Stephen Curry 'Playing At 70 Percent, At Best'

Post #1 » by **RealGM Wiretap** » Wed May 25, 2016 2:11 pm

Stephen Curry has struggled in Games 3 and 4 of the Golden State Warriors' series against the Oklahoma City Thunder, not showing any of the explosion he had during his MVP season before injuring his knee.

"He's playing at 70 percent, at best," a source close to Curry said.

Curry has downplayed the injury in his comments to the media.

Privately, the Oklahoma City Thunder have seen how Curry doesn't have the ability to make the big men switching onto him pay a price.

Curry injured his ankle in Game 1 of the first round and then his knee when he returned in Game 4 slipping on a wet spot in Houston.

Via Adrian Wojnarowski/The Vertical

Dino353 · Post #2 » by **Dino353** » Wed May 25, 2016 2:16 pm

Now this? He was good enough to score 17 in overtime against Portland though, don't come with that mess please. Curry said it himself " we are sorry for playing who ever is in front of us", no excuses, Westbrook is your daddy.

MrDollarBills · Post #3 » by **MrDollarBills** » Wed May 25, 2016 2:21 pm

Now the excuses come out after two straight ass whippings :crazy:

koogiking · Post #4 » by **koogiking** » Wed May 25, 2016 2:34 pm

Stephen Curry himself said he was fine. When you look at him on the court he looks fine, after games he and the whole Warrior team look fine. They don't even sweat profusely they aren't exhausted at all from the regular season.

Stop it with the excuses. And why is RealGM reporting this as a fact? They didn't even say According to Wojs sources -Stephen Curry 'Playing At 70 Percent, At Best'. Just completely disregarding Currys own words.

He didn't look 70 percent after the Portland game, he even says himself that he is good but some random source and Won know him and his body more than he does? Gtfoh. Just because your Golden Boy is losing in this series doesn't mean you have to make excuses and this is no disrespect to Curry. It's to the people that feel the need to find reasons why their favorite isn't playing up to their expectations.

If Curry is 70 percent everyone is 70 percent

castor777 · Post #5 » by **castor777** » Wed May 25, 2016 2:59 pm

koogiking wrote:Stephen Curry himself said he was fine. When you look at him on the court he looks fine, after games he and the whole Warrior team look fine. They don't even sweat profusely they aren't exhausted at all from the regular season.

Stop it with the excuses. And why is RealGM reporting this as a fact? They didn't even say According to Wojs sources -Stephen Curry 'Playing At 70 Percent, At Best'. Just completely disregarding Currys own words.

He didn't look 70 percent after the Portland game, he even says himself that he is good but some random source and Won know him and his body more than he does? Gtfoh. Just because your Golden Boy is losing in this series doesn't mean you have to make excuses and this is no disrespect to Curry. It's to the people that feel the need to find reasons why their favorite isn't playing up to their expectations.

If Curry is 70 percent everyone is 70 percent

That's what I find frustrating with the media too. In Game 1 of this series, the commentators were going crazy with how well Curry was playing and had 23 points in the first 3 quarters. Then when he couldn't get it going in the 4th (only had a few attempts), immediately it was "it must be his ankle." Seriously?!?! So, no credit to the Thunder's defense and taking away his looks - it's just all of a sudden the ankle acting up out of nowhere even though he's giving no indication of it bothering him. And they continue to run with that, or the elbow after Game 2.

He might be a bit hurt or banged up, but who cares? Everyone else is too. No one left in the playoffs is 100% right now.

ash_k · Post #6 » by **ash_k** » Wed May 25, 2016 3:07 pm

Dino353 wrote:Now this? He was good enough to score 17 in overtime against Portland though, don't come with that mess please. Curry said it himself " we are sorry for playing who ever is in front of us", no excuses, Westbrook is your daddy.

and he was even better when he exploded in the 3rd Q of Game 2. Now that Westbrook is totally dominating him, all of sudden is 70% at best :lol:

Neal Korde · Post #7 » by **Neal Korde** » Wed May 25, 2016 3:13 pm

Of course Steph isn't at 100% It's obvious! Naturally fans of the Thunder believe that their team is really THAT GOOD that they could actually shut down a Healthy Curry! What a laugh! Curry is one of the BEST Players that has ever played in the NBA! Westbrook....Durant...Adams...Ibaka...Kanter...etc, would NEVER be able to beat the Warriors if Steph were 100% healthy! NEVER!
And the Thunder Coaching Staff knows it!

Spree2Houston · Post #8 » by **Spree2Houston** » Wed May 25, 2016 3:30 pm

Neal Korde wrote:Of course Steph isn't at 100% It's obvious! Naturally fans of the Thunder believe that their team is really THAT GOOD that they could actually shut down a Healthy Curry! What a laugh! Curry is one of the BEST Players that has ever played in the NBA! Westbrook....Durant...Adams...Ibaka...Kanter...etc, would NEVER be able to beat the Warriors if Steph were 100% healthy! NEVER!
And the Thunder Coaching Staff knows it!

WAAHH WAAHH

luss54321 · Post #9 » by **luss54321** » Wed May 25, 2016 3:42 pm

Neal Korde wrote:Of course Steph isn't at 100% It's obvious! Naturally fans of the Thunder believe that their team is really THAT GOOD that they could actually shut down a Healthy Curry! What a laugh! Curry is one of the BEST Players that has ever played in the NBA! Westbrook....Durant...Adams...Ibaka...Kanter...etc, would NEVER be able to beat the Warriors if Steph were 100% healthy! NEVER!
And the Thunder Coaching Staff knows it!

Steph Curry was an above average player for the first few years of his career. He's only made 3 all-star teams.

Westbrook and Durant are just as good, if not better. Westbrook is too fast, too strong, and too physical for little Steph Curry. He's being totally exposed for the awful defender that everybody already knew he was.

Post #10 » by **Reeko** » Wed May 25, 2016 3:43 pm

Not surprising, Curry just hasn't looked like himself the past couple of games. Even if he was 100% it still wouldn't guarantee a GSW series win, with the way the Thunder are playing. It also appears that Kerr is also being outcoached by Billy Donovan this series.

MVP- · Post #11 » by **MVP-** » Wed May 25, 2016 3:54 pm

Still better than the 0% of starting PGs he faced en route to a championship last year.

KevinMcreynolds · Post #12 » by **KevinMcreynolds** » Wed May 25, 2016 4:16 pm

That's nice, what are our other players excuses for getting their asses handed to them? Give credit to OKC instead of starting the excuse storylines.

RaptorRed · Post #13 » by **RaptorRed** » Wed May 25, 2016 4:18 pm

Neal Korde wrote:Of course Steph isn't at 100% It's obvious! Naturally fans of the Thunder believe that their team is really THAT GOOD that they could actually shut down a Healthy Curry! What a laugh! Curry is one of the BEST Players that has ever played in the NBA! Westbrook....Durant...Adams...Ibaka...Kanter...etc, would NEVER be able to beat the Warriors if Steph were 100% healthy! NEVER!
And the Thunder Coaching Staff knows it!

Warriors play a healthy elite team in the playoffs for the first time in 2 years and they get a big reality check. 73 wins though right ?

nocomingnogoing · Post #14 » by **nocomingnogoing** » Wed May 25, 2016 4:49 pm

I think curry is less the issue. Green is the one who is injured, since he tweaked his ankle in the game steph came back against portland, he has not been able to play as an elite defender and golden state should not play with Green at center if he cannot be an elite defender. Green has such a low athletic ceiling that this ankle sprain has made a big difference, especially as he attempt to elevate.

Furinkazan · Post #15 » by **Furinkazan** » Wed May 25, 2016 4:50 pm

Baiting - contribute, or don't post

The_Hater · Post #16 » by **The_Hater** » Wed May 25, 2016 4:55 pm

Even with Curry at 100%, the Warriors would still be in trouble. Their defense is getting torched by OKC and Draymond Green is playing some of the worst basketball of his career right now.

Phase 3 · Post #17 » by **Phase 3** » Wed May 25, 2016 4:57 pm

It's the truth. And that's not taking anything away from OKC. They are playing great ball right now.

The_Hater · Post #18 » by **The_Hater** » Wed May 25, 2016 5:09 pm

Dino353 wrote:Now this? He was good enough to score 17 in overtime against Portland though, don't come with that mess please. Curry said it himself " we are sorry for playing who ever is in front of us", no excuses, Westbrook is your daddy.

Wel it's not Curry himself making this excuse. Curry claimed to be 100% and is making no excuses.

Whether you're an OKC fan or not, I don't think that it's a huge stretch to look at Curry and figure out that he's not quite himself. Whether that's 70%. 50%. 90%. Who knows. And as I said in my other post, I don't think it would make one difference in the outcome of the first 4 games right now if he was 100%. The Warriors are getting their ass handed to them on both ends right now.

dautjazz · Post #19 » by **dautjazz** » Wed May 25, 2016 5:11 pm

Meh, who's 100% this late in the season?

xx1c1cle · Post #20 » by **xx1c1cle** » Wed May 25, 2016 5:36 pm

nocomingnogoing wrote:I think curry is less the issue. Green is the one who is injured, since he tweaked his ankle in the game steph came back against portland, he has not been able to play as an elite defender and golden state should not play with Green at center if he cannot be an elite defender. Green has such a low athletic ceiling that this ankle sprain has made a big difference, especially as he attempt to elevate.

I agree. Throughout game4 Green was visibly wincing when standing, shifting his weight from leg to leg.