Outside wrote: Curry’s nature as arguably the most accommodating and complementary superstar ever
based on what? they got humiliated by lebron in the finals, after thinking they were on top of the world, and instead of coming back with vengeance on their mind, they had a cryfest in the parking lot after game 7 and told their big brother to come and help them beat up the bully. that's not accommodating. that's weak. even as a curry/warriors hater, i feel like they cheated me. part of rooting against people is the fun of seeing them lose or even having to begrudgingly give credit where credit is due. the cavs were injured in 2015. the warriors were "injured" in 2016. 2017 could have been the rubber match. if the warriors won, they could always say 2016 was a fluke and have supremacy over the matchup. instead they put in a cheat code and hoped everyone would praise them for beating the game. even after losing 3 of 4, lebron is the standout from their 4 year rivalry. durant left because it wasn't as satisfying as he hoped. it was just bad.
and during 2018 and 2019, there were non-stop complaints about KD not fitting into the warriors offense, like it was his job to adjust and he was supposed to be the accommodating one.
that allowed the team to reach the highest level of excellence. That can be considered the foremost example of a player as a ceiling raiser, and I would argue that is something to be valued highly, even more than one of the many heliocentric carry jobs to a title that we've seen, including Curry’s performance this year in the finals.
i'm sure the crane that put the last part of the burj khalifa in place was an amazing ceiling raiser, but the record had been set like 1000 feet before. it didn't really matter.