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No surprise. The work he has done on his game is obvious to anyone that watches b-ball on the regular. His shot, handles, drives and finish through contact are all improved.
No surprise. The work he has done on his game is obvious to anyone that watches b-ball on the regular. His shot, handles, drives and finish through contact are all improved.
Always chuckle when someone takes a small sample and compares it to the overall as a "wow" factor.
"Steph Curry is somehow shooting a true shooting percentage of 76.3. To give some perspective, that’s a 20 percent increase over what Steve Nash, maybe the greatest shooter ever, shot in his 2005-2006 MVP campaign."
So 15 games vs 82 games.
Yeah, Steph is a prodigy shooter, no doubt, but let's wait for the tally.
Didn't Korver have a TS% over 70 midway through last season before he fell off the pace? He was on pace for 50/50/90 but lost about one percentage point from each category.
"Among all players in NBA history to shoot 300 or more field goals in a single season, Kyle Korver's current 72.6 true shooting percentage, a measure of a player's overall shooting efficiency, would hold the No. 1 spot. It would be the top mark by a significant margin, too."
Tough to compare Korver a specialist, to guys like Nash & Curry. Korver should be compared to Morrow, Kerr, Paxson, heck even ray allen in his latter years.
Prime Nash and prime MArk Price are the best comparisons to Curry. Both guys had even more responsibility to run the offense and score. Steph, by virtue of his offensive exploits is having the play-making duties largely taken away from him. But even still, he does a lot more on offense than Korver.
I get we are talking about shooting here ... but Korver is the NBA equivalent of a baseball closer or DH. A specialist who can play a little bit. Nash, price and Curry are great players who were also excellent shooters. If he didnt shoot so well dude wouldnt have a job while the other 3 can give you so much more ...
Last edited by Killakobe81; 11-23-2015 at 03:59 PM.
Curry still has a ways to go before catching his coach for best career 3pt%: Kerr stands at 45.4%, and Curry's at 44%.
1.5% off but he's made almost twice the 3s in less than half the time.
One guy that doesn't get credit for having the ability to shoot off the dribble is Jason Terry. He's the active leader in 3 point field goals & 3rd all-time. He became a spot up shooter when Kidd was playing point guard but he used to light up folks when he was w/ the Hawks:
Yeah, but Kerr's the prime example of making the most of limited talent. He wasn't fast, he couldn't jump, he couldn't defend, and essentially had two great skills: shooting & brains. And with that he's in the record book for highest career 3pt%, has 5 championships as a player, one as a coach, and the record for best winning percentage as a first year coach. He wasn't as talented as someone like Eric Snow or Andre Miller, but has a lot more to show for it. If DeMarcus Cousins or Josh Smith had his brains, they'd be locks for the Hall of Fame.
Pretty much what I'm saying. It's not about Steph or Kyle or Ray. It's about returning to the mean and not getting stupid over small sample sizes. Media and "trying to make a living in sports media" home blogger types seem to absolutely love small sample sizes to strike up blogs about this or that trend or tendency.
great call out. But he was never a true PG. he was kinda like Curry was before the last few years.
Bradley Beal is the modern day version of JET
Yeah, but being the best player on a team off to an objectively historic season is a legitimate story.
I dont get why Curry garners hate or skepticism. His star is ascending up. he has been taking and making more 3's at a better rate as he enters his prime. His improvement as a shooter is ascending with his more rounded game. his ability to drive and dish now makes him pretty damn unguardable by mere mortals. Sure Kiwi might be able to lock him down but tough task for almost anyone else.
Nobody is diminishing the quality of Kerr, but Curry really has no "catching up" to do. Shooting 3s over 40% in the volume he's doing is astonishing. If he was a role player like Kerr he'd probably hover around 55%
Bad history of health, people are just waiting for his ankle to snap.
Personally I think he's going to be fine because he doesn't have to play 40m+ anymore.
I meant "catching up" purely in terms of owning the all time record, which I know is a source of jokes between Kerr & Curry.
38% 3pt shooter for his career
Greatest 3 point shooter off the dribble of all time hands down. The le validates that, and no matter what happens from now on, it can't be disputed until someone else comes along and beats it. Easily the best point guard in the NBA right now if you factor in the handles and the ability to get to the rim and finish. Sets his teammates up with easy shots with his ability to create mismatches off the dribble with the endless pick and rolls they run. That team is a well oiled machine all in large part to him - easily the MVP right now imo Also consider their head coach has missed the entire season
Ray Allen is only a career 40% shooter. They were both scorers & took a lot of contested shots unlike designated shooters such as Korver/Re . Nash/Price picked their spots & didn't shoot too many contested 3s. Kerr was just a spot up shooter so only Curry fits their mold as far as being a scorer. Kyrie is really the only guy that can be compared to Curry.
Sure, if the story was about that.
style wise I agree Kyrie and Curry make sense as comparisons. But Nash and Price shouldnt be discounted because they took better shots. Part of what makes Curry special imho and better than Nash/Price ...is the ability top hit shots they could not.
But from a PG perspective the fact that Price and Nash also did not take "heat check shots" is a plus on their side. I would rather have the more aggressive Curry and accept he will take some heat check shots. I think Price/curry/Nash belong in the same conversation I would also throw in Isiah (although his shot was more streaky than pure) he also is one of the best off the bounce shooters but was streaky (though much better) like Prime JET Terry. Because those guards all were the primary initiators of offense but could also kill you in pnr off the bounce at a very high rate. the stuff guys like Korver/antony Morrow/Danny green cannot do. Heck even guys that are very good like Lowry and Tony Parker cannot do what Nash/Price/Curry do.
If you guys never saw prime Price. Guy was not as great a ball handler as Nash. But was a cross between Stockton and Nash. So good at killing you in pnr because he could make the pass at the precise time for the roll or pop off the pick. and if you left him open he could murder you from deep.
Side note: Price was nasty in the old Bulls vs Blazers. I think Kerr, Price and Ehlo were all on the cavs. I used to murder fools that used Lakers, Blazers or Bulls. Them cats couldnt miss if you got them in to sweet spots. great times on my old SNES ...
Last edited by Killakobe81; 11-23-2015 at 05:27 PM.
terry wasn't nearly the scorer ray allen was. they aren't in the same conversation.
Of course JET wasn't as good as Ray but he NEVER gets mentioned. Another guy I forgot was Ben Gordon who dueled w/ Ray back in 2009:
nothing close to a PG but man was he great that series. He also had a final Four run that was almost as hot as this one. Guy could score and when on great shooter.
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