Don't sleep on Stephen Curry making the transition into an elite PG in '12/'13

[ryderldb]

He's averaging 6 assists in his career; he averaged 6 last year splitting play-making duties with Ellis (who also averaged 6 at GS last season) - he's got the keys now, so his usage and APG should go up. I'd say he's looking at around 8, give or take. In order for him to be elite, he doesn't need to be elite in all those categories, it's how he balances them all out and incorporates them into the offense. He's already got great passing, vision and ball-handling ability. He's one of, if not the best PG at spreading the floor; great in swing-ball situations/curling-out. He doesn't need to be effective with the ball in his hands all the time and has a great-understanding of where shooters need to be positioned on the floor due to actual-experience. He's arguably the best shooter at his position (+ the league) - which opens up EVERYTHING, the offense will have x-less % of being stagnant and losing its momentum/fluidness; defenses won't have the luxury of over-compensating on P&R/hedges/outlets/RTTR/cut situations etc etc. He basically breaks the 4on5/help-defender schemes that defenses implement on teams that have incompetent shooter(s) at the 1.

With usage-limitations and injuries, he hasn't developed the awareness and consistency to work and break-down half-court defense-situations, to where needs to be at an elite level - this season (if he stays healthy) I can see him getting over that hill.

I hope so. I want him to keep improving. It'll only make the team better.

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

I hope so. I want him to keep improving. It'll only make the team better.

And it's by no means a given he'll reach that status this season. Just like it's not a given he'll be healthy for the entire season. Vice versa. But with his skill-set and full-time duties of running the team - shyt weighs HEAVILY in his favor.

 

[IceCold]

Why is he no where close to being an elite PG in the league?

he turns the ball over too much can't play defense he's too tid to attack the basket and seems out of place in the offense sometimes

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

he turns the ball over too much can't play defense he's too tid to attack the basket and seems out of place in the offense sometimes

x-player's career: 34 MPG, 2.6 free-throw attempts per game, 3.0 turnovers per game
y-player's career: 31.4 MPG, 2.8 free-throw attempts per game, 2.9 turnovers per game

One of them is/was an elite PG and one is not, one has often been criticized for being unable to play without the ball and both have been criticized for their inability to play defence.

Would you be able to tell who's x-player and y-player without looking up the stats?

 

[Dirty_Jerz]

if he can just support that ankle....


gs the most lightskinned team in the nba

 

[The_Third_Man]

The new Mark Price

 

[mbewane]

I'll believe it when I see it

 

[DoubleClutch]

I always say curry should be where harden, Westbrook, kyrie are now. If you watches him at davidson and in his first year at gs you'd agree.

 

[GzUp]

I was thinking have base god run the point and have Steph play the two.

 

[feelosofer]

Dude is a very good player, but 6 asst a game an elite PG does not make. If he becomes a good 2 who can pass the ball that would be way more valuable than forcing him to play the point. He has good court vision but he is really at his best as a half court player, I want my point to control the whole floor. Furthermore, I have no faith in his glass ankles for him to stay on the floor to make an impact like that.

 

[mbewane]

I was thinking have base god run the point and have Steph play the two.

Curry'll be like

 

[BrothaZay]

One of my favorite players

 

[G.O.A.T Squad Spokesman]

Stephen Curry isn’t one of those NBA players who you have a love/hate relationship with. People either love or hate LeBron James. They either love or hate Russell Westbrook, or Carmelo Anthony. But with Steph, it’s just different.

Nobody hates him. Most people like him. But very few love him.
Since entering the League as the seventh overall pick in the 2009 NBA Draft, Curry has been quietly putting up good numbers on what has been a historically bad Golden State Warriors team. As one of the best pure shooters in the NBA, he has career averages of 17.5 points and 5.8 assists while shooting 47 percent from the field, 44 percent from the three-point line and 90 percent from the free-throw line—numbers that most players, especially guards, only dream of putting up.

So how does a guy with stats like that not get more “mainstream” love?

Well, for starters, he has often overshadowed by his former teammate, Monta Ellis, who famously said the two couldn’t play together, and then went out and proved it. The Ellis/Curry backcourt won just 26 games in Steph’s rookie season, and 36 games in his sophomore campaign.

Halfway into Curry’s lockout-shortened third season, the team was 17-20 before Monta was shipped off to Milwaukee, making the Ellis/Brandon Jennings pairing the “new” worst backcourt in the NBA.

And if advanced stats are your thing, all of this futility in Oakland occurred with Ellis compiling usage rates of 29.4, 28.1 and an astonishing 30.7, respectively. Those numbers make Curry’s usage rates of 21.8, 24.4 and 24.0 seem modest.

Then there was the recurring right ankle injury that caused Steph to miss 40 games last season. He began having issues the season prior and had surgery to fix it in May of 2011. But the ankle continued to be a problem and 26 games into the season, he was done. Shut down. Whispers of him being “injury prone” started floating about and folks began writing him off as a result.

Curry underwent a second surgery in April that was more exploratory than anything else. After a summer of rehab and working out, Stephen Curry is back, he has a clean bill of health, and with Monta Ellis gone, the Golden State Warriors are his team now.

How far he’ll be able to lead them is anyone’s guess, especially in a competitive Western Conference. But Steph’s deadly long-range shooting, his ever-improving point guard skills, and young teammates in Klay Thompson and Harrison Barnes, should make the Warriors a League Pass “must see” on many nights this season.

http://www.slamonline.com/online/nba/slamonline-top-50/2012/10/top-50-stephen-curry-no-47/

 

[G.O.A.T Squad Spokesman]

"I haven't seen Steph miss a shot since i've been here"-Festus Ezeli 10/3/12

 

[Luke Cage]

Curry would be an elite pg right now if it wasn't for his achillies ankles. nobody real ever hated on his game. it's his health that keeps him from turning the corner.