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

[G-Zeus]

Steph didn't changed the way players play..Ray Allen existed and before that Reggie miller...all where known as primarily 3 point shooters...D'Antoni changed the way coaches coach. So yes he should get the credit for how the NBA plays

However... small players think they have a chance if they can play like Steph..so Steph did change the way players that shouldn't have a chance think...so he should get credit for how the WORLD plays.

 

[NormanConnors]

A bunch of facts in this thread

 

[rbksNgirbauds]

Steph gets credited with changing the nba because he changed the nba, its not rocket science. Steph/Warriors didn't invent shooting 3s of course, but the game was wayyyy different before his mvp seasons I'll say that.
And the 2015 Rockets played far different than the '17, '18, '19 Rockets. And the '17, '18, '19 Rockets played far different than the 2005 Suns. Or 2009 Knicks. Keep up. And none of the aforementioned impacted shyt league wide. Culture wide. Worldwide.
That shyt stayed with the miserable franchises that aint win shyt with it.

How in the fukk do you give credit to somebody for changing the ENTIRE LANDSCAPE OF A SPORT and they aint win shyt doing whatever it is you're giving them credit for

It don't work that way

And futhermore, for that credit to be for a damn COACH who aint laced up nan sneaker to influcence and impact an entire gen of hoopers and fans is even more ludicrous....thats a player award pimp, get off that cac dikk

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

@UpAndc00ning stays being on his shyt. Trying to discredit a Black player and giving all the praise to a white coach.

 

[MurderToCassette]

Steph and the Warriors get the credit because they shattered the stereotype (largely upheld by D'Antoni's Suns) that jump shooting teams couldn't win Championships.

The Warriors did that, and the floodgates of change opened league wide.

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

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.

@UpAndc00ning is too damn ignorant of hoops history to know that Nellie Ball came before D'Antoni.

 

[Kiyoshi-Dono]

When that cracker can shoot from 45 feet away
Negged and one star bytch ass nikka
And another lame said Jesus Shuttlesworth changed the game
Yep kids and pick up games were shooting half court 3s and nba nikkas was picking up defense at half court for ray fukking allen

 

[Richard Glidewell]

Shots Going up earlier in the shot clock on a faster pace vs sitting that shyt at s prolific clip from anywhere....... don't sound the same to me

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

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.

The worst thing about this thread is, and which should be painfully obvious to anyone, the OP isn't even trying to present a factual account. He's just trying to shyt on Steph, which makes it even more hilarious that he's still making hit pieces in 2024.

These are some of the threads he's made over the years:

The overrating of Steph Curry happened again. He's starting in the All Star game over Westbrook
Rob Parker: Steph Curry is just not "That Guy"
Chris Paul is a TRUE point guard, unlike Steph Curry
Isaiah Thomas >>>>>>>>>>>>> Steph Curry
Steph Curry Lowlights - Warriors vs Cavaliers
Steph Curry fans upping these threads is downright embarrassing
Moving screens are the reason Steph is a star
Harden, Westbrook, CP3 did it... How come Curry couldn't do it?

 

[Lucky_Lefty]

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

They can't and won't

 

[DraymondT]

Draymond deserve every bit of credit Steph got for "changin the game" nikkas act like Steph career started in 2015 or some shyt. When he was coached by Mark Jackson and David Lee was his PF he wasn't changin shyt. Was a top 10 player but not even a serious MVP candidate till Kerr came wit motion offense and started Draymond.

Draymond helped speed the game and pace of entire league up. In 2010s most teams were still runnin traditional PF and C usually 2 7fters or close to 7ft. When Draymond got the start wit his speed, playmakin and still bein best defender undersized he forced the rest of the league to go small and we see almost every team now besides a few that run a SF as the "PF". Those unskilled 7fters like Roy Hibbert went from all star, DPOY finalist to bein out the league and Warriors went from solid playoff team to all time level once Draymond got the start and changed how the league adapted.

 

[mag357]

That Suns team was fun to watch.
People hated on them like it was 12 Nazis coached by adolf or something

 

[MostReal]

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


Cuz that's how Steph broke defenses

It really was that 2016 shot against the Thunder that shook the NBA world to it's core.
Before that shot, nobody conceptualized the idea of deliberately taking a shot like that for a game winner.
Everyone mind expanded from that point on

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

Draymond deserve every bit of credit Steph got for "changin the game" nikkas act like Steph career started in 2015 or some shyt. When he was coached by Mark Jackson and David Lee was his PF he wasn't changin shyt. Was a top 10 player but not even a serious MVP candidate till Kerr came wit motion offense and started Draymond.

Draymond deserves every bit of credit (that Steph gets) for how great they were defensively. And how transcendent he is on that side of the floor.

But offensively, Steph is the sole reason behind changing the game.

Steph would've become a MVP candidate regardless of coach or teammates. Kerr has even stated that he could just let Steph run PnR every possession and he would've put up greater numbers, which he could've done under any coach (funnily enough, Steph would've put up better stats under D'Antoni).

The system harnessed Steph's ability to make his teammates and the team, better. Dray's importance to the offense is more about the connection he has with Steph, which granted, would've been hard to replicate with any other player, but it's less about what he can do, offensively, and more about him being an extension of Steph. A player with Dray's same skillset, but not the understanding of the offense and understanding of how Steph operates wouldn't have resulted in the same success. That seems to escape a lot of cats who try to shyt on Dray as a player, is that they don't understand how great his BBIQ is. That sets him apart from other players who have a similar skillset.

Basically, it's less the system that made Steph better, and the system utilizing Steph better to make the team better.

Steph could've run PnR like Harden did in Houston, over and over and over, but the team would be worse off because of it. Draymond's impact and role would be greatly diminished if they ran heavy PnR; all the role players' impact and roles would be greatly diminished if they ran heavy PnR.

 

[LV Koopa]

Don Nelson's offenses weren't the same as D'Antoni's. Also, D'Antoni's success started to show after the rule changes in 2004 (when defenses had great advantages over the offense).

Dude really started breaking the game in creative ways.