Why didn't Curry become a SLASHER once the Spurs took the 3 pointer away?

[PWB15]

I just don't understand why he became one-dimensional once he saw the spurs were not going to let him shoot the 3 pointer. He has the speed to be a slasher to the hoop so why didn't he go to that? Futhermore why wasn't the stupid coach telling him that when he saw what the spurs were doing?

Kerr should have been curry to be more of a passer and a slasher once he saw the spurs were not giving him the 3 point shot

So who was unable to make the adjustment? Kerr? Curry? or both?

[keep-itreal]

Curry wasn't trying this game.

end of discussion

[PWB15]

Curry wasn't trying this game.

end of discussion


Please don't talk stupid

[pastis]

i wondered as well. as green took his comfort zone away, i expected nice drives to the basket and especially many FT attempts due to his excellent FT-Skills.

yea it was a b2b, but it was only against the no-defense mavs. maybe just a bad shooting night.

spurs have the luxury to have green and kawhi as excellent defenders for him, while other teams (e.g. okc) just dont have them.

[Labissiere]

Only thing that makes sense to me is maybe the warriors were saving that strategy for the playoffs.

[CarlosBoozer]

If his 3pt isn't going in, he loses confidence and he makes bad decisions. Spurs played great defense with their switches and traps.

[Im Still Ballin]

Needed to look for the mid range or atleast mix it up a bit

He becomes predictable at times

[Prime_Shaq]

He did get a couple of layups and tried facilitating, but he wasn't the only one off tonight. Klay was 1/7 for 3pt, Barnes didn't score till the 3rd I believe. They just really missed Iggy today and the fact they didn't have a true Center to contest for boards. Some people may say their small ball lineup is the best but Iggy is a integral part of that lineup, replacing him with Brandon Rush isn't going to cut it.

[greatest-ever]

Because he's not prime Wade at slashing.

[NBAplayoffs2001]

He's not an elite slasher against Spurs bigs. Spurs bigs know how to defend without fouling which is surprisingly pretty uncommon in today's game to have consistently amongst a team's bigs.

Also, Spurs got away with at least two travels last night and Draymond got fouled at least once in the last 2 minutes of the game. One of the worst officiating games I've seen this year.

[Fudge]

4/18 :yaohappy:

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4/18 :yaohappy:



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[3ball]

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Is this thread serious?... Curry as a SLASHER?


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[90sgoat]

According to the advanced stat autists, the 3 ball is the most efficient under any circumstance:roll:

[swagga]

he tried, he just got blocked or traped, he doesn't have the awareness of a skilled slasher or the raw strength of a brute slasher. just not his game.

[NBASTATMAN]

I just don't understand why he became one-dimensional once he saw the spurs were not going to let him shoot the 3 pointer. He has the speed to be a slasher to the hoop so why didn't he go to that? Futhermore why wasn't the stupid coach telling him that when he saw what the spurs were doing?

Kerr should have been curry to be more of a passer and a slasher once he saw the spurs were not giving him the 3 point shot

So who was unable to make the adjustment? Kerr? Curry? or both?


IT WAS ONLY ONE GAME.. :facepalm

[zbott]

Curry did make attempts to get to the basket .... Interior defense took that away also ...

[Spurs m8]

Curry was so ****in shook yesterday.

Locked the **** down

[PWB15]

Curry did make attempts to get to the basket .... Interior defense took that away also ...


Maybe he should have turned into Magic and became more of a passer

[Spurs5Rings2014]

Curry was so ****in shook yesterday.

Locked the **** down

Green did him dirty. Took his soul with that first block on his 3 attempt then dude was just shook and never the same after that.

:(

[navy]

Typical ISH. Yall act like Jordan never had a bad game.

[3ball]

Typical ISH. Yall act like Jordan never had a bad game.


Not at all - during the 1996 regular season, Jordan never had a bad game IN A LOSS, when his team NEEDED him to do better.

Anytime Jordan scored less than 20 points (only 8 times), it was a blowout WIN - his team didn't need more from him anyway.

It shouldn't be a surprise that Jordan was harder to stop - Curry RELIES on making 24 footers to have a good game or be a good player, whereas Jordan's offense was far more versatile and didn't rely on any one aspect to be great.. Jordan could get 50 on all drives, on all post-ups, on all jumpshots, or any number of ways, whereas Curry can only do it by making 10+ threes.
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[PWB15]

Not at all - during the 1996 regular season, Jordan never had a bad game IN A LOSS, when his team NEEDED him to do better.

Anytime Jordan scored less than 20 points (only 8 times), it was a blowout WIN - his team didn't need more from him anyway.

It shouldn't be a surprise that Jordan was harder to stop - Curry RELIES on making 24 footers to have a good game or be a good player, whereas Jordan's offense was far more versatile and didn't rely on any one aspect to be great.. Jordan could get 50 on all drives, on all post-ups, on all jumpshots, or any number of ways, whereas Curry can only do it by making 10+ threes.
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I agree with you there that Curry has to be less one-dimensional on the offensive end. If they take the 3 away then you must do other things like pass or slash not pout that you could not shoot your 30 ft three pointer:facepalm

[Spurs m8]

Green did him dirty. Took his soul with that first block on his 3 attempt then dude was just shook and never the same after that.

:(

What a beautiful thing

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[3ball]

and you guys swear this guy would be good in the 70's with no 3-point line, or in the 80's and 90's without 3-point shooting TEAMMATES to enable today's 3-point focused/seeking offenses??

think again

without the 3-pointer, Curry is ordinary... i'm not sure he MAKES the league if there was no 3-point shot.

[Cold soul]

Curry isn't good finisher or slasher getting to rim he just doesn't have size nor athleticism Curry isn't great down low.

[SchrOEder]

and you guys swear this guy would be good in the 70's with no 3-point line, or in the 80's and 90's without 3-point shooting TEAMMATES to enable today's 3-point focused/seeking offenses??

think again

without the 3-pointer, Curry is ordinary... i'm not sure he MAKES the league if there was no 3-point shot.

lets judge him after this offseason.

[Cali Syndicate]

Currys ability to attack the paint comes from keeping his defender off balance. Had he hit some of his early 3s, it would have opened that aspect of his game a bit. He's not explosive or has has a great first step. He does have a good change of pace and is quick but not enough to slash as a fallback option. Hard to keep a defense like the spurs off balance of his game isn't dictating what they do

[Cali Syndicate]

and you guys swear this guy would be good in the 70's with no 3-point line, or in the 80's and 90's without 3-point shooting TEAMMATES to enable today's 3-point focused/seeking offenses??

think again

without the 3-pointer, Curry is ordinary... i'm not sure he MAKES the league if there was no 3-point shot.

Sure, Ordinary with amazing range. Defenses back then would give him room around 20 feet out. Curry scores on 45% from that range with defenders draped up on him. Defenders in those times wanted players to take those deep twos, even encouraged it by giving space. Curry at 20ft with space will score consistently on high efficiency..

[raprap]

No illegal screens



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[DoctorP]

he had some solid drives to the basket and some floaters but his shot wasn't dropping and it made his game look one-dimensional.

[Ca$H]

I just don't understand why he became one-dimensional once he saw the spurs were not going to let him shoot the 3 pointer. He has the speed to be a slasher to the hoop so why didn't he go to that? Futhermore why wasn't the stupid coach telling him that when he saw what the spurs were doing?

Kerr should have been curry to be more of a passer and a slasher once he saw the spurs were not giving him the 3 point shot

So who was unable to make the adjustment? Kerr? Curry? or both?

Steve Kerr didn't want to show all his cards. Alpha as hell. Pop will get embarrassed by Kerr in the WCF. Kerr will take his top 5 spot on the GOAT coach list.

[DoctorP]

I just don't understand why he became one-dimensional once he saw the spurs were not going to let him shoot the 3 pointer. He has the speed to be a slasher to the hoop so why didn't he go to that? Futhermore why wasn't the stupid coach telling him that when he saw what the spurs were doing?

Kerr should have been curry to be more of a passer and a slasher once he saw the spurs were not giving him the 3 point shot

So who was unable to make the adjustment? Kerr? Curry? or both?

Curry. He is not going to adjust. He is that confident in his 3 game. I wouldnt expect him to adjust, either. He is going to keep chucking them. They are like mid-range shots to him, theoretically.

[knicksman]

Why do people act like back-to-backs arent hard. Theres a reason why most of their back-to-back wins have blowout losses in the first game. Because they sacrifice it. But now that they have a chance to beat bulls record, they cant anymore afford to sacrifice the dallas game.

[Genaro]

People are overeacting a lot about 1 bad game from Curry. Just a bad shooting night.
He did slash and passed last night, but after the Green block he got scared and the passing only works if your teammates make the shot.

[Gone_Fishin]

Because all he can do is shoot. Got to be able to dribble to slash.

[julizaver]

If his 3pt isn't going in, he loses confidence and he makes bad decisions. Spurs played great defense with their switches and traps.


I did not watched that game, but I have seen him in the loss to Lakers, probably the bigest surprise of the season and I don't know - maybe this is the problem with over reliance to the long distance shooting sometimes it just didn't go in. But again it was not only him it was also Clay and the whole GSW who missed shot after shot. Prior to that game Curry was in the form of his life. As phenomenal Curry is - he just disapointed me a lot. At the begining of the game I was thing OK GSW took that lightly, but they were teribble at the half - they missed some open looks. Second half we've got a game as Lakers youngsters destroy GSW as they played an inspirational game once they see the devil is not so bad.
So not suprised by such drop of form not to mention that Spurs are miles ahead of Lakers as a team and could play defense.

[Hamtaro CP3KDKG]

His slashing and finishing is completely built off threat of his 3pt shot. If his shot isnt falling or u take it away and u run him off the line and show hard with bigs he cant finish in traffic or slash/finish at a high level

[PP34Deuce]

His slashing and finishing is completely built off threat of his 3pt shot. If his shot isnt falling or u take it away and u run him off the line and show hard with bigs he cant finish in traffic or slash/finish at a high level

This...

He can finish in the open court, but Curry is not going to go to the basket like Westbrook, Wall, or Rose. He doesn't like contact.

[Clifton]

Second night of a back to back against one of the greatest defenses ever.

Curry's not good in back to backs. His shot is heavily dependent on his lower body, so he suffers more on b2bs than most shooters.

His game is what it is. In spite of his bad night he did have some nice drives to the basket. But he's not a ball-dominant slasher-type, nor should he be. The Warriors offense works best when he's playing his game. Even if he's missing, they're still in it. San Antonio only barely beat them.

[bizil]

While I think Steph is a brilliant slasher, the Spurs have the interior defense to bother Steph in that regard. Plus Steph isn't as strong as Irving. And he isn't a freakish athlete like Westbrook, a healthy Rose, or Wall.

If anything, I think Steph should exploit the midrange game some when his three ball is off. It's INTERESTING that many of the new age PG's don't exploit the midrange more. Other than CP3 and Westbrook, the other elite PG's don't use it as much as they could. And as others have stated, even the greats are going to have off nights.

[Nick Young]

he had some solid drives to the basket and some floaters but his shot wasn't dropping and it made his game look one-dimensional.
If he had kept driving, Spurs would have been forced to cover it, which would have opened up open looks behind the three point line.

Curry played this one wrong. He will learn from it and approach this defensive scheme differently in the future.