Feel like he helped make the game more accessible to everyone too. Smaller players could be as deadly as any big. Bigs had the green light to develop more guard like skills. You didn’t need to be a Blake griffin to be a top pick anymore. Point guards could be more than distributors. Dude changed the way the game is played
I find it funny when people call Stephen Curry Small. He's 6'3 and is in the top 10 percent when it comes to height for males in the world now if he was 6'0 or below then yeah I could see what people are saying But Cuury at 6'3 ain't small if we're only talking about height not weight
@@capricekobain2996height is relative. At you local gym your not playing 6fters most of the time. You can play at your YMCA be 5’2 and be a bucket. Steph almost always is the smallest on the court.
@jaeb4743 Ja is 6'3 Irving is 6'2 Isaiah 6'1 chris Paul 6'0 Iverson 6'0 Westbrook is legit 6'3 so if your 5'2 and a 6'3 Curry is your inspiration you better got get some more milk 🥛 little buddy in fact move to a dairy farm in Wisconsin
Lifelong Golden State fan here. My first season was 1995-96, when I was 6 years old. I was hooked, even though we STANK. We just were not a good basketball team. It kind of allowed me to become a fan of the sport first and the Warriors second. Of course I wanted us to win, but we never made the right moves. I was at the 2000 Dunk Contest, and I will tell you 100% hand over heart, it wasn't just Carter's dunks that had the crowd in a frenzy, but it was like a one time only glimpse that, yea, WE drafted him, and then we traded him for the king of empty calorie stats. Carter was OUR GUY that night, and it felt like he was going to be leading teams to titles. I know I imagined him wearing our uniform. When the playoffs came every year of my childhood until I was 16 years old, my team was always already out. I could cheer for good games instead of good teams. It was kind of liberating. When the We Believe Warriors beat the Mavericks, I fell on the floor and cried because I really thought "this is as good as it will ever get." All I wanted more than anything in the whole wide world was to see the Warriors win just once. It felt so impossible. I thought we blew the Steph Curry pick. I wanted us to take Brandon Jennings. I had seen all the highlights from Italy and I just thought "there's the guy that we SHOULD get, but we'll probably take Flynn or Steph Curry" and when they took Curry, I rolled my eyes and said "typical Warriors." And yea, he had a good rookie season but it felt like you were just holding your breath, waiting for the inevitable injury. I had no idea that Curry was my dream had just come true, and came true so many times over that a Golden State Warriors team would be in the greatest team ever debate. I wish I could go back in time and tell the little girl who fell in love with the Warriors "it's going to be worth the wait, just you see." I wanted one. I got four, and it doesn't happen without the greatest player of the 21st Century. Sorry, LeBron fans, but I'll take the guy who stuck with one team through thick and thin then the guy who won the same amount of rings AND left every team having an extended anxiety attack on whether he would even stick around or not. That should matter. LeBron: four rings for 3 different franchises. Curry? THE franchise guy with four rings. I'll take that guy every time.
Simply one of the all time greats. Crazy to imagine the takes that were being thrown around about him in hindsight. GSW couldn't possibly have it better
-- GSW has mostly been a garbage franchise. They had moments: Run DMC. "We believe GSW." Then Curry...new ownership, and BOOM. Crazy despite being too small to be the Driver. Injuries. Shot a ton of 3s....he proved everyone wrong.
The warriors as a franchise have made questionable decisions for decades and decades. But the way they stuck by Steph curry when things were hard and gave him every bit of support he needed is an organizational masterclass. In none of the major American sports are teams really willing to do this anymore.
@@yerrrrr2787 And he isn't really like MJ who was a clear cut best in the draft in 84. Props to the Warriors org for really sticking and trusting Curry until the pieces really started to fall into place later down the line.
Honestly his early injuries were the best thing to happen to us. This gave us enough money to sign Iggy in the 2013 offseason as well as to extend Klay and get other role players that would be vital to our 2015 squad. 4 rings and 2 MVPs later we don’t even talk about these injuries in the Bay anymore🐐💙💛
@@ziifroPeople forget that the 14/15 Warriors led the league in defensive PER, so there were some big blowouts that happened, and Steve Kerr always pulled Steph early. Kerr also has an unspoken rule that he benches Steph before he can score 50, because the Warriors have historically lost those.
lol how funny you conveniently leave out the part KD saved this dynasty. Bron had figured them out in 2016. If KD doesn’t join Bron most likely goes back to back in Cleveland and maybe more tbh
@@TheBarsUpWereThere how conveniently you leave out Steph, Bogut, and Iggy all being injured in 2016 and Draymond getting suspended on some bullshit in game 5. Both teams won each other’s rings. I could talk about our dynasty till I’m blue in the face. I just don’t feel like it cause I do it so much💍💍💍💍
Has been an absolute pleasure watching Curry’s career unfold as a Bay Area native. We could not have had a better player or person represent what Bay Area culture and hoops is all about. God Bless Goat Chef Curry 🐐
@@DeosPraetorianNo. In 2012-13 Steph averaged 23 and 7. Led GS to a 45-37 record the same year and was snubbed as an All-Star too? Steph would lead GS past the 3rd seed Nuggets in 6 games where he hit clutch shots and had a no look shot right in front of the Nuggets bench lol. Then he pushed the Spurs to 6 games with no D. Lee, Klay who was in his 2nd year and a rookie Green. D. Lee missed the entire series due to an injury too and Steph also tweaked his ankle again. Those same Spurs went to the Finals too 🤷🏾♂️. The next season Steph led GS to a 51-31 record the, losing to prime CP3 and Lob city in 7 games but after that we all know what happens. 67 wins, 73 wins and etc. The dude was always nice. Skip Bayless was the one who vouched for him as the best player in his draft class long before anyone else which is crazy.
@@ChuckAngelHawk Steph pre 2013 Averaged : 17.5/4.5/6/1.9stls on 46/44/88 splits as a rookie in 80 games. 18.6/4/5.8/1.5stls on 48/44/93 splits his second year in 74 games. Only played 26 games by his 3rd year. Those are not numbers of a flawed basketball player and he only had one injury plagued year. It was another bad take. Skip was just yapping his Gumbs based off of one year.
@@remnant8898 I watched the games wherein Steph played (because I'm not 12 years old) and thus saw first hand the flaws Skip was referencing. It's apparent that you just watch box scores. We are not the same. **Mute**
Those early ankle injuries helped the Warriors in the long run by simply keeping him out of that Bucks deal and then getting a cheap extension that became enough cap to build those contenders
@@benndarayta9156i think they still would’ve. KD was able to sign to nearly any team because the new CBA that offseason massively spiked the salary cap and floor. funnily enough, the cap was originally supposed to go up gradually, but the NBAPA (led by chris paul at the time) successfully lobbied for it to be all at once. a decision which would butterfly effect into the league being “broken” for a few years.
True story, 2012 lockout year, long ass drive down to Memphis to see the Warriors @ the grind house Grizzlies. My brother and myself talking about seeing Monta Ellis, David Lee was an all star a year or two before, hype to see Memphis. Oh yeah, W’s also have Steph, the dude from that Davidson run, he’s healthy rn. $8 nosebleed tix, snuck down to about 10 rows from the court. Saw Monta put up 33, saw Curry go for 36. Also saw the man pull up a step or two over half court and drain that mf effortlessly. “Damn this dude might not be done” 😂
Good job! We could have been robbed of watching and marveling at Steph's bonkers play style. He's top 5 for me. Nobody can do what he does. Not only is he the greatest shooter but a great basketball player. And he can easily turn the crowd into a weapon.
Also, with all due respect to Secret Base, I thought this series was (like a Prism) supposed to be about how our perspective of a person's career is (currently, not in the past) wrong, misunderstood, and/or a different take emerges when viewed at a slightly different angle. But over and over again, we're getting videos of people who are (now) *unanimously* considered legends who *weren't* always considered legends. And I like those stories in general, but we hear those *constantly.* Every sports documentary, every 30 for 30 documentary, and the Last Dance all essentially fall under that category! But what we *rarely* hear are stories about how - like a Prism, which takes "colorless" white light and shows that it's actually *every* color on the ROYGBIV spectrum - a career most people see as "colorless" career is *actually* "full of every color on the visible spectrum" when looked at from a different angle. And there are *many* stories like that in sports! I keep mentioning Michael Olowokandi, because his story feels especially written for this series. He didn't touch a basketball until he was 17, didn't play his first organized game of basketball until he was 20 and playing Division I NCAA basketball, and yet (despite only three years of eligibility due to playing *other* sports while a college student in London) he broke *several* records for his (tiny) college, Pacific University, lead them to their first NCAA appearance in over 20 years, and had his jersey retired - this despite being a *backup* a majority of his college career (including his entire senior year). Then he goes on to have a 9-year NBA career despite needing *three* major knee surgeries! This *would* be arguably the most improbable NBA career of all-time - except *no one* knows it that way! All *anyone* knows him as is "the biggest bust of all time," because he was drafted number 1 overall in 1999 (despite being a *backup* center at a *tiny* college)! And oh, this story is *especially* intriguing, because it can be colored both "good" or "bad" depending on the "angle" you look at it. On *one* hand, he got unfairly judged for "underperforming" despite a team unfairly picking him first (whixh he had no control over) and his career would be quite impressive if he's been more correctly picked late or . On the *other,* if he isn't drafted first overall, maybe teams give up on him early and he never lasts 9 years. On the *other* other hand, maybe if he's drafted high, but *not* by the Donald Sterling-owned Clippers (infamous for racism, horrible team culture, and overworking their players leading to their players having major knee problems throughout their career, including several *horrific* knee injuries), maybe he does well? On the *other* other other, he actually played briefly in Italy and *got cut* after only a few games due to his inexperience. Every way you turn this prism, a new "color" emerges in this seemingly "colorless" story! *That* is the kind of story I want to see. And there's several more. For one, I'd love to also see one on Sam Cassell. For many of you, you're saying, "Who?" For many others, you're saying, "That one guy who did [name one specific memory of one specific great performance/season]." And that's *exactly* my point! This is being said about a player who was a starter for the majority of 10 of his 14 NBA seasons, has gotten MVP votes, *and* has won 3 Championships?! And people haven't heard of him? That's actually not a surprise, because - oddly enough - his three championships all came in years he *wasn't* starting for his team! And yet, his story gets weirder, because he had some *very* memorable individual moments/games in those championship seasons (like a stretch of 7 points in the final 50 seconds - with a clutch 3 in that process - of a critical game 3 win for the Rockets to go on and win the series in 7 games)! Yet, meanwhile, his *non-championship* years were arguably *even more* impressive - if not *strange* (i.e., unique, and/or, you wonder why teams only kept him *that one* year). For example, he played for the Minnesota Timberwolves for *one* season! That season, he lead the team to the *number one* seed (in an absolutely stacked Western Conference) and their *only* playoff series wins in history up until post-2010, only losing to that LA Lakers super-team, featuring Kobe, Shaq, Karl Malone, and Gary Payton, in a 6-game series that many suspect Minnesota might've pulled off if Cassell himself hadn't been injured in their only home loss in Game One of the series! Cassell would somehow *not* still be on the team the following year (and the team would immediately revert back to their usual inability to win a playoff series the moment he left), and two years later, he'd be the starting PG of the LA Clippers who were infamously terrible, hadn't made the playoffs in over a decade, and had *never* won a playoff series! Cassell lead them to the playoffs and lead them to their first and only playoff series win throughout the entirety of the 80s, 90s, *and* 00s! And then he was no longer on the team a year later and they went right back to being unable to even make the playoffs! Every which way you turn this prism, a different color emerges! It's a *very* strange career story! You get the picture. *These* are the kinds of stories I imagined with this series. *This* is what I imagine when you talk about "holding a prism to a player's career." I hope to see more of these kinds of stories in the future.
I'd love a video on Sam Cassell. His iconic moments with the Rockets, Timberwolves, Clippers, Bucks, and even as a glue guy on the '08 Celtics aren't talked about enough. One of the most underrated players in NBA history. Glad to see some people recognize him 😊
When Steph reached prime,I foolishly predicted that his influence was going to unleash a new era of incredible 3 point shooters, and it was just going to become normalized. Well that was almost a decade ago and nobody has come close to Steph as a shooter. Prime Klay yes, but he has not had the longevity after the injury.
Lillard and Trae Young are really the only two that came about, but I could see things changing over the next decade as kids that Curry influenced come into the league. Though I doubt we'll get another Curry anytime soon if ever.
@@Darthtanos Yes. Dame Time Lillard is the closest thing NBA got of challenging Curry in his era. But his first few years he is not exactly that guy shooter. Sure he can shot treys, but his reliant on sheer athleticism is more prominent during those eras than his outside perimeter. Then we have Harden and The Rockets, that changed their entire philosophy just to counter Curry and Warriors. Lived by the three, die by the three. Well, we know how that panned out. Trae Young was the obvious heir apparent. Still waiting for him to be on that level though.
@@blottolotto7648 @manchesterunitedno7 didn't exactly mean that they were on his level, all you have to do is look at volume really and you know they aren't exactly that close, i was just saying that they were the two closest. i don't count harden because he was just so damned boring to watch play, and he didn't exactly make insane shots like curry. he was just a good old man player, extremely skilled, but not exactly dynamic in the same way at all.
Rewinder: 2006 Orange Bowl 3OTs Beef History: Eric Lindros vs Philadelphia Flyers Organization (Bobby Clarke) Overlap: Greatest College Football Coach (Saban) and the Greatest NFL Coach (Belichick) coaching in the same division Beef History: Michael Jordan and Isiah Thomas Beef History: Phil Jackson and Pat Riley Untitled: Reggie Miller Untitled: Barry Sanders Untitled: Carl Yastrzemski Untitled: Ted Williams Untitled: Jim Kelly Collapse: Early 90s Buffalo Bills Collapse: 1987-2000 Florida State Seminoles Collapse: Moneyball (2002) Oakland Athletics Rewinder: 2012 Olympic 100m Men’s Final Rewinder: The Catch By Willie Rewinder: Wide Right I, Wide Right II Rewinder: Hank Aaron and Barry Bonds breaking the respective HR record(s) Untitled: Don Nelson (Coach)
We're never getting an Olympic Rewinder unless the IOC clears it themselves. Ive been asking for a Rewinder on Jason Lezak's 4 by 100m relay comeback for years, and at some point Secret Base themselves said it probably wasnt happening lol
I was there as a kid at the Chris Mullen jersey retirement game. I remember feeling bad that what should have been a great moment for Chris turned into such a negative experience with the crowd booing Joe like crazy. I was a Monta fan too, but I still felt like Steph could be the future. Rewatching this just reminded me what a long shot that looked like at the time, but as Warrior fans, success ALWAYS seemed like a long shot. Over a decade later and he’s 36, we’re tied for number one in the Confrence and he just came off two of the most signature performances in the history of the Olympics and are only two years removed from him dominating the defensive juggernaut Celtics in the Finals. Such a blessing to be able to witness his career. Not only an all time great, but the most entertaining player I’ve ever seen, and I get to watch him wear Gold and Blue for his entire career. Thank you Steph, you are the greatest Warriors of all time.
Under armour probably deserves a mention. Signed in 2013, All star the next and NBA Champ the year after. Possibly what saved Curry was a shoe company that gave him the personalised serve that Nike didn't want to give him back then since Kobe, Lebron and Durant were their flagship stars.
I remember all of this well, monta ended up in Dallas with us after that year in WI and we loved him. Just think, at this time 10 years ago, we all thought Steph had the potential to maybe build off his one All-Star season from the year prior. If you had told me he was about to win four championships, including one that very season I would never believe you. It really is wild to put into context now.
Especially after the Warriors dumped Mark Jackson, the coach that turned their entire program around. If you had told me that Steph might be the cornerstone piece of a dynasty and the best player at the 2024 Olympics, I would have laughed in your face.
I have a suggestion for the next Prism: Doc Rivers * Veteran guard turned commentator turned up-and-coming coach who surprised everybody (see 1999-2000 Magic) and had growing pains when TMac and Grant Hill arrived * One of the top defensive-oriented coaches + motivators in the league (Celtics era, which included his only NBA title thus far) * Perennial playoff choker (Clippers and 76ers eras) Trending too since his Bucks job is on the hot seat.
That booing by all those Warriors fans was an embarrassment. That crowd was filled with all the Johnny-come-lately’s who jumped on the Warriors bandwagon during the We Believe era
@@jdapaul1351 Hard to say. The same salary situation would have happened, and it's entirely possible they would have suddenly had a huge amount of money to spend on someone. But it's also possible the Warriors would have had more titles before that year so maybe it wouldn't have meant as much to the results.
4× NBA champion: 2015, 2017, 2018, 2022 NBA Finals MVP: 2022 2× NBA Most Valuable Player: 2015, 2016 The only unanimous MVP selection in league history (2016) 10× NBA All-Star: 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 NBA All-Star Game MVP: 2022 10× All-NBA selection: 4× First team: 2015, 2016, 2019, 2021 4× Second team: 2014, 2017, 2022, 2023 2× Third team: 2018, 2024 NBA All-Rookie First Team: 2010 NBA Western Conference Finals MVP: 2022 NBA Clutch Player of the Year: 2024 2× NBA Three-Point Contest champion: 2015, 2021 2× NBA scoring leader: 2016, 2021 NBA steals leader: 2016 8× NBA three-point scoring leader: 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2021, 2022, 2024 4× NBA free-throw percentage leader: 2011, 2015, 2016, 2018 50-40-90 club: 2016 The only player in league history to achieve this feat while averaging over 30 PPG[5] NBA vs. WNBA Three-Point Challenge champion: 2024 NBA Skills Challenge champion: 2011 NBA Social Justice Champion Award: 2023 J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award: 2023 NBA Community Assist Award: 2014 NBA Sportsmanship Award: 2011 NBA 75th Anniversary Team: 2021 3× NBA Rookie of the Month 10× NBA Player of the Month 20× NBA Player of the Week You can't denied that King 👑 Chef 🧑🏻🍳 Stephen Curry arguably best Shooter in History and All time 3 point Made along Reggie Miller and Ray Allen
Its crazy to think about his career, dude has fundamentally changed the game as much as anybody in history. You now have to guard people at LA Fitness as soon as they pass the halfcourt line hahaha
People hate to admit it but Curry is best player of 2010s he didn’t team hop to win he won where he was drafted and built a dynasty and changed basketball forever. IMO 1960s-Russell 1970s- Kareem 1980s -Magic 1990s -MJ 2000s -Kobe 2010s -Steph 2020s so far Jokic/Giannis to early to tell.
@@DarthBinky89 Here comes a LeBron stan. Steph dominated Bron in 3 out of 4 finals appearances. Bron has a losing Finals record in the 2010's, with some of the most embarrassing losses in history. And yeah, Kobe AND Steph are ahead of the ped king.
This is weird for me to watch as someone who watched a lot of mid-major college basketball back then but not so much NBA. From my perspective, having followed Steph closely at Davidson, the real question wasn't why Golden State took him, it was why 6 other teams didn't. The 44M made sense to me, because yeah there's a chance he continues having injury issues, but there's also a chance you get what they actually got, and if there's one rule in building an NBA team it's if you have a guy who has an actual, legitimate shot to become an all time legend and rewrite the record books, you DO NOT let him get to free agency and go do that for someone else. (This is true in other sports too. See also the Cubs failing to re-sign Greg Maddux in the early 90s)
i really really really wish that the knicks could have gotten curry. i really do. but at that time, they were run SO badly. so, so, so badly. forget about turning him into the greatest shooter of all time, the knicks would not have held onto him past his rookie contract. i really believe that. so, as much as it hurt to admit, it was probably for the best that he became a warrior. sigh
To this day it's annoying how the Knicks always get clowned for "passing" on Steph. Knicks ain't pass on him, they simply weren't able to draft him or trade up in order to get him. Nobody wants to talk about the Timberwolves passing on Steph TWICE with back to back picks. With both of those guards picked not really panning out for them.
I genuinely wonder if Steph had a tendency for looser joints and strategically built muscle that supported joint integrity while minimizing overall stress (weight) on joints resulting in his current build. For many joint disorders such as EDS building up lean muscles around joints is the best strategy to protect against joint injuries since tendons, ligaments and other connective tissues cannot be easily altered through medical intervention (this includes behavioral and substance interventions)
@XcuzeTheMessDeer I got Big O AND Isiah ahead of AI... No titles.. piss poor attitude towards winning.. Ego the size of Jupiter.. And a less consistent jump shot than Lou Dort LOL
6:26 if an announcer (and in this example the CO-OWNER) said that to me at a game I paid for; I would not stop screaming at him until they wheeled me outta there. He would’ve not got to say another word.
Not an unpleasant watch but also nothing new. I love Steph but it seems a little odd to do this kind of video now when there's already been so much said on that topic, without any new perspective or anything
It’s funny now how Monta Ellis is a mere footnote in basketball history now
Monta Ellis merely continued a long run of being an idiot. He was the classic high skills low common sense NBA player.
@@David-iv6jeMonta Elis destroyed me on 2k11 back in day.
@@David-iv6je but Monta said " two small guards together won't work" which was right
I remember being completely shocked when they traded him instead of Curry.
He had some good years at indy
Curry changed the idea of basketball over here.
Kids went from wanting to dunk to swishing in 30 footers.
Feel like he helped make the game more accessible to everyone too. Smaller players could be as deadly as any big. Bigs had the green light to develop more guard like skills. You didn’t need to be a Blake griffin to be a top pick anymore. Point guards could be more than distributors. Dude changed the way the game is played
I find it funny when people call Stephen Curry Small. He's 6'3 and is in the top 10 percent when it comes to height for males in the world now if he was 6'0 or below then yeah I could see what people are saying But Cuury at 6'3 ain't small if we're only talking about height not weight
@@capricekobain2996height is relative. At you local gym your not playing 6fters most of the time. You can play at your YMCA be 5’2 and be a bucket. Steph almost always is the smallest on the court.
@jaeb4743 Ja is 6'3 Irving is 6'2 Isaiah 6'1 chris Paul 6'0 Iverson 6'0 Westbrook is legit 6'3 so if your 5'2 and a 6'3 Curry is your inspiration you better got get some more milk 🥛 little buddy in fact move to a dairy farm in Wisconsin
Lifelong Golden State fan here. My first season was 1995-96, when I was 6 years old. I was hooked, even though we STANK. We just were not a good basketball team. It kind of allowed me to become a fan of the sport first and the Warriors second. Of course I wanted us to win, but we never made the right moves. I was at the 2000 Dunk Contest, and I will tell you 100% hand over heart, it wasn't just Carter's dunks that had the crowd in a frenzy, but it was like a one time only glimpse that, yea, WE drafted him, and then we traded him for the king of empty calorie stats. Carter was OUR GUY that night, and it felt like he was going to be leading teams to titles. I know I imagined him wearing our uniform. When the playoffs came every year of my childhood until I was 16 years old, my team was always already out. I could cheer for good games instead of good teams. It was kind of liberating. When the We Believe Warriors beat the Mavericks, I fell on the floor and cried because I really thought "this is as good as it will ever get." All I wanted more than anything in the whole wide world was to see the Warriors win just once. It felt so impossible.
I thought we blew the Steph Curry pick. I wanted us to take Brandon Jennings. I had seen all the highlights from Italy and I just thought "there's the guy that we SHOULD get, but we'll probably take Flynn or Steph Curry" and when they took Curry, I rolled my eyes and said "typical Warriors." And yea, he had a good rookie season but it felt like you were just holding your breath, waiting for the inevitable injury. I had no idea that Curry was my dream had just come true, and came true so many times over that a Golden State Warriors team would be in the greatest team ever debate. I wish I could go back in time and tell the little girl who fell in love with the Warriors "it's going to be worth the wait, just you see." I wanted one. I got four, and it doesn't happen without the greatest player of the 21st Century. Sorry, LeBron fans, but I'll take the guy who stuck with one team through thick and thin then the guy who won the same amount of rings AND left every team having an extended anxiety attack on whether he would even stick around or not. That should matter. LeBron: four rings for 3 different franchises. Curry? THE franchise guy with four rings. I'll take that guy every time.
Simply one of the all time greats. Crazy to imagine the takes that were being thrown around about him in hindsight. GSW couldn't possibly have it better
-- GSW has mostly been a garbage franchise. They had moments: Run DMC. "We believe GSW."
Then Curry...new ownership, and BOOM. Crazy despite being too small to be the Driver. Injuries. Shot a ton of 3s....he proved everyone wrong.
Curry might make it to 4,000 three pointers made this year
@@fortynights1513 Not a matter of might but a matter of when
The warriors as a franchise have made questionable decisions for decades and decades. But the way they stuck by Steph curry when things were hard and gave him every bit of support he needed is an organizational masterclass. In none of the major American sports are teams really willing to do this anymore.
@@yerrrrr2787 And he isn't really like MJ who was a clear cut best in the draft in 84. Props to the Warriors org for really sticking and trusting Curry until the pieces really started to fall into place later down the line.
Look at Curry man so inspirational.
Honestly his early injuries were the best thing to happen to us. This gave us enough money to sign Iggy in the 2013 offseason as well as to extend Klay and get other role players that would be vital to our 2015 squad. 4 rings and 2 MVPs later we don’t even talk about these injuries in the Bay anymore🐐💙💛
Also i think the fact he played less in his early years is a factor for him still being able to play like he is in his mid 30s
@@ziifroPeople forget that the 14/15 Warriors led the league in defensive PER, so there were some big blowouts that happened, and Steve Kerr always pulled Steph early. Kerr also has an unspoken rule that he benches Steph before he can score 50, because the Warriors have historically lost those.
lol how funny you conveniently leave out the part KD saved this dynasty. Bron had figured them out in 2016. If KD doesn’t join Bron most likely goes back to back in Cleveland and maybe more tbh
@@TheBarsUpWereThere how conveniently you leave out Steph, Bogut, and Iggy all being injured in 2016 and Draymond getting suspended on some bullshit in game 5. Both teams won each other’s rings. I could talk about our dynasty till I’m blue in the face. I just don’t feel like it cause I do it so much💍💍💍💍
Has been an absolute pleasure watching Curry’s career unfold as a Bay Area native. We could not have had a better player or person represent what Bay Area culture and hoops is all about.
God Bless Goat Chef Curry 🐐
Look at curry man, So inspirational
curry man
So inspirational
GIVE MARK JACKSON HIS FLOWERS!!! You can't tell Steph's story without Mark!
Totally agree. Firing Jackson was another piece of the story that almost saw Curry playing for a different team.
“He’s tragically flawed as a basketball player, he’s got tissue paper ankles.”
- Skip Bayless, 2013, on pre-unanimous MVP Steph Curry
I mean was he wrong at the time
@@DeosPraetorianNo. In 2012-13 Steph averaged 23 and 7. Led GS to a 45-37 record the same year and was snubbed as an All-Star too? Steph would lead GS past the 3rd seed Nuggets in 6 games where he hit clutch shots and had a no look shot right in front of the Nuggets bench lol. Then he pushed the Spurs to 6 games with no D. Lee, Klay who was in his 2nd year and a rookie Green. D. Lee missed the entire series due to an injury too and Steph also tweaked his ankle again. Those same Spurs went to the Finals too 🤷🏾♂️. The next season Steph led GS to a 51-31 record the, losing to prime CP3 and Lob city in 7 games but after that we all know what happens. 67 wins, 73 wins and etc. The dude was always nice. Skip Bayless was the one who vouched for him as the best player in his draft class long before anyone else which is crazy.
He was and he did. It was a terrific take at the time. Things change.
@@ChuckAngelHawk Steph pre 2013 Averaged :
17.5/4.5/6/1.9stls on 46/44/88 splits as a rookie in 80 games.
18.6/4/5.8/1.5stls on 48/44/93 splits his second year in 74 games.
Only played 26 games by his 3rd year.
Those are not numbers of a flawed basketball player and he only had one injury plagued year. It was another bad take. Skip was just yapping his Gumbs based off of one year.
@@remnant8898 I watched the games wherein Steph played (because I'm not 12 years old) and thus saw first hand the flaws Skip was referencing. It's apparent that you just watch box scores. We are not the same. **Mute**
Those early ankle injuries helped the Warriors in the long run by simply keeping him out of that Bucks deal and then getting a cheap extension that became enough cap to build those contenders
that extension was actually a good contract comparable to those from his rookie class.
FR, cuz I've always thought if not for his injuries they wouldn't have the money to sign KD
@@benndarayta9156i think they still would’ve. KD was able to sign to nearly any team because the new CBA that offseason massively spiked the salary cap and floor. funnily enough, the cap was originally supposed to go up gradually, but the NBAPA (led by chris paul at the time) successfully lobbied for it to be all at once. a decision which would butterfly effect into the league being “broken” for a few years.
Steph Curry will forever be one of my top 2 favorite players ever behind Kobe.Curry is the greatest shooter of all time
True story, 2012 lockout year, long ass drive down to Memphis to see the Warriors @ the grind house Grizzlies. My brother and myself talking about seeing Monta Ellis, David Lee was an all star a year or two before, hype to see Memphis. Oh yeah, W’s also have Steph, the dude from that Davidson run, he’s healthy rn. $8 nosebleed tix, snuck down to about 10 rows from the court. Saw Monta put up 33, saw Curry go for 36. Also saw the man pull up a step or two over half court and drain that mf effortlessly. “Damn this dude might not be done” 😂
My favorite player of all time. 🐐
Good job! We could have been robbed of watching and marveling at Steph's bonkers play style. He's top 5 for me. Nobody can do what he does. Not only is he the greatest shooter but a great basketball player. And he can easily turn the crowd into a weapon.
Long live the Roaracle! Steph was a great final chapter. Oakland you should be proud 🥲!
Greatness. That's all I can say about this guy.
One of the best of all time As a Warriors fan I'm happy having him on my team.
Also, with all due respect to Secret Base, I thought this series was (like a Prism) supposed to be about how our perspective of a person's career is (currently, not in the past) wrong, misunderstood, and/or a different take emerges when viewed at a slightly different angle. But over and over again, we're getting videos of people who are (now) *unanimously* considered legends who *weren't* always considered legends. And I like those stories in general, but we hear those *constantly.* Every sports documentary, every 30 for 30 documentary, and the Last Dance all essentially fall under that category!
But what we *rarely* hear are stories about how - like a Prism, which takes "colorless" white light and shows that it's actually *every* color on the ROYGBIV spectrum - a career most people see as "colorless" career is *actually* "full of every color on the visible spectrum" when looked at from a different angle.
And there are *many* stories like that in sports! I keep mentioning Michael Olowokandi, because his story feels especially written for this series. He didn't touch a basketball until he was 17, didn't play his first organized game of basketball until he was 20 and playing Division I NCAA basketball, and yet (despite only three years of eligibility due to playing *other* sports while a college student in London) he broke *several* records for his (tiny) college, Pacific University, lead them to their first NCAA appearance in over 20 years, and had his jersey retired - this despite being a *backup* a majority of his college career (including his entire senior year). Then he goes on to have a 9-year NBA career despite needing *three* major knee surgeries! This *would* be arguably the most improbable NBA career of all-time - except *no one* knows it that way! All *anyone* knows him as is "the biggest bust of all time," because he was drafted number 1 overall in 1999 (despite being a *backup* center at a *tiny* college)! And oh, this story is *especially* intriguing, because it can be colored both "good" or "bad" depending on the "angle" you look at it. On *one* hand, he got unfairly judged for "underperforming" despite a team unfairly picking him first (whixh he had no control over) and his career would be quite impressive if he's been more correctly picked late or . On the *other,* if he isn't drafted first overall, maybe teams give up on him early and he never lasts 9 years. On the *other* other hand, maybe if he's drafted high, but *not* by the Donald Sterling-owned Clippers (infamous for racism, horrible team culture, and overworking their players leading to their players having major knee problems throughout their career, including several *horrific* knee injuries), maybe he does well? On the *other* other other, he actually played briefly in Italy and *got cut* after only a few games due to his inexperience. Every way you turn this prism, a new "color" emerges in this seemingly "colorless" story! *That* is the kind of story I want to see.
And there's several more. For one, I'd love to also see one on Sam Cassell. For many of you, you're saying, "Who?" For many others, you're saying, "That one guy who did [name one specific memory of one specific great performance/season]." And that's *exactly* my point! This is being said about a player who was a starter for the majority of 10 of his 14 NBA seasons, has gotten MVP votes, *and* has won 3 Championships?! And people haven't heard of him? That's actually not a surprise, because - oddly enough - his three championships all came in years he *wasn't* starting for his team! And yet, his story gets weirder, because he had some *very* memorable individual moments/games in those championship seasons (like a stretch of 7 points in the final 50 seconds - with a clutch 3 in that process - of a critical game 3 win for the Rockets to go on and win the series in 7 games)! Yet, meanwhile, his *non-championship* years were arguably *even more* impressive - if not *strange* (i.e., unique, and/or, you wonder why teams only kept him *that one* year). For example, he played for the Minnesota Timberwolves for *one* season! That season, he lead the team to the *number one* seed (in an absolutely stacked Western Conference) and their *only* playoff series wins in history up until post-2010, only losing to that LA Lakers super-team, featuring Kobe, Shaq, Karl Malone, and Gary Payton, in a 6-game series that many suspect Minnesota might've pulled off if Cassell himself hadn't been injured in their only home loss in Game One of the series! Cassell would somehow *not* still be on the team the following year (and the team would immediately revert back to their usual inability to win a playoff series the moment he left), and two years later, he'd be the starting PG of the LA Clippers who were infamously terrible, hadn't made the playoffs in over a decade, and had *never* won a playoff series! Cassell lead them to the playoffs and lead them to their first and only playoff series win throughout the entirety of the 80s, 90s, *and* 00s! And then he was no longer on the team a year later and they went right back to being unable to even make the playoffs! Every which way you turn this prism, a different color emerges! It's a *very* strange career story!
You get the picture. *These* are the kinds of stories I imagined with this series. *This* is what I imagine when you talk about "holding a prism to a player's career."
I hope to see more of these kinds of stories in the future.
I'd love a video on Sam Cassell. His iconic moments with the Rockets, Timberwolves, Clippers, Bucks, and even as a glue guy on the '08 Celtics aren't talked about enough. One of the most underrated players in NBA history. Glad to see some people recognize him 😊
W's fans need to be reminded every so often that we booed Joe Lacob (and Chris Mullen!) for shipping Monta Ellis, of all people.
Its insane b/c Steph just got injured yesterday. Rolled his ankle twice in like 5 mins.
Look at curry man
so inspirational
When Steph reached prime,I foolishly predicted that his influence was going to unleash a new era of incredible 3 point shooters, and it was just going to become normalized. Well that was almost a decade ago and nobody has come close to Steph as a shooter. Prime Klay yes, but he has not had the longevity after the injury.
Lillard and Trae Young are really the only two that came about, but I could see things changing over the next decade as kids that Curry influenced come into the league. Though I doubt we'll get another Curry anytime soon if ever.
@@Darthtanos Yes. Dame Time Lillard is the closest thing NBA got of challenging Curry in his era. But his first few years he is not exactly that guy shooter. Sure he can shot treys, but his reliant on sheer athleticism is more prominent during those eras than his outside perimeter.
Then we have Harden and The Rockets, that changed their entire philosophy just to counter Curry and Warriors. Lived by the three, die by the three. Well, we know how that panned out.
Trae Young was the obvious heir apparent. Still waiting for him to be on that level though.
@@Darthtanos dame & trey aren't even close. Sure, they have the distance but the shots curry pulls off consistently are on another level of difficulty
@@blottolotto7648 @manchesterunitedno7 didn't exactly mean that they were on his level, all you have to do is look at volume really and you know they aren't exactly that close, i was just saying that they were the two closest. i don't count harden because he was just so damned boring to watch play, and he didn't exactly make insane shots like curry. he was just a good old man player, extremely skilled, but not exactly dynamic in the same way at all.
You capping big time but that’s what y’all love to do
Rewinder: 2006 Orange Bowl 3OTs
Beef History: Eric Lindros vs Philadelphia Flyers Organization (Bobby Clarke)
Overlap: Greatest College Football Coach (Saban) and the Greatest NFL Coach (Belichick) coaching in the same division
Beef History: Michael Jordan and Isiah Thomas
Beef History: Phil Jackson and Pat Riley
Untitled: Reggie Miller
Untitled: Barry Sanders
Untitled: Carl Yastrzemski
Untitled: Ted Williams
Untitled: Jim Kelly
Collapse: Early 90s Buffalo Bills
Collapse: 1987-2000 Florida State Seminoles
Collapse: Moneyball (2002) Oakland Athletics
Rewinder: 2012 Olympic 100m Men’s Final
Rewinder: The Catch By Willie
Rewinder: Wide Right I, Wide Right II
Rewinder: Hank Aaron and Barry Bonds breaking the respective HR record(s)
Untitled: Don Nelson (Coach)
We're never getting an Olympic Rewinder unless the IOC clears it themselves. Ive been asking for a Rewinder on Jason Lezak's 4 by 100m relay comeback for years, and at some point Secret Base themselves said it probably wasnt happening lol
U cooking something there
I was there as a kid at the Chris Mullen jersey retirement game. I remember feeling bad that what should have been a great moment for Chris turned into such a negative experience with the crowd booing Joe like crazy. I was a Monta fan too, but I still felt like Steph could be the future. Rewatching this just reminded me what a long shot that looked like at the time, but as Warrior fans, success ALWAYS seemed like a long shot.
Over a decade later and he’s 36, we’re tied for number one in the Confrence and he just came off two of the most signature performances in the history of the Olympics and are only two years removed from him dominating the defensive juggernaut Celtics in the Finals. Such a blessing to be able to witness his career. Not only an all time great, but the most entertaining player I’ve ever seen, and I get to watch him wear Gold and Blue for his entire career. Thank you Steph, you are the greatest Warriors of all time.
As a warriors fan this man changed my life
This video is crazy. So inspirational. Ppl think he had it easy
Under armour probably deserves a mention. Signed in 2013, All star the next and NBA Champ the year after. Possibly what saved Curry was a shoe company that gave him the personalised serve that Nike didn't want to give him back then since Kobe, Lebron and Durant were their flagship stars.
Well done. Curry got me watching the NBA again. His 3s are electric
I remember all of this well, monta ended up in Dallas with us after that year in WI and we loved him. Just think, at this time 10 years ago, we all thought Steph had the potential to maybe build off his one All-Star season from the year prior. If you had told me he was about to win four championships, including one that very season I would never believe you. It really is wild to put into context now.
Especially after the Warriors dumped Mark Jackson, the coach that turned their entire program around. If you had told me that Steph might be the cornerstone piece of a dynasty and the best player at the 2024 Olympics, I would have laughed in your face.
I have a suggestion for the next Prism: Doc Rivers
* Veteran guard turned commentator turned up-and-coming coach who surprised everybody (see 1999-2000 Magic) and had growing pains when TMac and Grant Hill arrived
* One of the top defensive-oriented coaches + motivators in the league (Celtics era, which included his only NBA title thus far)
* Perennial playoff choker (Clippers and 76ers eras)
Trending too since his Bucks job is on the hot seat.
That booing by all those Warriors fans was an embarrassment. That crowd was filled with all the Johnny-come-lately’s who jumped on the Warriors bandwagon during the We Believe era
Look at Curry man
joe ali is goated.
What would have happened if the Warriors took PG the year after Steph? Curry, Klay, PG, Dray, Bogut ... that is a HELL of a team.
KD would've never come to GS.
@@jdapaul1351 Hard to say. The same salary situation would have happened, and it's entirely possible they would have suddenly had a huge amount of money to spend on someone. But it's also possible the Warriors would have had more titles before that year so maybe it wouldn't have meant as much to the results.
this the one i been waiting for
4× NBA champion: 2015, 2017, 2018, 2022
NBA Finals MVP: 2022
2× NBA Most Valuable Player: 2015, 2016
The only unanimous MVP selection in league history (2016)
10× NBA All-Star: 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
NBA All-Star Game MVP: 2022
10× All-NBA selection:
4× First team: 2015, 2016, 2019, 2021
4× Second team: 2014, 2017, 2022, 2023
2× Third team: 2018, 2024
NBA All-Rookie First Team: 2010
NBA Western Conference Finals MVP: 2022
NBA Clutch Player of the Year: 2024
2× NBA Three-Point Contest champion: 2015, 2021
2× NBA scoring leader: 2016, 2021
NBA steals leader: 2016
8× NBA three-point scoring leader: 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2021, 2022, 2024
4× NBA free-throw percentage leader: 2011, 2015, 2016, 2018
50-40-90 club: 2016
The only player in league history to achieve this feat while averaging over 30 PPG[5]
NBA vs. WNBA Three-Point Challenge champion: 2024
NBA Skills Challenge champion: 2011
NBA Social Justice Champion Award: 2023
J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award: 2023
NBA Community Assist Award: 2014
NBA Sportsmanship Award: 2011
NBA 75th Anniversary Team: 2021
3× NBA Rookie of the Month
10× NBA Player of the Month
20× NBA Player of the Week
You can't denied that King 👑 Chef 🧑🏻🍳 Stephen Curry arguably best Shooter in History and All time 3 point Made along Reggie Miller and Ray Allen
Saw him live his rookie year, can’t believe the end is nearing 😢
Beautiful.
Its crazy to think about his career, dude has fundamentally changed the game as much as anybody in history. You now have to guard people at LA Fitness as soon as they pass the halfcourt line hahaha
I've been waiting on this one for a long time
People hate to admit it but Curry is best player of 2010s he didn’t team hop to win he won where he was drafted and built a dynasty and changed basketball forever. IMO 1960s-Russell 1970s- Kareem 1980s -Magic 1990s -MJ 2000s -Kobe 2010s -Steph 2020s so far Jokic/Giannis to early to tell.
Delusional
This is just Lebron slander😂 you probably have guys like Steph and Kobe ahead of lebron for all time ranking. Just another ignorant lebron hater
@@DarthBinky89 Here comes a LeBron stan. Steph dominated Bron in 3 out of 4 finals appearances. Bron has a losing Finals record in the 2010's, with some of the most embarrassing losses in history.
And yeah, Kobe AND Steph are ahead of the ped king.
@@remnant8898 Lebron is at worst a top 2 player in nba history, please stop
i thought you said “rained down BOOZE” and i was like damn thays a lot of booze if he couldnt even speak
Excellent work as usual 👏
Steph has a SQUAD around him this season. Deepest team since 2015.
The Greatest of All Time
You forgot the biggest obstacle he overcame!!! Not being drafted by the Timberwolves!
In those years, that's where basketball primes goes to die 😂😂😂😂
sidekick,injury prone... Greatest Point Guard of All Time
I have no clue what possessed the Warriors to even extend his contract in light of his injury proneness, but they surely struck gold with it.
Proved the haters and doubters wrong over and over again! Look at Curry, man!
So inspirational!
Steph was winning MVPs and championships on a 4 year $44 million contract. has to be the most team-friendly deal of all time lol
Greatest player of all time not even close
MY GOAT
Steph the GOAT
Very encouraging 👏 video! Not how you start, it's how you finish 😊
Wardell Stephen Curry.
This is weird for me to watch as someone who watched a lot of mid-major college basketball back then but not so much NBA.
From my perspective, having followed Steph closely at Davidson, the real question wasn't why Golden State took him, it was why 6 other teams didn't. The 44M made sense to me, because yeah there's a chance he continues having injury issues, but there's also a chance you get what they actually got, and if there's one rule in building an NBA team it's if you have a guy who has an actual, legitimate shot to become an all time legend and rewrite the record books, you DO NOT let him get to free agency and go do that for someone else.
(This is true in other sports too. See also the Cubs failing to re-sign Greg Maddux in the early 90s)
i really really really wish that the knicks could have gotten curry. i really do. but at that time, they were run SO badly. so, so, so badly. forget about turning him into the greatest shooter of all time, the knicks would not have held onto him past his rookie contract. i really believe that. so, as much as it hurt to admit, it was probably for the best that he became a warrior. sigh
Shout out to Ricky Rubio qnd Johnny Flynn.
As a bucks fan I’m still not over how we could’ve gotten a Steph giannis duo that could’ve developed together
To this day it's annoying how the Knicks always get clowned for "passing" on Steph. Knicks ain't pass on him, they simply weren't able to draft him or trade up in order to get him. Nobody wants to talk about the Timberwolves passing on Steph TWICE with back to back picks. With both of those guards picked not really panning out for them.
Warriors trusted the process
Them early injuries was tough for us in the bay man I remember
That game at MSG changed everything.
BASED CHAD LEGEND STEPH CURRY
this is excellent
Early gang 🔥🔥
I genuinely wonder if Steph had a tendency for looser joints and strategically built muscle that supported joint integrity while minimizing overall stress (weight) on joints resulting in his current build. For many joint disorders such as EDS building up lean muscles around joints is the best strategy to protect against joint injuries since tendons, ligaments and other connective tissues cannot be easily altered through medical intervention (this includes behavioral and substance interventions)
Still waiting on Prism episodes for Ray Lewis and Antonio Brown
At 9:54, you missed a *clears throat* Golden opportunity to put Steph in the Yamcha crater.
"monta ellis gotta have it all"
2013 my coworker kept raving about this kid who shot the lights out...
Truthfully few saw this coming
The greatest player under 6'6" all time (with respect to The Big O)
Allen Iverson has Steph beat there. But Curry is still great
@XcuzeTheMessDeer I got Big O AND Isiah ahead of AI... No titles.. piss poor attitude towards winning.. Ego the size of Jupiter.. And a less consistent jump shot than Lou Dort LOL
One of the few times injuries actually benefitted a player’s career.
it's the switch from nike to under armour
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂❤❤❤
Remember Monte Ellis?!?!
Can y'all do a rewinder on the 1998 great alaska shootout final?
Really hoping for a similar story with Lonzo Ball’s current injury comeback attempt. Lots of parallels here
From what i remember monta and steph were like deaaron fox and tyrese haliburton
Wake up babe! The new SB dropped
Nah ppl be making "Career, best of, legacy" videos about Steph, yall got me nervous
We want a Secret Base "The Worst" Series' about G7 2022 Phoenix Suns & Chris Paul debacle.
Having multiple personalities must be tough
I wanted steph on my pacers. Reminded me of reggie, and i miss reggie.
Cool retrospective :) However... what made Donovan McNabb finish his career Untitled?
Got some decent ankle braces as well, worth mentioning
2014 was the offseason where Steph was almost replaced by [checks notes] Aaron Craft
6:26 if an announcer (and in this example the CO-OWNER) said that to me at a game I paid for; I would not stop screaming at him until they wheeled me outta there. He would’ve not got to say another word.
Kobe next?
Not enough credit goes to the company that makes his ankle braces he wears every game. They came in clutch
Should do a prism on klay.
Not an unpleasant watch but also nothing new. I love Steph but it seems a little odd to do this kind of video now when there's already been so much said on that topic, without any new perspective or anything
Joe you keep getting better, this was wonderfully written and presented, great pace!
Monta have it all.
1:17 you could taste him? Mike D'Diddy
Remember that the TWolves drafted 2 PG’s before Steph got picked 😂😂😂
Here
When did he switch to under armor? I think that was something noteworthy.
Right around 2013 if i remembered correctly
Totally skipped over his shoe deal w/Under Armor 😂
Its a contact sport and they are contacting him during the game.
Dinkleberg!