Curry's weight gain effect was finally reflected in the playoffs, and if nothing else, he prevented Morant from being full of strength and easily covering Morant's layup. What does that mean? It's Curry who can defend itself alone, and it doesn't suffer losses! Before this season, Curry was basically a point in the Warriors' lineup where the defensive ring would be targeted, because Curry's defense was really bad. Compared with Paul, the hardness of the body is not as strong as Paul!' Compared with Wei Shao, although the defense of both of them is not good, but they can't stand Wei Shao's body, and the next one under the confrontation is not much of a loss. And Curry is one without body, the other is the confrontation in general, so Curry has always been a major defensive weak ring in the Warriors lineup.
And Curry did a big thing last summer, that is, muscle gain, to put it bluntly, to gain weight, build muscle, increase resistance. Then the effect of this confrontation is significantly improved in the new season, and the most direct point is that Curry does not need his teammates to "wipe his ass". In Curry's normal alignment, the warriors' other players do not need to help Curry to assist in defense excessively, and the warriors' other teammates will selectively watch Curry defend themselves in the first and second positions, without directly helping him, unless it is a big misplaced ball, otherwise the first and second positions can still withstand it.
So in the playoffs, you can see the advantages of Curry's physical ability, and even see that Curry can actually "face" the opposite side in the first position. Playing the Nuggets, whether it's Barton, Campazor, Morris or Hyland, Curry doesn't suffer in the right place, and even Curry can play in the low back in the first round of the playoffs. That is to say, in the face of conventional confrontation and physical collision, Curry does not have any disadvantages. Just like defending Morant today, Morant made a breakthrough to the basket and went to the basket to go to Curry's basket. In the past, Curry was probably going to be directly knocked away, but today Curry did not lose his position, but covered Morant.
When Curry has this defensive intensity and hardness, it makes teammates feel at ease, because if Curry can defend like this, it means that the Warriors don't need to focus too much defensive energy on the person Curry is in the right place. And this season Curry's defensive self-confidence is obviously improving, many times in the face of single defense Curry is generally to choose a person hard top, rarely to change defense and assist defense, and the Warriors also believe in his defense this season. Of course, this defensive advantage is based on Curry's physical confrontation ability, and after a summer of training, Curry is no longer the worst defensive guard in the Warriors.
But although Curry's body has become stronger, the defensive attitude and confrontation are increasing, but there is indeed a gap in hard talent, because Curry's height is here, and if he gains weight, he cannot be a substantial weight gain, basically this body type. What Curry can now maintain is that the players he is in position will not say that he will eat himself indefinitely, but it is unrealistic to expect Curry to become the best defensive player on the Warriors' outside line. But Curry can do the defense without dragging its legs, the position defense does not fork the waist (no connotation who, don't be blind, the dog head saves his life), and occasionally dedicate two good defensive highlights, which is actually already very good.