The reason curry under performs in the finals.

[TheWinningFam]

Analysis

Curry relies on teammates to take care of his defensive asiagnments due to a lack of lateral quickness, and ability to stop on a dime, this causes him to be exploited on defense and be the main focal point of an opponent's offense, in the regular season teams do not have enough time to arrange this type of gameplan
This allows curry to hide on defense and jack up 3s causing inflated numbers, but we know that when the playoffs come around and the pace slows down teams are allowed to adjust.

''Buh buh, Curry was HURT!''


Warriors fans live in constant fear that NBA superstar Stephen Curry will get injured

Almost half his NBA career Curry has been battling some type of injury

And when it happened in the 2016 NBA Playoffs, no one was suprised

As some may not know, Stephen had seven ankle sprains and 2 surgiers in a 16-month period

Because of his historical amount of ankle sprains/surgeries, he has unusually slow lateral quickness and struggles with stopping on a dime

Lets recap why he got himself injured:

- Curry gambled on Ariza when he tried a full court press and was blown right by instantly - Montiejunas trips and falls - Curry sees this in the corner of his eye

https://s31.postimg.org/vsgepifrv/curry1_5.png

- Curry tried forcing Ariza to go right - Ariza goes up for the pump - Curry struggles to stop and at the same time slips on sweat because he lacked awareness where he was on the court

https://s31.postimg.org/gxrtbc66z/curry3.png



The injury effected his game none whatsoever

His next game and following series versus the Houston Rockets, Steph perfomed at an elite level

https://s31.postimg.org/981kjrh3v/curry3_5.png

The following 7 game series versus the Oklahoma City Thunder he again performed at a spectacular level

https://s31.postimg.org/exht42na3/curry4.png

And as we all know, in the Finals, Curry just couldn't live up to the two previous series when he faced the Cleveland Cavaliers

https://s31.postimg.org/z656psml7/curry5.png

Infact, by looking at his past 3 Playoffs, 2016 Curry was right on par in nearly every category with his 2014 and 2013 Playoffs

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In conclusion we see that
1. Steph is injury prone has a long history of sprains with multiple surgeries
2. Steph's fragile ankles wouldn't allow him to stop on a dime/keep up with Ariza
3. Steph had bad court awareness after seeing Montie fall and drove right through a wet spot, tweaking his knee
4. Multiple sources say it was a grade 1 MCL, 2 weeks fully heal, "he was lucky"
5. Steph came back from injury and played 9 games averaging 31, 8, 7, 48%fg before playing Cleveland where he struggled at 22, 5, 4, 40%fg
6. Steph is a sub par Playoff and Finals performer compared to his regular season
7. GSW front office signed Durant as insurance, specifically banking on Steph's next upcoming injury

[warriorfan]

Curry relies on teammates to take care of his defensive asiagnments due to a lack of lateral quickness, and ability to stop on a dime

Curry had a lack of lateral quickness and ability to change direction because of his MCL injury, not because he usually does not possess these skills

Here is a clip of healthy Curry showcasing his excellent lateral quickness and change of direction

https://media.giphy.com/media/vJJxhc46rAsnK/giphy.gif

[Spurs m8]

Curry had a lack of lateral quickness and ability to change direction because of his MCL injury, not because he usually does not possess these skills

Here is a clip of healthy Curry showcasing his excellent lateral quickness and change of direction

https://media.giphy.com/media/vJJxhc46rAsnK/giphy.gif

No one buys this except you.

[warriorfan]

No one buys this except you.
If this was really true then you would of not even replied

[TheWinningFam]

If this was really true then you would of not even replied
Lets recap why he got himself injured:

- Curry gambled on Ariza when he tried a full court press and was blown right by instantly - Montiejunas trips and falls - Curry sees this in the corner of his eye

https://s31.postimg.org/vsgepifrv/curry1_5.png

- Curry tried forcing Ariza to go right - Ariza goes up for the pump - Curry struggles to stop and at the same time slips on sweat because he lacked awareness where he was on the court

https://s31.postimg.org/gxrtbc66z/curry3.png

Therefore we can conclude that due to curry's natural lack of lateral quickness and court awareness contributed to this injury, However it did NOT affect him going forward, as his stats dipped just as they were supposed to in the finals, just like the season prior.

[Spurs m8]

If this was really true then you would of not even replied

Cool logic, d*ck breath.

You spam it everywhere, occasionally you'll get a reply.

Now get f*cked

[CTbasketball92]

Curry still played at a superstar level throughout last year's playoffs, but I think the reason why his play drops off is because of his over-reliance on three pointers. He's really pretty quick and a great ballhandler, but he doesn't play downhill, so he's kind of predictable. He can finish well, but its not his first option. He's not going to purposely dive in between 3 people over '6'8", absorb the contact and finish because, even though he's very strong for his build, he doesn't have the natural strength that makes people bounce off of him, and he doesn't have MJ/Kobe athleticism and body control or height to create space in the midrange at will. You can't will-in a threeball. It either goes in, or it doesn't. You can will drives to the rim that force the defense to collapse, and you can get fouled and make a layup, which is more rare to be "off" on because it's much closer to the basket.

I think Curry was a bit hobbled at times this year, but idk, i don't buy that that's the main reason he didn't play up to his standards. I think Curry makes his teammates better, but also gets more help than any superstar i can really remember. On the clippers, if CP3 and Blake Griffin don't make it happen, no one will. If Curry doesn't, Klay, Iggy, Shaun Livingston, Draymond ... a few more players, will. It's really pretty crazy. But yeah.