Stephen Curry

Four N.B.A. championships. Two Most Valuable Player Awards. And yes, a finals M.V.P. Golden State's Curry has nothing else to prove.

The second was that he had not been named a finals M.V.P. Standing alone at midcourt, Curry seemed to be laughing and crying at the same time, a euphoric mix of feelings. The first was that he had neither helped his team win a title without Kevin Durant nor defeated a finals opponent who was at full strength. Curry missed the final 12 games of the regular season with a sprained left foot, then aggravated the injury in Game 3 of the finals. He chomped on a victory cigar as he held his finals M.V.P. trophy aloft, pushing it skyward once, twice, three times. All he did in Game 4 was score 43 points to help Golden State even the series at two games apiece. The way he stretches the court with his interplanetary shooting. The Warriors scuffled through a slow rebuild. BOSTON — A few seconds remained in Stephen Curry’s N.B.A. season when he spotted his father, Dell, sitting along one of the baselines. He also recalled the exact moment he started preparing for the start of this season — 371 days ago. “Everybody wants to shoot 3s, and I’m like: ‘Man, you got to work a little harder to shoot like him. For the series, Curry averaged 31.2 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists while shooting 48.2 percent from the field and 43.7 percent from 3-point range.

The Golden State Warriors superstar Stephen Curry won his first-ever Finals MVP award, but it wasn't his main goal. During the post-game press conference, ...

"It's special. We champs!" "Injuries, the changing of the guard, rosters, the young guys.

OSTON – Lock up, once and for all, perhaps the most fraudulent sports “debate” of all time. Bury it beneath eight tons of earth and never speak of it again.

“These last two months of the playoffs, these last three years, this last 48 hours, every bit of it has been an emotional roller coaster on and off the floor,” Curry said. But to see him earn that, he's one of the greatest ever and we all followed in his lead and gosh, that was awesome.” Without meaningful logical assertions, they clung to the fact that he had not won a Finals MVP award. He spotted his father, Dell, along the baseline and they shared a long embrace. An emotional finish that left him in tears, collapsing to the floor from a combination of exhaustion and catharsis. Rather, he simply placed the trophy next to the microphone, inches away from his face.

Draymond Green's about to record the Draymond Green Show live from the NBA Finals. Says he might have Jordan Poole on, Steph Curry on, Klay Thompson on and ...

– –11:21 PM Marcus Thompson@ ThompsonScribe –10:33 PM The Ringer@ ringernba –11:47 PM Mark Medina@ MarkG_Medina Steph is one of the all-timers.pic.twitter.com/ssDT0dqDpF– 11:29 PM Tim MacMahon@ espn_macmahon Steph Curry is a top-10 player of all time –11:29 PM CBS NBA@ CBSSportsNBA It’s special.” –12:28 AM Ben Rohrbach@ brohrbach This despite three bombs from Al Horford – Steph Curry is a top-10 player of all time – It’s special.” – Without him, none of this happens.” – To me, this is his crowning achievement.” –

Stephen Curry se encuentra en las vísperas de conseguir un nuevo título de NBA, aunque todavía no hay nada decidido, Golden State Warriors tiene todo para ...

No obstante, los Cavaliers perdieron 3 finales de NBA frente a los Warriors de Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, Draymond Green y Kevin Durant. Por supuesto, LeBron tuvo su momento de brillo cuando logró ganar el campeonato en 2016 revirtiendo una serie que se encontraba 3 a 1. Sin dudas la presencia de los dos siempre fue importante a la hora de la entrega de premios, pero su rivalidad comenzó a crecer cuando creció la dinastía de Golden State Warriors y con la vuelta de LeBron a los Cleveland Cavaliers. La NBA es una de las mejores ligas deportivas del mundo por la cantidad de condimentos que tiene: las superestrellas, las franquicias competitivas, los estadios, el formato.

Golden State's superstar puts in another memorable performance in series-clinching win to secure the 1st Finals MVP of his Hall of Fame career.

Green, Curry, and Thompson have now tied Earvin “Magic” Johnson, Byron Scott, and James Worthy for the third-most postseason wins by a trio (93) since 1976-77. “I just know how hard this is, and to be here for a fourth time, [I’m] so grateful for my teammates.” Curry has poured in at least 30 points in 51 career postseason outings to become just the 11th player to accomplish that feat. “I was feeling just so high on life that I did not want to leave the stage,” Thompson said. The point guard has scored 30 points or more in 14 career Finals contests. “We did it to ourselves. “They won and we lost,” Brown said after the game. Now, when they have something to say, they have to say I’m a world champion, too.” Interestingly, the booing subsided quickly into scattered chatter, as “MVP” chants gradually broke out in pockets around TD Garden from the Warriors fans clad in yellow and blue shirts sprinkled into a sea of green that engulfed the arena. Minutes later, the time arrived for Curry to receive his latest hardware. But it’s been really hard for me to think that’s actually been held against him.” So, it’s great to check that box for him.

We've all heard the narratives. Curry only won in 2015 because Kyrie Irving and Kevin Love were hurt. Then he blew a 3-1 lead. Then he needed Kevin Durant for ...

Where I was wrong, pretty clearly, was in jumping to a conclusion that Curry isn't quite the same player anymore. When Curry says he'll have a hard time figuring out what the critics are going to say now, what he's saying is he knows there will be something. That's got to be one of the worst takes ever. If by some miracle Curry ever saw one of these tweets or read one of my headlines in which I spoke of this so-called drop-off, and it fueled him to play like this in the Finals, hey, I'm happy to have done my part 😂. There has to be something. That said, I have been critical of Curry at points, particularly this season, which was the worst shooting campaign of his career by a wide margin. Though I never would've questioned his place among the all-timers, I thought Curry was starting to slip. I grew up with the Warriors. It has driven me nothing short of crazy over the years to hear people trying, in any way they can, to diminish Curry as an all-time great. I have a hard time figuring out what they're going to say now, so this is pretty special." Man, that's a tough one to swallow. Even after what he just did in these Finals, I saw a couple of tweets saying he's still a "system player." "I hear all the narratives," Curry said.

“I think he's pretty much established what he can do,” Warriors guard Klay Thompson said after the NBA Finals ended Thursday night with Golden State as ...

The fourth parade is Monday. The fourth ring comes this fall. “This is what it’s all about.” They had three titles and five finals trips in five years from 2015 through 2019, then injuries and roster changes sent them to the bottom of the NBA in 2020 and on the outside of the playoff picture last year. When last season ended with a loss in the play-in tournament, Curry went right back to work, with this title in mind, knowing that few so-called experts thought the Warriors had a chance of extending their dynasty. And his legend on the court only continues to grow. “To me, this is his crowning achievement in what’s already been an incredible career.” Nobody in the history of basketball has made more 3-pointers or made the art of throwing a ball through a hoop look easier than Curry does. Add that to the list, too. Curry’s spot in the Basketball Hall of Fame was locked up long before Thursday night, when he scored 34 points and the Warriors won their fourth title in eight years by topping the Boston Celtics 103-90. What a series.” Go ahead, put him in the Greatest Of All Time conversation. Thing is, Wardell Stephen Curry II is not just the greatest shooter ever.

So when several ESPN analysts predicted last August that Curry wouldn't win another NBA championship during the life of his new $215 million contract extension, ...

So we hear all that, and you carry it all and you try to maintain your purpose, not let it distract you, but you carry that weight and to get here, it all comes out. "And you get goosebumps just thinking about, you know, all those snapshots and episodes that we went through to get back here, individually, collectively. That's why I have so many emotions, and still will, just because of what it took to get back here.

The Boston Celtics took Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry out of Game 6 early, but Curry's resolve resulted in an NBA Finals masterpiece.

He gave the sad crowd the “Put a ring on this finger” gesture, then went to his patented “Goodnight” hand gesture. It takes a fabulous memory to recall when Curry didn’t want to be a Warrior, when he refused to work out for the team before the draft. And then, when it was over, the world’s coolest dude turned into a big crybaby. He pulled the whole organization up into the stratosphere, then he was the wind beneath the team’s wings. Along the way he decided to make himself the best-conditioned athlete in the league, and the sport’s No. 1 role model. This is the guy who went into a mysterious shooting slump over the second half of the season. “He never shows too much emotion, he absorbs what’s happening on the floor, kind of deciphers it and figures out ways to attack it. “He just absorbs it,” head coach Steve Kerr said before the game, when asked how Curry reacts to a stifling defense. He was voted the Finals MVP, of course. With five minutes left in the quarter Curry finally got off a 3, but it was well-guarded and wild. The Warriors had climbed out of a 14-2 hole to lead by 15. They went at him with the league’s Defensive Player of the Year, Marcus Smart, and a hard-eyed posse.

Steph Curry kept receipts from all of his haters.

The "Ayesha Curry can't cook" comments weren't the only dig that Steph Curry helped to turn around and fire back at Celtics fans. Curry strongly disagreed that the Warriors' victory was a "checkbook win." "Like, yeah, because it starts with the core group of champions and bona fide winners and the belief that we can run it back. Windhorst was discussing the Warriors' choice to keep Andrew Wiggins after acquiring him in the D'Angelo Russell deal and how that impacted the team. "I heard somebody talking about some ... was it, 'checkbook wins' and all this other stuff," Curry said after the game. "The fact that when we started this season, the conversations about who we were as a team and what we were capable of, clearly remember some experts and talking heads putting up the big zero of how many championships we would have going forward because of everything that we went through," Curry said. It matched the symbol held up by two analysts on ESPN's "First Take" to a tee. So too was Ayesha Curry's postgame tweet about "tonight's menu," which featured within it Curry GOAT. After Curry helped lead the Warriors to their fourth championship in the last eight years with a 103-90 Game 6 win over the Celtics, he was overcome with emotion. "And you get goosebumps just thinking about, you know, all those snapshots and episodes that we went through to get back here, individually, collectively. Indeed, Curry proved that he heard the doubters loud and clear. I have a hard time figuring out what they're going to say now, so this is pretty special."

After an amazing NBA Finals series against the Boston Celtics, the Golden State Warriors superstar Stephen Curry received his first-ever Finals MVP award.

It means a lot because you know how to win, and everybody who is part of this knows what it's about. At the beginning of the year, we weren't even on the radar. At the end of the day, it's about what we are doing on the floor."

Curry joins the likes of LeBron James and Shaquille O'Neal with his fourth ring.

Myers believed that as long as the Warriors had Curry they had what it took to win another title without compromising the future, and he was right. Curry is 34 years old and you have to wonder if he's got another five LeBron-like years in him, where age doesn't seem to have nearly the same impact it does on most. If Kevin Durant doesn't go down in 2019, if Draymond Green doesn't get suspended in 2016, Curry probably has at least five titles in these eight years, and very possibly six, with a record-breaking 73-win season on the card as well. The best player on one of the greatest dynasties in sports history. That makes him the first player in NBA history to make at least five 3-pointers in five games of a single Finals series. Steph is one of the all-timers. He's also one of just five players to win multiple regular-season MVPs, multiple scoring titles and Finals MVP, and he's just the third guard in history to average at least 30 points in two separate Finals. We're running out of room on a resume that is becoming pretty tough to keep out of any all-time-great conversation worth its salt. He's the guy that keeps everyone together in the locker room, the selfless star who plays without the ball and makes room for others to shine. The rare superstar blend of humility and downright arrogant confidence in his own abilities that, as Steve Kerr told Scott Van Pelt after the win, "makes everyone in the locker room want to fight for him." Like Kerr said, credit to Myers for pulling all the right roster strings, and for not pulling a few others that plenty of people thought he should've pulled. Besides that LeBron needed Wade and Chris Bosh, Shaq needed Kobe and Wade, Magic needed Kareem. That's how it works, particularly with the depth of talent that exists in the modern NBA. Nobody does it alone. First of all, Curry won a title before Durant and now he has won one after him.

Curry's spot in the Basketball Hall of Fame was locked up long before Thursday night, when he scored 34 points and the Warriors won their fourth title in ...

“This is what it’s all about.” The fourth parade is Monday. The fourth ring comes this fall. They had three titles and five finals trips in five years from 2015 through 2019, then injuries and roster changes sent them to the bottom of the NBA in 2020 and on the outside of the playoff picture last year. When last season ended with a loss in the play-in tournament, Curry went right back to work, with this title in mind, knowing that few so-called experts thought the Warriors had a chance of extending their dynasty. And his legend on the court only continues to grow. “To me, this is his crowning achievement in what’s already been an incredible career.” Nobody in the history of basketball has made more 3-pointers or made the art of throwing a ball through a hoop look easier than Curry does. Curry’s spot in the Basketball Hall of Fame was locked up long before Thursday night, when he scored 34 points and the Warriors won their fourth title in eight years by topping the Boston Celtics 103-90. Add that to the list, too. What a series.” Go ahead, put him in the Greatest Of All Time conversation. Thing is, Wardell Stephen Curry II is not just the greatest shooter ever.

Jayson Tatum shot 6-25 in the 4th quarter in the Finals. He finished 7th in 4th quarter scoring behind Jaylen Brown, Steph Curry, Marcus Smart, Andrew Wiggins, ...

– –11:21 PM Marcus Thompson@ ThompsonScribe –10:33 PM The Ringer@ ringernba –11:47 PM Mark Medina@ MarkG_Medina Steph is one of the all-timers.pic.twitter.com/ssDT0dqDpF– 11:29 PM Tim MacMahon@ espn_macmahon Steph Curry is a top-10 player of all time –11:29 PM CBS NBA@ CBSSportsNBA It’s special.” –12:28 AM Ben Rohrbach@ brohrbach This despite three bombs from Al Horford – Steph Curry is a top-10 player of all time – It’s special.” – Without him, none of this happens.” – To me, this is his crowning achievement.” –

Curry, in the hunt for his first Finals MVP and fourth championship ring, was right there to meet the ball after its first bounce. He stopped and set his feet ...

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Golden State Warriors star Steph Curry praised God after leading his team to the NBA championship and earning his first Finals MVP award.

“My faith is tested on the court as much as it is in life,” Curry said on the show. “We know that all things God works for the good of those who love Him and are called according to His purpose, and for me that was something I really believed,” Curry said on the podcast. While holding the MVP trophy Thursday night, he made sure to praise everyone else who helped the Warriors win another championship. Just all the work that went into it, all the faith and belief, and everybody in that locker room that’s getting to spray champagne around that locker room, everybody mattered in that process.” Curry likely has plenty more accolades that he’ll add to his name and trophies he’ll add to his collection before his career is done. “Everybody on this stage had a part in this,” he said. His faith in God is what keeps him grounded as more and more praise is heaped upon him, he said three years ago in a Facebook series called “Stephen vs. In Game 6, he hit three 3-pointers in the third quarter, including one with 6:15 left in the quarter that gave the Warriors a 22-point lead. “The ability to be able to be on this stage and play with amazing teammates against a great Boston Celtics team that gave us everything [they had] to try to get to the finish line, this one hits different for sure. And this time, it was Curry’s time to shine. In six games against the Celtics, Curry averaged 31.2 points, 6.0 rebounds and 5.0 assists. But for the first time, Stephen Curry was named the NBA Finals Most Valuable Player.

The recent Finals MVP is not just a great shooter and great scorer but a great player, and moreover he is an influential player.

He is the very walking and breathing embodiment of the three to an entire generation of young basketball players. Steph Curry has glamorized the 3-pointer for the entire country, and indeed the world. There is one more thing, and this separates him from the pack. Bob Cousy popularized both dribbling and passing the ball from behind the back. There were celebrated 3-point exponents such as Reggie Miller and Ray Allen, but Steph Curry has taken shooting the three to another level. He is not just a great shooter, or great scorer. Though not really a classic point guard, he is a clever passer. He has made a mockery of the 3-point distance, as he routinely hits them from 2, 3, 4 (and on and on) or more feet beyond the arc. Elgin Baylor is starting to fall through the cracks of history, and that’s sad. He shoots with hands in his face. Hakeem Olajuwon is the fourth-best center ever. You have your list and I have mine.

Indiana Pacers legend Reggie Miller, part of the NBA's 75-year team, didn't put himself among the 10 best players.

What does a fourth title and first Finals MVP mean for Stephen Curry's standing among the NBA's all-time greats?

He’s aged very well and his game and conditioning should allow him to continue that trend, but if he plays at an All-Star level for a few more years, it’ll be tough to contest that he’s the greatest point guard of all time. Rob Peterson: If you’re close to the top 10 or in some people’s top 10, I think you’re already in the GOAT convo. But as a top-10 player (in my opinion) all time, he’s already in the discussion. Damon Sayles: Michael Jordan is the GOAT, in my opinion, and it will take a TON for me to change my mind. Also, I think Luka Doncić should probably be in the 75 based on talent alone and his ability to affect games. I had Giannis Antetokounmpo in my top 20 (at No. 20), and he’s No. 24 on our list. He is the omission from our list and from the NBA’s list. I’d love to place Giannis Antetokounmpo higher, but it’s really hard to jump him above Elgin Baylor considering the way the latter was the original version of many of the future high-flyers on the list – Giannis included. Jon Greenberg: Man, it wasn’t a great season for a lot of the active members of the top 75 list, was it? Curry is the greatest shooter in NBA history, one of the greatest players in terms of gravity and one of the few in history (George Mikan, Wilt Chamberlain, Oscar, Elgin Baylor, Dr. J and Magic Johnson) who can lay claim to changing how the game is played. I think he has a stronger argument now than he did a year ago, but the bulk of that argument is from 2015 to 2020 either way. I don’t want to be a prisoner of the moment.

Stephen Curry truly showed the NBA why he is one of the best players in the league as he led the Warriors to their fourth title with a Game 6 win over the.

Can Stephen Curry become the best point guard of All-Time? Only time will tell. Not only that, the 8-time All-Star has shown that he is still capable of putting up MVP-esque seasons averaging 28.7 points, 6.0 assists, and 5.4 rebounds per game for the last two seasons. Magic, despite retiring at the age of 31, boasts an incredible list of accolades winning 5 NBA championships, 3 MVP trophies, and 3 Finals MVP trophies as well.