Warriors: LOL Stephen "I Wanna Be Kobe" Curry

[DMC]

good to hear. as you know, i'm a fan of the guy so i'm glad to hear he's making improvements. my question (since, like i said, i didn't catch today's game) is if you think his outside shooting opened things up. i see he had 8 three point attempts, which is quite a few (though he made a good number). from your observation, did the defense start overcompensating which opened up his drive game?

As with every PG, you have to consider that their end of game stats feature at least one or two last second heaves. So remove those from the total to get the actual shooting percentage.

His outside shooting ABILITY opens things up because it keeps a defender right on him all the time. He didn't do a lot of things differently, he just hit some shots tonight and Portland let him get some good looks. I didn't see Mo Williams' stats but he appeared to be trying a bit to hard in the typical Mo Williams fashion. Lillard wasn't much better, shot more and hit less. They all shoot too often and out of rhythm, but Portland has gotten away with it most of the time. Tonight too many people were having a bad night on the Blazers and Steph was sighted in. Klay took more 3s than Steph, and most of them weren't even what I consider viable 3pt attempts. He was like 2 for 9. I don't mind 3s if they are what the defense is giving you, but tonight there were too many guys on both sides just throwing the ball at the rim. That's right up Steph's alley. Could you imagine him in the SSOL offense on that Suns team? He'd have 50 a game.

[DMC]

Golden State Warriors
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
David Lee, PF	32	2-10	0-0	7-10	1	4	5	1	0	0	3	2	-12	11
Andre Iguodala, SF	33	2-7	0-2	1-2	2	6	8	3	3	0	2	0	-8	5
Andrew Bogut, C	29	2-3	0-0	0-0	2	12	14	2	0	3	2	3	-11	4
Stephen Curry, PG	38	8-23	2-7	5-6	0	2	2	4	4	0	6	5	-9	23
Klay Thompson, SG	40	5-17	3-9	0-0	0	6	6	4	2	1	3	3	+2	13
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
Marreese Speights, PF	14	2-3	1-1	2-2	0	9	9	0	0	2	1	0	+3	7
Harrison Barnes, SF	23	2-4	1-2	0-0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	1	+8	5
Draymond Green, SF	17	4-8	0-1	0-0	0	3	3	1	1	0	1	1	+9	8
Jordan Crawford, SG	15	3-5	0-1	3-3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	+5	9
Kent Bazemore, SG	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-2	0
Nemanja Nedovic, PG	DNP COACH'S DECISION
MarShon Brooks, SG	DNP COACH'S DECISION
TOTALS		FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF		PTS
		30-80	7-23	18-23	5	42	47	19	12	6	19	16		85
		37.5%	30.4%	78.3%
Fast break points: 14 Points in the paint: 34 Total Team Turnovers (Points off turnovers): 19 (21

Not such a good night tonight for Steph's chucking ways. He regressed.

[HarlemHeat37]

that final shot attempt was ing awful..

[HI-FI]

I was a projectionist at a theater in SA many years ago when that movie first came out so I saw it like 200 times. Unfortunately I also saw Pink Cadillac. I'd always hang out either on that Star Trek movie or Fletch Lives.

I actually relate to this. I was a projectionist at a single screen theater, so I couldn't even hide if the movie was . I'm a film guy so I loved working the old projector, two platters with the film slapped between the various sprockets. Best movie during my stint was Cable Guy, which I saw so many times that I started to mimic Jim Carrey until friends got pissed, but seeing it so many times it brainwashed me like how Sybok seeped through you. tiest film I recall was Flipper with Elijah Wood. There were some terrible family movies there that I can't remember. Terrible job except for working the projector.


Too bad Striptease was gone before I got there, I always wanted to cut a frame or two of Demi Moore showing them tatas.

[RD2191]

Curry is ing garbage, him being an all star starter is ing laughable. I really enjoyed all the tears by GS fans last year saying he got snubbed. Saying that TP shouldn't be in it. That Curry was way better than him. LOL. See playoffs.

[Venti Quattro]

Holy Klay is 3-20, but the Warriors are holding on

Stephen Curry with 42
almost half of the Dubs

spurraider21 come on here and this

[spurraider21]

Holy Klay is 3-20, but the Warriors are holding on

Stephen Curry with 42
almost half of the Dubs

spurraider21 come on here and this

Inb4 OP comes in with one of his troll accounts to say that Curry's chucking took teammates like Klay out of their rhythm causing their poor shooting

[LkrFan]

Inb4 OP comes in with one of his troll accounts to say that Curry's chucking took teammates like Klay out of their rhythm causing their poor shooting

[LkrFan]

LOL... ing overrated chucker

Steph Curry >>> TP >>> Tammy >>>>>>> The Red Rocket! Shhhh!

[LkrFan]

Maybe Curry wouldn't be overrated if he spent time working on his game besides shooting instead of thinking up new y regular-season celebrations, tbh.... in fact, that whole team is a bunch of regular-season overcelebrating gots, tbh...

Steph Curry = All-Star starterPERID. CP0? Not so much. Shhhh!

[spurraider21]

To be fair I had work tonight and didn't watch the game. Dmc says he watches Warriors games so I'll have to ask if the box score is misleading. I'm not sure why he hasn't copy-pasted the box score of tonight's game yet. However I'm always accused of cherry picking games

[Venti Quattro]

Tbf I didn't watch the game too and Curry took 26 shots which is a lot for a point guard. However they'd be completely toast without his heroics because his splash brother ( what a nickname ) Klay shot in the Kobesque region.

[DMC]

You can certainly identify the nut riders. Thread hangs out for days with nary a response until Curry gets a big game against a powerhouse like the Jazz, and suddenly here's Sprayder arriving for worship service.

Curry had a good shooting night. Klay did not (lol). With David Lee benched and Klay shooting like , and almost zero defense from the Jazz, Curry's assists were low. Just another Kobe like performance against the Utah Raptors and just another LG.com like response from Sprayder the Nut Raider.

[DMC]

Steph Curry = All-Star starterPERID. CP0? Not so much. Shhhh!

So Kobe like even you are fooled.

[DMC]

To be fair I had work tonight and didn't watch the game. Dmc says he watches Warriors games so I'll have to ask if the box score is misleading. I'm not sure why he hasn't copy-pasted the box score of tonight's game yet. However I'm always accused of cherry picking games

You seem to never watch the games. Makes me wonder what evidence you use to disagree with the OP.

[gnsf0946]

A good game here and there don't change the fact he's a chucker, some of you acting like Kobe never had a good shooting night, or you think Kobe ain't a chucker?

[AchillesHeel]

A good game here and there don't change the fact he's a chucker, some of you acting like Kobe never had a good shooting night, or you think Kobe ain't a chucker?

When was Kirby efficient at chucking? At least Curry can chuck 7-8 threes a game on above 40% shooting from 3, Kirby could never do that for an entire season.

Point is that Curry's chucking wins a lot of games for GSW, his stats aren't meaningless. He's actually one of the greatest pure shooters ever, something that Kirby definitely isn't.

I'd be criticizing Steph for taking that many shots if the overall team was better, but the truth is that the Warriors aren't that good as a whole. Some of their guys are far too inconsistent and poor on the defensive end. Klay and David Lee allow so many points every single game, and when they're not hot on O they're negatives.

Curry averaged 27.5 ppg 4.0 rpg 8.1 apg 1.9 spg on 47/40/85 shooting in January.

[DMC]

When was Kirby efficient at chucking? At least Curry can chuck 7-8 threes a game on above 40% shooting from 3, Kirby could never do that for an entire season.

Point is that Curry's chucking wins a lot of games for GSW, his stats aren't meaningless. He's actually one of the greatest pure shooters ever, something that Kirby definitely isn't.

I'd be criticizing Steph for taking that many shots if the overall team was better, but the truth is that the Warriors aren't that good as a whole. Some of their guys are far too inconsistent and poor on the defensive end. Klay and David Lee allow so many points every single game, and when they're not hot on O they're negatives.

Curry averaged 27.5 ppg 4.0 rpg 8.1 apg 1.9 spg on 47/40/85 shooting in January.

You're indicating that you don't watch the games. You'd have to see the situations to see the chucking. You cannot always determine that by the box scores.

[AchillesHeel]

You're indicating that you don't watch the games. You'd have to see the situations to see the chucking. You cannot always determine that by the box scores.

I watch GSW play on the regular. I'm not saying that he isn't a chucker, I'm saying that he's an efficient chucker, unlike Kirby.

[DMC]

I watch GSW play on the regular. I'm not saying that he isn't a chucker, I'm saying that he's an efficient chucker, unlike Kirby.

You're not even saying he's a chucker. You're tap dancing around it.

[AchillesHeel]

You're not even saying he's a chucker. You're tap dancing around it.

He's an efficient chucker. He's not Kirby nor is he AI, he creates for his teammates while he also takes a lot of shots, but he hits a high % of those shots, in a lot of ways he's like KD. A great pure shooter with decent playmaking ability and sometimes questionable shot selection, but if he hits a high % of those shots, you can't hold it against him, can you?

Do you think KD is a chucker? He is very efficient, but when you look at his shot attempts, he just pulls up from the 3pt line and swishes it most of the time, do you hold it against him?

[DMC]

He's an efficient chucker. He's not Kirby nor is he AI, he creates for his teammates while he also takes a lot of shots, but he hits a high % of those shots, in a lot of ways he's like KD. A great pure shooter with decent playmaking ability and sometimes questionable shot selection, but if he hits a high % of those shots, you can't hold it against him, can you?

Do you think KD is a chucker? He is very efficient, but when you look at his shot attempts, he just pulls up from the 3pt line and swishes it most of the time, do you hold it against him?

KD isn't a point guard, he's not going to have the ball in his hands all of the time. Curry is a PG so he's always the 1st option if he chooses to be. A PG has to involve everyone else the other 4 stand around watching. You can often see that happening on offense, where guys just stand around watching the guy with the ball. Curry does it as much as anyone, no motion, no moving of the defense, just standing there staring like it's a time out. That translates to the defensive end as well. Sure Curry has assists, and they are so high because he typically dribbles the ball around and it's one pass and a shot. There's not a lot of ball movement on offense. I rarely see the defense get moved from one side of the floor to the other and the ball rarely comes around the horn, just across the paint to Klay if he's open or beneath to Lee.

Do you think Russell Westbrook is a chucker?

The offense is Chucker first then everyone else as a 3rd option behind Klay. Iggy shouldn't get as many shots as he does, he's not a good shooter.

Curry is a streaky shooter as well. He'll go cold and suddenly he's on fire and hitting everything. A lot of that coldness is shot selection. I like it that he's started attacking the rim more, and defenses cannot just up and double him up top because he'll drag them out into deeper water and blow by them and suddenly the backup who's been left out near the top of the key needs back up and now you have Curry and two other Warriors free so it's a mini fastbreak and that's where he gets a lot of his assists and/or to the line. If he attacks, that's good. If he settles for a long 3 or turns it over when doubled, that's not good because that's what the defense wants.

[DAF86]

Curry averages 15.6 shots per game on his career, 18.6 this season (most ever in a season for him). Kobe for his career averages more shots per game (19.6) than Curry in his most trigger happy season, Bryant's biggest number for shots taken per game on a season is 27.2. Saying Curry gets to Kobe's level of chuckness is idiotic. Yes, Stephen will take a bad shot here and there (as well as almost any other star perimeter player in the league) but everybody that watches GS semi-regularly knows that he's not a chucker, definitely not on the level of the Kobe Bryants and Carmelo Anthonys of this World.

[AchillesHeel]

Curry averages 15.6 shots per game on his career, 18.6 this season (most ever in a season for him). Kobe for his career averages more shots per game (19.6) than Curry in his most trigger happy season, Bryant's biggest number for shots taken per game on a season is 27.2. Saying Curry gets to Kobe's level of chuckness is idiotic. Yes, Stephen will take a bad shot here and there (as well as almost any other star perimeter player in the league) but everybody that watches GS semi-regularly knows that he's not a chucker, definitely not on the level of the Kobe Bryants and Carmelo Anthonys of this World.

Summed it up better than I did. Everyone takes ill-advised shots. Lebron,KD,CP3 all do the same thing that Curry does, but to a lesser extent.

If he's making over 40% of his threes when taking over 8 a game, I don't see a problem with the volume. His TS% is near 60 and his AST% has gone up 10% from last year.

[DMC]

Curry averages 15.6 shots per game on his career, 18.6 this season (most ever in a season for him). Kobe for his career averages more shots per game (19.6) than Curry in his most trigger happy season, Bryant's biggest number for shots taken per game on a season is 27.2. Saying Curry gets to Kobe's level of chuckness is idiotic. Yes, Stephen will take a bad shot here and there (as well as almost any other star perimeter player in the league) but everybody that watches GS semi-regularly knows that he's not a chucker, definitely not on the level of the Kobe Bryants and Carmelo Anthonys of this World.

Curry leads the league in 3pt attempts yet he's 29th in 3pt%. Klay is 2nd in attempts and shoots just above Curry in %.

I've addressed the volume shooter vs chucker aspect. You're just going back down the same path without regard to it.