Stephen Curry just exposed NBA media by carrying the Warriors and winning FMVP, and it’s time we call him dominant.
I’m recording this as the Warriors are dogging the Celtics right now in Game 6. Curry is carving the defense and I’m just thinking to myself…this is the same Celtics defense that made Durant not wanna shoot, the same defense that couldn’t stop Giannis, but have two games shooting under 40%. We were told that this is one of the best defenses in the past few years. And while the Celtics shortcoming was their streaky offense, like why are you not passing or shooting this, the Warriors were able to score 110 points per game. And the entire Warriors offense no matter if you’re drop coveraging or not letting him touch the ball revolves around Stephen Curry.
This is a short video meant to start a conversation, Charles Barkley. The Curry FMVP videos are coming, but I just want to understand. When are we going to admit that Curry is dominant?
The NBA media has been unable to wrap their heads around Curry. They don’t know how to evaluate the greatest shooter ever because calling him that still isn’t enough to capture his greatness.
His dominance is not traditional. It’s not posting up, not dunking over players, shooting midranges, he’s a point guard. And this through the wire podcast clip got my interest.
Steph Curry is the best player 6’ 3” and under. But all the people he’s compared to, LeBron, Magic, heck KD, all of them have shown the traditional way, powering through, getting the ball in the low block elbow iso. Curry doesn’t fit any of that, but he dominates.
He runs off screens, he makes defenders forget where they are, he has the defense in a panic all the way to half court. Heck in college, he was doubled for an entire game even when he didn’t have the ball. Defending Curry is mentally exhausting. Curry has faced double and triple teams while other stars got single coverage.
I think it’s time to change the definition of dominance. And now the media is forced to acknowledge that. But don’t forget they are the same media that were telling you 3 years ago that Curry couldn’t carry a team. And at every level, Curry has had to prove them wrong. From leading the league in scoring when his peers said he won’t get the same looks without Klay and KD to now being the main man again winning a championship as if 2015 didn’t exist. If the 3 pointer is now the most important shot in the NBA and this guy is the best to ever do it, that’s dominant. But what do you think? And where do you rank Steph Curry all-time now.
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