Steph Curry may be unstoppable but is there another way to defend him

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

the reason you can't put westbrook on him all game long(which is a tell tell sign that non of these new era stars are on par with kobe, jordan, etc. since they never are forced to shut down or make the other best offensive perimeter player shoot a bad fg%/make him to prone. ) curry tried guarding westbrook and that didnt work. it burned him out. same was true with west guardin curry.

The revisionism and lack of perspective on this board is hilarious.

 

[Illuminatos]

The revisionism and lack of perspective on this board is hilarious.

Look how he tried to sneak Kobe in the same sentence as Jordan too.

 

[DonRe]

Being me I would double team curry on switches as well and let everyone eat. If I die they would have to be the cause.

But I would also in late game situations foul andre or bogut-which I'm sure either would be in the game-and let them shoot free throws. I hate this game plan for entertainment but this bout chips and legacy.

 

[Teko]

That video didn't prove anything though. Warriors were missing shots they usually hit.

This is interesting. Steph MISSES at least 54% of the 3pt shots that he attempts but somehow people expect every 3pt shot of his to go in

 

[Emoryal]

I would take my chances of the role players taking some open threes some contested depending on your rotation or driving the lane before I'd let Steph attempt any shot.



I never said that I was an NBA coach but they don't seem to be doing that good of a job either. So Curry playing 1 on 1 vs 7 footers is the best strategy to defend him? It's like most teams concede the switch don't think to trap or try to fight over the top. They just let the best shooter and ball handler go 1 on 1 with a 7 footer.

It won't work. They're bound to eighty-peat and somehow one team dominating the entire league will be "exciting and fun" and if you don't like it you're a hater. The nba is dead. Quit asking for answers that aren't there. No one is stopping, matching, or comparing to the warriors ever. Steph crosses and runs past every player regardless if their a 7 footer and yes you can "take your chances", but you're doing nothing but looking down on the role players who are great shooters and just overshadowed by steph and anyone who does what you say will get embarrassed. It's over.

 

[Emoryal]

Open? I just answere

So you think Barnes, Iggy, Livingston, Green, Barbosa and Ian Clark can knock down 3's at the same clip that Steph Curry can? I'm betting they won't. Will they hit some yes will they be less consistent than Steph Curry I'm betting they will. I'm just tired of seeing 7 footers trying to guard Curry on the perimeter. I can't believe this is the strategy that's being used to defend a PG with that shooting and handling ability.

Wide open shots? THEY ALREADY ARE! You can treat Curry as god and not look down on other players. That shot is falling in 90 percent of the time. You can "keep betting they won't" aand lose every bet you make like everyone has this entire year. I'm sorry man, but how many games of the season do you watch? Because it sounds like you've only watched the thunder vs warriors series because it's not like Steph was getting switched on 7 footers all season it's just the fact that OKC has that specific gameplan and lineup with 3 7 footers. Sounds like you're basing a season off of 7 games.

 

[street heat]

Being me I would double team curry on switches as well and let everyone eat. If I die they would have to be the cause.

But I would also in late game situations foul andre or bogut-which I'm sure either would be in the game-and let them shoot free throws. I hate this game plan for entertainment but this bout chips and legacy.

everyone tried doubling him last year and most of this year. it does not work.

when you switch at least guys arent wide open all the time, and you arent constantly in a scramble. this also makes it easier to box out and rebound.

you cant stop them from making 3s, they have too many guys who can make them, including maybe the two best of all time, so i still say the only way to negate that is to make some yourself.

the thunder beat them on the glass, points in the paint, had less turnovers some games, but the warriors made up the points making 3s when they were only getting 2s

until one of these elite teams can give them a taste of their own medicine, they wont beat them.

 

[DonRe]

everyone tried doubling him last year and most of this year. it does not work.

when you switch at least guys arent wide open all the time, and you arent constantly in a scramble. this also makes it easier to box out and rebound.

you cant stop them from making 3s, they have too many guys who can make them, including maybe the two best of all time, so i still say the only way to negate that is to make some yourself.

the thunder beat them on the glass, points in the paint, had less turnovers some games, but the warriors made up the points making 3s when they were only getting 2s

until one of these elite teams can give them a taste of their own medicine, they wont beat them.

As uninformative as it maybe to say that warriors simply just made 3's in abundance when it counted. And when everyone is playing by 2 points, warriors excel and play a 3 point game.

Like thunder did there best,although I have my criticism of Durant, but warriors just play a different and more efficient game which just has more value than what other teams do. It's Inarguable

 

[Ineedmoney504]

thank you. they still dont get it.

what okc did was working for enough time to beat them. thats all you need to do. slow them down long enough to get a lead. okc did that multiple times. okc killed themselves. not the warriors. remember the game when klay couldnt miss at the end? but okc had such a large lead and kept playing smart that the warriors even when hot never won the game. thats how you have to play them.

the reason you can't put westbrook on him all game long(which is a tell tell sign that non of these new era stars are on par with kobe, jordan, etc. since they never are forced to shut down or make the other best offensive perimeter player shoot a bad fg%/make him to prone. ) curry tried guarding westbrook and that didnt work. it burned him out. same was true with west guardin curry.

so that wont work and can't work for any long stretches.

so now what? the OP' angle will not work on these guys because you have klay on the other wing. if you push up to close before the catch. back door. you trap curry. he gives it to the open man. if the open man is draymond. he will go right to the rack or hit a wide open 3(he wont miss too many if he's WIDE open. he wasnt wide open in this series and guys were on him a lot. which bothered his overall point forward game plan. thats how you defeat the warriors. slow down draymond and the offense itself slows down. i told yall this. draymond is the real point guard of the team, not steph, not clay. its draymond. and he's the most likely to be slowed out of the 3 star players dray, and the two marksmen(klay/steph). trying to slow both steph and klay in the same game is silly at best. dont waste your time. concentrate on draymond green. and the entire offense will slow down.

where was Kobe in the finals vs iverson

 

[Tha_Mac]

It won't work. They're bound to eighty-peat and somehow one team dominating the entire league will be "exciting and fun" and if you don't like it you're a hater. The nba is dead. Quit asking for answers that aren't there. No one is stopping, matching, or comparing to the warriors ever. Steph crosses and runs past every player regardless if their a 7 footer and yes you can "take your chances", but you're doing nothing but looking down on the role players who are great shooters and just overshadowed by steph and anyone who does what you say will get embarrassed. It's over.

Damn bro you seem to have a little bit of an attitude and I feel that I'm obligated and entitled to hate on a team that has eliminated my team in the last 2 postseasons. Besides that Curry can do exactly what you said on any defender, get by them to the rim or hit a three in their face. Which is why I'm saying take the ball out of his hands. I'm not changing my stance. I have listened to other posters in this thread and have seen somethings I like and hope people try but I feel like if he doesn't have the ball he can't hit shots.

 

[Tha_Mac]

Open? I just answere

Wide open shots? THEY ALREADY ARE! You can treat Curry as god and not look down on other players. That shot is falling in 90 percent of the time. You can "keep betting they won't" aand lose every bet you make like everyone has this entire year. I'm sorry man, but how many games of the season do you watch? Because it sounds like you've only watched the thunder vs warriors series because it's not like Steph was getting switched on 7 footers all season it's just the fact that OKC has that specific gameplan and lineup with 3 7 footers. Sounds like you're basing a season off of 7 games.

I've seen enuff Warriors games to know that teams have been switching everything since probably that Minnesota game. I also remember last year the Rockets having D12, TJones and Josh Smith guarding Curry on switches.

 

[Emoryal]

I've seen enuff Warriors games to know that teams have been switching everything since probably that Minnesota game. I also remember last year the Rockets having D12, TJones and Josh Smith guarding Curry on switches.

Not 7 footers and that Minnesota game was at the end of the season and Curry didn't even play half the playoff games so that's not much.

 

[QuintessentialBM]

As already stated, the OKC defensive plan worked until GS got ridiculously hot and OKC shat the bed offensively. OKC got up 3-1 because GS let their arrogance of being 3 point shooting gawds cloud their better judgement; they took ridiculously bad shots during the games they lost.

I would like to see Cleveland replicate the Donovan formula. I know LeBron will use up clock and limit possessions and Love will get boards. They need at least 4 other players to score in double figures (plus Bron) to have a chance. IF LeBron can get create easy baskets for his teammates(and they convert them, unlike OKC), GS will start chucking contested desperation 3's, just like they did for the earlier part of the OKC series.

Cavs win in 5 if they execute offensively.

 

[Blessings]

on the other side of the court while he's on defense....get physical...'chase' him off the 3-point line...hopefully he gets in foul trouble

 

[Brozay]

Cavs doing exactly what @Tha_Mac said and its working