Sometimes, watching Stephen Curry is like watching art in motion. Some of the things he can do with the basketball are pure magic. The skill, hours of hard work and concentration are masked by the effortless flow that his game seems to possess on a nightly basis, and in the video below, you will see another example of that. The Golden State Warriors' star pulls a slick between-the-legs crossover into a stepback three as if it's nothing.
Filthy #Warriors #StephCurry https://t.co/RDklkUys6N
— Will Reeve (@WillReeveJr) December 29, 2015
You can't watch that just once. It's a thing of beauty.
It's these types of plays that remind us once more that Curry isn't an average superstar; he's in his own hemisphere of the game, and nobody else can do what he just did and make it look routine.
I just have to wonder, does he practice like that?
Sure, players work on in-game movements and shot selections like everyone else. But that's not a natural basketball move that normal people work on. But then, of course, I always come back to the fact that he isn't normal. He's a special. There are very few people on this planet -- past, present or future -- who can do the things that he does all the time.
That's why only 10-15 games into the season, people were already putting together top-10 highlight reels of just him and they were more impressive than 95 percent of the players' full seasons of highlights. Curry undoubtedly has the best handles in the league, and might just be the best shooter in NBA history already. I mean, I've never seen any highlights of Ray Allen or Reggie Miller doing stuff like what you just saw above.
Curry is once again leading the MVP race, and it's hard to argue against him being the front-runner. Scoring 30.8 points per game while shooting 51.3 percent from the field and 44.5 percent from deep while making those types of moves is what makes him so great. You gotta remember too: this man is only 27 years old.
He has a lot more to accomplish and do in this league, and that's a scary proposition.
