As the only player in NBA history to be unanimously elected as the regular season MVP, Stephen Curry won his fourth championship ring and the first FMVP trophy of his NBA career last season; But is it a bit of a surprise to you that Curry didn't even make it to the top 25 when you took stock of the NBA's active players who participated in the playoffs?
As the player selected with the 7th pick in the first round of the 2009 NBA Draft, Curry has played 13 seasons in the NBA, leading the Warriors to reach the Finals 6 times and win the championship four times in the last 8 seasons. However, Curry, who has entered the end of his NBA career, has only led the team to the playoffs for 8 seasons, and this number of times has not even entered the top 25 among NBA active players!
Seven of the NBA players who have played in the 8-time playoffs so far include Curry, namely Klay Thompson, Drummond Green, Marcus Smart, Damian Lillard, Beverly, McKee and Wesley Matthews; And as many as 27 of the active players have participated in more than 8 playoffs! That is to say, from this data alone, Curry has not entered the top 25 of active service!
Seven of the NBA's active players have played in the 9-time playoffs, including kyle Lowry and Mike Conley, two guards; 5 of the active players who played in the 10-time playoffs, including Lajeon Rondo and Louis Williams; Four players played in the 11-time playoffs, including Westbrook and Patty Mills; There are three players in the 12-time playoffs: Dwight Howard, Ibaka and Danny Green.
Five of the active players have played in the 13-time playoffs, namely James Harden, Carmelo Anthony, George Hill, Paul Millsap and Al Horford, with Harden entering the NBA in the same year as Curry. Although Harden has never won a championship so far, Harden has participated in the playoffs with the team in 13 seasons, 5 times more than Curry has participated in the playoffs!
Three of the NBA's active players have played in the playoffs more than 13 times, namely LeBron James, Andre Iguodala and Chris Paul, with James and Iguodala tied for first active player with 15 playoff appearances, and Paul's 14 times ranked third among active players.
Curry has indeed had a great NBA career, leading the Warriors to establish a dynasty, but we can't ignore the fact that Curry has only 1 FMVP in four championships so far, and we can't ignore the fact that Curry's team record has been very bad in the season when his teammates are not strong enough. Worship Curry is OK, but blind deification is not good.