Stephen Curry highlight reels: What do they show?

[WarriorGM]

Stephen Curry for me is the most watchable and entertaining basketball star I have ever seen. Going by the popularity of his Youtube video highlight reels many would agree with me. Whenever the talking heads say stuff to diminish Curry all I need to do is rewatch some of Curry's plays to confirm the pundits are full of rubbish.

Another thing I see is that there is a marked progression in the difficulty of the kind of shots Curry has taken in his career. In Curry videos from 2013 you see rather regular three point makes being included in his highlight reels. As I recall three point makes of that variety are rather common in highlight reels from players before Curry. In later Curry highlights one sees the distance of his shots increase and their frequency. I do not see any comparable highlight reels. I get the feeling people have gotten so used to Curry making shots from that range regularly that they may not appreciate how rare it was before him. Curry's highlight reels from 2021 in particular I find kind of crazy. He's shooting from ridiculous range and going through 3, 4, 5 defenders on the regular. Michael Jordan's highlight reels show him going through a more packed paint but I'm unsure if there are highlight reels that show a player commanding the attention from defenders that Curry does overall.

Are there players in the past who have highlights reels that are just as entertaining? Is the popularity of Curry's highlights reels recency bias? Is Curry benefiting solely from the availability of video of his play in comparison to past stars? Why don't videos of other stars being pushed on us get as many views?

Here's a sample Curry highlight reel featuring plays from his 2021 and 2022 seasons to compare against:

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[DubsDynasty]

Pound for pound, Steph is the greatest basketball player to ever take an NBA court and it's not really objectively debatable. Scoring is the most important ability for a player to possess and Steph does it more efficiently than any other scorer in history.

Lots of butt-hurt fans of other teams try to undermine his place in the history of the game but in a decade or so after he's retired and not a threat anymore he'll be recognized as the GOAT.

[Karate Diop]

Curry highlight reels usually show a tremendous amount of moving screens and very little to no defensive highlights as Curry despite his occasional efforts on the end is still routinely hunted by opposing teams and needs to be hid on that end.

[Shaka_Zulu]

He is just ridiculous. He has normalised this insanity to the degree we dont even react anymore.

But I watch games where even his opponents are shocked or taking a second look to understand what they just saw.


in your highlight clip, there's a moment he casually splashes a three from half court with almost the shot motion effort of a free throw. And after it goes in, Finney Smith who is standing near him looks back and DOWN at where he is standing, just to make sure this guy really just shot that from there.

[BoatsNZones]

Curry highlight reels usually show a tremendous amount of moving screens and very little to no defensive highlights as Curry despite his occasional efforts on the end is still routinely hunted by opposing teams and needs to be hid on that end.

And how does that defensive hunting work out for them? He's clearly a highly active/ + defender and has been for years.

The moving screen comment is also funny seeing as nobody can guard him in ISO.


/taking the bait. Don't bother derailing further.

[DubsDynasty]

Curry highlight reels usually show a tremendous amount of moving screens and very little to no defensive highlights as Curry despite his occasional efforts on the end is still routinely hunted by opposing teams and needs to be hid on that end.

These days, those who try to hunt Curry find that the hunter has become the hunted.

Curry DRPM by season:
09-10 -3.75
10-11 -0.34
11-12 -0.68
12-13 -2.05
13-14 -1.26
14-15 -0.49
15-16 -0.66
16-17 -1.29
17-18 -2.89
18-19 -0.97
19-20 -1.20
20-21 0.10
21-22 4.31

[michaelm]

Curry highlight reels usually show a tremendous amount of moving screens and very little to no defensive highlights as Curry despite his occasional efforts on the end is still routinely hunted by opposing teams and needs to be hid on that end.

Except GSW have consistently been a top defense during their run and the numbers for scoring by his opponents while perhaps flattering him are good. He is no defensive maven able to defend 1 to 5 given his size but as a PG is a better than average defender. Oddly GSW chose to start him last year with a better defensive player in GPII on the bench. Overall contribution to winning is what matters, and the recent play-offs rather demonstrated his capability in that regard.

That said Warrior GM is perhaps a tad over enthusiastic, but he does seem be closer to being in touch with reality than any remaining extreme Curry detractors after the career Curry has had.

[Big J]

Curry highlight reels usually show a tremendous amount of moving screens and very little to no defensive highlights as Curry despite his occasional efforts on the end is still routinely hunted by opposing teams and needs to be hid on that end.

This is a lazy narrative people throw out that Curry has put to bed many times over. It shows who actually watches the games and who doesn't.

[Ruma85]

Curry is amazing i just rather watch a Kobe highlight reels

[Onus]

Coaches and Analysts have normalized that sending 2 30ft away from the basket is the only way to stand a chance at stopping this guy. No one moves a muscle or says that’s crazy.

Shaq drew 2 3ft away from the basket and people claimed he was the most dominant ever.

People don’t comprehend what they’re watching.

[Heej]

Curry highlight reels usually show a tremendous amount of moving screens and very little to no defensive highlights as Curry despite his occasional efforts on the end is still routinely hunted by opposing teams and needs to be hid on that end.

These days, those who try to hunt Curry find that the hunter has become the hunted.

Curry DRPM by season:
09-10 -3.75
10-11 -0.34
11-12 -0.68
12-13 -2.05
13-14 -1.26
14-15 -0.49
15-16 -0.66
16-17 -1.29
17-18 -2.89
18-19 -0.97
19-20 -1.20
20-21 0.10
21-22 4.31

People don't realize that Curry probably took roids and is significantly bulked up at this stage in his career. Dude also was trapbar deadlifting 400+ lbs years ago when he was dead skinny so he naturally just has a strong ass core which is obvious given how effortlessly he shoots from range. On top of all that he's mastered how to be a complete hack on the ball and not get called for it. Probably learned that from Iggy.

Good luck scoring on this version of Steph if you're anything but a beefed up 5 man. That dude is a small brick wall with limitless motor, quick feet, long arms, and probably reads every other NBA player's slow ass dribbles like he's Neo from the matrix lol. And most of all he's just a straight up dog that WANTS IT on defense. If your entire gameplan is to go at Steph for buckets you'll never outscore the Warriors lol. Straight up

[Pablo Escobar]

His best game was against okc in 2016 when he hit that 35ft game winner. That was some Jordan sht not gonna even lie lol I was watching it on my tv and couldn't believe the shots he was hitting.

[JN61]

Boring game and no defense.

[Ruma85]

Coaches and Analysts have normalized that sending 2 30ft away from the basket is the only way to stand a chance at stopping this guy. No one moves a muscle or says that’s crazy.

Shaq drew 2 3ft away from the basket and people claimed he was the most dominant ever.

People don’t comprehend what they’re watching.

That's great & all, Still take shaq over curry.

[Ruma85]

Curry highlight reels usually show a tremendous amount of moving screens and very little to no defensive highlights as Curry despite his occasional efforts on the end is still routinely hunted by opposing teams and needs to be hid on that end.

These days, those who try to hunt Curry find that the hunter has become the hunted.

Curry DRPM by season:
09-10 -3.75
10-11 -0.34
11-12 -0.68
12-13 -2.05
13-14 -1.26
14-15 -0.49
15-16 -0.66
16-17 -1.29
17-18 -2.89
18-19 -0.97
19-20 -1.20
20-21 0.10
21-22 4.31

People don't realize that Curry probably took roids and is significantly bulked up at this stage in his career. Dude also was trapbar deadlifting 400+ lbs years ago when he was dead skinny so he naturally just has a strong ass core which is obvious given how effortlessly he shoots from range. On top of all that he's mastered how to be a complete hack on the ball and not get called for it. Probably learned that from Iggy.

Good luck scoring on this version of Steph if you're anything but a beefed up 5 man. That dude is a small brick wall with limitless motor, quick feet, long arms, and probably reads every other NBA player's slow ass dribbles like he's Neo from the matrix lol. And most of all he's just a straight up dog that WANTS IT on defense. If your entire gameplan is to go at Steph for buckets you'll never outscore the Warriors lol. Straight up

Roids really??

[michaelm]

Boring game and no defense.

Your taste is your own. If your preference is to watch a PG bricking shots vive la difference I say. And has been said there is absolutely no objective evidence for Curry being a poor defender currently. The purported best defenders in the league wore out in the finals facing him including targeting him on defense as has been said.

[michaelm]

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[Zvaart]

Pound for pound, Steph is the greatest basketball player to ever take an NBA court and it's not really objectively debatable. Scoring is the most important ability for a player to possess and Steph does it more efficiently than any other scorer in history.

Lots of butt-hurt fans of other teams try to undermine his place in the history of the game but in a decade or so after he's retired and not a threat anymore he'll be recognized as the GOAT.

Is this your alt account, WarriorsGM?


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[MVP1992]

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