Given the ultra tight defense of the Kings, they did not want Stephen Curry reaches the 4,000 3-point shot mark against them. But the “Splash Brother” still managed to find two openings, and here it is at heights that we did not imagine reachable, especially when it arrived in the NBA …
“It is clearly an important brand”he explained last night. “It is a figure that I had not thought of, because the figure of 2,974, which was the record at the time, was what was most realistic. It is beyond my wildest dreams to push a record so far. »»
How far can Stephen Curry, who celebrates his 37th birthday today, still push the record? Difficult to say. It is not even excluded that he can reach 5,000 3-point shots in the regular season, even if he should undoubtedly still compete in three full seasons at his current rate.
A different shot
Everything was said, written and told about the ascent of the best shooter in history, this gringalet in whom not grand-world believed in his young years, forced to reshape his shot at the end of the school.
“He was a little guy when he finished his second year at Charlotte Christian … and to trigger his shot, he left with his arm at the waist to push the ball up. It came back and it walked to high school. But one day, he said to me: 'Dad, I think I want to go to university'. I replied: 'Okay, you have to change your shot'. And he did me: 'What?'. I then said to him: 'Yes, we have to move your shot over your head, or you will be countering' “explained his father. “It was a really difficult summer. He was really close to saying: 'I'm not going to do that. I will not play in basketball '. But I said to him: 'Fiston, you have to persevere. It will work '. This is what it did, but it took a month or two before it was strong enough to pull from the outside of the racket ”.
Stephen Curry will turn his lack of power to his advantage, with a different shot, which leaves lower but which is faster than those of other large shooters. Technically, the leader of the bay should therefore be easier to counter, except that he draws so quickly, with this catapulted shoot, that he is actually very little!
What to allow him, once her problems with regulated ankles, To start your crazy rhythm.
From a physical NBA to an athletic NBA
It was in December 2021 that he erased Ray Allen Tablets to settle alone on the 3-point throne, now the pace when its main competitors fell on their feet.
Finally, even more than the 3-point revolution, Stephen Curry may especially remain as the player who marked the transition from a physical NBA to an athletic NBA. What he lacks in power, he compensated by his cardio, to punish the defenders by his dribbles or his constant movements.
This makes it a separate shooter, capable of sanctioning (with enormous efficiency) both at the outlet of dribble and outputs. Modifying the landscape of the big league forever.
| Stephen Curry | Percentage | Rebound | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | MJ | Min | Shots | 3pts | Lf | Off | Def | Early | PD | Fte | Int | COP | Ct | Pts |
| 2009-10 | Gos | 80 | 36 | 46.2 | 43.7 | 88.5 | 0.6 | 3.9 | 4.5 | 5.9 | 3.1 | 1.9 | 3.0 | 0.2 | 17.5 |
| 2010-11 | Gos | 74 | 34 | 48.0 | 44.2 | 93.4 | 0.7 | 3.2 | 3.9 | 5.8 | 3.1 | 1.5 | 3.1 | 0.3 | 18.6 |
| 2011-12 | Gos | 26 | 28 | 49.0 | 45.5 | 80.9 | 0.6 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 5.3 | 2.4 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 0.3 | 14.7 |
| 2012-13 | Gos | 78 | 38 | 45.1 | 45.3 | 90.0 | 0.8 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 6.9 | 2.5 | 1.6 | 3.1 | 0.2 | 22.9 |
| 2013-14 | Gos | 78 | 37 | 47.1 | 42.4 | 88.5 | 0.6 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 8.5 | 2.5 | 1.6 | 3.8 | 0.2 | 24.0 |
| 2014-15 ★ | Gos | 80 | 33 | 48.7 | 44.3 | 91.4 | 0.7 | 3.6 | 4.3 | 7.7 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 3.1 | 0.2 | 23.8 |
| 2015-1 ★ | Gos | 79 | 34 | 50.4 | 45.4 | 90.8 | 0.9 | 4.6 | 5.4 | 6.7 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 3.3 | 0.2 | 30.1 |
| 2016-17 | Gos | 79 | 33 | 46.8 | 41.1 | 89.8 | 0.8 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 6.6 | 2.3 | 1.8 | 3.0 | 0.2 | 25.3 |
| 2017-18 | Gos | 51 | 32 | 49.5 | 42.3 | 92.1 | 0.7 | 4.4 | 5.1 | 6.1 | 2.2 | 1.6 | 3.0 | 0.2 | 26.4 |
| 2018-19 | Gos | 69 | 34 | 47.2 | 43.7 | 91.6 | 0.7 | 4.7 | 5.3 | 5.2 | 2.4 | 1.3 | 2.8 | 0.4 | 27.3 |
| 2019-20 | Gos | 5 | 28 | 40.2 | 24.5 | 100.0 | 0.8 | 4.4 | 5.2 | 6.6 | 2.2 | 1.0 | 3.2 | 0.4 | 20.8 |
| 2020-21 | Gos | 63 | 34 | 48.2 | 42.1 | 91.6 | 0.5 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 5.8 | 1.9 | 1.2 | 3.4 | 0.1 | 32.0 |
| 2021-22 | Gos | 64 | 35 | 43.7 | 38.0 | 92.3 | 0.5 | 4.7 | 5.2 | 6.3 | 2.0 | 1.3 | 3.2 | 0.4 | 25.5 |
| 2022-23 | Gos | 56 | 35 | 49.3 | 42.7 | 91.5 | 0.7 | 5.4 | 6.1 | 6.3 | 2.1 | 0.9 | 3.2 | 0.4 | 29.4 |
| 2023-24 | Gos | 74 | 33 | 45.0 | 40.8 | 92.3 | 0.5 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 5.1 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 2.8 | 0.4 | 26.4 |
| 2024-25 | Gos | 57 | 32 | 44.8 | 39.8 | 93.6 | 0.6 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 6.1 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 2.9 | 0.4 | 24.3 |
| Total | 1013 | 34 | 47.1 | 42.4 | 91.1 | 0.7 | 4.0 | 4.7 | 6.4 | 2.3 | 1.5 | 3.1 | 0.3 | 24.7 | |
How to read the stats? MJ = matches played; Min = minutes; Shots = successful shots / tempted shots; 3pts = 3-point / 3-point attempted; LF = Successful free throws / tempted free throws; Off = offensive rebound; Def = defensive rebound; Tot = Total rebounds; PD = assists; FTE: Personal faults; Int = interceptions; BP = lost bullets; CT: against; Pts = points.
