I have no problem saying how great Curry is, but I do find it strange that he's considered "peak entertainment" in basketball. To me, sharpshooters can never be as entertaining as...any other style of superstar, really. Dunkers, leapers, guys with crazy footwork, even inefficient midrange artists are visually pleasing to the eye. I guess for me it comes down to variety. If you've seen one Curry performance, you've seen them all.
First, I will say, he is a freaking phenomenal shooter, but I also don't really enjoy watching him when it comes to shooting. He's also got pretty great handles too - definitely gotta give him props there. I was a shooter myself (obviously nowhere near as good as Curry) and it doesn't excite me much watching him. For example, I wish I was taller or had insane athleticism to be able to jump out the gym, speed, handles etc. I guess for me, since shooting came easy for me, it doesn't do much for me. I was always impressed by the guys that seemed more like super human type players when I was growing up. D-Rob, Jordan, Shaq etc. From my perspective, I like watching other players that do things I couldn't do.
Mate, shooting is an important part of the game and seeing Curry just do things beyond things, is so entertaining. He is so damn good.
Yeah, he's an amazing shooter. His dad was great too. I used to like those Hornets teams with Glenn Rice. For a quick minute there, I was a big Glenn Rice fan and I loved that shooting combination with Del Curry. That Hornets team was a fun team. Funny story, when I was a kid at my friends house, we were watching a Hornets game that another friend had recorded, and the announcer kept mentioning "Curry and Rice" and my friend's older sister's boyfriend walked in who knew nothing about basketball and was like WTF, why do they keep mentioning curry and rice all the time during the basketball game? We had to tell him those are the player's names
. We never even thought about it until then - how it sounds to someone that doesn't follow basketball or know who they are.
I disagree. He's fucking amazing to watch. I'd rather watch him when he does this than just about anything.
It just isn't as much fun when he's roasting your team.
Fair point, and I agree. If he was doing it to some other team, it'd be a bit more fun to watch. When he's doing it against your team, it sucks seeing it. It's a bit demoralizing really. He's reached an insane level as a shooter. I'm just impressed he's able to do it in games. Lots of players can shoot the ball well by themselves, lots of players can hit open shots, but Curry can hit any shot.
I think like Spursgenius said, teams are giving the Spurs their best shots. I was thinking about it earlier today, and I don't think the Spurs sucked and barely squeaked out wins against some of these bottom teams because they were lucky, I think these teams played some/one of their best games of the season. Phoenix, I think that win gave them a huge boost and they're actually looking pretty good so far. That single win may have propelled them. I hope the same doesn't happen for the Warriors now that they've won these two games against the Spurs.
