Steph's 2nd best basketball ability?

[Texas Chuck]

Mouthpiece throwing for distance?

For me its the off-ball work combined with his endurance. Shooting gets a lot harder when your legs are gassed and this dude is moving constantly. Not only is it incredible he can still shoot that accurately, but all that movement just opens up so many things for his teammates.

Obviously he's a very good finisher, good ball-handler, great teammate, unselfish, all that. But if I'm picking just one its the Kyle Korver/Reggie Miller offball movement only on fast forward and without their size to deal with all the bumping and grabbing he constantly deals with.

His workouts must be ridiculous to get through seasons the way he does. Incredible offensive player.

[Duffman100]

I'll go ball handling. Next to Kyrie, he might be the best ball handler I've seen.

Have you ever seen Steve Nash, Baron Davis, Jason Kidd?

Their entire careers. All incredible ball handlers. I'd still put Steph above them.

[Peregrine01]

His handles are massively underrated because his shooting takes all the attention. He has had one of the top 2-3 handles in the game for half a decade aleady but it hardly gets mentioned.

I don't think Curry is even close to top 2-3 ball-handlers in the league. His handles are nice, but not very tight and a lot of clips we've seen on highlight reels is caused by his shooting ability - not handles by itself.

Handles should be judged on how well you can get to spots you want to be in. Curry isn't ATG dribbler in traffic.

Not sure his handles hold him back from getting to spots, I think that's more a strength thing. Though maybe you're right, Steve Nash wasn't stronger than Steph and he went anywhere and everywhere.

It can be hard to separate things sometimes. The threat of Steph's shot keeps defenders off balance and always overplaying, it might make his dribbling look better. He doesn't get as low as Harden or Kyrie or have quite the same lateral shiftiness on some of his moves.

Nash is a strange one. He had such control of his body that he always seemed to get an angle to the rim despite a lack of preternatural quickness. I think Steph has some of that body awareness ability but he's more inclined to shake guys off the dribble with his handle. The other difference is that defenders were more likely to be wary of Nash's ability to pass in traffic than they are with Steph, which perhaps opens up driving lanes more.

[theforumblue]

his handles are being severely underrated here. but people seem to be defining it differently. if handles are to be viewed in terms of TOs, which is fair enough for a ball handler, yeah he's little sloppy. his dribbling is kind of free flowing, he just sort of floats around doing whatever he needs to get that space, and he takes chances with it. nash did that, except he wasn't looking to make a shot so he took less chances. no need to split a double and then get enough separation to set himself up so he can get a shot off using 1 inch off the ground jumpshot. steph got the handles to take the chances and get away with it almost all the time. kyrie kind of does it, but he wants to take it to the hole so he's little more intentional on where he wants to go. but his handles are better anyways.

i get that his off-ball movements are GOAT level and i can even understand putting that 2nd best skill. it's 2a/2b at best for me. His finishing is pretty ridiculous too. but steph doesn't get lot of his shots off without his handles, even the long ones.

[bisme37]

Off topic but does anyone watch Steph's mini golf show Holey Moley? I'm not even a golf fan but I really enjoy it. It's kinda like Wipeout but less repetitive/stupid and with miniature golf. The hosts Rob Riggle and Joe Tessitore are hilarious and great together. It's become a guilty pleasure of mine. That's all I wanted to say about that, carry on.

[clyde21]

You mean begging KD to join to be the Alpha while he takes the backseat as the Beta.

almost as bad as LeBron begging AD to come to LA.

AD was traded to the Lakers and he wanted to be traded. Steph begging KD and then KD basically taking the keys from him is a lot worse.


Lol crying after losing the Finals MVP when your team is winning. He's the definition of Beta couldn't get it done without KD and cries when KD steals the FMVP from him.

AD was traded to LA because LeBron had his team sabotage NOLA to try and get AD to LA because LeBron couldn't even sniff the POs alone his first yr with the Lakers

dude cried and begged for AD cuz he was about to be a footnote in the West.

[Spintown]

almost as bad as LeBron begging AD to come to LA.

AD was traded to the Lakers and he wanted to be traded. Steph begging KD and then KD basically taking the keys from him is a lot worse.


Lol crying after losing the Finals MVP when your team is winning. He's the definition of Beta couldn't get it done without KD and cries when KD steals the FMVP from him.

AD was traded to LA because LeBron had his team sabotage NOLA to try and get AD to LA because LeBron couldn't even sniff the POs alone his first yr with the Lakers

dude cried and begged for AD cuz he was about to be a footnote in the West.

Atleast Lebron was still able to win Finals MVP.

Steph begged for KD to come, then got bent over, got his lunch money taken, and cried even though his team won.

[Asianiac_24]

Finishing ability around the rim. He actually converts layups at a higher % than PGs who are bigger and much more athletic than him, even in their respective peaks (Westbrook, John Wall, Kyrie, etc).

[clyde21]

AD was traded to the Lakers and he wanted to be traded. Steph begging KD and then KD basically taking the keys from him is a lot worse.


Lol crying after losing the Finals MVP when your team is winning. He's the definition of Beta couldn't get it done without KD and cries when KD steals the FMVP from him.

AD was traded to LA because LeBron had his team sabotage NOLA to try and get AD to LA because LeBron couldn't even sniff the POs alone his first yr with the Lakers

dude cried and begged for AD cuz he was about to be a footnote in the West.

Atleast Lebron was still able to win Finals MVP.

Steph begged for KD to come, then got bent over, got his lunch money taken, and cried even though his team won.

oh yea, bubble ring in which no one wanted to even be @, and still got carried by AD after the he couldn't even sniff the POs on his own the year before.

i mean, the list of players Lebron begged and cried and maneuvered his way to play with...D-Wade...Bosh...KLove...Irv...AD...Russ...goes on and on

[OBisHalJordan]

whining to the refs

[Asianiac_24]

AD was traded to the Lakers and he wanted to be traded. Steph begging KD and then KD basically taking the keys from him is a lot worse.


Lol crying after losing the Finals MVP when your team is winning. He's the definition of Beta couldn't get it done without KD and cries when KD steals the FMVP from him.

AD was traded to LA because LeBron had his team sabotage NOLA to try and get AD to LA because LeBron couldn't even sniff the POs alone his first yr with the Lakers

dude cried and begged for AD cuz he was about to be a footnote in the West.

Atleast Lebron was still able to win Finals MVP.

Steph begged for KD to come, then got bent over, got his lunch money taken, and cried even though his team won.

LeBron cried to Adam Silver to have Draymond Green suspended and even lobbied to suspend him for another game so that he can win against a short handed Warriors. Without that LeBron would be ringless in Cleveland and 0-4 against Stephen Curry.

[Spintown]

AD was traded to LA because LeBron had his team sabotage NOLA to try and get AD to LA because LeBron couldn't even sniff the POs alone his first yr with the Lakers

dude cried and begged for AD cuz he was about to be a footnote in the West.

Atleast Lebron was still able to win Finals MVP.

Steph begged for KD to come, then got bent over, got his lunch money taken, and cried even though his team won.

oh yea, bubble ring in which no one wanted to even be @, and still got carried by AD after the he couldn't even sniff the POs on his own the year before.

i mean, the list of players Lebron begged and cried and maneuvered his way to play with...D-Wade...Bosh...KLove...Irv...AD...Russ...goes on and on

Steph couldn't even beat the Grizzlies last year

[clyde21]

Atleast Lebron was still able to win Finals MVP.

Steph begged for KD to come, then got bent over, got his lunch money taken, and cried even though his team won.

oh yea, bubble ring in which no one wanted to even be @, and still got carried by AD after the he couldn't even sniff the POs on his own the year before.

i mean, the list of players Lebron begged and cried and maneuvered his way to play with...D-Wade...Bosh...KLove...Irv...AD...Russ...goes on and on

Steph couldn't even beat the Grizzlies last year

LeBron gave up and sat home in 2019 when he didn't have a top 5 player carry him in the RS in a real conference

[clyde21]

AD was traded to LA because LeBron had his team sabotage NOLA to try and get AD to LA because LeBron couldn't even sniff the POs alone his first yr with the Lakers

dude cried and begged for AD cuz he was about to be a footnote in the West.

Atleast Lebron was still able to win Finals MVP.

Steph begged for KD to come, then got bent over, got his lunch money taken, and cried even though his team won.

LeBron cried to Adam Silver to have Draymond Green suspended and even lobbied to suspend him for another game so that he can win against a short handed Warriors. Without that LeBron would be ringless in Cleveland and 0-4 against Stephen Curry.

LeBron would barely have 1 ring in the west, even in the East dude cried and left Cleveland to join two other top 5 players in D Wade and Bosh just to win in a historically **** conference

[Marrrcuss]

oh yea, bubble ring in which no one wanted to even be @, and still got carried by AD after the he couldn't even sniff the POs on his own the year before.

i mean, the list of players Lebron begged and cried and maneuvered his way to play with...D-Wade...Bosh...KLove...Irv...AD...Russ...goes on and on

Steph couldn't even beat the Grizzlies last year

LeBron gave up and sat home in 2019 when he didn't have a top 5 player carry him in the RS in a real conference

Between one of you lying about him crying to Silver to another lying about the lakers being injured, im amazed that yall are trying those old "lie on em" tactics in this era. Now, u post proof or stfu. You dont pile on lie after lie. That worked back before the net, lol

[clyde21]

Steph couldn't even beat the Grizzlies last year

LeBron gave up and sat home in 2019 when he didn't have a top 5 player carry him in the RS in a real conference

Between one of you lying about him crying to Silver to another lying about the lakers being injured, im amazed that yall are trying those old "lie on em" tactics in this era. Now, u post proof or stfu. You dont pile on lie after lie. That worked back before the net, lol

you LeBron stans brought the lies to this thread to slander Steph, imma start going twice as ham on LeBron, this is nothing, there is a lot of material to work with.

[Marrrcuss]

LeBron gave up and sat home in 2019 when he didn't have a top 5 player carry him in the RS in a real conference

Between one of you lying about him crying to Silver to another lying about the lakers being injured, im amazed that yall are trying those old "lie on em" tactics in this era. Now, u post proof or stfu. You dont pile on lie after lie. That worked back before the net, lol

you LeBron stans brought the lies to this thread to slander Steph, imma start going twice as ham on LeBron, this is nothing, there is a lot of material to work with.

Yea, im a stan, no, i didnt slander Steph.

If youre miserable, you can go ham on every human. Its something losers do.

[clyde21]

Between one of you lying about him crying to Silver to another lying about the lakers being injured, im amazed that yall are trying those old "lie on em" tactics in this era. Now, u post proof or stfu. You dont pile on lie after lie. That worked back before the net, lol

you LeBron stans brought the lies to this thread to slander Steph, imma start going twice as ham on LeBron, this is nothing, there is a lot of material to work with.

Yea, im a stan, no, i didnt slander Steph.

If youre miserable, you can go ham on every human. Its something losers do.

open season

[a8bil]

This may be too nuanced, but it has to be his ability to shoot so efficiently off the dribble. That's what makes (i) everyone chase him during his off ball movement; (ii) double team him at half court; (iii) double and triple team him as he approaches the paint. He can make every shot, from bombs to floaters in the paint to finishing at the rim, and in each instance he gets his shot off in a flash. The fact that if you give him any space Curry will often translate that into one of the highest scoring % in the league makes him one of the greatest scoring threats the league has seen...ever.

If that's too nuanced, I'ld say its what I call his spatial awareness. His understanding where the ball is in relation to where other players are on the court may be the best of all time...it's what contributes to his near league leading steals each year, his ability to dribble into and through traffic and his ability to hunt down rebounds despite being physically outmatched in most circumstances.

[art_tatum]

We all know he's the best shooter ever, but he can't be an all time great doing only that...soooo...what's his 2nd/3rd/4th...ability/es? What other attributes he excedes by far most of the others?

i wanna know your thoughts

You cant name 1 other thing?

Edit-

1. shooting (and gravity ill put in one)- best in the league

2. Off ball movement- best in the league

3. Finishing around the basket- consistently one of the top guards in layup %. Knows how to use english.

4. Rebounding - very good rebounder for his size. 5-6 rebounds a game now in his prime. Example: last year he had 5.5 rebounds. Look at the 6-7 to 6-11 star guards and small fowards that average 7-8 rebounds a game. They are called good rebounders. Thats a difference of 1.5 to 2 rebounds a game.

5. Passing- above average for a pg. Dropped 8.5 assists when he was a traditional point guard not even in his prime and pre-stats/pace inflation that happened the past 4 years. Still drops 5-7 assists per game now in his prime even when he is primarily off ball. Also top of the league in hockey assists.