As I've said before: the Warriors' defense is overrated

Curry is the definition of a system defender though. Hes a better defender than guys like westbrook because hes actually a smart player. The problem with curry is when teams start attacking him, that's when he becomes a liability.

Otherwise, hes a smart player that plays within his teams defensive schemes without making idiot mistakes like westbrook.

Curry ranges from average to good defensively. He's not "elite", but he's sure as hell not a liability either.

I don't think he's elite per se, coach nick is over the top. Apa's assessment works. But people who just say he's a liability or socks defensively are just uneducated

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by spurraider21

I don't think he's elite per se, coach nick is over the top. Apa's assessment works. But people who just say he's a liability or socks defensively are just uneducated

---

amen brother

nice video

Anybody that watches Steph every game knows that hes a quality defensive player for his size

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by spurraider21

its a reddit post that was written by a spurs fan who outlined one game while basically trying to shit on curry the entire time

lets go back and analyze kawhi's defense in the first warriors matchup and make our judgments based on that one, too

---

I think it was less about "exposing" Curry, and more about the discussion that the Warriors run a defense predicated on several inflexible factors, and many of those can be exploited.

That said, I do think Steph is a decent defender. However, it's also apparent that he gets lost at times on D and ball watches occasionally. This might be by design when the Dubs go small, since they will need more help if a solid post-entry pass is made, but the point stands that they are by no means unbreakable on defense. I think in the playoffs when things slow down a bit, they'll HAVE to go to Bogut more often against us and use their small ball lineup a lot less frequently. Green can't guard several of our bigs, as guys like LMA, Diaw, and Duncan are going to go to town on him.

A lot of what the Spurs do to other teams will work on the Dubs if we target the right defenders. I think Curry is one that we need to specifically isolate and attack.

He generally guards the worst offensive player on the court. He doesn't really guard Parker when the Spurs play them, he guards Green because Green is limited to three point shooting and he just stays home. GSW defense in general, though, is very good at generating turnovers, at least against the Spurs.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by UNT Eagles 2016

Bottom line is, it takes EXTREME discipline to beat the Warriors

---

When I saw UNT had started a thread titled, "As I've Said Before..." I expected it to just say this: :pctoss:pctoss:pctoss:bang:bang:bang

Instead, it says that it's hard to beat Golden State. I'm still trying to figure out which I would prefer.

OP is right.... :lol Curry suckers

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by spurraider21

- #3 in the league among point guards in D-RPM, only behind Rubio and Lowry
- #4 in steals per game. steals are a poor way to solely judge a player's defense (see bowen) but it's just one of the factors here
- On/Off numbers are through the roof (defensively)

or you can just say "he's a liability" with nothing to back it up :tu

---

One thing he is is smart, I'll concede that. He has physical limitations that make him a liability against above average PGs who can shoot but he knows his limitations and which guys he can afford to help off of (the Andre Miller types) and which guys to play against the shot and funnel in to the help defense where the Warriors have gotten very good at making sure the lowest percentage shooter on the other team gets the ultimate shot.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by cd98

He generally guards the worst offensive player on the court. He doesn't really guard Parker when the Spurs play them, he guards Green because Green is limited to three point shooting and he just stays home. GSW defense in general, though, is very good at generating turnovers, at least against the Spurs.

---

They average the highest # of takeaways per game (as well as leading many other statistics obviously) and that's the point I try to make, Curry always tends to guard the guy who can "just shoot" on the opposite team, regardless of whether it's a PG, SG or smaller SF. It's not hard to guard the Danny Green's, Andre Roberson's, JJ Redick's, or even J.R. Smiths of the league. Take away the shot, don't get picked off on simple screens (which is one advantage Curry has by being so skinny) and the shooter's offensive game goes down the toilet.