Mar 4, 2015; Oakland, CA, USA; Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry (30) points to a teammate during the first quarter against the Milwaukee Bucks at Oracle Arena. Mandatory Credit: Kelley L c*x-USA TODAY Sports
Mondaynight against the Phoenix Suns, Stephen Curry put up 36 points, six rebounds, five assists and four steals in a road victory that gave his team its 50th win of the season. It was an impressive stat line to be sure, but not his best of the season and not even the best stat line of the night.
Why then, was Mondaynights win for the Golden State Warriors such an eye-opening event that would lead me to create such an outlandish headline?
Well, aside from being able to observe Steph Curry in person for the first time, it became blatantly obvious just how criminally underrated he is.
It seems ludicrous to make a statement like that about one of the NBAs top MVP candidates, a guy who just so happens to be averaging 23.8 points, 7.7 assists, 4.4 rebounds and 2.1 steals per game while flirting with joining the 50-40-90 club. But even his status as quite possibly the leagues best point guard and most enjoyable heat check doesnt quite do him justice.
Its been a rough couple of weeks for the Suns, who traded the face of the franchise in Goran Dragic and handed the reins over to Eric Bledsoe. With the team floundering and in clear need of leadership, Currys dominant 25-point second half served as a painful reminder to everyone in the building that not every franchise is lucky enough to have a star player capable of putting his team on his back.
To be honest, watching Curry go to work was probably one of the most enjoyable aspects of the 98-80 rout for Suns fans. With each jaw-dropping three-point bomb, the US Airways Center crowd swayed closer and closer to cheering for himout of sheer respect for the high level of basketball on display.
Players like that in the NBA are rare, and when someone of that caliber has grown men in media row sitting there with eyes popping out of their skulls like five-year-olds hearing their parents swear for the first time, you know youre witnessingsomething special.
Steph Curry isnt just a great basketball player who generates a lot of highlight reel plays. Hes an NBA deity whose MVP argument of best player on the leagues best team criminally underscores all that he brings to the table for his team and for the league in general.
Source: http://hoopshabit.com/2015/03/10/5-reasons-stephen-curry-criminally-underrated/
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