Stephen Curry Changed What Basketball Considered a Good Shot
Deep threes once looked like desperation shots. Curry turned them into a weapon and helped reshape how basketball is played.
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• Golden State Warriors' Stephen Curry #30 at the Kia Center. Orlando, Florida, USA, March 27, 2024.
• Licensed Photo: Marty Jean-Louis / Alamy
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With 0.6 seconds left in overtime against Oklahoma City in 2016, Stephen Curry pulled up from nearly 40 feet and launched a three-pointer.
He made it. Golden State won 121-118.
The strangest part wasn't that the shot went in. It was that Curry taking it no longer seemed ridiculous. He had already spent years stretching the limits of where an NBA player could reasonably shoot.
Curry didn't invent the three-pointer. He changed what basketball considered a good one.
He made it. Golden State won 121-118.
The strangest part wasn't that the shot went in. It was that Curry taking it no longer seemed ridiculous. He had already spent years stretching the limits of where an NBA player could reasonably shoot.
Curry didn't invent the three-pointer. He changed what basketball considered a good one.
