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Can't vote for empty seats? Curry's slump into an unsolved mystery or force the Warriors to start trading

Over the past period of time, Curry's shooting percentage has plummeted, which has also become an unsolved mystery. CBS Sports believes that Curry's decline in form may force the Warriors to take action, and if they want to repeat the 2015 championship race, the team will need to complete an important signing before the trade deadline.

Can't vote for empty seats? Curry's slump into an unsolved mystery or force the Warriors to start trading

Curry's struggles seem to have become a habit, with Curry's shooting percentage dropping from 38.4 percent to 34.4 percent over the past seven weeks or so, and his three-point shooting percentage has slipped from 36 percent to 30 percent since heading into 2022. Against the Jazz, Curry scored 13 points on 1-of-13 shooting from three-point range. Against the Bucks a few weeks ago, he only scored 12 points. Against the Heat, he scored 9 points on 3-of-17 shooting and 1-of-10 from three-point range.

Three-pointers, mid-range, effective shooting percentage, true shooting percentage — almost every stat you see about Curry's shooting percentage has set a career low. Even Gary Payton II has a better three-point shooting percentage than Curry. Yes, no one cares about the number and difficulty of three-point shots right now, at least in terms of efficiency, Curry's shooting is on the verge of his career.

What the hell is going on here? Theories abound, and there are voices that Curry is tired of running without the ball and desperately defending. For most of the season, without Klay Thompson distracting him from his defense, he had to make more difficult shots, and after completing the three-point record, there was nothing worth chasing. Curry is human again, and he finds himself beginning to inevitably go downhill.

If Curry is facing a tight defense that causes his shots to fail, that theory doesn't seem to be very convincing, since Dec. 1 last year, he's only 36.7 percent from the open three-point range (at least 6 feet away from the nearest defender). Since Jan. 1, that figure has dropped to 31 percent. For the greatest shooter of all time, such shooting percentages are incomprehensible.

"Just keep voting." Asked what he thought of Curry's shooting struggles, Jordan Poole said.

Curry's slump has also led the Warriors to start thinking about a new plan, and after playing a fiery season start, almost everyone thinks they don't need to make changes. But now, the Warriors need to think about how to use their assets for better players.

The Warriors have potential stocks such as James Wiseman, Cumminga, Moody, especially Kuminga, who has begun to show talent, and Poole, who has exploded this season, also has good value in the free market.

The Warriors are unlikely to give up Wiggins, who are valuable to the team from both ends of the spectrum, and from a salary matching point of view, the Warriors can trade a combination of Wiseman, Rooney, Toscano Anderson and Damien Lee for Grant or Sabonis Jr., and they can take the first round pick in 2022 or 2028 as a trade.

Even if Curry returns to normal standards, the Warriors need to make a change, because they have seen more than one last-minute scene this season where no one can score, and Curry needs another All-Star scorer to help him share the burden.

It's not easy for the Warriors to reach the level of 2015, the only thing they have in common with that year is that the defense is still excellent, but the Warriors' offense is always a problem, the Warriors can't predict when Curry will pick up, but they can make some active choices to strengthen the team and work in the direction of the championship.

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