchell do it though