#3 Stephen Curry
Let me say this for the umpteenth time. No player has had as gargantuan an impact on the modern NBA as Steph Curry. He left the world astounded with what he could do from downtown and made the entire basketball fraternity take note of the same. He deservingly won two regular-season MVP honors and became the first unanimous awardee of the same.
The mid 2010s Warriors' juggernaut only halted after the LeBron James led Cleveland Cavaliers rallied from a 3-1 deficit to win the NBA title in the 2015-16 season. This also made the Warriors bear the brunt of severe trolling over social media, much to the chagrin of their fans. Kevin Durant joined the Bay Area franchise next season and the rest, as they say, is history.
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The dynasty that was only fortified by the addition of KD, seemingly crumbled with him going off with a ruptured Achilles tendon in Game 5 of the 2019 NBA Finals. With Los Angeles becoming the seat of power in the West this offseason, most fans don't consider Golden State Warriors to be contenders anymore. This is where Chef Curry needs to step in.
After Kawhi and Co. showed that it's indeed possible to guard Steph, the 31-year-old needs to reinvigorate his gameplay. He needs to reiterate to the world that he did it all without KD's help in the first place and that he can help Warriors go the distance again without needing 5 All-Stars in the starting line-up for the same. Curry needs to showcase once more, why exactly he changed the dimensions of the league in the first place.
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