Stephen A. Smith on Steph Curry: He's the greatest shooter I've ever seen | First Take | ESPN 

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This is straight facts

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BUT THIS MAN GOT A SUPERTEAM WIT KD AND KLAY he doesn’t even need to try that hard he can drop 30 in his sleep

Exactly

Derrick Roseman and you can’t even get in his jersey as soon as he does! Curry’s handles don’t get talked about enough.

ZeroX1290 Very underrated handles fam!!! He's more finesse I like to say. Kyrie just nasty with it

Cuz he folds under pressure blew a 3 to 1 lead lol

Indeed. Like Steve Kerr said, Steph "instils the fear of God" on defenders.

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Fisayo Watti yeah he had 46 in 3 quarters he only scored 3 in the 2nd he could've had a 60 point game if he went off in the 2nd

okay maybe not 70...but definitely many 50 pt and a few possible 60 pt games

Yeah, 70 is possible but a bit much. Can definitely see multiple 50 pt games. Maybe even 60pt ones.

Hehe I may have gotten carried away there but for arguments sake let's say by multiple I mean at least 2. The thing I'm looking at is momentum. In the majority of games where Curry scores 40+ points he explodes in the 3rd qtr and drops about 70% of his points there, getting progressively hotter until either the qtr ends or Kerr takes him out. He's usually glowing red hot by the time he gets benched for the remainder of the game because GSW is already leading by that much. If he were to carry that momentum into the 4th qtr and play starter minutes (this is a guy that scored 13 points in about 100 secs against Boston), i really do believe he'd have had at least 2 70+ point games.

Fisayo Watti Steph is NOT getting 70+. If he was to play the 4th quarter of those games he would eventually fatigue smartass.

AfterLifeGuru he had the chance in the finals and as we all witnessed he had no screens n Love locked him up after Kyrie busted a 3 in his face on his court and took the 🏆 out of Oracle 😳 Curry is weak with without screens and was missing in action in crunch time of the finals, now that KD is there his ego along with his huge ass teeth have gotten bigger 😳

clay cox Steph was hurt and his lateral speed was obviously affected... also the warriors run the least amount of pick and rolls in the league yet people still claim Steph needs screens... just shows that you're just another hater with little to no knowledge

clay cox WEAK WITHOUT SCREENS?!! I GUESS EVERY SHOOTER IS TRASH WITHOUT THE 3 POINT LINE AS WELL...are u dumb

@@claycox1829 excuses

@@claycox1829 If you're ignorant just say that

wcf I remember that

Besides Jordan against the jazz that lowkey was the craziest game winner I’ve ever seen

He actually had enough time to make it to the 3 point line but decided to pull up near half

The day Durant knew he was leaving 😂... Steph will snatch your soul right out of your chest

Blue Jam Joker That game, plus the WCF made Durant join him. Otherwordly shit.

It's insane that he shoots at such a high percentage with such difficult shots... I mean, look at his footwork, it's all over the place because he's getting his shot up so quick, but it goes in anyway

Joshua Hart he's really a marvel to watch. I'm not even a Warriors fan. But I love great basketball. I catch them as often as possible.

Not to mention his off the ball movement is ridiculous. Which contributes to making his teammates better

and then some idiot says "he only averages 5 assists a game" and completely disregards the fact that his teammates get open look after open look because the defense is petrified about where Steph is on the court and often times you will see multiple defenders jumping out at him on the perimeter while someone else gets a free layup. But certainly Curry didn't help create those shots because he didnt get an assist right? Logic at its best.

BlueWave finally a comment section where everyone isn't biased and actually watches the whole game instead of basing everything off of highlights and statistics

It’s honestly ridiculous, his shooting is other worldly.

Wavey Zatch Very much so.

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jonathan nguyen I agree.

off ball movement is a result of a system allowing for it, under brad i'm sure kyrie will improve drastically especially if they can get some more assets that allow kyrie to not always have to be the offense. Curry has Durant Klay and Draymond to initiate. Kyrie has Kyrie, Kyrie, and Horford

iamprinceofpennis lol you haven't watched any celts games if you don't think kyrie is elite off the ball

^steph literally leads the league in distance travelled per game by a huge margin dude is moving and cutting every second he's on the floor and that takes a TREMENDOUS amount of stamina and basketball iq/awareness. so you can't just assume kyrie or anyone is capable of doing the same thing steph does if they're under the right system. maybe kyrie can but he sure as well won't be nearly as effective on iso possessions if he spends that much energy off the ball like steph does.

players have strengths and weaknesses and the so called "systems" are TAILORED towards that. if you have lebron and kyrie on the team you're gonna have them play iso ball and spread the court with shooters if you have steph and klay you're gonna have them run around the court like crazy for catch and shoot looks. teams are not stupid if they can play like golden state they will but they dont have the right pieces. kyrie is better off playing iso than playing off the ball that's why you can't just say oh but kyrie can do the same he's just not playing under the right system.

You can apply off ball movement in any system moron. But a lot of these offensive players like Melo, LeBron, Kyrie, and Westbrook like to save their energy by sitting out on the perimeter ball watching. Kyrie needs a ton of energy for isolation plays. This is why Curry will perform well even when he is age 35+. He doesn't rely heavily on explosive athleticism because all he needs is a 4 inch jump with a flick of the wrist or an easy drive in an open lane without iso-playing.

exactly kyrie is an iso player while steph is good plus he makes everyone around him better

@Maurice Terrell have you seen kyrie win one ring

Lil BRAZY KHY fanboy

@@2highdj997 well with LeBron.

@@MrHarshverdhan by himself

Ass_4285 Smith he was clutch against okc but not in the finals that same year lol or did u just skip over that

Walley Mccall Steph was hurt In that finals. If u watched the games he could barely get separation from Kevin love.

What about how clutch he was against the blazers in OT in 2016 semifinals? It bothers me how Max stays psychologically stuck in the 2016 NBA Finals.

Or even the 2015 first round and 2015 Finals games 4-6. Literally he had one subpar series and now everyone thinks he's a choker.

Walley Mccall that’s the point everyone including you always focuses on the 2016 finals but never focuses on his clutch moments

Steve Trini go away bandwagon

when a dudr speak facts they gotta be a bandwagon ? lol y'all troll these days

Brian Cheng Max said that.

Slide Skywalker But kyrie will never be better

Lord Keith don’t get better confused with greater.

Lord Keith curry has 1 all star over kyrie and he's damn near 5 years older. Was curry even a top 15 for mvp candidate at his age?

Flat out...like the Earth? 🤔

preeeach!

Lol for real. Dude is too busy living in the last five minutes of Game 7 of the '16 Finals (when Steph wasn't even 100%). How about the most recent Finals?

Nonchalant1996 Did Max just use a series that Steph was injured in to make a point? Does he not realize that when Steph is healthy, he averages 26, 7, and 6 in the finals? He hit a dagger in Kyrie's face in the 2017 finals to punctuate the game... When Curry is healthy, there's no need to close a game in the final seconds because his opponent will already be blown out of the water.

why even have to bring up 2016, when curry out played kyrie 2017 finals. your spot on facts!

He's also forgetting Lebron played Def on Curry. Let's see how Kyrie does with Lebron (aged) playing D on him. Then we can say if Kyrie is close to being Curry clutch.

And the 2016 finals the one WITHOUT KD?????????????????????????????

He doesn't in the clutch

Yeah when he has KD to back him up and he ain't getting doubled.

DatNiqqa 23 5 and 4 while getting doubled all game cuz they can’t guard him ain’t bad.

DatNiqqa How about the 2015 finals when he averaged 26, 6, and 5 and was robbed of the Finals MVP?

the truth curry is the leader, he brings out the best in his team mates , that's they are champions.

LuuKang11 thats facts

Being dominant without the ball is underrated. Steph doesn't hog the ball, when he has it he either does something or gives the ball up to let his gravity do the work - proficient. Larry Bird was excellent at dominating games without the ball as well.

It wasn't a dagger, the game was out of reach. Stop trying to redeem Steph, Kyrie owns him.

Christian Bebee by owns him, I guess u mean 2 finals losses against him

Yo ItzWrighty Team sport dumbass.

Christian Bebee Steph is better fact

Christian Bebee Game 5- Curry has a 30 point near triple double and scores 8 points and has 2 assists in the fourth quarter while Kyrie shoots 0-6 and has 2 turnovers in the fourth quarter of game 5. Curry averaged 27/9/8 while being double teamed and trapped in every single pick and roll and almost every time he crosses past half court with the ball in his hands. Curry definitely redeemed himself whether you like it or not

Davit beliashvili why don't you tell me tomorrows lottery numbers while you're at it

I agree with that.

who is even 100% at the end of season. GTFOH manny pacquiao.

iamprinceofpennis He missed a few games in the playoffs that year did he not? That's what I mean. And this isn't the NFL, BBall players are still in better health, relatively, by the end of the season. Pretty sure Kyrie was in better health than Steph in 16' and visa versa in 15'.

WhipAddict Curry was absolutely fine and he let everybody know when he was yelling “I’m Back!” against the Trail Blazers in the second round Also he didn’t have surgery or anything in the off-season after so it was totally made up even Steve Kerr said he was fine

The WallStar The man missed 6 games in the Playoffs that year. Idc what you say, he wasn't himself. And of course THEY aren't going to use any excuses man, come on dude.

Uh He had a MCL sprain. You don't come fine after just a couple weeks off of that.

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Mark Lart lol I'm a Celts fan and I completely agree.. I honestly find it HILARIOUS watching those times where it just looks like he throws the ball up.. no form at ALL... just muscle memory... he's ridiculous

john landry It is honestly so funny. But its just so damn entertaining !

ReFuze Fusion you're honestly right my brotha!

You're a real NBA fan

Wetness is the ability of a liquid to adhere to the surface of a solid, so when we say that something is wet, we mean that the liquid is sticking to the surface of a material. Therefor water is not wet

Water do not only adhere to an object. It also adhere’s to itself, so yes, it is wet by your definition.

hahahahaha i like comment . Water is not wet . Thats true .

BlkDiesel people like Max only think of 2016 finals when they think of Steph and just completely ignore every single other series he’s played in.

2 years before KD showed up he was considered a no show in the finals even against OKC when klay brought them back from 3-1 curry face was on milk cartons. Curry is the better overall player but Kyrie is better when it really counts

@Apexways47 Valid point regarding the OKC series and the Finals 2 years ago. Although, LeBron gets all the credit any basketball purist knows Kyrie was the MVP of that series 2 years ago and throughly outplayed Steph in that series. But, its amazing that they hold that OKC series and Finals against him and seem to downplay what may go down as one of the most dominant years by any player ever in the NBA wire to wire. Curry's 16' to 17' season is simply amazing when you check the stats and the accomplishments for a PG. The guy has singlehandedly changed the way the game will be played from here on. As great a talent as Kyrie is he still has some proving to do to be on Steph's level.

BlkDiesel Kyrie did get credit but to say Lebron didn’t deserve that mvp after leading in every statistical category in the finals against the best team ever? Yes Kyrie deserves credit but lets not act like he wasnt a no show until game 3. Curry proved what he can do with Durant injured against the best teams.

Just for the record the worst game that Kyrie had in that 2016 series was game 2. He had 10 pts 1 ast and 8 rebounds, it was the only game he didn't show up. He had 26 pts 4 ast and 3 reb in game 1. Then from there he pretty much was unstoppable for the next 5 games and thorougly outplayed Steph. LeBron did what he's supposed to do but even with his stats there is no way they go to game 7 without Kyrie. He changed that whole series. To your last point, I believe that both Curry and Durant have shown what they can both do when each other is out. They complement each other extremely well.

Again, that was when Curry was injured. Jeez.

That was when Curry was INJURED! LBJ was not able to guard Curry in the recent game on Jan. 15. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-sVhDvIhx9i4.html It's kind of sad that the best you can do is keep citing the match up when Curry was injured and try to pretend he was healthy.

Kyrie couldn't even make the playoffs in the lame East before LBJ came back...

That missed free throw was missed intentionally, so they could win the game.

BitJam kyrie was injured in 2017 finals. Literally limping off the court when the game ended.

Not so fast my guy, did you see the final seconds of that game 7? Don’t hang stephs hat on one game, I could do the same with Kyrie, but Kyrie’s actually meant more

Nihan Mendis I also hate the warriors. Have to respect greatness though.

Kyrie is better overall, curry is a better shooter. Curry might be smarter and utilizes his team better. They help him get is shot on most occasions

Where was clutch Kyrie last night against the GSW. Curry had 10 points in the last 10 minutes

Sun Spot Kyrie isn’t Better overall, Curry has a higher layup percentage despite what the media tells you, a higher fg%, mid range %, 3pt % and more points. He’s better than Kyrie in EVERY way, except Kyrie slightly more clutch.

Gent M thank you! Kyrie know Curry is the king.

KJTheGoat23 with the team that golden state have with KD its easier. Kyrie is better going in and curry the best shooter. Kyrie is a big reason y cleveland have a ring

KJTheGoat23 stop being dumb. You know what he meant. He's closer than you assume if you compare them as an overall player.

Skip Payless you dumb as fuck. Curry is a 2x mvp. Kyrie will never win an mvp. Idiot.

Marcos Lopez From Anywhere.

Marcos Lopez facts

The dude could literally shoot past half court and still could nail the shot. The guy literally is the fastest- effecient scorer in NBA history

Nakib Has didn't realize LeBron guarded him the whole time

curry gets so disrespected in the 2015 finals, its bullshit he didn't get mvp, his stats were actually above his regular season average that year in the finals and he was a monster in those close out games especially in that game 4 when cavs were up 2-1 and then the close out in game 6 in cleveland steph was great the 1 finals he didn't perform as well was the 2016 finals weather you wanna give him the excuse of he was never fully healthy from getting hurt but what ever thats 1 finals he some what under performed but thats cause of the insane standard curry has displayed and he almost averaged a triple double him self in the 2017 finals but that doesn't get talked about as much as lebron averaging a triple double while his team got dismantled in 5 games

Lets not speak NOTHING negative about lebron in 2015 finals. He AT LEAST deserve respect from that finals alone

Jose Martinez that's because if he did Curry woulda had 47.

yeye lebron my favourite player but lets not act like curry choked that finals

melokid99 LeBron is the most hated player in the NBA

FB 25 nah prob Durant is

Mike.curry30 when LeBron went to Miami, he was getting booed everywhere and KD wasn't getting booed like him.

FB 25 hell no wtf. Maybe years ago but now everyone loves LeBron and want him to be the greatest

melokid99 everyone? How about the warrior bandwagons who create fake accounts making fun of his hairline, finals record, 2011?calling him " Lebum" or something stupid

so true😂

True

Haha ya true

Russy Russ can kyrie dunk

Real players know steph doesn't play defense

AshtonRoyale Kyrie doesn’t either

U lost all respect when u said steph is a better defender lmao. Curry is a better shooter but that’s it. Kyrie is a pure scorer. Both great players I love both. Kyrie in a couple years will pass him though

You must’ve just started watching basketball.

Both are mediocre defenders

David Owen shut yo bitch ass up Lbj got beat by a sick Dirk in 2011 finals completely embarrassed your “GOAT” lmao

Kid-_Flash - How is LeBron 3-5 when he played his whole career wit superteams lmaooo this nigga is top 10 all time, handpicked teams, and still lose in the finals 🤣🤣🤣🤣

David Owen fuck you David. Little stupid ass bitch ain’t nobody fucking with you.

David Owen He carried a team filled with rookies and had JARRET JACK as his second best player into the second round of the 2013 playoffs and almost beat the Spurs. You’re an ignorant idiot

Donald Whitlock Facts.

Omar Dabbagh I'm going with the shooter

Omar Dabbagh what about the best clutch player in the league?

Ginger Bread sorry bro kobe retired already

Cmindless Every GM in the league would take 27, 8, 9

Ethan Lathon In that Game 7 Draymond scored more than everybody and had more rebounds than everybody. I guess Draymond is better than Curry , LeBron, Kyrie, Love, Klay and anybody else that played in that game.

Luan Savariz Stats are for the blind witnesses, Curry's impact was nowhere to be found in those finals. Durant took over those games, not Steph.

Eagles fan since 2006. We did expect a lot coming into the 2016 finals because of what they accomplished during the regular season. But it's no excuse he had a knee injury during post-season that would drastically impact his game.

Brother Malcolm Whatever makes you sleep at night, bruh

Relative to his MVP caliber regular seasons, Curry does underperform in the finals imo, but even if he averaged 18-4-4 on 35% shooting in a series, his impact is just so great. In 2016 when the Cavs won in 7, Curry averaged 20 ppg on 40% shooting and they still should’ve won in 5 if Green wasn’t suspended. If you look at pure box score stats only, it’s indisputable that kyrie tends to play better than Curry, but Curry’s presence on the floor alone is the greatest since MJ

Luan Savariz 2016 he was definitely hurt. He couldn't even get separation on K Love of all people.

I could not believe the disrespect he was giving Curry

He’s a casual watcher have him stick to boxing.

Max is right, explain why he's wrong

Chrollo L You should have known.

Drake Budasz There is no debate, my eyes tell me that Kyrie is better bro, period

Jofundy lmao u mean their bench took them to the finals???? That team would have not gotten where they got without their number 1 in the NBA bench. They can sit okay curry and kd and still win.

11onejay that’s the dumbest thing I ever heard

11onejay ........what??? Bruh who man’s is this!!!!!

Naaaaa Gsw could hold its own before KD chillll, Curry was their main star but Drayton, Klay and Iggy were enough to nearly cancel out LeBron and Kyrie, Don't compare Kyrie and a trash team to Curry and a team that nearly swept the regular season. Curry not that great. How dare you compare Kyrie and LeBron and Love to Steph who is excellent, Klay who is an underated excellence, Kevin Durant the second greatest player in the league, Draymond, Iggy, and a strong bench. GSW is stacked. Take KD from them they'd still be tough to beat. And KD is clutch too which is something Curry isn't.

Jofundy I hate that narrative that kyrie can’t lead a team he is 1 seed in the east this year and he was still like 21 playing with scrubs

Ardy S Reggie actually said Petrovic is

I definitely Agree...case closed!

Bay is Bae boy u stupid

Boy ain't that the truth but Kyrie is gone develop into the overall better player

kyrie irving nah he's got a good point. Curry made it absolutely impossible to play the zone in the NBA, bruh low key changes the game

plays iso too much? bruh have u seen a single celtics game this year? its all coaching.

Bay is Bae , just imagine if Curry didn't play 3 years at Davidson and came in the draft after his first year, and also imagine if Curry didn't have so many ankle injuries in his early career. I wonder what his numbers would look like ?.... Especially his 3 point numbers.

Kory Brown he does both a lot

I would say Wilt and Russell are disrespected more. Steph is the most disrespected superstar in the league tho.

yess

So being from Iraq validates your argument? 😂

he used it to validate his arguement...i was just agreeing

Shawn Moore you so right. And they injured him on purpose. That was the most physical playoffs in the last 10 years. They were targeting curry.

Junu Johnny because curry was the second option and the cavs were so worried about defending kd at times it looked like they forgot about curry and then u got to worry about leaving klay open

Junu Johnny he wasn't injured against Portland tho right when he came back and drop 40 so no that's not an excuse he still was out there playing

Jonathanflores Flores thank you I’ve been saying this but they say he’s still injured like no stop it

a lot more than that

denis fresco yea, more like 18-20

My Team Over Yours have to disagree. KD is the player that can score the easiest because of his height. BUT, Curry is the best shooter and can get up to 40 points with almost no problem. His weakness? Himself. But when he is hot there is no chance to stop the Warriors

My Team Over Yours lol steph needs the help dont get it twisted he has that ability but often he scores most his points in a half rarely plays good 4 quarters the team keeps it close for him a lot of the times

My Team Over Yours 40 to 50 a game dude no😂😂 maybe 30

And he makes everyone better

Omar Kareem didn’t he pull up from almost half in the clutch lmao

slamandjam2 thats a lie 2016 finals where he shit on curry proved that. 2017 finals proved that to if kd wasnt there lebron and kyrie would have raped the warriors

Kyrie just had 54pts. & only missed 4 shots

Djparker24 he only played in 3 finals dummy

The point is when you have the teams he had and only had 3 finals it's not hard to do it

Skeezus Christ so you can do that?

Alberto Reyes true but theres people who played in way more than 3 and there's also trash bench players who ain't play a finals min but got a ring so...

Skeezus Christ 3 finals a lot wtf

Emmanuel Moses it was a lil hyped up tho... but curry is still the best shooter to ever play

J D 73 wins & unanimous mvp is hyped?

kyrie just a boss clutch

lek lek is it a team sport or not? He was on the best team in the league that couldn't even win a ring. And he def should not have been the unanimous MVP.

ArchSan smh

Kobe blew a 3-1 lead without my shot in 2016 ...

Kobe blew a 3-1 lead Not necessarily... LeBron played terrible defense in 2017 finals

Kyrie averaged 29 in 2017 finals . How is dat not showing up 🧐 the Cavs was obviously jus outmatched by a better team

D Ford He was scoreless in the 4th quarter of Game 5.

R3FLEXZS Just you

Curry has always been active on defense. Everything you ask on defense, he does. He has led the league in steals before. People that don't understand basketball try to discredit that, but he has always contributed on defense.

Not really. The elite point guards destroy him once they get that switch every time.

it was 27-8-9 average, all Kyrie did was score 2 more points but on lower shooting percentage and more shots

oldnbaschool westbrook better especially his historic season last year

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You know what a pg supposed to do right? pass first shot second that's what a true pg is i cant say he's going down as the greatest pg ever but i could say he is the greatest shooter ever.

why so serious? Westbrook is not curry.

Stephen Curry made eight 3-pointers on his way to a season-high 49 points in Saturday's win over the Celtics. This was Curry's 36th career game making at least eight 3-pointers. The next three players with the most such games in NBA history -- JR Smith, Klay Thompson and Ray Allen -- have combined for 33 such games. -- Michael Schwartz

Terrence underrated ? That’s a no Steph is mentioned in the top 5 all the time . They say he’s the greatest shooter ever .that’s high regards

Terrence how?

stashouse617 lmfao no one says steph is a top 5 player of all time. Definitely top 5 CURRENTLY. Unless of course, they ride steph hard

Jerrika B Right!! 💯

Michael Myers They finish better than him though. He has a higher percentage because people are afraid of his 3, combine that with his handle he gets to the basket easier.

He's not a good mid-range shooter though

Wavey Zatch you're forgetting the fact he's double and tripled teamed and grabbed and held every possession. There's been nobody in the history of basketball who defenses have had to gameplan more for than him

lfcnbosceltics what the fuck are you talking about 😂 he shots 57% on midrange

lfcnbosceltics 10-16 feet 55.1% 16-24 feet 60.6%😂😂😂😂😂

Vincent GanVogh Kyrie was ineffective at best inexistent at worst in last year's finals Max is drunk outta his mind