Opinion | Steph Curry is hot for more than one reason and his ‘wow factor’ keeps soaring higher
Golden State Warriors guard is a diminutive David on the court, but his feats are make him a golden Goliath who is lighting up the NBA and the sports world
This is not a basketball column. This is a column about a basketball player. More importantly this is a column about the pure joy of an unfettered genius. So relax and have a little fun because right now there is nothing like Steph Curry.
The Golden State Warriors wiry point guard is arguably having the greatest season a professional basketball player has ever had.
Last year his team won the NBA championship and he was named the league’s MVP. This year he is better – significantly better. His tour de force performance against the Oklahoma Thunder last week was already legendary before it was even complete.
His shots may land pure and quiet in the basket but the sound they make is unmistakable: ka-ching!
Curry is easy to spot on the court because he seems to always have the ball. But he is also harder to find because he is often the smallest player on the court.
In a game of Goliaths, he is David with ridiculous range on his slingshot and on this night the Thunder sent one rangy defender after another at him in a futile attempt to block his shots.
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He would finish with 12 three-pointers, including one from basically half court to seal the victory in overtime with less than a second remaining.