Stephen Curry

We've all heard the narratives. Curry only won in 2015 because Kyrie Irving and Kevin Love were hurt. Then he blew a 3-1 lead. Then he needed Kevin Durant for ...

Where I was wrong, pretty clearly, was in jumping to a conclusion that Curry isn't quite the same player anymore. When Curry says he'll have a hard time figuring out what the critics are going to say now, what he's saying is he knows there will be something. That's got to be one of the worst takes ever. If by some miracle Curry ever saw one of these tweets or read one of my headlines in which I spoke of this so-called drop-off, and it fueled him to play like this in the Finals, hey, I'm happy to have done my part 😂. There has to be something. That said, I have been critical of Curry at points, particularly this season, which was the worst shooting campaign of his career by a wide margin. Though I never would've questioned his place among the all-timers, I thought Curry was starting to slip. I grew up with the Warriors. It has driven me nothing short of crazy over the years to hear people trying, in any way they can, to diminish Curry as an all-time great. I have a hard time figuring out what they're going to say now, so this is pretty special." Man, that's a tough one to swallow. Even after what he just did in these Finals, I saw a couple of tweets saying he's still a "system player." "I hear all the narratives," Curry said.

After an amazing NBA Finals series against the Boston Celtics, the Golden State Warriors superstar Stephen Curry received his first-ever Finals MVP award.

It means a lot because you know how to win, and everybody who is part of this knows what it's about. At the beginning of the year, we weren't even on the radar. At the end of the day, it's about what we are doing on the floor."

“I think he's pretty much established what he can do," Warriors guard Klay Thompson said after the NBA Finals ended Thursday night with Golden State as ...

Winning his fourth NBA championship and his first Finals MVP, Steph Curry is not just the greatest shooter ever. It's time to finally call him what he is ...

They had three titles and five finals trips in five years from 2015 through 2019, then injuries and roster changes sent them to the bottom of the NBA in 2020 and on the outside of the playoff picture last year. The fourth parade is Monday. The fourth ring comes this fall. When last season ended with a loss in the play-in tournament, Curry went right back to work, with this title in mind, knowing that few so-called experts thought the Warriors had a chance of extending their dynasty. “This is what it’s all about.” And his legend on the court only continues to grow. Nobody in the history of basketball has made more 3-pointers or made the art of throwing a ball through a hoop look easier than Curry does. Add that to the list, too. Curry’s spot in the Basketball Hall of Fame was locked up long before Thursday night, when he scored 34 points and the Warriors won their fourth title in eight years by topping the Boston Celtics 103-90. “To me, this is his crowning achievement in what’s already been an incredible career.” The 34-year-old Curry is stronger than ever, tougher than ever and, somehow, more motivated than ever. Go ahead, put him in the Greatest Of All Time conversation. Thing is, Wardell Stephen Curry II is not just the greatest shooter ever.

Golden State's superstar puts in another memorable performance in series-clinching win to secure the 1st Finals MVP of his Hall of Fame career.

Green, Curry, and Thompson have now tied Earvin “Magic” Johnson, Byron Scott, and James Worthy for the third-most postseason wins by a trio (93) since 1976-77. “I just know how hard this is, and to be here for a fourth time, [I’m] so grateful for my teammates.” Curry has poured in at least 30 points in 51 career postseason outings to become just the 11th player to accomplish that feat. “I was feeling just so high on life that I did not want to leave the stage,” Thompson said. The point guard has scored 30 points or more in 14 career Finals contests. “We did it to ourselves. “They won and we lost,” Brown said after the game. Now, when they have something to say, they have to say I’m a world champion, too.” Interestingly, the booing subsided quickly into scattered chatter, as “MVP” chants gradually broke out in pockets around TD Garden from the Warriors fans clad in yellow and blue shirts sprinkled into a sea of green that engulfed the arena. Minutes later, the time arrived for Curry to receive his latest hardware. But it’s been really hard for me to think that’s actually been held against him.” So, it’s great to check that box for him.

Warriors forward Andre Iguodala on Steph Curry: “I think he solidified himself as the best point guard of all time.”.

The historical consensus tends to rank Magic Johnson as the greatest point guard of all time. Like Johnson, Curry played with a number of other stars that may have limited the glory he could earn for himself but helped him win a bunch of championships. More than anything, Steph, I think he solidified himself today, not even today, just his career as the best point guard of all time." "This one holds a lot of weight just because of all the shots each championship they threw at us," Iguodala said. He was an all-time great well before the 2022 Finals began and he would have remained one regardless of the outcome. When asked what this fourth championship meant to him, Iguodala spoke at length about how Curry was disrespected despite Golden State's previous titles, and where he stands on the all-time board now.

Four N.B.A. championships. Two Most Valuable Player Awards. And yes, a finals M.V.P. Golden State's Curry has nothing else to prove.

The second was that he had not been named a finals M.V.P. Standing alone at midcourt, Curry seemed to be laughing and crying at the same time, a euphoric mix of feelings. The first was that he had neither helped his team win a title without Kevin Durant nor defeated a finals opponent who was at full strength. Curry missed the final 12 games of the regular season with a sprained left foot, then aggravated the injury in Game 3 of the finals. He chomped on a victory cigar as he held his finals M.V.P. trophy aloft, pushing it skyward once, twice, three times. All he did in Game 4 was score 43 points to help Golden State even the series at two games apiece. The way he stretches the court with his interplanetary shooting. The Warriors scuffled through a slow rebuild. BOSTON — A few seconds remained in Stephen Curry’s N.B.A. season when he spotted his father, Dell, sitting along one of the baselines. He also recalled the exact moment he started preparing for the start of this season — 371 days ago. “Everybody wants to shoot 3s, and I’m like: ‘Man, you got to work a little harder to shoot like him. For the series, Curry averaged 31.2 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists while shooting 48.2 percent from the field and 43.7 percent from 3-point range.

The Golden State Warriors superstar Stephen Curry won his first-ever Finals MVP award, but it wasn't his main goal. During the post-game press conference, ...

"It's special. We champs!" "Injuries, the changing of the guard, rosters, the young guys.

Draymond Green's about to record the Draymond Green Show live from the NBA Finals. Says he might have Jordan Poole on, Steph Curry on, Klay Thompson on and ...

– –11:21 PM Marcus Thompson@ ThompsonScribe –10:33 PM The Ringer@ ringernba –11:47 PM Mark Medina@ MarkG_Medina Steph is one of the all-timers.pic.twitter.com/ssDT0dqDpF– 11:29 PM Tim MacMahon@ espn_macmahon Steph Curry is a top-10 player of all time –11:29 PM CBS NBA@ CBSSportsNBA It’s special.” –12:28 AM Ben Rohrbach@ brohrbach This despite three bombs from Al Horford – Steph Curry is a top-10 player of all time – It’s special.” – Without him, none of this happens.” – To me, this is his crowning achievement.” –

Steph Curry kept receipts from all of his haters.

The "Ayesha Curry can't cook" comments weren't the only dig that Steph Curry helped to turn around and fire back at Celtics fans. Curry strongly disagreed that the Warriors' victory was a "checkbook win." "Like, yeah, because it starts with the core group of champions and bona fide winners and the belief that we can run it back. Windhorst was discussing the Warriors' choice to keep Andrew Wiggins after acquiring him in the D'Angelo Russell deal and how that impacted the team. "I heard somebody talking about some ... was it, 'checkbook wins' and all this other stuff," Curry said after the game. "The fact that when we started this season, the conversations about who we were as a team and what we were capable of, clearly remember some experts and talking heads putting up the big zero of how many championships we would have going forward because of everything that we went through," Curry said. It matched the symbol held up by two analysts on ESPN's "First Take" to a tee. So too was Ayesha Curry's postgame tweet about "tonight's menu," which featured within it Curry GOAT. After Curry helped lead the Warriors to their fourth championship in the last eight years with a 103-90 Game 6 win over the Celtics, he was overcome with emotion. "And you get goosebumps just thinking about, you know, all those snapshots and episodes that we went through to get back here, individually, collectively. Indeed, Curry proved that he heard the doubters loud and clear. I have a hard time figuring out what they're going to say now, so this is pretty special."

Curry, in the hunt for his first Finals MVP and fourth championship ring, was right there to meet the ball after its first bounce. He stopped and set his feet ...

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The recent Finals MVP is not just a great shooter and great scorer but a great player, and moreover he is an influential player.

He is the very walking and breathing embodiment of the three to an entire generation of young basketball players. Steph Curry has glamorized the 3-pointer for the entire country, and indeed the world. There is one more thing, and this separates him from the pack. Bob Cousy popularized both dribbling and passing the ball from behind the back. There were celebrated 3-point exponents such as Reggie Miller and Ray Allen, but Steph Curry has taken shooting the three to another level. He is not just a great shooter, or great scorer. Though not really a classic point guard, he is a clever passer. He has made a mockery of the 3-point distance, as he routinely hits them from 2, 3, 4 (and on and on) or more feet beyond the arc. Elgin Baylor is starting to fall through the cracks of history, and that’s sad. He shoots with hands in his face. Hakeem Olajuwon is the fourth-best center ever. You have your list and I have mine.

Indiana Pacers legend Reggie Miller, part of the NBA's 75-year team, didn't put himself among the 10 best players.

What does a fourth title and first Finals MVP mean for Stephen Curry's standing among the NBA's all-time greats?

He’s aged very well and his game and conditioning should allow him to continue that trend, but if he plays at an All-Star level for a few more years, it’ll be tough to contest that he’s the greatest point guard of all time. Rob Peterson: If you’re close to the top 10 or in some people’s top 10, I think you’re already in the GOAT convo. But as a top-10 player (in my opinion) all time, he’s already in the discussion. Damon Sayles: Michael Jordan is the GOAT, in my opinion, and it will take a TON for me to change my mind. Also, I think Luka Doncić should probably be in the 75 based on talent alone and his ability to affect games. I had Giannis Antetokounmpo in my top 20 (at No. 20), and he’s No. 24 on our list. He is the omission from our list and from the NBA’s list. I’d love to place Giannis Antetokounmpo higher, but it’s really hard to jump him above Elgin Baylor considering the way the latter was the original version of many of the future high-flyers on the list – Giannis included. Jon Greenberg: Man, it wasn’t a great season for a lot of the active members of the top 75 list, was it? Curry is the greatest shooter in NBA history, one of the greatest players in terms of gravity and one of the few in history (George Mikan, Wilt Chamberlain, Oscar, Elgin Baylor, Dr. J and Magic Johnson) who can lay claim to changing how the game is played. I think he has a stronger argument now than he did a year ago, but the bulk of that argument is from 2015 to 2020 either way. I don’t want to be a prisoner of the moment.

The list of players with a league MVP and four championships include LeBron James, Michael Jordan, Bill Russell, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Kobe Bryant, Magic Johnson ...

We saw big plays defensively from Steph all series whether it was stripping Jaylen Brown driving to the rim or reading an entry pass on defense for a steal, he wasn’t the negative NBA fans like Skip Bayless tend to claim he is . I mean with a so-called defensive liability on the floor, the Warriors defense was stifling all year so there’s that. While Klay, Andrew Wiggins and Jordan Poole stepped up in big moments throughout the series, Steph was shouldering most of the load and quite frankly, ended all talks of his Finals woes with that individual performance. You can’t knock Russell for being alive in the era he’s in especially when he’s without a doubt one of the greatest winners and defenders the game has ever seen but you do have to add context behind his success. Because of Steph and the Warriors, the value and importance of the 3-pointer grew. In a recent interview on First Take, Shaq echoed the sentiment that Steph Curry is a top 10 player of all time. The biggest knock on Steph’s career was the missing Finals MVP on his resume so at this point, what more do you want Steph Curry to accomplish in his career?

Steph Curry got his crowning accolade, winning Finals MVP after leading the Warriors to their 4th title in 8 seasons, being improbable.

He was never going to overwhelm anyone with vertical athleticism or brute physicality as he bullied his way through multiple defenders for difficult finishes at the rim. And perhaps that’s why he’s held with so much affinity by the level-headed consumer. His career, by itself, has changed the game of basketball forever. Many of the game’s legends took advantage of skill surpluses that mail men masquerading as basketball players couldn’t comprehend. Tagging along to add pressure on the shot was Marcus Smart, the league’s current Defensive Player of the Year. Curry, in the hunt for his first finals MVP and fourth championship ring, was right there to meet the ball after its first bounce.

Stephen Curry became the 2022 Bill Russell NBA Finals MVP winner after navigating the Golden State Warriors to their fourth title in eight years It's the ...

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While the four-time NBA champion is known as a selfless and modest presence off the court, his younger brother Seth told Dan Woike of the Los Angeles Times ...

And it's the reason he has been able to help build an NBA dynasty in the Bay. It's the reason he bounced back from an abnormal Game 5 without a three to completely dominate in Game 6. That’s who he is on a daily basis,” Seth told Woike on the TD Garden court after the Finals-clinching Game 6.

Ahead of Game 6 of the NBA Finals, how will Golden State's star respond to an 0-for-9 showing from 3-point range in Game 5?

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Steph Curry was given a warm welcome to the exclusive NBA club.

And he graduated college, an achievement Ayesha Curry doesn't want the world to forget. It has been a journey for sure, but to look at that list and realize only one other player is still playing in the NBA is absurd to think about what Curry could still accomplish. And in doing so, he joined some ultra-elite company in the process.

Following Curry's remarkable Game 4 in Boston, his shot went cold back at home as he struggled in Game 5. The Warriors star went 0-for-9 from behind the arc ...

Of course, anything can happen in Game 6. Boston is going to win this game in great fashion. I don't even expect this game to be close.