As the head coach of the Golden State Warriors and an NBA champion since his time playing for the Chicago Bulls empire in the 90s, Mr. Steve Kerr understands what greatness is.
Before he stood on the same court with Michael Jordan and had the NBA legend’s absolute trust in his game-winning shots, today Kerr leads his own empire called Golden State.
Having witnessed many extraordinary things in basketball, Steve Kerr affirmed that he had never seen a player do what Stephen Curry did in the last 10 games.
“Working with Steph for a long time, I think he’s having a really great streak, something I don’t think I’ve ever seen before,” Steve Kerr shared.
“Many excellent players will experience crazy ups and downs. But with Stephen Curry, he went through many changes in the lineup and still maintained stability and excellence. Three years ago, Curry had an impressive series of games while playing alongside Kevin Durant and Klay Thompson.
Now he is doing it alone and is being targeted even more because he is the team’s best scoring superstar, always facing huge defensive pressure from the opponent. This makes Steph and the recent series of matches even greater.”
In the last 10 matches, Stephen Curry has always scored at least 25 points with an efficiency of over 50% FG per match.
The last defender to do this was Michael Jordan, an NBA legend and former teammate of coach Steve Kerr, when he had 11 consecutive games scoring 25 points and 50% FG in the 1995-96 season.
More specifically, Curry scored an average of 34.5 points, along with 58% FG and a huge 3-point shooting rate – 51.2% with more than 12 shots per game.
But not only impressive in terms of numbers, another notable thing is the way Curry plays and achieves these peak statistics.
Having missed nearly a full season with a wrist injury, he was still able to return and play at the same peak performance as before.
Whether he has the ball in his hands or is moving without the ball, Stephen Curry always causes chaos in the opposing defense.
“With the ball, without the ball, 1v1, pick-and-roll… You can name all the ways Steph uses to score points.
Sometimes it’s the image of sharpshooter Reggie Miller with accurate 3-point shots, other times Steph shows himself to be a more perfect version of Rip Hamilton when weaving through people with pick-and-rolls. .
That’s why when watching Curry play, fans always feel very excited”, Steve Kerr added.
With his current form, Stephen Curry has been placed by many people in the race for the MVP title – Best Player of the tournament – alongside names like LeBron James, Joel Embiid or Nikola Jokic.
However, the road to the end of the season is still long and to advance in this race, Curry will need to improve the performance of the entire Golden State Warriors team.
