Steph Curry gets credited with "changing the NBA", when it was really Mike D'Antoni

[UpAndComing]

- Former NBA player. Made his career playing overseas in Europe
- Won multiple championships in Europe
- Became a coach, and won multiple championships in Europe as a coach
- Brought that European small ball spread out offense to the NBA in the early 2000s
- Made Nash into the engine of a new age style of "7 seconds or less" offense
- Core principles where get the ball in transition quicker, shoot off the pick and roll, take out 2 traditional bigs and only have 1 big out there, and replace them with more wings, and have a space and pace offense where not many plays were ran and it was more a read and react type of offense
- The first season D'Antoni had with the Suns, they scored 110 ppg, and made 130 three pointers more than any other team. And lead the league in scoring for 4 straight seasons


Steph Curry somehow became the "sexier story" because the NBA loves narratives more than actual facts


And Steve Kerr being the general manager of the Suns during that time watching it all happen was not a coincidence. Shout out to D'Antoni !

 

[VegetasHairline]

Don Nelson was doing some of this with the Mavs before Pringles.

 

[UpAndComing]

Don Nelson was doing some of this with the Mavs before Pringles.

That too. If you want to get technical

- Don Nelson
- Rudy Tomjanovich
- Brian Hill (coach for 90s Orlando Magic with Shaq and Penny)
- George Karl

Were all the godfathers of this modern era, and never get credited for it. They were ahead of their time

 

[HandyWithTheSteel]

Mike D’Antoni’s overrated ass gets too much credit.

His teams were easily handled by the Spurs, then the Suns swept the Spurs in 2010 after they fired his bum ass.

What exactly is so great or innovative about his offense other then being fast paced and running lots of picks and rolls?

D’Antoni’s offense was simple and predictable. He didn’t know how to make adjustments and refused to play more than 7 players.

The 2002 Kings were more influential than this fraud.

 

[42 Monks]

Mike D’Antoni’s overrated ass gets too much credit.

His teams were easily handled by the Spurs, then the Suns swept the Spurs in 2010 after they fired his bum ass.

What exactly is so great or innovative about his offense other then being fast paced and running lots of picks and rolls?

D’Antoni’s offense was simple and predictable. He didn’t know how to make adjustments and refused to play more than 7 players.

The 2002 Kings were more influential than this fraud.

this is a crazy reductive post prepackaged for maximum hating and strays

 

[boskey]

this is a crazy reductive post prepackaged for maximum hating and strays

Not on TheColi.com

 

[7th Letter Specialist]

I thought it was because Steph actually won a chip w/ that style and thus it became the Meta in the league. Plus...let's be honest. Steph kinda took it a step further

 

[In The Zone '98]

Both deserve their flowers.

But the league as a whole doubled it's 3 point attempts after the Warriors first ring...

 

[T-K-G]

D'Antoni's system made his PG's a 3pt threat from the logo?


Cuz that's how Steph broke defenses

 

[UpAndComing]

D'Antoni's system made his PG's a 3pt threat from the logo?


Cuz that's how Steph broke defenses

And how many players after Curry's emergence where hitting logo 3's consistently other than Dame Lillard? lol

Weird logic

 

[Miggs]

D'Antoni's system made his PG's a 3pt threat from the logo?


Cuz that's how Steph broke defenses

No it made high volume 3 point shooting normalized....

 

[42 Monks]

And how many players after Curry's emergence where hitting logo 3's consistently other than Dame Lillard? lol

Weird logic

it wasn't distance, it was volume

with dantoni and nelson, creating more possessions was key. with curry's generation as a whole - more 3pt opportunities

you can slap some positionless basketball milestones in between but its not a single answer when it comes to who/what modernized basketball first or the most

 

[threattonature]

I thought it was because Steph actually won a chip w/ that style and thus it became the Meta in the league. Plus...let's be honest. yeah kinda took it a step further

I've always said it was the Rockets with Harden that actually changed the league. Even pre-D'antoni they were leading the league in 3 pointers attempted. Adding in D'antoni just took it to a whole new level. They showed that even with mediocre talent minus Harden you could win a crazy amount of games simply by upping the volume of three point shots even from completely average shooters. Other teams knew they didn't have a Steph or a Klay. But they did have a bunch of average 3 point shooters who can good open looks with a playmaker in the middle and compete even without having superior talent.

 

[The God Poster]

Don Nelson would spit on your thread & claim he should get credit. See how that works lol

Just enjoy the game as y’all don’t know how to praise people without belittling others.

 

[HandyWithTheSteel]

No it made high volume 3 point shooting normalized....

The Spurs made more 3s than the Suns in 2005 and 2007. The Spurs shot 33 more 3s in ‘05, and 32 more 3s in ‘07.

So even if you go by that metric the Suns were outgunned by the Spurs.

There wasn’t anything actually revolutionary about D’Antoni. Not to mention that unlike the Warriors, his teams played absolutely no defense.

I know Steph has to be fed up with these mid ass teams/players from the ‘90s and ‘00s trying to latch on to his offensive greatness.

Please stop disrespecting Steph by associating him with mediocrity.