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.

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“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.

Golden State star Stephen Curry was named Most Valuable Player of the NBA Finals on Thursday after leading the Warriors to a 4-2 triumph over the Boston ...

"You're carrying all of that on a daily basis to try to realize a dream and a goal like we did tonight. That's why I have so many emotions, and still will, just because of what it took to get back here. "Steph ultimately is why this run has happened.

Warriors All-NBA point guard finally adds the missing piece of hardware to his trophy collection.

He scored a finger roll and then a dagger 3-pointer with 3:17 left to restore Golden State’s lead to 15 and end Boston’s hopes. Thursday’s outing marked an impressive bounce-back performance from Game 5, in which Curry missed all nine 3-point attempts and 15 of 22 shots overall. Golden State’s superstar was a unanimous selection after averaging 31.2 points, 6.0 rebounds and 5.0 assists in the series.

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.

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.

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."

“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 ...

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.” –

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.

The list of players with a league MVP and four championships include LeBron James, Michael Jordan, Bill Russell, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Kobe Bryant, Magic Johnson ...

We saw big plays defensively from Steph all series whether it was stripping Jaylen Brown driving to the rim or reading an entry pass on defense for a steal, he wasn’t the negative NBA fans like Skip Bayless tend to claim he is . I mean with a so-called defensive liability on the floor, the Warriors defense was stifling all year so there’s that. While Klay, Andrew Wiggins and Jordan Poole stepped up in big moments throughout the series, Steph was shouldering most of the load and quite frankly, ended all talks of his Finals woes with that individual performance. You can’t knock Russell for being alive in the era he’s in especially when he’s without a doubt one of the greatest winners and defenders the game has ever seen but you do have to add context behind his success. Because of Steph and the Warriors, the value and importance of the 3-pointer grew. In a recent interview on First Take, Shaq echoed the sentiment that Steph Curry is a top 10 player of all time. The biggest knock on Steph’s career was the missing Finals MVP on his resume so at this point, what more do you want Steph Curry to accomplish in his career?

Steph Curry got his crowning accolade, winning Finals MVP after leading the Warriors to their 4th title in 8 seasons, being improbable.

He was never going to overwhelm anyone with vertical athleticism or brute physicality as he bullied his way through multiple defenders for difficult finishes at the rim. And perhaps that’s why he’s held with so much affinity by the level-headed consumer. His career, by itself, has changed the game of basketball forever. Many of the game’s legends took advantage of skill surpluses that mail men masquerading as basketball players couldn’t comprehend. Tagging along to add pressure on the shot was Marcus Smart, the league’s current Defensive Player of the Year. Curry, in the hunt for his first finals MVP and fourth championship ring, was right there to meet the ball after its first bounce.

Stephen Curry's Finals MVP award-winning impact extended deep into the statistical realm. Here are five key numbers to know.

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Greatest shooter ever. That's what everyone has been calling Golden State's Stephen Curry for years now, for obvious reasons.

Ahead of Game 6 of the NBA Finals, how will Golden State's star respond to an 0-for-9 showing from 3-point range in Game 5?

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Steph Curry was given a warm welcome to the exclusive NBA club.

And he graduated college, an achievement Ayesha Curry doesn't want the world to forget. It has been a journey for sure, but to look at that list and realize only one other player is still playing in the NBA is absurd to think about what Curry could still accomplish. And in doing so, he joined some ultra-elite company in the process.