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Paul Pierce breaks down how Stephen Curry has made biggest impact on NBA since Michael Jordan, ‘I believe…’

March 16, 2025 5 Min Read
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Steph Curry celebrated his thirty seventh birthday on March 14 in fashion as his Golden State Warriors secured a dominant 130-104 conquer the Sacramento Kings.

In what was one other historic night time for the four-time NBA champion, Curry drained the 4,000th three of his profession.

Not solely is he main the league in all-time three-pointers, however he has shot 42% from past the arc for his profession, which is sensational for somebody who shoots as many threes as him.

Since coming into the league in 2009, the Warriors star has elevated his recreation and this has helped him earn the respect of his fellow gamers and coaches.

Though threes had been first launched by the NBA in 1979, it was when Stephen Curry arrived that the three-pointer turned a key weapon to attain.

Many have tried to emulate the artwork of capturing from Curry, however none have been capable of obtain the success he has from past the arc.

Discussing his influence, former NBA champion Paul Pierce revealed that no different participant within the present technology has modified the sport in the identical method.

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At 6 ft 2, Curry had numerous odds to come back over earlier than he turned a worldwide basketball icon.

He was thought-about to be undersized and there have been numerous doubts surrounding his capability, however the ‘child confronted murderer’ stored working laborious and this helped him make an enormous mark on the technology of smaller sized guards.

Talking about Curry on ‘Communicate,’ Pierce mentioned: “Steph Curry, on this technology has made the only largest influence.”

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Pierce acknowledged Curry has had much more influence than LeBron James and different stars as a result of his capability to do issues at his dimension.

“Most certainly you’re not going to be blessed with Kobe’s athleticism or Allen Iverson’s pace or LeBron at 6.9, 250 working a 4.1 sec 40 and leaping out from the free-throw line,

“You’re not going to be born blessed with that, but when you may make it to six.2 and you may shoot the ball actually good, you imagine you could be Steph Curry.

“In order that’s why I imagine he’s made the largest influence within the final 20 to 30 years on this recreation since Jordan,” added Pierce.

Though Curry has at all times been broadly recognised by many as the very best three level shooter within the league, he first admitted it when he broke Ray Allen’s three-point document in 2021.

He did that in fashion in Madison Sq. Backyard and simply two weeks later breached the three,000 mark.

Simply over three years later, he now has 4,000 threes and will definitely add to them as his careers progresses.

Aged 37, he’s nonetheless enjoying a few of the greatest basketball in his profession and the Warriors are wanting like a robust contender as soon as once more.

With Jimmy Butler within the crew, Curry has seemed sharp and this could possibly be a transfer that may lengthen his profession because the lot of the burden will now be taken by the six-time All-Star.

His counterpart James is flourishing at 40 and there may be nothing that might cease Curry from doing the identical.

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If he manages to remain match and accidents don’t have an effect on him, the guard may stretch his three level document to five,000.

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