r/nba 2d ago

The way defenses used to guard Steph pre-2016 is crazy to see

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u/SlyMrF0x Warriors 2d ago

Yeah, this is my reaction any time someone says Curry has fallen off - in the last year or two, you could start to make a legitimate argument, but any time before that, dude’s scoring has stayed at almost the same level as his MVP seasons despite the entire NBA rejiggering how it plays defense to try to stop him from getting open. You look at how these shots are contested compared to the coverages he was getting in ‘22 and tell me how that dude fell off in any way in those 6 years.

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u/sparkysparkyboom Wizards 2d ago

Dude dismantled the rest of the world in the Olympics only a year ago, so much that other counties couldn't even comprehend what was going on.

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u/SlyMrF0x Warriors 2d ago

Skyfucker is great, but “The Devil Named Curry” is goated

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u/Genji4Lyfe 2d ago

I’d say he did in the championship game — but he actually struggled through a lot of that Olympics, and was just starting to look like himself in the last couple games

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u/Neatojuancheeto Warriors 2d ago

He also dropped 36 in the semi finals in a game USA trailed almost the entire game. He has definitely regressed some, but I'd also argue Steph is so unique in his play style it takes even high IQ guys time to learn how to play with him on offense.

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u/CtG526 Warriors 2d ago edited 2d ago

He should work on flipping those counties in 2026
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[EDIT] Trump is a pedo. Release the Epstein files.

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u/DonkeyElegant1728 2d ago

Crazy revisionist history he had like two good games and was completely garbage the rest

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u/30vanquish Warriors 2d ago

Curry is the GOAT if defense didn’t exist