When you rate a player, you must ask: Could you win a title building around him? Yes, four times. Could you win a title without him? No, as the 2020 Warriors proved. Did he break the sport? Unequivocally, yes. Stephen Curry will retire as the greatest shooter of all time. But that title—"greatest shooter"—feels like a prison. It is a limitation. "Shooter" implies a specialist. A role player. A guy you bring off the bench to space the floor.
But here is the truth that remains underrated: Defenses do not fear LeBron’s three. They do not fear Giannis’s free throws. They do not fear Jokic’s heave. With two seconds on the clock, from 32 feet, the ball in Curry’s hands is the highest expected value play in the history of the sport. Stephen Curry- Underrated
Final thought: The next time someone tells you Stephen Curry is "only" the 12th best player ever, ask them one question: "Name the five players in history you would draft ahead of him to win a Game 7 tomorrow." If they don't hesitate, they haven't been watching. When you rate a player, you must ask: