We've seen a lot of guys dominate in different ways.
- Michael Jordan dominated the game from 15 feet and in, Kobe Bryant as well.
- Shaquille O'Neal dominated from about 7 and in.
- We haven't seen a guy dominate the way Steph Curry is dominating from about 38, 40 and in.
Curry was the NBA MVP last season after averaging
23.8 points on
49 percent shooting, with a league-record
286 3-pointers.
He's somehow better now.
He's averaging
30.4 points on
51 percent shooting. He's extended his streak of games with at least one 3 to 129 and counting, a new NBA record.
Curry's jersey is the hottest seller in the league — look around a crowd at just about any NBA game, it's out there — and Golden State merchandise is flying off the shelves as well.
The Golden State star’s 2016 season has reached the point where it’s no longer a basketball story but a bona fide cultural happening...Steph Curry Continues to Be
Redonkulous
The following is an extract from Wall Street Journal...9:11 PM - 27 Feb 2016
One could be a
fancypants and call Curry’s run
sublime, divine, or transcendent (or, perhaps, transplendid to quote Shelley Duvall’s willowy Rolling Stone reporter in “Annie Hall”).
I prefer to go with
bonkers, nutso, cuckooville, and the more grammatically acceptable
redonkulous. Those feel more right to me. Also
unprecedented, because while we have witnessed astonishing things in our lifetimes,
we have never seen anything quite like Steph Curry.
He leaves all jaws on the floor. Curry often takes shots that aren't supposed to be taken—the kind of shots that would get you or me benched in junior high school, with a post-game tongue-lashing from coach—
making them with such regularity it feels like a freak hiccup when he misses.
He does miss—Curry is overall shooting a little more than 51% from the field, which means a failure rate of roughly 49%, though it sure doesn’t seem that way. It seems like Curry barely misses at all.
Ask the Thunder. Ask everyone.
It’s not just the shots.
Curry’s ability to score from virtually anywhere stretches the court in comical ways, so even without the ball he’s clearing space for his teammates and
making Golden State’s ball-movement offense appear almost unfair. There is a 2.0 vibe to Warriors games, as if they’ve released a sharper, faster, ruthlessly efficient upgrade on the NBA normal.
Everyone knows Curry has All-Star co-conspirators in
Klay Thompson and
Draymond Green, but head coach Steve Kerr’s whole roster exudes an unselfish, experienced confidence.
Toward the end of a close game, Golden State pours on the ruthlessness—
they’ve become the Dad who won’t let you win. (Again, ask the Thunder.)
Need I say more?