3 Reasons Why Players Dislike Steph Curry

#1 - Eradicating 'BIG MEN'

Stephen Curry and Dwight Howard back in 2015

2018 NBA Finals - Game Four

This is by far the biggest impact that Steph Curry and the Splash Brothers have had on the game of Basketball. The change in the game by Steph Curry and Klay Thompson wasn't just an analytical phenomenon, the 3>2 argument is not the reason for the dominance by the Golden State Warriors backcourt.

Players have been scoring 3 pointers since the 1980's and there have been greats too like Ray Allen, Reggie Miller, Dennis Scott and more. The real reason Big Men have become irrelevant in the conventional sense of the game is that Steph, Klay and the GSW coaching staff utilised their ' range' to their advantage.

When the duo came up, they used to get a switch from near the half line itself through a screen and since the 4 or 5 positions are not equipped to defend so far out, they would keep on scoring threes. Further, the analytics and coaches interpreted this as a mathematical phenomenon and started forcing their centre's to leave the post and spread the floor to become a threat from beyond the arc.

Hence, the 'Big Men' who play the 4 or 5 position and who were not good shooters detest Steph for putting up shots on them from 30ft or even halftime. Players like Dwight Howard, Nerlens Noel, Jahlil Okafor and other centres who were drafted high on the draft class in the past decade have become inefficient as they fail to make shots from beyond the arc. Therefore players who were elite post defenders and could clog up the lane to stop layups but weren't quick have become a liability in the current NBA system.