Born2BKing
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Or can you just hope to contain him? I just can't see how he can be shut down. That nikka doesn't even have to see the rim before shooting.
Basketball heads, is Steph Curry stoppable?
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Individually you can contain him with traps, hard doubles and a wing defender that gets through screens well. Problem is the Warriors can make you pay for that and he's equally as good playing without the ball as he is with it, so all eyes are on him at all times & you can't ever fall asleep or you're gonna give up 3 points.
he's the converse of LeBron. Small, shifty, great handles/automatic shooting ability as a guard with the ability to get to the rim as well. (whereas LeBron is a freight train whose "automatic" strength is getting to the basket but he also has the ability to shoot from the outside). Both are intelligent passers and most importantly draw insane amounts of gravity from the opposing defense.
So yes, you can try to stop him but all you can accomplish is slowing him down (just like LeBron) and hope his teammates don't beat you when they get wide open looks thanks to his ridiculous playmaking ability.
This is the NBA finals we need really. The 2 best players on the planet facing off for what I hope is an epic 7 game series.
So yes, you can try to stop him but all you can accomplish is slowing him down (just like LeBron) and hope his teammates don't beat you when they get wide open looks thanks to his ridiculous playmaking ability.
This is the NBA finals we need really. The 2 best players on the planet facing off for what I hope is an epic 7 game series.
Born2BKing
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This may be the only way to stop that nikkaA baseball bat to the knees makes anyone stoppable .
Hit him.
Anytime you have a player who is that good you gotta body his ass and see if he can still be that good.
Anytime you have a player who is that good you gotta body his ass and see if he can still be that good.
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maybe that would work for a non superstar, but a MVP player will certainly get the Jordan treatment from the refs. So he will still have the satisfaction of seeing the ball go into the basket from the freethrow line
No great offensive player can just be "stopped", at that level you either hope to contain him or just hope that he has a bad shooting night or folds in some way or his teammates forget about him or something. The best you can do is throw different looks at him; the worst thing you can do against a great player is let them face the same defense consistently and get comfortable, no matter how good that defense is.
And of course, the Rockets aren't doing themselves any favors in this series by constantly leaving him wide open. He's doing some incredible shyt this series but for some ridiculous reason the Rockets don't stick with him on broken plays. If I'm coaching the Cavs I tell Iman Shumpert to follow Steph Curry around and that's it on defense; don't go for steals, don't go for rebounds, don't leak out, don't go for a fast break, nothing.
And of course, the Rockets aren't doing themselves any favors in this series by constantly leaving him wide open. He's doing some incredible shyt this series but for some ridiculous reason the Rockets don't stick with him on broken plays. If I'm coaching the Cavs I tell Iman Shumpert to follow Steph Curry around and that's it on defense; don't go for steals, don't go for rebounds, don't leak out, don't go for a fast break, nothing.
maybe that would work for a non superstar, but a MVP player will certainly get the Jordan treatment from the refs. So he will still have the satisfaction of seeing the ball go into the basket from the freethrow line
Naw i ain't talkin goon tactics...although i do think Houston will resort to that in this last game cuz they ain't got nothing to lose. I just mean all these teams should have been peppering him with hard fouls throughout these games. He's having it to easy out there, barely getting touched. You gotta knock that lil nikka around, and knock him on his ass.
Born2BKing
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Bron can shut him down but who gonna score for the cavs? Bron can't go that hard on offensive and defense.
That worked for 2 games when Memphis did it, but Steph eventually went
see game 4 against Memphis. I've never seen Steph so focused and tough. He played like game 6 LeBronRockets are playing him physical right now and it's not working AT ALL.
He's probably the one of the few finesse players other than Iverson that's tough enough to play his game through physicality without being big enough to physically impose his will on his matchup. His shot doesn't waver when you play him physical, those layups/floaters he does are LEGIT (and hard as shyt to do in real life) because even when there's contact on his hip or his back he can still finish, his handle is good enough to the point where even if you was to handcheck him you couldn't stop him from getting past you, and if you double him then his team/he is good enough to make you pay.
He is the prototypical basketball player, every person in the world wishes they could play like him.
If he can win multiple rings he'll give Magic a run for his money for that GOAT PG title
He just has to do it though, and I expect him to fall short for some reason
KD was in the same situation as him back in 2012 and fell short and I just can't envision this cinderella season having a happy ending 
We talm bout Stephen curry in this thread and brehs can't go one day without mentioning bron.
On some but "bron this that and a third"
On some but "bron this that and a third"
I hate LeBron but I give him props. I'm at the point now where I pretty much expect him to win any playoff series he's involved in, while rooting for the other team. 