Dynamite James
The Main attraction
But has it been changed for the better? 
Is Steph Curry the biggest impact to basketball since Wilt????
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Pass me the rock nikka
It’s not because of Curry the playbooks were going that direction due to analytics. GS was an analytics heavy team.
All Curry did was be the best shooter ever.
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Pass me the rock nikka
Of course there were plenty of iso scorersI feel like there was already iso scorers before Jordan
but could be
In the mid 80’s the league was full of volume iso scorers Jordan was just the best one
FunkDoc1112
Heavily Armed
Nah, after Miami and San Antonio crushed the buildings in the 2012 playoffs with 3-point shooting, everybody started trying to duplicate that model. League average Three-point attempts had been 18 a game for like 6 straight seasons and then in the '12-13 season following the 2012 playoffs, that number jumped to 20 with the Knicks and Rockets leading the way.
The Warriors helped speed it up, but the league had already been trending towards it before the dubs first ring.
From 07-12, the league was averaging 18 three-point attempts. That jumped to 20 in 2013, 21 in 2014, and 22 in 2015
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Pass me the rock nikka
Exactly nikkas thinking one man did this
The league wanted a more up and down game that resembled what’s going on overseas and they succeeded. Curry is a major beneficiary of that.
He doesn’t survive in a league where hand checking is allowed and zone defenses are not.
He’s a defensive liability and he’s injury prone.
He doesn’t survive in a league where hand checking is allowed and zone defenses are not.
He’s a defensive liability and he’s injury prone.
When he’s “on” his layup package, handles, the way he puts nikkas on skates, those 3s. It’s fun as heck to watch, when he’s not styling on your squad. I’ll say it...he’s the most exciting player the game has seen
This a long “moment”Y’all some in-the-moment clowns as usual
let’s check back in in 20 years
Bron's physical tools make it too difficult to see that kind of impact.I would say analytics in combination with Curry but are you guys really going to say that Bron didn't change the game? I'm not even a big fan of his but really? He's basically a player/gm
Are you serious?
Bro Jordan didn't change the game like Curry has. Jordan was 2 Guard who was the best ever and won 6 Championships. Jordan retire the game still played the same.[/QUOTE]
Without Jordan every wing player from the mid-90s on doesn't exist or is playing like Magic or Bird.
Exactly nikkas thinking one man did this
For now I can concede this point, but the other parts of the game he still influenced
Scottie Drippin
Should Never Mention Me
Curry represents the sort of seismic shift in the way a game is played that you're lucky to see. The entire way we think and view the game of basketball goes back to him.
Of course there are philosophical forefathers but here's the thing:
None of them won.
The entire thing with the 3pt shot is everyone told you you couldn't win doing it.
Steph did, and that's the moment that has changed the entire way the game is viewed.
Steph is essentially the proof of concept for analytics driven basketball.
Without him, specifically, the game doesn't look the way it does. It's not just about more 3's. It's how, and where, he takes them. And the effect it's had on defenses, offenses and team composition.
Without Steph people would still think winning like this isn't possible. Now we view it as inevitable.
Of course there are philosophical forefathers but here's the thing:
None of them won.
The entire thing with the 3pt shot is everyone told you you couldn't win doing it.
Steph did, and that's the moment that has changed the entire way the game is viewed.
Steph is essentially the proof of concept for analytics driven basketball.
Without him, specifically, the game doesn't look the way it does. It's not just about more 3's. It's how, and where, he takes them. And the effect it's had on defenses, offenses and team composition.
Without Steph people would still think winning like this isn't possible. Now we view it as inevitable.
murksiderock
Superstar
Hard to reach a consensus because "impact" and "changed the game" are fluid terms/statements that can be defined a number of ways...
So in a couple angles, yes, Steph is up there. In another light or few, it just depends how you're defining it...
As already mentioned, Steph didn't start the 3pt barrage, The League was shifting that direction via 2010s analytics. The fact that he was so uber-efficient at the 3, both he and Klay, had an impact on the sport overall and thats part of his tremendous legacy. There are Steph copycats (Trash Young for instance), but there are also Harden and Durant and LeBron copycats in this league, so we can't pretend Steph's run this shyt with an iron fist...
There will be Steph copycats for years to come though and I do think the Warriors dynasty overall, of which he is the obvious face, will be historically pointed to as the boom/usher in of a new era...
So in a couple angles, yes, Steph is up there. In another light or few, it just depends how you're defining it...
As already mentioned, Steph didn't start the 3pt barrage, The League was shifting that direction via 2010s analytics. The fact that he was so uber-efficient at the 3, both he and Klay, had an impact on the sport overall and thats part of his tremendous legacy. There are Steph copycats (Trash Young for instance), but there are also Harden and Durant and LeBron copycats in this league, so we can't pretend Steph's run this shyt with an iron fist...
There will be Steph copycats for years to come though and I do think the Warriors dynasty overall, of which he is the obvious face, will be historically pointed to as the boom/usher in of a new era...
Verbal Kint
Superstar
yall clearly too young to remember every 6'3"-6-8" player in the league going iso on the wing for a contested pull up J after Mike.
mastermind
Rest In Power Kobe
Its not about the three-ball, its about where Steph was pulling up.
Pull-up three-pointers from inside the center court logo was not a thing until Steph did it. That warped the way defenders defend. His efficiency on these shots is the most revolutionary weapon in the game since the slam dunk.
one-on-one basketball existed before Jordan.