How would Steph Curry do with actual handchecking on the perimeter and hard fouls?

[72-10]

[MrFonzworth]

He would already be dead.

[AirBonner]

He would basically be the equivalent of Mark Macon

[juju151111]

He would be the greatest shooter ever.

[Ainosterhaspie]

About the same. The impact of handchecking is one of the biggest myths ever. He gets a lot of his looks after a bunch of screens and he rises and fires in the blink of an eye before defenders have a chance to hand check him. Then he has elite handles to shake a defender loose handchecking or no.

Guys talking about handchecking don't watch today's game and haven't watched games from the handchecking era since it ended because what they describe has almost no connection to reality then or now.

[Ainosterhaspie]

And do you actually watch playoff games? Dudes clutch and grab and push and hold him all the time.

[bigkingsfan]

He'll do just fine with screen and switches.
Handchecking will also lead to easy foul draws.
Shoot over it.
etc...

[NBAGOAT]

mvp candidate. Idc what the era is, it's just not arguable at a certain point that curry is a better offensive player than someone like karl malone.

[Ainosterhaspie]

Check out this brutal handchecking compilation from a 90s finals game. No way Curry could handle this.

https://youtu.be/03GT8q3BCZY
























Six threes and no defender even close to the line, but handchecking would shut Curry down.

[LAmbruh]

Would love to see Jeff Hornacek and Craig Ehlo squeeze close to handcheck Lillard and Westbrook then proceed to get burnt to a crisp and blown by

90's fans bringning this up shows how little they've played ball and know how easy it is to dice up a defender trying to guard you close

But what else is expected from a generation of MJ fanboys who only had one player to fawn over for a decade


BTW, handchecking exists today, in every game. Try tuning in on the playoffs once in a while

[72-10]

While I agree with most of what y'all have said and that he'd still do very well, I think he'd be slowed a bit compared to now, when he's trying to create his own shot out on the perimeter - that just wouldn't work as well, even with the handles. If you put the Bad Boys Pistons on him, who knows how he'd do? Yeah, he'd get fouled, too. Curry's an ATG, but we knew that.

btw it's like you're implying that he'd never drive… I don't think he'd do too well if he ever drove.

[FKAri]

Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf

[SomeBlackDude]

[Ainosterhaspie]

BTW, handchecking exists today, in every game. Try tuning in on the playoffs once in a while

Yep. Every game I watch I see it, and not just the playoffs. And defenders use their forearm to do the same thing they used to with the handcheck, give guys nudges to slow and redirect their drives. That is happening constantly.

[Ainosterhaspie]

[QUOTE=72-10]While I agree with most of what y'all have said and that he'd still do very well, I think he'd be slowed a bit compared to now, when he's trying to create his own shot out on the perimeter - that just wouldn't work as well, even with the handles. If you put the Bad Boys Pistons on him, who knows how he'd do? Yeah, he'd get fouled, too. Curry's an ATG, but we knew that.

btw it's like you're implying that he'd never drive