Curry- Underrated | Stephen

It was not an outlier. It was a revolution.

Curry changed how the game is played more than any player since Jordan. Every child in every gym in America is practicing the step-back three. Every NBA offense runs "Curry actions"—pin-downs, weak-side floppy sets, and elevator doors. He did not just win games. He rewired the math of basketball. Stephen Curry- Underrated

In 2017 and 2018, Kevin Durant won. Fair enough—Durant was an alien. But once again, the defense was geared toward Curry. The Cavs famously chose to leave Kevin Durant wide open for dunks to prevent Curry from getting open threes. Ty Lue admitted it: "Steph is the head of the snake." It was not an outlier

In the 2022 playoffs, he held his own against Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum in isolation. He finished second in the entire playoffs in steals. Every child in every gym in America is

Because he has been doing it for a decade, we have lost our astonishment. And in losing our astonishment, we underrate him. Critics will always point to defense as Curry’s weakness. He is not Jrue Holiday. He is not Marcus Smart. But the "Curry is a defensive liability" narrative is at least five years out of date.

If you aggregate the major media rankings from ESPN, The Athletic, or CBS, you will find Stephen Curry nestled somewhere between the 10th and 14th greatest player of all time. He is usually flanked by Hakeem Olajuwon and Kevin Durant, trailing the titans: Jordan, LeBron, Kareem, Magic, Bird, Duncan, Shaq, Kobe, and Russell.