SinceGatlingWasARookie wrote:Doctor MJ wrote:
Good points, but Curry was a standout at Davidson because that coach gave him a scholarship, let him play, and let him shoot a bunch of 3's, what if none of that happened? Maybe that seems implausible, but only reason Curry was at Davidson is that no coach of a major program thought he could even play a role on their team even then. Not hard for me to imagine that in the '80s he doesn't even get that opportunity.
Worse case scenario you draft Curry and end up with Kyle Macy. Also for college coaches looking at high school players, don’t you want a Kyle Macy.
Being Dell Curry’s son is a good pedigree. What College program couldn’t use a Dell Curry.
How bad was Curry in high school?
I think Dell and Steph are both listed at 6’3” but I feel like Dell was an inch taller than Step. Maybe Dell was 6’ 3’ and 3/4 and Steph 6’ 2” and 3/4 or maybe the leave just got taller so Steph is shorter than Dell relative to the league he played in.
Dell Curry was good.
I totally agree, and my understanding was that Steph was awesome in high school, people just thought he wouldn't scale to college. I think there's a lesson to be learned that if someone is great in high school and seems like they're going to be good for your culture, they are worth taking a chance on.
As I say this, maybe the reality is that coaches feel like there are a lot of those guys and they only have room to offer the scholarship to like one of those guys a year - maybe it's tougher than I, without the same inside perspective, understand.
But as you say, it's one thing when it's a random person, quite another when it's the son of an NBA player and his strength is something that has become more valuable since his father played.
Further: I was always even more confused by the lack of attention Seth Curry got after Steph became a breakout college star. Yes he was less talented than his brother, but once it became clear that Steph was immediately one of the best college players in the country as a frosh, how can no major be willing to take a chance on Seth?
Of course, Duke ended up taking that chance after Seth spent some time at Liberty, and if you're Duke, I understand maybe not having room for a Steph or a Seth out of high school...but there are dozens of major programs out there who don't have the options Duke does.