This thread is amazing. You can really tell who doesn't watch the games.
Curry is unathletic and has average handles? He's quick, has great agility/footwork, and has been making defenders look silly off the dribble with regularity the past two seasons.
Just get up in his face and don't give him the 3? Defenders HAVE been doing that. The problem is, Curry has such a quick release (I think it's like 25% faster than the next fastest player) that he barely needs room to get his shot off. He shakes people, or moves past a screen, or steps back, and only needs like 2 feet to get his shot off. You get in his face and he just makes space (which is much less space needed than other players) or he creates off the dribble with his quickness and ball handling. Distance from the basket and proximity to defenders doesn't seem to affect Curry's ability to make a shot. Look at this chart:
Look at the 12 three-pointers he made against OKC and tell me how many of those are "good" shots by conventional NBA standards. He is taking pull-up threes off the dribble with defenders on him as if they are 15-foot jumpers. How do you defend a guy who shoots from 24 feet, in both percentage made and amount of space needed, as if he's 12-15 feet from the basket?
I'm most excited by the playoffs to see if any team can create and tune a gameplan to stop Curry.