With a hugely storied history, littered by talented teams boasting incredibly talented players on their roster that have in their own way become household names around the globe, the sport of basketball is having a resurgence in recent years.
All aspects of the game are now regularly making, and dominating, sports headlines around the planet and fans will be very familiar with names like Caitlin Clark and the splash that she has made in the Women’s National Basketball Association, even Serena Williams has announced her intention to invest in Unrivaled – an offseason alternative offered for WNBA players to avoid their need to play overseas to supplement their income – but for very understandable reasons, the NBA and the likes of Steph Curry continue to be the main draw for the majority.
The 37 year old Golden State Warriors star point guard is going to be the latest player to go down as a legend of the game, and many fans who follow sports securely on their Windows device will be watching on purely to see his talents in action, as he has undoubtedly forever changed the game with his penchant for long range shooting. But Curry remains humble as he feels that the competition amongst rival players is now at an all time high and that it simply keeps ensuring that he himself continues to play at the top of his game.
During a recent media appearance on TODAY, Curry was asked to give his thoughts on how he has impacted the NBA since coming into the game as a 1st Round, 7th overall pick way back in 2009, he simply felt that the pivot to having a greater emphasis on three point shooting had helped everyone in the game to achieve new heights in their skill levels and as he enters his 17th career year in the game, he was only expecting further improvement in the seasons that are still to come as younger talents hone their own skillsets.
Speaking in his own inimitable style, Curry explained that a ‘wise man’ had once told him that getting into the league meant that he was in a position to leave it in a better place than when he arrived and found it, and with all players now having mastered range shooting where roster wise one through five are all equally adept at changing a game, he does really feel that ‘this is the most skilled era of basketball history’ as the calibre across the board is just so high now.
High praise from Curry to his compatriots given his own talents, and even at 37 years of age he shows no signs of slowing down on a personal level. Last season he played 70 games across the year and averaged 24.5 points, whilst shooting 39.7 percent of his attempts from outside of the arc. Not bad going for a man with that kind of experience behind him, but it is always usually the same with legends. Their running pace, speed and explosion may begin to leave them, but they always make up for it with increased skill sharpness, vision, reading the action on the court and their experience just comes to the fore.
You can expect Curry to be around for a few more years yet, but he made his mark on the sport well over a decade ago.
