The fact that there were NBA fans who felt Curry had to prove how good he really is this season without Klay & Durant just shows how dumb the average NBA fan is.
Dude was great in college, great before Klay, great before Kerr, great before Durant but he adjusted his game for the betterment of the team which resulted in 5 straight finals and 3 championships.
Curry’s legacy was cemented before this season started. All he can do is climb up the all time rankings.
An already amazing legacy just continues to grow. At
minimum, he was already Top 25 starting this season. And I know many had him higher, but I'm saying at minimum he's Top 20 now and hastily climbing no matter where anyone has him...
Gonna be 1st Team All-NBA again, so go ahead and pencil that in. 7x All-NBA with 4 1st Teams, overrated ass Dwyane Wade made it 8x with 2x 1st Team. Gonna finish Top 5 in MVP votes for the 4th time in his career, with 2 wins. Wade finished Top 5 twice, never higher than 3rd place. Mentioning Wade because I had Curry ahead of him but only slightly to start the year. To me he's clearly separated from Wade historically, that isn't a real comp anymore. Wade was pretty much done as an elite player after Year 10 (2013 was the last GREAT Wade year), Steph in Y12 still busting ass...
This guy is amazing, and The Culture gonna miss him when he's gone. I'm not sure why so many people questioned his leadership off a 5-game sample from last year, he's a proven leader. And this year was probably his greatest work, this team doesn't win 25 games without him. He raised this team's floor significantly...
His impact on the sport is legendary...
The comp with Durant is gonna rage on because of how closely aligned they are, but I know this. There are several things Curry has proven to be that Durant hasn't yet, and a big part of Durant's legacy is riding on how his tenure in Brooklyn plays out...
Any basketball head should appreciate Curry while he still here. He's 33 and 12 years in, NBA history tells us he's probably headed towards the back nine of his career. There's no telling how long he can still perform at this level or how long he plays overall, but its probably less than 5 years. Appreciate this man...