Thinking Basketball REACTS to Steph Curry’s Iconic 2016 Performance in OKC! 

Klay game 6 Okc

This is a great idea! 2013 Game 6 Heat-Spurs.

Pacers/Knicks - Game 5 of the 1994 ECF - Reggie chokes out Spike

This is a fantastic idea! Can we get some Kevin Garnett? T Mac?

i like it and i say blazers/nuggets 4 OT playoff game

Fr where is the 2.5 hr super cut it this

I’m pretty sure KD was still “on” the Thunder until the playoffs. I think after that dude realised it’s too risky to rely on your team to put good pieces around you

He actually stated himself he made his decision before the season😭

Completely disagree on the feeling that teams HAD to have a dominate big man at this time. This was the era of the swingman, not the big man. You’re thinking more of the 2000s. At this point in time, the “championship” players were all 2-3s and the good men were just defensive anchors. The top tier big men today have more of an impact on their teams then the good big men had back then.

Also Dame was there shooting the deep 3 too. Just on a smaller market team so he didn't get the same recognition for it until later.

​@@Juneth-ou7rebut bigs that shoot 3s tho

​@thenorthremembers728 it wasn't just that he was on a smaller market team, but he also wasn't as good at it... (or anything else for that matter).

Just a correction..... It's 'dominant', not 'dominate'. Dominant is an adjective, while dominate is a verb. I see this mistake way too much on the internet. Also, the three point revolution predates Steph. He accelerated it for sure, but the Rockets in the 90s, the 7SOL Suns, the 2009 Magic and the Morey Rockets were already showing the world the direction basketball was heading towards.

That’s so funny Jason, I was talking to Andre the other day and he mentioned how much he missed you. He was actually pretty broken up about it and said his life has been quite grey without your light in his life.

Really wanted to see 21 Curry in a playoff run. Sucks

Might be the best player in the league. He's already top 3 as he is now, in my opinion.

@@macxavier168 curry is neither top 3 rn nor all time im a curry fan but he is lucky if rn we consider him top 10 all time and top 7 rn

@@Michiiigring I don't have him top 3 all time; I have him 7th. But you're crazy if you have him outside your top 5 when it comes to current players.

Love these. So many good games for you to review

those same shots bricked when it mattered the most

@@ryankayombya7576 True. I'd argue he was injured and tired. But man he was playing shit.

Nah the the Knicks game when he scored 54

Knicks game 54 on shumps head haha

@@nima451 Nah. That was too early. That's just when he put the league on notice. This was the game where he told everyone he was changing the whole game forever.

It's also the angle he shoots it from. Curry hit and made a lot of shots from the logo--as do Lillard and some others--but those deep logo shots are almost always straight on. Even given the distance, lots of players shoot buzzer beaters or practice/goof around with deep shots from the top of the key. NOBODY shoots from out there. Not in games, not in practice. From straight on the line of sight is cleaner, you have the backboard to work with, and your body motion is taking you straight at the hoop. The "elbow" 3's are always the lowest percentage makes (compared to the top of key or corner shots). Curry is dribbling down the court with his momentum leading outside the key, he's not square with the backboard, and he can't easily use the glass if it goes a little long long, And he does THAT. Insane.

Yep people forget how amazing Klay was on defense. Dude was incredible on ball defender

Every team has been there bro, nothing to be sad about

I think I remember a Celtics game during this season where it came down to Iguodala FTs too lol. I felt like we could always count on him to hit the 3, but not to hit FTs 😂

Because he's clutch. Don't ever forget that with the fate of the universe on the line and the Martians pointing the death beam at Earth, Iggy is making the shot.

Ask Kellerman

That's one of the reason I stopped watching bball breakdown. That and him bringing in Ronnie Nunn repeatedly

Yup!

March Jackson, he cocked the warriors for the first couple years of curry’s career

They had 2 MVP caliber players on their roster? OKC was a top 3 team in the west for like 5 years.

​@@AliMohamed-yq4wnTo follow up, they also had a lot of length and athleticism. Roberson was a great defender and Ibaka was a fantastic rim protector

Kds shot making and westbrooks athleticism made up for a lot of the offensive deficiencies this team had.

In the playoffs, yes, but in the regular season no. His 2016 season was just unmatched. He was on fire from game 1

@@brianduru3753 you're right. But what he did in the 2020/21 regular season was AWESOME.

@@dgsvitoria That's true. But two things put the 2016 season ahead of 2021 for me. The first is games played. 63 vs 79. I know it was a shortened season, but playing 16 more games and maintaining efficiency is ridiculously impressive. And the second is the efficiency relative to the league. His relative true shooting percentage was like 12 points higher than the league average in 2016, which is just bonkers. He led the league in scoring AND efficiency. That isn't supposed to happen; not from anybody, much less a 6'3 guard.

@@brianduru3753 i'm 100% with you. 2016 Curry wasn't supposed to be possible. Greatest offensive season ever.