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    Default If you think Stephen Curry takes bad shots...

    you clearly don't understand basketball.

    Once you've accepted that indisputable fact I'd be willing to educate you.

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    Default Re: If you think Stephen Curry takes bad shots...

    He just might be the greatest shooter of all time, but that doesn't mean forced and rushed shots aren't bad shots. I understand basketball.

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    Default Re: If you think Stephen Curry takes bad shots...

    He toes the line but you can see defenders respect him from where he shoots and when he shoots.

    90% of the time his defender is on him just passed half court but given the any space, he'll take the shot. And if a "bad shooting game" means 39% on poor three point shots while sinking 7 of them... then shoot away.

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    Default Re: If you think Stephen Curry takes bad shots...

    Quote Originally Posted by imdaman99
    He just might be the greatest shooter of all time, but that doesn't mean forced and rushed shots aren't bad shots. I understand basketball.
    He will miss a few shots here and there - it's hoops. It doesn't mean they are bad shots. Those are not bad shots, they are just part of the game. For someone with his skill, he pretty rarely takes "unmakeable" type shots. The only one he took was that three at the end (the first one off the inbounds play). For him, jumping that high and fading to his right is a pretty unmakeable shot (by his standards). He had no choice there though.

    What makes a shot good (or bad) is predicated on 4 key areas (in order of importance):
    1. The player's ability to make the shot at a high % and high volume. You don't stop shooting shots you normally make just because you missed a few in that particular game/quarter.
    2. The ability of other players on the team to create their own reasonably high % shot.
    3. Having rebounders in place.
    4. The offensive system that is run.

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    Quote Originally Posted by sundizz
    He will miss a few shots here and there - it's hoops. It doesn't mean they are bad shots. Those are not bad shots, they are just part of the game. For someone with his skill, he pretty rarely takes "unmakeable" type shots. The only one he took was that three at the end (the first one off the inbounds play). For him, jumping that high and fading to his right is a pretty unmakeable shot (by his standards). He had no choice there though.

    What makes a shot good (or bad) is predicated on 4 key areas (in order of importance):
    1. The player's ability to make the shot at a high % and high volume. You don't stop shooting shots you normally make just because you missed a few in that particular game/quarter.
    2. The ability of other players on the team to create their own reasonably high % shot.
    3. Having rebounders in place.
    4. The offensive system that is run.
    Key point that I think is overlooked on Curry's "rushed" pull-ups. Someone is almost always at the rim or on their way to the rim and the team can scrap for a board. It's like just throwing the puck at the goalie in hockey looking for the put-back.

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    Default Re: If you think Stephen Curry takes bad shots...

    Quote Originally Posted by sundizz
    He will miss a few shots here and there - it's hoops. It doesn't mean they are bad shots. Those are not bad shots, they are just part of the game. For someone with his skill, he pretty rarely takes "unmakeable" type shots. The only one he took was that three at the end (the first one off the inbounds play). For him, jumping that high and fading to his right is a pretty unmakeable shot (by his standards). He had no choice there though.

    What makes a shot good (or bad) is predicated on 4 key areas (in order of importance):
    1. The player's ability to make the shot at a high % and high volume. You don't stop shooting shots you normally make just because you missed a few in that particular game/quarter.
    2. The ability of other players on the team to create their own reasonably high % shot.
    3. Having rebounders in place.
    4. The offensive system that is run.
    He got away with the launching the bad shots last night because the Warriors have good coaching and big men that kept crashing the boards to get to those offensive rebounds. It's true though that the picks they set for him and his willingness to shoot from anywhere make the defense scramble and it hurts their rebounding, so the Warriors have NO PROBLEM with him taking those shots

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    Default Re: If you think Stephen Curry takes bad shots...

    Quote Originally Posted by sundizz
    you clearly don't understand basketball.

    Once you've accepted that indisputable fact I'd be willing to educate you.
    this is absolutely comically bad.

    if you think steph curry takes good shots you might want to actually play the game instead of looking at it like pure analytics. Curry is shooting 35% on 14 attempts ffs and they had some close games with a 8 seed pelicans that is badly coached.

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    Default Re: If you think Stephen Curry takes bad shots...

    Dude is a chucker. Plain and simple.

    A skinny, gap toothed, weak, frail, lightskin chucker.

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    Default Re: If you think Stephen Curry takes bad shots...

    just because he's good at making bad shots, doesn't mean they're not bad shots...lol

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    Default Re: If you think Stephen Curry takes bad shots...

    Quote Originally Posted by Fudge
    Dude is a chucker. Plain and simple.

    A skinny, gap toothed, weak, frail, lightskin chucker.
    Aren't you a fan of this guy:


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    Default Re: If you think Stephen Curry takes bad shots...

    Skinny, weak, frail


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    Default Re: If you think Stephen Curry takes bad shots...

    At least Russ looks like he's over the age of 14.

    Stephen is an underdeveloped child. You ever read the book "Skinny Bones"?

    Fantastic book.

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    Default Re: If you think Stephen Curry takes bad shots...

    Quote Originally Posted by swagga
    this is absolutely comically bad.

    if you think steph curry takes good shots you might want to actually play the game instead of looking at it like pure analytics. Curry is shooting 35% on 14 attempts ffs and they had some close games with a 8 seed pelicans that is badly coached.
    This is probably coming from someone that can't dribble with their left, or thinks a behind the back pass is "too flashy" because they can't do it themselves.

    If you look at it just by percentages then you really truly don't understand basketball. Also, let's just disregard that post All-Star game he shot 50% fg, 52% tres, 95% ft's on very high volume.

    You want him to change up what he does because he missed a few shots? Also, if you actually watch how the Dubs play...him making ONE trey is worth so much more than three points to them. It completely ignites their game because they know how hot he can get. They start pushing it up, attacking the glass, etc. One shot from him is all they need for the other players to believe a comeback is possible.

    The only stupid thing he did last night was actually NOT attacking more. The Pelicans often switched on p and r's and he settled for passing it. If he gets Ryan Anderson on him he should be getting all the way to the cup everytime. He tried to play "swing it around" offense instead and it led to nonsense like Iggy shooting up 3 to 4 long j's or treys against a closing out Brow.

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    Default Re: If you think Stephen Curry takes bad shots...

    Even Gentry and Kerr are shaking their heads at some of the shots he takes. I think this should end the debate.

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    Default Re: If you think Stephen Curry takes bad shots...

    Curry like Kobe in his prime took bad shots but made them anyway.

    Honestly at this point I would rather Curry take a shot in transition or a contested shot than a wide open three. Wide open threes are when his %s really show up since he misses them quite often.

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