In response, many are skeptical. One says he doesn’t think Curry will make it to 2000, while another says, “No one can catch Jason Kidd … let alone Ray Allen.”
During the Golden State Warriors’ Tuesday night game against the New York Knicks, Curry hit two triples to break Allen’s record. Curry has thrown 2,974 in 789 games.
So, now that Curry has etched his name into the NBA history books, it’s worth asking a new question: Did “Chef” Curry, single-handedly, change the way basketball was played over the next few years?
Development
When Curry entered the league as the ninth overall pick of the Warriors in 2009, it had been just a year since Allen helped the Boston Celtics win the NBA championship, shooting nearly 40 percent from the line for the Warriors. . Three points and over 90 percent from the free throw line.
In his freshman year, Curry, a freshman at Davidson College, was a strong contender for Rookie of the Year honors, averaging 17.5 points, 4.5 rebounds, 5.9 assists and 1.90 steals while shooting 43.7 percent from beyond the arc. were
During his rookie season, he showed his ability to be a scoring threat while dealing with some injuries, developing a relationship with teammate Klay Thompson, earning the pair the nickname Sticky. “Splash Brothers.”
He scored over 20 points in every game since 2012, but it was the hiring of Steve Kerr in 2014 that made Curry a superstar.
Through a combination of Kerr’s tactical changes to the Warriors’ style of play and Curry’s outstanding performance, Golden State entered the title fight and Curry became one of the best players in the league.
He was named NBA Most Valuable Player (MVP) en route to the Warriors’ first NBA title in 40 years, but the best was yet to come.
In the 2015-16 season, Curry entered another stratosphere.
He became the seventh player in NBA history to join the 50-40-90 club, where players average over 50% from the field, 40% from three and 90% from the free throw line.
Although he set the NBA record for most triples in a season with 272 in 2012-13, he broke it just two years later, hitting 286. However, in 2016, he went to a different level, scoring an extraordinary 402 triple to crush it. . own record.
In addition to helping the Warriors set an NBA record of 73 wins and nine losses, Curry had his own moment in history, being named the league’s first unanimous MVP in recognition of his dominant season.
Although the Warriors suffered a heartbreaking loss to LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers in the NBA Finals that year, Curry and Golden State bounced back to win back-to-back titles in 2017 and 2018, as they were a dynamic team. And solidified as one of the destructive players. World League
Despite approaching 30 years of age, Curry hasn’t slowed down, averaging a career high in points last season and almost single-handedly leading a young and injured Warriors team to the brink of the playoffs.