As mentioned before, Clay's performance in the playoffs is actually not as good as Curry.
Data:
Cray averaged 19.7 points per game on 57 percent true shooting in the regular season and 56 percent from the field from 19.2 points per game in the playoffs.
Curry averaged 24.5 points on 63 percent real-hand shooting from the field during the regular season and 61 percent from the field from 26.6 points per game in the playoffs.
The reason why Clay has those classic sixth scenes, which led to the so-called "desperate situation to see Clay", many of them are:
"Curry killed all sides in the previous game, and the opponent started gambling to pinch Curry", so Clay took over.
To put it bluntly:
The so-called desperate situation looks at Clay, in addition to Clay's own hard wrist on the spot, but also because when the opponent allows Curry to go smoothly, the Warriors are basically rarely desperate.
Here, by the way, the shooting of the two.
Clay's shot is good, historically.
But, with Curry, it's not a dimension.
Let's not talk about the impression flow, after all, the data is full of it.
Thickest stats, regular season:
Curry shot 48 percent from the field, 43 percent from three-point range and 91 percent from the free throw line.
Cray shot 46 percent from the field, 42 percent from three-point range and 84 percent from the free throw line.
Playoffs: Curry shot 45 percent from the field, 40 percent from three-point range and 89 percent from the free throw line.
Cray shot 44 percent from the field, 41 percent from three-point range and 84 percent from the free throw line.
All of Curry's shot counts were higher than Clay's. Throw more, and vote more accurately.
One more word.
Curry received 61 percent of his career three-point assists and 53 percent in the playoffs — half of his playoff three-point shooters were made by himself.
Cray received 93 percent of his career three-pointers and 90 percent of his playoffs — ninety percent of his three-pointers were made by catches.
The difficulty is very different.
Two-pointers, specific lots.
3 to 10 feet away, usually throws and short shots, Curry career 46 percent and playoff 42 percent. Clay has 38 percent of his career and 39 percent of the playoffs.
10 to 16-foot shooting, 47% in Curry's career and 46% in the playoffs; Cray has 43 percent of his career and 40 percent of the playoffs.
Long mid-range shooting from 16 feet away, 46% in Curry's career and 46% in the playoffs; Cray has 44 percent of his career and 44 percent of the playoffs.
Curry is fully covered.
In all shooting areas, Curry has allowed Clay.
The difficulty is higher than Cray, the throw is more than Cray, and it is more accurate than Cray - especially in the two links of small throws and long dribbles.
Change to a ready-made formula.
High-level data experts have long engaged in a "shooting quality" to judge a player's comprehensive shooting ability.
The formula is:
((Spacing x 2) + ((Standardized Padded FT% + Standardized Padded 3P%) x 5)) / 7
*Spacing = (3PA * (((3P%*1.5) * 1.5) - 0.535))
According to this formula, the best sharpshooters who have retired from the NBA:
Ray Allen, Nash, Peja, Price, Chaunce, Miller, Barry, Hawkins, Dirk, Granger, Rice, Hornacek, Terry, Richmond, Reed, Bird (he was pulled down a little bit because he was early, there were not enough three-point samples), Mullin (the same as Bird)...
If you admit that the above list is still reliable, it proves that this shooting quality formula is also OK, right?
According to this shooting formula, Clay Thompson in the 2014-15 season played the 23rd best shooting season in history.
This is not bad, it is still historic:
No. 22 was Nash in 2008 and No. 25 was Ray Allen in 2012.
Lillard's best shooting season was 2021, ranking 32nd all-time.
What about Curry?
In NBA history since 1978, the five best individual seasons for shooting were:
Curry in 2016, Curry in 2019, Curry in 2021, Curry in 2015, Curry in 2018.
In sixth place was 2015 at Korver, who shot 49 percent from three-point range, 49 percent from three-point range, and 23 percent from short range, 43 percent from mid-range shooting, 45 percent from long range, and 49 percent from three-point range.
Seventh place was Curry in 2013.
Eighth place was Kerr in 1996 — Kerr with 72 wins and 51 percent three-point percentage with the Bulls.
Then came Dunroe, Redick, Peja, Capono and Nash in their respective peak seasons.
As a matter of fact:
Curry covered the top five best shooting seasons of all time, six of the first seven shooting seasons and ten of the first twenty shooting seasons.
Cray's best shooting season is already the 23rd all-time shooting season — but not as good as Curry's career tenth-ranked shooting season.
So the conclusion goes something like this:
Clay is one of the best shooters of all time. After retiring, it can also be included in the Aaron Mille Peja Price and their pile without being inferior.
But Curry is the best shooter in NBA history, and there is no one.
The last story, Seth Curry said.
When Del Curry was with the Toronto Raptors, he would take his son to training. Stephen at the time, a player who could win against the Raptors with a fixed-point shot.
Seth named that at that time, the Raptors and Stephen Bi shot, there was Carter, there was Maddie, there was Bug Boggs.
Stephen could beat these guys by shooting — he was 11 years old.