Warriors Single Season/ Curry 400 3's

[jibsey]

first quarter Curry has 6 - 3's, just needs 2 more, on the bench for second so far.

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

Good lord.

 

[Matrim55]

He was pulling up from the midcourt logo, Bazz vs. UK-style.

I think I need to watch the '14 title game again. Or maybe the win over Sparty? Can't decide...

 

[tcf15]

399.

 

[Scoe]

1 more, could get it before the half, GS have a great bench too behind AI (Iguodala), Speights, Livingston, and Barbosa.

 

[huskyinfl]

Curry is taking some bad shots. Why make it hard? Unless he wants #8/400 to be deep for history.

 

[FLhusky91]

Curry is taking some bad shots. Why make it hard? Unless he wants #8/400 to be deep for history.

Crazy part about it is..those are the shots he always takes and makes. He did mention that if he was close to 400 that he was gonna chuck up a bunch lol shouldn't take him long in the 3rd qtr to hit that number.

 

[Scoe]

400

 

[bballgrda]

Just insane. He is going to finish w/ 400+ 3s, averaging 30 pts/game while playing 34 min/game, and a shooting split of something like 50/45/90.

 

[Scoe]

My teeth hurt watching Curry chew that mouth guard.

 

[UChusky916]

Other-worldly:

 

[caw]

Other-worldly:

In retrospect it's a bit crazy how it has taken for a team to put such an emphasis on the three. I know that's not the only thing about Steph, and that's not my point.

 

[UChusky916]

In retrospect it's a bit crazy how it has taken for a team to put such an emphasis on the three. I know that's not the only thing about Steph, and that's not my point.

You realize it's not easy to just have a team 'put emphasis' on the 3, right? Any team could shoot threes, but it won't matter if you don't make them. You need have 2 of the best 3-pt shooters of all time, and the Warriors do. You can't argue that... just look at the numbers.

 

[Tenspro2002]

Incredible.

The question is: does this record become like Nolan Ryan's strikeouts in a season -- never to be matched again, or like Peyton Manning's passing yards in a season -- part of a trend that makes it easier to surpass in subsequent years?

Either way, it's an absolutely unbelievable achievement. He makes some of the toughest shots you take in HORSE look trivial.

 

[Scoe]

The 3 pt shot in basketball is equivalent to the passing game in football, back in the 80s few teams would even take 5 3's in a game 10 was a lot for one team back then.

 

[DaddyChoc]

George McCloud wow #throwback

 

[caw]

You realize it's not easy to just have a team 'put emphasis' on the 3, right? Any team could shoot threes, but it won't matter if you don't make them. You need have 2 of the best 3-pt shooters of all time, and the Warriors do. You can't argue that... just look at the numbers.

Yes, you can't just have people pump out volume shots.

Let me put it this way, Steph has attempted 200+ more this season than any player ever.

As an example, Steve Kerr shot 45.4 percent in his career but never averaged over 2.9 attempts per game. In a full season that's less than 246 attempts. Curry is at near 900. Kerr is not Curry but it's amazing it took so long to put emphasis on the three. If Kerr were playing now I would put money on him averaging more than 3 attempts from three.

Even Ray, who played more recently didn't surpass 700 attempts in a season.

 

[TasteofUConn]

Perhaps we should start a Warriors/Curry Nuthugger subforum.

 

[UConn990411]

Perhaps we should start a Warriors/Curry Nuthugger subforum.

Wet blanket alert.

 

[aceboon]

Perhaps we should start a Warriors/Curry Nuthugger subforum.

I'd be all for it if you and all of your future screennames would be blocked from it. You crying and throwing a temper tantrum in every Warriors/Steph related thread became old well over a year ago.

 

[jibsey]

Bringing this back around to us for the upcoming year, with a weak front court and guard oriented team we are going to need the 3 badly to keep us competitive. I think Jalen's ability to do it is going to be critical, and I think he can. ( he should be working on them nonstop) Maybe KO can find us a Curry in the rough.

 

[Scoe]

Yes, you can't just have people pump out volume shots.

Let me put it this way, Steph has attempted 200+ more this season than any player ever.

As an example, Steve Kerr shot 45.4 percent in his career but never averaged over 2.9 attempts per game. In a full season that's less than 246 attempts. Curry is at near 900. Kerr is not Curry but it's amazing it took so long to put emphasis on the three. If Kerr were playing now I would put money on him averaging more than 3 attempts from three.

Even Ray, who played more recently didn't surpass 700 attempts in a season.

I looked up Bird's attempts from 3 and the numbers are staggering. Larry Bird

 

[Chin Diesel]

Yep. Bird bad 649 3's in his career. Steph has more than that in the past two seasons.

Bird led NBA in 3's made in 85-86 with 82. Led it in 86-87 with 90 3's.

The time are a changin'.

 

[Chin Diesel]

Makes you wonder if Curry and 3 pointers will be like stolen bases were before and after Ricky. Henderson had a 15 year run where his ability to get on base via hit or walk totally changed the flow of an inning. More teams will try to do what GS is doing, but there's a fine line where diminishing returns become a high risk. There's only a dozen or so players in the world who can shoot as good as Steph. But they don't have his ball handling, conditioning, passing, etc.

 

[Dogdeacon]

Makes you wonder if Curry and 3 pointers will be like stolen bases were before and after Ricky. Henderson had a 15 year run where his ability to get on base via hit or walk totally changed the flow of an inning. More teams will try to do what GS is doing, but there's a fine line where diminishing returns become a high risk. There's only a dozen or so players in the world who can shoot as good as Steph. But they don't have his ball handling, conditioning, passing, etc.

Interesting comparison, I think more apt than the NFL passing game, because like RickyH, Curry is a truly unique athletic talent that is extending the limits of what is possible. You can't see Curry's skill in the same obvious stand-out way of Ricky's raw athleticism, but Curry is both unique and breaking a barrier. It is kind of like the 4-minute mile and as Curry proves you can shoot more 3's and shoot them accurately from greater distance others can accept the possibility.

The game is changing because of the confluence of analytics, rules and 3-pointers being around for so long that now kids are practicing shooting from distance very early. Larry Bird never heard of a 3-point shot until he was in the NBA.

Curry has some very unique physical gifts that are hard to quantify, its almost like a Pedro Martinez or Ron Guidry ability to throw 99MPH despite slight of stature - a rare and almost impossible to replicate gift for coordinating movements. And I think Curry and Thompson have a unique mental advantage having grown up playing in NBA arenas as children and are somehow hyper-acclimated to shooting well in those environments.

So though I expect Curry's records to last, I also expect lots of players to surpass the old records and 3-pt shooting quantities, accuracies and distances will continue to increase.