Curry, the king of the small ball era!

Mondo Sports Updated on 2024-02-06

Stephen Curry entered the draft after his junior year and was drafted by the Golden State Warriors with the seventh pick in the first round in 2009 to begin his NBA career. In the history of the NBA draft, except for Duncan, who completed his senior year and participated in the draft, other historical superstars either finished high school to participate in the draft, or played a year in college to participate in the draft. Because Curry at that time, he had no physical talent advantage and no age advantage, which also made his NBA career not favorable. Curry started his legendary career in the midst of doubts.

Curry had the pinnacle of his career in 2014-15, a year when he was named the regular season MVP, the First Team of the Season, and led the Warriors to an NBA championship. At the same time, Curry also won the NBA Athlete of the Year award and the Best Male Athlete award. After entering the 2015-2016 season, Stephen Curry continued his hot form, not only successfully winning the regular season MVP, but also becoming the first player in history to be unanimously elected MVP.

Stephen Curry excels at dribbling and pull-up jumpers that can cover an entire half. Curry has excellent ball handling, can find shots through one-on-one possession, and a lot of three-pointers come from dry pull-ups. Due to his thin body, Curry is not easy to get into the restricted area, and his style of play lacks aggressiveness. Curry isn't really a traditional point guard, but he has too much of a deterrent projection that can easily attract opponents' defenses, and Curry has a strong ability to create scoring opportunities for his teammates. But Curry is also prone to turnovers and sometimes takes risks with passes. In the post-Kobe era, it is now Curry, Curry led the Warriors to break the record for the highest regular season wins held by Jordan and the Bulls at that time, allowing the Warriors to win 73 in the regular season, and he held 4 championship rings.

In the 2015-16 season, Curry made 79 appearances for the Warriors, averaging 34 per game2 minutes to get 301 point 54 rebounds 67 assists and 5 hits1 three-pointer, becoming the first player in NBA history to average at least 30 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists and hit 5 three-pointers per game in a single season. In addition, Curry ranked first in the league in points and steals per game, and became the scoring and steal leader in a single season for the first time in his career. On May 11, the NBA officially announced that Curry was unanimously elected as the MVP of the regular season this season, and he got all the first votes, which also made Curry the first person in the history of the league. [

Curry ushered in the small-ball era in the NBA with his brilliant three-point shot, the NBA is now no longer just about physical confrontation, and now the league is more about playing around the outside, and Curry has also successfully proven that he can also help the team succeed with his projection in the February Dynamic Incentive Program. He hit 402 three-pointers in a single season, hit 157 consecutive three-pointers, and hit 3 three-pointers per game in his careerWith 4 three-pointers, hitting 200+ three-pointers in 11 consecutive seasons, and countless three-point records, it can be said that Curry, like Jordan, is an epoch-making superstar who has changed the league's style of play with his inexplicable three-pointers.

Curry created his own era, belonged to the history of the Golden State Warriors, won four championships in eight years, created a Warriors dynasty, it was he who changed the trend of the NBA, and it was he who allowed us to witness one magical three-point after another. He is undoubtedly the number one three-point master in the league today, although he is over 35 years old, he is still in hot form, still ranks among the top stars in the league, and the legend continues!

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