I see him becoming a superstar, winning back to back MVPs and a championship in back to back finals. Too bad I posted this comment with Internet Explorer, I don't know when it will reach you guys.
I'll be honest, I didn't think he'd be THIS good. I thought he'd be at best like a Mike Bibby: solid NBA PG for a long time, high teens scorer, get some dimes, so-so defender at best. But the guy has worked his ass off to be an elite player.
+Philip Callado me either i honestly didnt think curry would be an elite player at all i saw him as a great college player but i just didnt see him transitioning well in the nba
Charisma313 Too True LOL! Stephen Curry's been my favorite player to watch since he bursted out on the NCAA tournament scene back in 08. I remember thinking, "I'm seeing a lot of Steve Nash in this kid's game. I hope he has a chance to play in the league and get an opportunity." It's amazing to me that he's actually where I hoped he'd be. As for Johnny Flynn, he was never better than Curry. Too many people tend to get sidetracked by athleticism. If you're young and you have it, your flaws get overlooked. If you're young and you don't have it, you have "limited upside". LOL It's always fun coming back to these kinds of videos.
That is the worst part of it. It is not like they passed on him for players that have been healthy and successful, they passed on him for Rubio and Flynn.
+J.T. Roberts How were people wrong? They predicted his draft position within a few places, they all gave his massive props to his shooting game, they said he might have trouble adapting to the NBA speed, which he worked hard to improve after his NBA selection.
Because Curry hides behind his teammates AKA Draymond who plays the point more than 50% of the time, and other players like Iguodala (2015 finals mvp) who can carry a point guard's load as well. Curry is just a good scoring point guard in a very well built team that can distribute the workload as a team, unlike other teams that their stars have to carry them. Curry won't even be as good if he plays in a different team. Just look at the all-star games for example. Curry never excels playing with other teammates so far
I like how this video portrays Curry in a way of how well he will fit into a teams system. Fast forward 13 years and the dude has completely changed the NBA. He never needed to fit into any system. He is the system!
Joshua Green Ronnie is right tho. The only reason the Warriors got him is because Minnesota chose 2 point guards before him. the Warriors needed a guard so they went with him
GamingGamiest Actually Larry Riley the gm of the Warriors at the time, planned to draft Curry all along. Curry and his father were told weeks before the draft that the Warriors wanted him, but both he and his father were hesitant and wanted to go to Knicks.
Andrew Jones Not the best but the most integral. If Curry goes down, the Warriors aren't the Warriors anymore. Do gives his teammates so much space cause he's deadly after crossing halfcourt
But tbh no one truly ever knows. It's annoying when ppl call teams dumb for skipping players who later turn elite, you don't know injury, life can change everything thing also them being slept on or traded might've been that motivation they needed. Analyst are just ppl with opinion like you and me can't take any of them seriously.
Analysts weren't wrong anyway....He was a deadeye shooter who can shoot off the bounce, and was a Top 10 lottery pick....Only people who missed were the T'Wolves
Best shooter of ALL TIME.. No one has manipulated the dimensions of the court like Curry has. He's pushed at limits that most in the game never thought would be possible.
you misspelled "of all time". going down as #1 pg of all time when he retires with at least 3 rings too. People that say Magic are hilarious 😂 did they watch ball in the 80s?
13 years later as the 7th pick to the Golden State Warriors:4 Time NBA Champion,Finals MVP,2 NBA MVPS,All Time 3-point leader,All-Star game MVP,Western Conference Finals MVP,8 All-Star Games,8 All-NBA Selections(4 first team,3 second team and 1 third team),2 3-point contests,2 scoring titles,2016 steals leader,50-40-90 club in 2016
I know the Timberwolves organization cries every time see or hear anything about Curry. That GM will probably never be hired again. Flynn over Curry, that has to hurt so bad!!!!!
And yet you would have had a better chance for a championship, Lavine is gone, and even with this all star line up you CAN TELL, those guys won't win shit, not now, not ever.
None of the ones who were drafted before him has a championship. He already has three rings and nowadays he’s cruising towards the fourth, this year, Gods will. Let’s go Warriors.
This little guy will never make it..The NBA is all about big men and pounding the ball inside,Just ask Charles Barkley , he knows everything about basketball.
skit mofo he was calling you retarded because they being SARCASTIC and it's obvious they were since they commented only TWO months ago. You understand now?
Picking Rubio over Curry was forgiveable because Rubio looked like a future star at the time. But Johnny Flynn?? I'll never understand that one. Even in 2009 that made no damn sense.
Even Flynn's coach in college Jim Boeheim didn't want Flynn to leave. It wasn't a, oh I'm losing my great player to the NBA type of don't go either. (cause Coaches were getting used to that)....It was a needs time to develop, type of don't leave...
Me too then I went and watched some of flynns best college performances and dude was playing great, shooting great and explosive, he got hurt in NBA which took away his explosiveness, it's like if Isaiah Thomas ends up losing a step he won't be nearly what he was or could have been. People always call players busts but sometimes it's just injuries
+mtorres723 lol i dont even remember this comment. Feels kinda weird cuz i hate the warriors and steph. But i still gotta respect his game and his team, best in the nba rn
ChampionsDNA nope, not saying I hate him, just hate the fans that overrate him, I like curry but u wouldn't take him over Lebron Westbrook harden or kawhi
Crazy coming back to this he is now a 4x NBA Champion , Finals MVP/ West Co Finals MVP/ 8x NBA All star , 4x NBA All team , 2x NBA MVP and a NBA All star MVP award. Not to mention he changed the way people play basketball today. Easily top 10 player of all time Lebron James greatest foe. Wardell Stephen Curry.
It's interesting they thought D'Antoni would be a good fit; because he was with the Suns and guess who the GM was, Steve Kerr. Kerr saw that offense and even introduced the 2 PG offense. Now Curry is in Kerr's fast pace offense, but the difference is the warriors play great defense
Who would have though that this 6'3 skinny lightweight guard will revolutionize the NBA and will win multiple championships in a sports that dominated by big men.
Who would have thought .. Curry from picking 6 or 7 then has become the 10 greatest of all time .. 4 championships .. 2 MVPs .. 1 final MVP .. and he’s still have 3 or 4 good to great years left … top 5 possibly after he’s said and done
@@JasonJia11 Did you watch him last season? Of course you didn't. You watched First take & highlights. He did not play well at all last year. That was easily is worst season of his career so far. He's on a clear decline. By the time he gets to 38, he'll be coming off the bench.
You're insane if you thought he would project to be this good. He was 160+ pounds soaking wet. He was a dynamic scorer, but so was Fredette, McDermott, Korver and others. Curry was nowhere near any of those guys, size-wise. Those careers are hard to project. Fredette could've been Korver, and vice-versa. Give credit to a guy working harder than everyone else in the room. His handle is infinitely better. His range goes out 4-5 feet further. A much better defender on and off the ball. Can fight through screens. His body is now built for punishment, where his college body was a question mark. He's changed the entire dynamic of how we analyze basketball and the value of the 3-pointer - who in their right mind in 2009 would've thought that Curry (along with others) would've broken the analytics scale? The experts projected him out as is. I can say (along with many others) that Michael Beasley would've been a top-20 player in the NBA if he projected out. That's just what we saw at the time.
Astonishing. Hindsight is 20/20, but it's unbelievably frustrating when your team misses on a player YOU and lots of other fans want them to pick! Kawhi should've been a Piston!!!! 😔
I remember as a Kings fan the big debate was Tyreke or Rubio at #4, and after the 09-10 season we felt like we'd won that easy. Curry's name didn't even come up. It's more than potential, it's about development. If he came to the Kings during that time he would not be the player he is today.
Rubio’s career is not bad. Tyreke played iso ball... no playmaking or range. Never worked on his game to improve. Kings was cursed... but seems Vlade may be getting smarter. Bagley over Doncic though could be another regret.
I don't know guys. I think Steph Curry might get drafted to the Golden State Warriors. I also think someday he will win the MVP and NBA championship in the same year. That's just my prediction
4:30 brings a tear to my eyes as a Lakers fan. We're so far from what we used to be. 65-17! We WERE the NBA! But we will taste basketball glory again. It won't be like this for us for much longer. Our turn is almost here again 😎
I love how these commentators were talking about what position he should play to benefit Steph the most, should he be more of a passer (PG) or a scorer (SG)? Will he transition to become a good point guard? Little did they know that he didn't only transition to become a great point guard but transformed the position in a matter of years. Truly a great and, right now, overhated and underappreciated player.
I tell ppl all the time curry wasn't a player with high career expectations ppl thought he was gonna be an occasional all star but never anything significant.If you really look back besides LeBron n arguably Durant he surpassed everybody else from his generation who was said to be on par or better than him (cp3,harden,blake,pg13,deron,wall,rose,melo,lillard etc)
Even if we picked up Curry, we don't know how good he'd be on the Wolves. Definitely wouldn't have turned out as good as his career is now. The Warriors created a great team. Though I'm happy with how the Wolves team is doing right now :)
+Young Trece I think he'd be about the same if the Wolves picked him up minus 1 MVP probably and those two championships. He might even play the PG role even better. I can see his assist numbers going up without Draymond and he'd be playing with Wiggins and Towns. The Wolves would've been scary around now.
The true baby face assassin....was a beast in college & the rest is history. Dubs definitely hit the jackpot when they drafted him & killing the Knicks dreams of taking him.
no, there was a line of ncaa video games, except they couldnt use player names because the players couldn't sign their likenesses over, so each player was just renamed something else but kept the same look and number.
+Caligrown92511 It happens so often in football though. Rare that a player outside that top 100 in high school turns into an All-NBA player in today's game. It's even rare if you're outside the top 30 to be honest. Curry, Wade, George and Lillard. Maybe Butler if he's selected this year too.
@@kieransoregaard-utt8 not true. different set of players, different coaches, different management. warriors culture is different. ur a dumbass if you disagree
This guy looks like he may be the greatest shooter of all time if he's lucky he might even be the 1st unanimous MVP and even win 3 titles and change the game, let's hope for the best
I like looking at these archives b/c ppl forget how Curry was looked at and it wasn't a bad take to say he'll just be a solid player. also his career took a bad start with all of those ankle problems
The 2009 NBA draft actually was one of the the better ones. Blake Griffin and James Harden in the top 3, along with Thabeet who was a 7 footer back when big men were highly valued. Tyreke Evans who won Rookie of the Year. Then the hyped Euro Prospect Ricky Rubio who quietly has had a productive 11 year career and counting. So you can't exactly fault people for passing on Curry who was a scrawny looking good that wasn't a traditional point guard that played against easier competition.
I can't believe how good he's gotten...so many guys in college are knockdown shooters (Reddick and Fredette come to mind) but really don't do much in the NBA. Curry's a top 3 guy in the NBA now....
Future Scoring champion.
clutchcity25 true fan
clutchcity25 predicted it damn
clutchcity25 wow you were right on
Dang
clutchcity25 respect
I see him becoming a superstar, winning back to back MVPs and a championship in back to back finals. Too bad I posted this comment with Internet Explorer, I don't know when it will reach you guys.
I know your comment hasn't gotten much love, but I thought that was really funny!!
lmao let me so ur comment some love too...
Yao Siabi you the real mvp
Yao Siabi I alos see him blowing a 3-1 lead. Dont know why
LeMagic James L asf
I'll be honest, I didn't think he'd be THIS good. I thought he'd be at best like a Mike Bibby: solid NBA PG for a long time, high teens scorer, get some dimes, so-so defender at best. But the guy has worked his ass off to be an elite player.
Fo sure
I'd didn't think he'd be where he is now either. Now that his handle is crazy and he can play defense, he's unstoppable.
He is a so so defender at best so you got that right.
+Philip Callado me either i honestly didnt think curry would be an elite player at all i saw him as a great college player but i just didnt see him transitioning well in the nba
+HTOWNBEATDOWN420 he's actually a good defender lmaoooo
Bottom comment said "Johnny Flynn is better" lmaoooooo
Hindsight is 20/20.
Flynn was actually good one year
Charisma313 Too True LOL! Stephen Curry's been my favorite player to watch since he bursted out on the NCAA tournament scene back in 08. I remember thinking, "I'm seeing a lot of Steve Nash in this kid's game. I hope he has a chance to play in the league and get an opportunity." It's amazing to me that he's actually where I hoped he'd be. As for Johnny Flynn, he was never better than Curry. Too many people tend to get sidetracked by athleticism. If you're young and you have it, your flaws get overlooked. If you're young and you don't have it, you have "limited upside". LOL It's always fun coming back to these kinds of videos.
I know right lol
He's one of those players that was never the same after the surgery.
It's now 2022. He just won a NBA FINALS MVP and he's the best 3 point shooter ever
It’s really insane to look back at this
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Draft Harrison Barnes Golden State him and curry with thompson, lee, and bogut!
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wow you were right lol
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I can't believe we (MN) passed on curry twice.
Jonny Flynn and Ricky Rubio. Lmao.
David Kahn will never be a General Manager ever again! LOL
Ouch. But then we (golden state) wouldn't have rings to look forward to.
That is the worst part of it. It is not like they passed on him for players that have been healthy and successful, they passed on him for Rubio and Flynn.
Well its part he history
I love to watch videos like these to reminisce how wrong people are. I just laugh at the comments sent 6 years ago lol
+J.T. Roberts How were people wrong? They predicted his draft position within a few places, they all gave his massive props to his shooting game, they said he might have trouble adapting to the NBA speed, which he worked hard to improve after his NBA selection.
Hindsight
Nobody not even curry predicted he’d be this good. MVP.
J.T. Roberts same
Because Curry hides behind his teammates AKA Draymond who plays the point more than 50% of the time, and other players like Iguodala (2015 finals mvp) who can carry a point guard's load as well. Curry is just a good scoring point guard in a very well built team that can distribute the workload as a team, unlike other teams that their stars have to carry them. Curry won't even be as good if he plays in a different team. Just look at the all-star games for example. Curry never excels playing with other teammates so far
The Knicks took Frye from us in 05.
We took Curry from them in 09.
GO DUBS
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holy shit u da OG
djchuckdeez this is refreshing
djchuckdeez damn
That's the same year Ellis was drafted so it wasn't that bad lol
I like how this video portrays Curry in a way of how well he will fit into a teams system. Fast forward 13 years and the dude has completely changed the NBA. He never needed to fit into any system. He is the system!
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Haha I love how nobody was projecting Steph going to the Warriors, and that's exactly what happens.
+Kevin Ehsani Because they had their volume shooter in Monta already and the Knicks were too retarded to trade up for the pick
+Kevin Ehsani because no one thought the twolves with 2 picks In the top 6 would pick 2 point guards over Steph that GM better had been fired
Joshua Green Ronnie is right tho. The only reason the Warriors got him is because Minnesota chose 2 point guards before him. the Warriors needed a guard so they went with him
Ronnie Alston the GM was David Kahn,who is probably the worst GM in NBA history.
GamingGamiest Actually Larry Riley the gm of the Warriors at the time, planned to draft Curry all along. Curry and his father were told weeks before the draft that the Warriors wanted him, but both he and his father were hesitant and wanted to go to Knicks.
I love how they don't mention the Warriors
CanthonyJelly143 at the time there was monta ellis, who seemed to be their superstar at the time
CanthonyJelly143 yup
KiD stop😥
stfu Bandwagon you don't know about the NBA before 2015 LOL
@@fightnight14 he's trolling
This dude literally changed the league
And yet, isn't the best player on his team.
Andrew Jones word
Andrew Jones yet he’s their most important player
Andrew Jones Yea he's the most valuable
Andrew Jones Not the best but the most integral. If Curry goes down, the Warriors aren't the Warriors anymore. Do gives his teammates so much space cause he's deadly after crossing halfcourt
😭😭 THAT NCAA VIDEO GAME
the disrespect is real he made every analyst look like a fool
But tbh no one truly ever knows. It's annoying when ppl call teams dumb for skipping players who later turn elite, you don't know injury, life can change everything thing also them being slept on or traded might've been that motivation they needed. Analyst are just ppl with opinion like you and me can't take any of them seriously.
Analysts weren't wrong anyway....He was a deadeye shooter who can shoot off the bounce, and was a Top 10 lottery pick....Only people who missed were the T'Wolves
Andrew Jones Thank you.....the warriors do everything that Jalen Rose said would be his strengths
werent even disrespecting him, they were just pointing out potential flaws
Grant Anderson
Except skip Bayless... who was right for once 😂
I remember playing Curry in 2k11 his about 72 overall. but now. damn 98 😂. Best shooter of this era
Random Dj 98? he's a 95. LeGoat is 97
Best shooter of ALL TIME.. No one has manipulated the dimensions of the court like Curry has. He's pushed at limits that most in the game never thought would be possible.
He was an 80 in 2k11
change "This era" to "all time"
you misspelled "of all time". going down as #1 pg of all time when he retires with at least 3 rings too. People that say Magic are hilarious 😂 did they watch ball in the 80s?
13 years later as the 7th pick to the Golden State Warriors:4 Time NBA Champion,Finals MVP,2 NBA MVPS,All Time 3-point leader,All-Star game MVP,Western Conference Finals MVP,8 All-Star Games,8 All-NBA Selections(4 first team,3 second team and 1 third team),2 3-point contests,2 scoring titles,2016 steals leader,50-40-90 club in 2016
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I know the Timberwolves organization cries every time see or hear anything about Curry. That GM will probably never be hired again. Flynn over Curry, that has to hurt so bad!!!!!
Not just once but twice lol that must hurt so bad!
Captain MonStar imagine matured Steph Curry with young Zach Levine, Kevin Love and KAT in one team.
Brian Fantana lavine and KAT wouldnt have been by us
And yet you would have had a better chance for a championship, Lavine is gone, and even with this all star line up you CAN TELL, those guys won't win shit, not now, not ever.
Captain MonStar Rubio and Flynn kill me NOW
He is not the best shooter in the draft. He is the best shooter ever
it's official now
He’s the goat
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@@Markus1229 lol man it's been official since 2014, 15 latest
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None of the ones who were drafted before him has a championship.
He already has three rings and nowadays he’s cruising towards the fourth, this year, Gods will.
Let’s go Warriors.
4th ring is now
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I predicted that more than six month ago 😎
@@Tomorrow32 yes you did and that's amazing tbh
thank you God that we avoided Steph Curry in a D'Antoni offense. Curry might have averaged 50PPG
dbzobsessedwiabriged He would of
He wouldn't develop into the mega star he is today tho
If we had gotten Curry maybe Dantony would not have been fired, maybe Carmelo and Stoudimire would of had a championship.
LOL, Curry would have never reached an NBA Finals in a D’Antoni offense.
@@jonathand.9555 Big Facts
"worst case scenario you have a deadeye shooter", seems like worst case scenario Steph is Seth Curry
Artur Nunes Pires Lopes and seth isnt even a bad player lol
@@goobingtons fax
And look now, 3 time champion, 2 times MVP, many 3 points record, and still going. He's the player that brought me back to watching NBA.
4 time champ 🤠
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This little guy will never make it..The NBA is all about big men and pounding the ball inside,Just ask Charles Barkley , he knows everything about basketball.
man how you were wrong.
+Andy Larios that is obviously sarcasm ... smh
+Funny Guy haha, thank you !
chingn33 my pleasure... It's always nice to see another funny guy... Lol
chingn33 I wonder if I should explain that joke too
This guy is gonna be a bust, no potential, too weak and can only shoot. That kid ricky rubio tho, man can he ball... future HOF
xDEKEx007x damn 😂
skit mofo he was calling you retarded because they being SARCASTIC and it's obvious they were since they commented only TWO months ago. You understand now?
😂
I’m dead lol
Dude you aint foolin no one. Trying 2 make people think that comment was when the video released.
Picking Rubio over Curry was forgiveable because Rubio looked like a future star at the time. But Johnny Flynn?? I'll never understand that one. Even in 2009 that made no damn sense.
The Current Year Lol
Even Flynn's coach in college Jim Boeheim didn't want Flynn to leave. It wasn't a, oh I'm losing my great player to the NBA type of don't go either. (cause Coaches were getting used to that)....It was a needs time to develop, type of don't leave...
Me too then I went and watched some of flynns best college performances and dude was playing great, shooting great and explosive, he got hurt in NBA which took away his explosiveness, it's like if Isaiah Thomas ends up losing a step he won't be nearly what he was or could have been. People always call players busts but sometimes it's just injuries
Turtle And Dad yea Flynn careee was cut short cause of a hip injury his rookie year.
Harry Garris Johnny Flynn was a problem look his highlights up for Syracuse
4:30 Wow 2k16 looks so real.
Xabaffka that's ncaa 09
Jerome Marshall its joke bruh. Smh
Eddie Thomas the way people are today I can't tell
Anyone else here after Steph's 50 piece in game 7 vs Kings? I'm also looking for Skip Bayless commentary on the 2009 draft.
"He can create off the bounce some."
Replace "some" with "better than anyone that has ever played the game." Dude worked hard.
Here when he’s now the 3 point champ and hit his 3000th a few days ago! 🐐 shooter
can't believe Minnesota messed up twice not getting Curry , they're so bad at drafting
As a Knicks fan I'm crying while watching this
He wasn't fucking around, it was his time
It is truly his time. Now with a Finals MVP on his belt.
But was he Stephen Curry with a 40 inch vertical?
I see you
Nelson Howard I see you
Pro Schmidt I think that’s some hype kid with an annoying dad and a brother who goes to China jail
Man people were not paying attention when he played in college he was crossing people left and right
brande C that's what I'm saying
Whos here after Curry break the record for all time 3 pt field goal.
He looks promising, hope he does well.
😂😂😂
Looks like cheap copy of Chris Paul with 3P shot that ain't worth it
@@user-bm9cv9vn2k this curry guy got nice shooting, if he keeps this up he has potential in breaking some records.
@@user-bm9cv9vn2k Lmao your "CP 3" got ankle break so hard he left L.A Clippers
@@ecoBag-777 he’s joking
If ray Ellen can be an Allstar then I'm pretty sure Stephan can be he can outplay Nash next year I hope
JC Canicosa you guessed it!
Don't disrespect Ray Allen
JC Canicosa prolly not
JC Canicosa he's a superstar now
JC Canicosa He’s the best PG of all time now lol.
23 points and 8.5 assists a game this season. Yeah i think he'll be fine at the point
30-6-5 now. 287 3s
+mtorres723 lol i dont even remember this comment. Feels kinda weird cuz i hate the warriors and steph. But i still gotta respect his game and his team, best in the nba rn
Base537 see? Only hate him because he's good, nothing else
ChampionsDNA nope, not saying I hate him, just hate the fans that overrate him, I like curry but u wouldn't take him over Lebron Westbrook harden or kawhi
Kobe Bean Id take him over RW, Harden and Kawhi.
That 2009 was crazy curry being drafted Lebron winning his first MVP Kobe winning his first title with the Lakers with no shaq. Crazy times!!!!
thabeet over harden, evans, curry, rubio, holiday, derozan WOW
Evans??
Ivan D It was Tyreke Evans. He currently plays for the Kings
ElKekely remember when Evans was supposed to be the next lebron after his rookie season
Yep. And im a Grizzlies fan..... this was our worst Draft ever
Wow, I remember people being shaky on Thabeet at the time, terrible pick.
Some peoples comments here look awfully foolish now
That was the past. Either way in the time of this draft it didn't look like it had future superstar players other than Blake Griffin.
SuperMisteryMan01 the 2009 draft was in the past? Thanks for pointing that out to me
+Thomas Mitchell No problem. Just make sure you understand what I'm trying to point out.
Like yours too
Like yours too
little did they know lol
Jakehagemeister I've given seminars on little did he know, I wrote a book on little did he know
Steph Curry and Tom Brady were heaven sent. God sent them to us
"Heart, they didn't understand what drives somebody."
A quote from Tom Brady's documentary that applies to both of them :)
Don't forget Jordan and King Henry And Aaron Rodgers
Crazy coming back to this he is now a 4x NBA Champion , Finals MVP/ West Co Finals MVP/ 8x NBA All star , 4x NBA All team , 2x NBA MVP and a NBA All star MVP award. Not to mention he changed the way people play basketball today. Easily top 10 player of all time Lebron James greatest foe. Wardell Stephen Curry.
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Where would the Warriors be without Curry? God damn I don't even wanna think about it. Monta never could've led a team like this.
+swaggyb3000 They'd still be a playoff team.
but not a championship team
Not a dynasty in the making
Monta never had this type of help lmao
User 8th seed every other year
It's interesting they thought D'Antoni would be a good fit; because he was with the Suns and guess who the GM was, Steve Kerr. Kerr saw that offense and even introduced the 2 PG offense. Now Curry is in Kerr's fast pace offense, but the difference is the warriors play great defense
When you want to see the comments from 2009, but cannot find them
Who would have though that this 6'3 skinny lightweight guard will revolutionize the NBA and will win multiple championships in a sports that dominated by big men.
Who would have thought .. Curry from picking 6 or 7 then has become the 10 greatest of all time .. 4 championships .. 2 MVPs .. 1 final MVP .. and he’s still have 3 or 4 good to great years left … top 5 possibly after he’s said and done
You think he's going to be great at 38yrs old? Come on dude, are you not familiar with human biology?
@@369pendulum Have you seen him the past couple years? With his kind of work ethic it's possible at least in the next few years
@@JasonJia11 Did you watch him last season? Of course you didn't. You watched First take & highlights. He did not play well at all last year. That was easily is worst season of his career so far. He's on a clear decline. By the time he gets to 38, he'll be coming off the bench.
@@369pendulum he could still be possible. Even in his worst year he averaged 25 5 8 I
@@369pendulum Lmao shut up...
this just goes to show you these so called experts are not really experts.
slimboiphat it's a guessing game, even GMs make mistakes
they really didn't say anything bad about him, just that he had to prove himself.
Sonic yeah, plus, they said that the wort he'd be would be pretty much like Kyle Korver, an assassin from long range. Which is still VERY good
You're insane if you thought he would project to be this good. He was 160+ pounds soaking wet. He was a dynamic scorer, but so was Fredette, McDermott, Korver and others. Curry was nowhere near any of those guys, size-wise. Those careers are hard to project. Fredette could've been Korver, and vice-versa.
Give credit to a guy working harder than everyone else in the room. His handle is infinitely better. His range goes out 4-5 feet further. A much better defender on and off the ball. Can fight through screens. His body is now built for punishment, where his college body was a question mark. He's changed the entire dynamic of how we analyze basketball and the value of the 3-pointer - who in their right mind in 2009 would've thought that Curry (along with others) would've broken the analytics scale?
The experts projected him out as is. I can say (along with many others) that Michael Beasley would've been a top-20 player in the NBA if he projected out. That's just what we saw at the time.
slimboiphat analysts
He can't transition to be a point guard. 5 years later......
If the Knicks would have Drafted him his career would have been fucked.
Perpetually Contemplating Rap Name No. The Knicks would win a ring with Melo, Amare, and Curry.
Al Phuckya mike d'antoni is a great offensive mind who's been with Steve Nash... Curry would've been great there
Al Phuckya melo is ball hog
He would have been dropped by the Knicks cuz his ankles
Youre exactly right. The knicks would have blew it 4sho.
Who's watching this history now!!!
Steph change NBA now
Watching Dec 5 2021
The draft where Minnesota could have drafted Curry and DeRozan.
Instead, they drafted Rubio and Flynn.
Astonishing. Hindsight is 20/20, but it's unbelievably frustrating when your team misses on a player YOU and lots of other fans want them to pick! Kawhi should've been a Piston!!!! 😔
FINALLY A FMVP!!!
Just coming back here, Steph have literally changed the NBA today and is going down has one of the greatest PG of all time.
Look at Steph Curry man. So inspirational.
Man did he come a long way
I remember as a Kings fan the big debate was Tyreke or Rubio at #4, and after the 09-10 season we felt like we'd won that easy. Curry's name didn't even come up. It's more than potential, it's about development. If he came to the Kings during that time he would not be the player he is today.
schitaco yeah remember when Tyreke career got ruin by injuries and management
schitaco yep people don’t give the team management any credit whatsoever. The warriors had a very hungry organization and great loyal fans
Rubio’s career is not bad. Tyreke played iso ball... no playmaking or range. Never worked on his game to improve. Kings was cursed... but seems Vlade may be getting smarter. Bagley over Doncic though could be another regret.
Well said
@@gowentgonelegit Bagley not looking good!
I don't know guys. I think Steph Curry might get drafted to the Golden State Warriors. I also think someday he will win the MVP and NBA championship in the same year. That's just my prediction
You're late
+Harkins I ...mannn I don't know. He's kinda small and much girly. Lebron will dominate him anytime they meet up.
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Ur not funny dude. L
+KM :D square.
4:30 brings a tear to my eyes as a Lakers fan. We're so far from what we used to be. 65-17! We WERE the NBA! But we will taste basketball glory again. It won't be like this for us for much longer. Our turn is almost here again 😎
Ricky Queen Amen
we're here for each other bro. we'll be back. Lonzo Kuzma and Ingram aint no busts thats a fact
shut up you ruled the nba for 50 years give someone else a chance. 4 years of ineptitude aint shit
If they get rid of lonzo it’s all up from there
You called it
This makes me remember when ESPN was ESPN. Now it's As the Sport Turn with all the story lines.
201 million later
I love how these commentators were talking about what position he should play to benefit Steph the most, should he be more of a passer (PG) or a scorer (SG)? Will he transition to become a good point guard? Little did they know that he didn't only transition to become a great point guard but transformed the position in a matter of years. Truly a great and, right now, overhated and underappreciated player.
Hello how are you doing?
"It's my time". It really is Steph
I tell ppl all the time curry wasn't a player with high career expectations ppl thought he was gonna be an occasional all star but never anything significant.If you really look back besides LeBron n arguably Durant he surpassed everybody else from his generation who was said to be on par or better than him (cp3,harden,blake,pg13,deron,wall,rose,melo,lillard etc)
The Timberwolves had two opportunities to pick Curry, and they overlooked him. I know hindsight is 20:20, but their decision was DUMB.
So hindsight isn't 20:20? you can't immediately contradict yourself as soon as you say that you look and are foolish
If you want to play a game of semantics, go piss somewhere else.
chaja95 Those two viewpoints aren't mutually exclusive maboi
Even if we picked up Curry, we don't know how good he'd be on the Wolves. Definitely wouldn't have turned out as good as his career is now. The Warriors created a great team. Though I'm happy with how the Wolves team is doing right now :)
+Young Trece I think he'd be about the same if the Wolves picked him up minus 1 MVP probably and those two championships. He might even play the PG role even better. I can see his assist numbers going up without Draymond and he'd be playing with Wiggins and Towns. The Wolves would've been scary around now.
The true baby face assassin....was a beast in college & the rest is history. Dubs definitely hit the jackpot when they drafted him & killing the Knicks dreams of taking him.
And the Timberwolves passed on Curry TWICE
Maxwell Hammond his dad didn't want curry to play on Min
Christian they couldve drafted curry and trade him to golden state for something in return
His dad didn't want Curry on golden state either.
axiswfr Let me guess, he wanted him in Charlotte
+God Tier Nope.New York
y'all clicked for Steph...I clicked for Jalen.
random0activity same lmfao
random0activity me too!!!
Jalen is an idiot
Man take me back to 2009! The memories!
Did they really use NBA live as highlights lmaooo
ok no, it was their college series
no, there was a line of ncaa video games, except they couldnt use player names because the players couldn't sign their likenesses over, so each player was just renamed something else but kept the same look and number.
I hope people appreciate the greatness of Curry now that his teams have become the standard of excellence.
And here we are 4 Chips 🏆 later 🥶
The fact Minnesota drafted 2 pg and neither was steph curry is why Minnesota is the king of the lottery
I hate you 😂
Definitely going to be a bust
Ty Dix yea
Ty Dix sweet summer child
Future 4 time champion
It's unbelievable that he wasn't even ranked in the top 100 players in high school.
Same with Tom Brady, crazy how real talent gets unrecognized.
+Caligrown92511 It happens so often in football though. Rare that a player outside that top 100 in high school turns into an All-NBA player in today's game. It's even rare if you're outside the top 30 to be honest. Curry, Wade, George and Lillard. Maybe Butler if he's selected this year too.
Rockstarr303 just because he is great now dosn't mean he has always been great, he improved.
It happens. NBA has a lot of late bloomers.
@@Christopher._M .nah putting 28 ppg is not easy especially with that low ranked college team and getting them to elite 8 was it self big achievement
it's crazy how that night literally changed the course of history. anything different happens, we don't get the Steph we know today. fucking insane
Um, yes we do. He would have done the same thing on any team. Ridiculous comment.
@@kieransoregaard-utt8 Nah man the organization a player gets drafted to has a huge impact on their development and career. Just ask Andrew Wiggins
@@irmiyaawilliams7800 Steph is that organization
@@kieransoregaard-utt8 not true. different set of players, different coaches, different management. warriors culture is different. ur a dumbass if you disagree
@@theavatar9191 but he wasn't when he got drafted there
I can't believe I'm saying this but curry changed my life completely i have the utmost respect for this man honestly
Haha their eating their words right now CHAMPION, MVP
But no finals MVP haha
+Leon Müßle because iggy won it
They didn't say ntn wrong
+Leon Müßle So what? He's got plenty of time to do that and league MVP, back to back, is better than a finals MVP.
User lmao no it's not. Finals MVP means you won the championship. That's way better than two mvp's.
This guy looks like he may be the greatest shooter of all time if he's lucky he might even be the 1st unanimous MVP and even win 3 titles and change the game, let's hope for the best
I like looking at these archives b/c ppl forget how Curry was looked at and it wasn't a bad take to say he'll just be a solid player. also his career took a bad start with all of those ankle problems
$201 Million later...
The 2009 NBA draft actually was one of the the better ones. Blake Griffin and James Harden in the top 3, along with Thabeet who was a 7 footer back when big men were highly valued. Tyreke Evans who won Rookie of the Year. Then the hyped Euro Prospect Ricky Rubio who quietly has had a productive 11 year career and counting. So you can't exactly fault people for passing on Curry who was a scrawny looking good that wasn't a traditional point guard that played against easier competition.
the problem is twolves passing on him twice and getting another guard. which is actually weird.
the very first time I watched his highlights I had a feeling he was the future of basketball
So all y'all doubt is out the window now lol I love it..go Dubbs
These are dope to watch in 2022
9 years later, 2x MVP, 3x NBA Champ, Greatest shooter in NBA history
4x nba champ and a fmvp lop
Gotta respect the work he has put in to become one of the greatest in the league and arguably the greatest shooter of all time
Arguable? Bro at this point it isn't lol
To be honest I think the Golden State warriors is a good fit for Stephen Curry
I can't believe how good he's gotten...so many guys in college are knockdown shooters (Reddick and Fredette come to mind) but really don't do much in the NBA. Curry's a top 3 guy in the NBA now....
In 2022, he's arguably the second best pg in NBA History... Crazy
who's number 1?
@@briansabalo magic
2021 and my goat just became the All-time 3 point leader. Here is to 2974 more 🐐
he LITERALLY changed the game... crazy
This draft class was stacked at guard lowkey was underrated
They talking about the 5th, 6th, and 8th picks but everybody forgot about #7 😂
😂😂🤣
2:05 sidebar that’s wild to see, K Love used to be just a key reserve behind Craig Smith and Ryan Gomes lol
They spoke pretty glowingly about him and were pretty accurate honestly
Look where he is today! In the GOAT conversation.