Stephen Curry: The Greatest Shooter The NBA Has Ever Known
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Stephen Curry: The Greatest Shooter The NBA Has Ever Known

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Stephen Curry: The Greatest Shooter The NBA Has Ever Known
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Steph Curry was born on March 14, 1988, in Akron, Ohio. On the day he was born other historical great shooters like Reggie Miller were already in the midst of completing their rookie year in the NBA, and when Curry came into the world Larry Bird was already finishing his 10th NBA season with the Celtics. Legendary shooters of the game like these, or Rick Barry and Ray Allen, all have a more accomplished overall stat sheet than Curry does, but what will leave Curry with the title of greatest shooter of all time is the timing of his rise to fame.

Stephen Curry's impact was not seen immediately when he entered into the league in 2009 after being drafted seventh overall by the Golden State Warriors. In his first few seasons, Curry did not see all that much playing time, and was often riddled by injuries. Then during the 2012-13 season, Curry was finally able to break out and in a big way. Chef Curry lit the New York Knicks up for 54 points and hit a franchise record 11 three-pointers. This game imploded a snowball effect for Steph and he began to see much more time on the court which lead to him breaking the NBA record for three-pointers made in a single regular season with 272, which was three more than previous record holder Ray Allen. Curry would then later go on to surpass his own record again in the 2014-15 season when he nailed an astounding 286 total three-pointers.

Steph Curry quickly became a national icon who swept the country with his shooting ability and adorable daughter, but what makes him the greatest shooter of all time is not his ability on its own. In fact, Curry would be nothing without the change in the style of game-play in the NBA since the days of Larry Bird and Reggie Miller, and even Ray Allen. When Larry Bird was in the NBA he was without a doubt the best shooter in the game, but the three-pointer was not an integral part of the game the way it is today. Throughout his time in the league, Larry Bird averaged a mere 132.8 three-pointers per season.

By the time other great shooters like Reggie Miller and Ray Allen played the game the deep ball had raised in popularity and the two averaged 360 and 371.5 threes a year between them respectively. This was a giant leap from Larry Bird, but by the time Steph Curry entered the NBA in 2009 until the completion of last season he was able to average a jaw-dropping 450.7 three-pointers a season. That's a whopping 5.5 three point shots every single game. This style of play alone should allow Steph Curry to become the greatest shooter of all time simply because he gets more opportunities to shoot the deep ball opposed to the legends of shooting he is opposing. But what will place Curry at the pinnacle of pure shooting in NBA history is his three-point field goal percentage.

Not only does Curry take more threes per game than every other great shooter in NBA history, but on top of that he makes them more often too. Career three-point field goal percentages for Larry Bird, Reggie Miller and Ray Allen are: .376, .395, and .400. Three-point field goal percentage of Stephen Curry: .442. The only shooter in NBA history to have a better percentage than Chef Curry was his boss, proving that the apple doesn't fall far from the three, in Steve Kerr with .454. Overall his shooting ability with the increased amount of shots he is able to take per game should be enough to establish Steph Curry as the greatest shooter in NBA history, but what really makes his pure shot the best is the lights-out amount of times it goes in.

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