James's stats after the year-end war are 34.3 points, 9.1 rebounds and 6.8 assists, and the alphabet brother who entered January is averaging 33.2 points, 11.6 rebounds and 7.4 assists per game, as for Durant and Jokic, everyone's data is rising, especially in the time near this all-star, superstars basically start to take data. Only Curry, left behind! How far has Curry fallen behind? Since the start of the year-end war, Curry has not yet had a game shooting rate of more than 50%. From the far point, from Curry's three-point shooting past Ray Allen to now, his shooting percentage is only 33.7%, and his three-point shooting rate is 27.5%, which is almost an unbearable efficiency.
Curry will have a downturn every season, generally in January, although the downturn but Curry has never been so depressed, and Curry has been up and down since entering last year's December, and the state has changed a lot! It's clear that Curry's decline this season has been a bit worse than last season. So far, Curry's shooting rate is only 42%, and the three-point shooting rate is only 38%. Many people may not want to admit it, but Yuzu still has to say that Curry's state is indeed declining during this time, which may be a new change in his career!
Curry is about to turn 34, in fact, as a top star, 33 years old, 34 years old is a tipping point, especially for the number one position, this age is almost everyone's state is declining. You can think carefully about Iverson, Delon, Nash, Kidd and other veteran point guards who have almost all declined in form at this age! Why? Because at this age, there are at least two things that are declining, one is speed, and the other is physical strength! This is what you have to admit, you let the current Curry and Morante compare speed, that is no match, Morant rushed up Curry completely can not keep up.
Another is physical strength, and players in their thirties are not the same as young people in their twenties! Three or five games can not see anything, but the season is very long, when playing twenty or thirty games after this physical gap is reflected, the twenty-something young man sleeps the next day full of energy, thirty-something players play several away games in a row, physical strength will obviously feel the downward trend, and Curry is now in this situation! At the same time, in the offseason, Curry is a muscle gainer, this muscle increase is to increase Curry's confrontation ability and a certain defensive ability, the new season Curry did show this advantage, but the problem that followed is also there, that is, Curry's speed will decrease!
Many fans are questioning why Curry didn't break through, not throw shots, and not show last season's basketball finishing ability! It's not that Curry doesn't choose to play like this, it's that it's tiring to play like this! Curry is facing forward players, or defenders who are faster than him, and it is not so simple for Curry to play these people by speed, and he can't speed up and directly throw off defenders like Morant. Curry's breakthrough needs to rely on rhythm, need to combine his shooting threat to safely kill under the basket, and when he gets to the basket, his speed is not so fast, the people who supplement and assist the defense are very timely, and Curry is not good at completing some throws and licking baskets!
Some people may question why Durant, James, Paul and others are all in their thirties, and why the ups and downs of the state are not so big? This brings us to the gap between point guard players and forward players, and of course Paul will talk about this player later! The first thing to understand is, did James and Durant slip down? Also slipped! James's downward spiral is also speed and explosive ability, especially the kind of frontal 1V1 breakthrough, he does not dare to be like when he was in the Cavaliers, the physical strength is not allowed. Durant is the same, you see his breakthrough before the injury and the breakthrough after the injury, it is completely two different starting heights, after entering the age of thirty-three everyone has declined in athletic ability!
But where did James and Durant win? They are victorious over static talent, to put it bluntly, what is it? It's height, arm span, strength. Why does James, who is less than 210cm, dare to play the fifth position of center? If his strength is not enough, he will definitely not be able to fight! With these static talents, whether it's James or Durant they can play much simpler! Like James, although he can't move suddenly, he has practiced back punches and practiced super far three points in the past two years. He went to the low position, and with two simple strokes, he was directly pulled out, and with his height and strength, this scoring technique was simple. Durant is the same, he plays who is misplaced, can not rely on athletic ability to complete the ball is not a big deal directly pulled, simple and rough.
Both James and Durant can play like this, but Curry can't! You let Curry do it from outside the three-point line like Durant did? It is impossible to come to a forward player to defend, with his hands open, and Curry can hardly see the basket. You let Curry go low back play? Throwing ten balls may cost you five! This is Curry's weak ring on static talent, and the little defender eats by speed! The simplest example is Parker, when he was young, the shooting rate under the basket was comparable to that of a big center, and all kinds of gyro turns, but when the age came up, the speed advantage disappeared, you just had a hard time scoring, like Durant and James' kind of play you can't learn at all!
Finally, let's talk about Paul and Curry, it is clear that Paul's athleticism has declined after the Rockets injured, and his speed has slowed down a lot, but Paul has been able to play efficiently for several consecutive seasons, including this season Paul can also have 14 points, 10.1 assists and 4.4 rebounds, and he is about the same age as James. But what is the point of difference? It's Paul and Curry who are two completely different types of point guards, and Paul is the typical classical point guard, taking stockton's route. Paul can score in single digits in a game and it doesn't have a big impact on the team, as long as his pass is in place. And Curry is different, Curry is playing the number one position, but the positioning of the point guard, the team needs his score! Above 10 assists per game or 5 three-pointers per game, Curry will definitely choose 5 three-pointers!
Similarly, Paul has a small hand from his debut, and the team doesn't need him to score too many points, just needs him to be able to show his scoring ability in some rounds! Curry's passing is not as good as Paul's, and if you let Curry only score ten points per game, then the Warriors are not warriors, and in addition, players like Paul can't find a few in the entire NBA! In fact, it is not how bad Curry's state is, but when it comes to this specific age and specific period, it will definitely have an impact, and the small defender is not as good as the forward player in terms of physical talent. So why curry's difficult three-point shot in the past can not be shot and then at this stage can not be shot, the outbreak of some things is no sign, even Curry himself said, he has not been able to shoot recently!
But this is not to say that Curry is going to sink, the strongest thing as a top star is not his scoring ability but his ability to adjust, which depends on the players themselves. Curry can't be unaware that he has been playing badly lately, and how he wants to get back to form still needs to see how he adjusts. But one thing is for sure, that is, rising age, declining physical strength, declining athletic ability are really affecting Curry!