SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- ForStephen Curry's own standards, he acknowledges his shooting statistics this season haven't been to his liking. But theGolden State Warriors' franchise point guard told ESPN he took exception to some of the criticisms he has received, and added that there has been a ...
Simply put, Curry isn't just the best 3-point shooter ever, he's the best deep 3-point shooter ever. Consider this staggering stat: This season Curry is shooting nearly 54 percent on his 3s between 30 and 35 feet. Keep in mind the NBA makes just 35 percent of its 3s overall, and...
When Curry was a senior at Charlotte Christian School, he was still "Dell Curry's son." In fact, many viewed him through the lens of his father when he was in college, too. Dell Curry was an NBA veteran and a 3-point marksman who played for five different teams — mos...
Still, field-goal averages for most players decrease when they get farther away from the 3-point line. Curry’s 3-point percentage drops from 43.4 percent when shootinginside 28 feetto 32.7 percentoutside that distance. James Harden, Damian Lillard, Kemba Walker and other high-volume sharpshoot...
Widely considered as the greatest three-point shooter in NBA history, Curry is currently hitting 44.1% of his shots behind the arc in 2024-25—his best percentage since 2015-16. Following their NBA Cup game on Friday, Golden State will travel from New Orleans to San Antonio to take on the...
Curry, 33, also leads the Warriors in 3-point field goals, assists and free-throw percentage. The two-time MVP is looking for his seventh consecutive game with at least 30 points, which would be the longest streak by a Warrior since Rick Barry during the 1967-68 season. Aft...
Curry aims while he’s catching the ball so that he can let it fly as quickly as possible. Many coaches adviseaiming for the middle of the basket, which is not always easy. Curry simplifies this process by aiming at the point of the rim closest to him where the rim and the net meet...
He’s using his touches in consistently similar ways, taking between 11 and 13 pull-up jumpers in every game, and he’s been excellent on such shots, with an effective field-goal percentage of 65.32.Of course, the Warriors lost Game 1 after Curry tied the first-quarter 3-point record....
SB Nation broke it down well earlier this month: If a team committed nine percent of its total payroll to a role player under the old salary cap, that player would have earned just over $5 million during the 2012-13 season. But under next year's cap, the same percentage of a team'...
The first shot Curry threw up was set up perfectly. The greatest shooter of all time found himself wide open from behind the 3-point line. He missed. Curry clanked all three of his shot attempts in the first quarter, including two threes. But in the second, he scored eight points,...