How would you guard Curry?

[TheReal Kendall]

The Jet just said they would double him but I'm not sure that's a good idea.

How would you guard Curry?

[Jameerthefear]

What up nikka

[Nick Young]

You need a Scottie Pippen/Nicholas Batum/Prime Tayshaun Prince type of dude. A freak athlete quick dude with freak length and good defensive fundamentals.

[warriorfan]

would never reach would not play him tight

would sag a little off and pray he misses his first two shots

if he starts hitting play him tight and pray I dont end up on my azz like cp3

[TheReal Kendall]

What up nikka

What good bruh

[HenryGarfunkle]

Use my girth

[kennethgriffin]

single coverage. funnel to the paint. rotate


pretty simple. all curry wants to do is shoot 3's or pass


make him finish inside all day and get knocked down a few times

[TripleA]

Clothesline him when he shoots.

[TheMilkyBarKid]

You need a Scottie Pippen/Nicholas Batum/Prime Tayshaun Prince type of dude. A freak athlete quick dude with freak length and good defensive fundamentals.

Sounds like Kawhi

[Young X]

I would double the shit outta him. He's not a dangerous passer and he's very turnover prone. He averaged like 5 TO's a game in the finals when Cleveland was trapping him. The Clippers also did a good job defending him in the playoffs.

I'd much rather an open shot from Green or Igoudala than even a semi-contested 3 from Curry. Those threes are f*cking demoralizing, especially at the Oracle when their crowd goes crazy.

[Asukal]

Stick to him as closely as possible, force him to go inside. You won't stop him from scoring but make him work his ass off and you've done a good job.

[PsychoBe]

kawhi stripped him like 3 times in one game last season

[iamgine]

Clothesline him when he shoots.

This could be an effective strategy

[deja vu]

Stick to him like a leech from start to finish. Double team him every time he gets the ball. Be very physical. Try to deny him the ball. Force him to play a lot of defense and commit fouls.

Problem is that the Warriors have a lot of weapons so this might not be very effective.

[bdreason]

It's an impossible answer. The problem is that even if you put an elite defender on him, like Leonard or Butler, the Warriors just move him to off-guard, and then run down-screens, and P&R's, and move the ball so much that eventually you HAVE TO SWITCH. I'm not saying an elite perimeter defender can't slow Curry down, but his off-ball abilities combined with this Warriors offense makes it impossible to guard him with one player.

I think the best way to defend him is to trap hard on P&R's, and hope your defense can get stops 3 vs 4. The Clippers have actually done this better than any team I can think of. Probably because they've played us so many times. Essentially you just have give up open jumpers to either the 4 or 5 position, while staying home on the 2, 3, and Curry.

If Curry is playing off-ball, you have to stay on top of every down-screen, and force him to put the ball on the court. Then you try to force him into a bad layup without giving up the backdoor lob. The problem with that is Curry has improved a lot at finishing around the hoop, and he's also a 90% FT shooter.

If I'm be completely honest, if I was trying to stop Curry in a 7-game series, I would rough him up. Even if it means losing a game or two. You have to get into him, and physically punish him on both sides of the ball. I'm not talking about cheap shots, but some serious holding/hand-checking, early and often... and maybe a few hard fouls.